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The Culture of Cities
by Lewis Mumford
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Secker & Warburg, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. Reprint. 530 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white plates. Pages are visibly tanned with minor foxing throughout and occasional thumb-marks. Dust stains to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Minor scratches to boards. Moderate sunning to spine and boards edges with noticeable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is slightly darkened. Book has forward lean.
Synopsis
This offers the first broad treatment of the city in both its historic and its contemporary aspects. “For distinction, entertainment, information, scholarship, and general human interest [this] is one of the most distinguished books” (Forum). Index; photographs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707317494DPB
- Title
- The Culture of Cities
- Author
- Lewis Mumford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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