Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States
by Gottmann, Jean
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Cerrillos, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Twentieth Century Fund, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 2nd printing (1962). GOOD/FAIR. Spine slightly cocked, head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped, head of spine slightly pulled from weight of text block, page edges dusty, two page corners creased, previous owner name and address on halftitle page. Jacket worn, rubbed, lightly soiled, with significant chipping and a few tears. xi, 810 pp., 225 figs., 27 tables. Size: 8vo
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- Bookseller
- Maya Jones Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 292428
- Title
- Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States
- Author
- Gottmann, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Twentieth Century Fund
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Sociology;
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
About Maya Jones Books
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- 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.
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
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