Precisions : On the Present State of Architecture and City Planning
by Corbusier, Le
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0262121492
- ISBN 13
- 9780262121491
- Seller
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of Le Corbusier's most important books, it consists chiefly of 10 lectures given in Buenos Aires in 1929. This is the first English translation and reproduces the French edition first published in 1930 with the addition of his new introduction added by the author in 1960. xiii, 266 pages, illustrations. First US edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear to jacket edges, small loss to top edge of back cover, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013392
- Title
- Precisions : On the Present State of Architecture and City Planning
- Author
- Corbusier, Le
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0262121492
- ISBN 13
- 9780262121491
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
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