The Most Beautiful House in the World
de RYBCZYNSKI, WITOLD
- Usado
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- VG/VG
- Librería
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. 1st Edition. Cloth & Boards. VG/VG. 8vo. Gilt lettered quarter purple cloth over cream boards in pictorial price clipped jacket. THis copy inscribed by the author "For David with best regards, Witold" Charming wonderful book. Boards bumped, dust jacket chipped and general shelf wear. Vg copy only.
Sinopsis
Witold Rybczynski of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh in 1943, raised in Surrey, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of more than fifty articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, including the books Taming the Tiger , Paper Heroes , The Most Beautiful House in the World , Waiting for the Weekend , and Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture (all available in Penguin), and most recently, City Life . He lives with his wife, Shirley Hallam, in Philadelphia and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 40698
- Título
- The Most Beautiful House in the World
- Autor
- RYBCZYNSKI, WITOLD
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth & Boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- VG
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Viking Penguin
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
Términos de venta
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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Sobre el vendedor
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2012
Toronto, Ontario
Sobre Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
