The City: Its Growth--Its Decay--Its Future
by Eliel Saarinen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1945. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY ELIEL SAARINEN on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1945 stated 2nd printing. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing along the panels and just a bit of wear at the spine ends. Octavo, large fold-out color plate toward the rear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22643
- Title
- The City: Its Growth--Its Decay--Its Future
- Author
- Eliel Saarinen
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reinhold Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- rare architecture, architect Eliel Saarinen, rare Eliel Saarinen, aree city planning, rare city design, rare urban design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...