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The Story of Western Architecture
de Risebero, Bill
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- ISBN 10
- 0684160501
- ISBN 13
- 9780684160504
- Librería
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1979. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. Dustjacket spine and edges are sunned [common problem] - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 272 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
Sinopsis
This classic bestselling book details the development of Western architecture through the centuries. This fourth edition brings the text up to date with new illustrations and chapters.Now in its fourth edition, this classic bestselling book has been updated with brand new chapters and hand-drawn illustrations. Using a highly accessible approach, the author takes history rather than aesthetics as his starting point. Risebero unfolds and explains the development of architecture in the Western world by examining the subject as an expression of social and economic conditions. The Story of Western Architecture explores not only the buildings constructed, but also how they were built, by whom and for what purpose. This informative book, brought to life through the author's expressive line drawings, is an essential guide to how buildings have evolved through time for keen amateurs and experts alike.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BIB317095
- Título
- The Story of Western Architecture
- Autor
- Risebero, Bill
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado -
- Edición
- Reprint
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0684160501
- ISBN 13
- 9780684160504
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1979
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Architecture;
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Sobre el vendedor
Adelaide Booksellers
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Clarence Gardens, South Australia
Sobre Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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- Sunned
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- Quarto
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
