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Sketches and Designs by Stanford White: With an Outline of His Career by His Son Lawrence Grant White
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Trenton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
A comprehensive tribute to architect Stanford White, designer of the Washington Square Arch in New York, among other projects. White was a member of the famous McKim, Mead, and White Gilded Age architectural firm, designers of New York's original Penn Station and other famous commissions.
Hardbound with no dust jacket, 1920 First Edition, measuring 12.5 by 17.5 inches. 33 pages followed by 56 plates, including sketches, drawings and photographs of White's oeuvre. Boards have edge and corner rubbing, a stain on the upper right front, and a piece of the top edge of the spine is missing. Some inside pages are lightly soiled but most are clean, in VG shape. See photos for more detail on book condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lauren Otis
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000064
- Title
- Sketches and Designs by Stanford White
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Architectural Book Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Stanford White; McKim, Mead and White; Gilded Age Architecture
Terms of Sale
Lauren Otis
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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