Rural Essays
by Downing, Andrew Jackson & George William Curtis & George B. Tatum (Intro. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0306710358
- ISBN 13
- 9780306710353
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Da Capo Press. Good+. 1975. Hardcover. 0306710358 . Architecture And Decorative Art Series; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 557 pages; 1974 Da Capo Press. Stout HC in publisher's cloth binding with titles in black to cover and spine. Presentation copy signed by the author of the introduction for this edition, George B Tatum. Inscribed and presented on the title page to David Schuyler, prominent scholar of Downing, Olmsted, Parks movement and architectural landscape history. Facsimile reprinting of the 1853 edition. Binding sound but a little shaken; cloth lightly rubbed at edges. Periodic pencil brackets and marginalia in Schuyler's hand. Illustrated with reproductions of the period woodcuts and plans. G+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Editor .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45734
- Title
- Rural Essays
- Author
- Downing, Andrew Jackson & George William Curtis & George B. Tatum (Intro. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0306710358
- ISBN 13
- 9780306710353
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0306710358
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture: Urban Planning & City Studies;
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DogStar Books
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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