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We Chose The Country
de Jacobs, Herbert
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/No Jacket
- Librería
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Middle-aged 'big-city' (Milwaukee & Madison, Wisconsin) journalist, best known for commissioning houses by Frank Lloyd Wright, leaves the first such house to find mischief in the Wisconsin countryside; the last chapter discusses negotiations with Wright for a second house design - this chapter vexed the architect enough to cause a brief rift between him & the author. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page: "To the Holmgrens, | with the best | wishes of | Herbert Jacobs". Scarce original edition, stated first, date code C-X. Green hardcover, gilt titling, as pictured. Edgewear, no jacket, gilt dulled, corners bumped; pages lightly cockled. Text clean; [8], 306 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6" by 8½".
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- u2488
- Título
- We Chose The Country
- Autor
- Jacobs, Herbert
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Harper & Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1948
- Tamaño
- 6" by 8½"
- Palabras clave
- Rural Living, Wisconsin, Frank Lloyd Wright
Términos de venta
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Sobre el vendedor
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
Sobre Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Leaves
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
