City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World Tapa dura - 1995

Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New York: Harper Collins, 1995. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine non-price clipped dustjacket. The author is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania and an acclaimed writer of cultural and domestic history. In this book he examines what we want from cities, how they have evolved and what accounts for their unique identities, from early Colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper, from changes wrought by technology, transportation and telecommunication and how urban spaces have been shaped by landscape and lifestyle. Marvelous detail of such cities as Montreal, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Savannah, Boston, New Orleans and Charleston. B2C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scribner, 1995 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, minor soiling to top page edges, minor rubbing and soiling to dj, great copy.

Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1995. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.256 with index. clean tight copy.

Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. Jacket design by Calvin Chu. In this book Rybczynski looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved and what accounts for their unique identities. In this description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscrapers to the changes wrought by technology, transportation and telecommunication and how urban spaces have been shaped by the landscapes and lifestyles of the new world. With marvelous detail of such cities as Montreal, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Savannah, Boston, New Orleans and Charleston. Contents: 1). Why aren't our cities like that? 2). The measure of a town. 3). A new, uncrowded world. 4). A Frenchman in New York. 5). In the land of the dollar. 6). Civic art. 7). High hopes. 8). Country homes for city people. 9). The new downtown. 10). The best of both worlds. With notes and index. 256 pag. . 1st edition. Brown cloth / red boards. Fine copy.. 21cmx15cm.

Harper Collins. Collectible - Very Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1995. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. 0002550628 (C441) .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.