How They Were Built
by Brown, David J
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0760702845
- ISBN 13
- 9780760702840
- Seller
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. OVERSIZE. 1st Printing This approximately 8 3/4"" x 11 1/2"" book has glossy pictorial boards showing light shelf wear and a small scratch on the back. Text block is clean and tight with no markings noted in the text itself. There is a gift inscription to former owner at the top center of the front free end paper. 140 pages * A fascinating volume for the middle / high school aged student interested in architecture and engineering and just curious about how things work and how buildings are put together. From the back cover, ""How They Were Built"" traces the history and development of buildings, from the lowly, make-shift shacks of the first farmers to the towering skyscrapers of today's financial centers. The advances in building technique that make possible ever more complex structures are explained in detail. Clear detailed diagrams, Scene setting illustrations showing buildings in use, Buildings from all ages, the world over, Glossary of architectural terms.""
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000316
- Title
- How They Were Built
- Author
- Brown, David J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0760702845
- ISBN 13
- 9780760702840
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- OVERSIZE
- Keywords
- Architecture - Juvenile literature, Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.