Daniel H. Burnham: Architect, Planner of Cities (Two Volume Set)
by Moore, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company. Used - Very Good. 1921. Green cloth with gilt stamped lettering and decoration. Quarto. Two volume set. xviii 260 pp, ix & 238 pp. Illustrated. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Previous owner's inscription to ffep of both volumes. Bindings are sound. Pages slightly toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Altogether a complete set in Very Good condition. (Subject: Architecture & Urban Design.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q18924
- Title
- Daniel H. Burnham: Architect, Planner of Cities (Two Volume Set)
- Author
- Moore, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...