HOMES OF AMERICA: As They Have Expressed the Lives of Our People for Three Centuries
by Pickering, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Bramhall House (1951) 284 pp. Original red cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped and rubbed. Edges of leaves age toned. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear and chipping to edges. Price clipped. Illust. w/ 215 b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5413
- Title
- HOMES OF AMERICA: As They Have Expressed the Lives of Our People for Three Centuries
- Author
- Pickering, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Bramhall House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTS HOUSES HOMES AMERICA DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE HISTORIC HOUSES BUILDINGS DWELLINGS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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