Scientific American: Architects and Builders Edition -- No. 74, Dec. 1891
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Munn & Co, 1891. Paperback. Fair. 16 pages (paginated [1], 82-96 p.): illustrations, plans; 41 cm. Stapled. Contains plans for: a $3,000-cottage by A. F. Licht; a house for Charles H. Ostrander in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., by Louis Herbert Lucas; a house for P. H. Van Riper at Montclair, N.j., by W. Q. Lockwood; a cottage at Portchester; a house for Clarence H. Eagle on Long Island by Bassett Jones; a block of 7 row houses, Richter Terrace, in Brookline, Mass. by Fehmer & Page; a house for J. A. Richards in Montclair, N.J., by Edward J. Hapgood; a house for Miss Appleby in Asbury Park, N.J., by T. A. Roberts; a house for H. C. Southwick in Larchmont Manor, N.Y., by Frank E. Wallis; and the Wesleyan chapel in West Kirby, England. Also contains drawings of the Triumphal Arch in Timegad, Algeria, before and after an imagined restoration. Scarce. In Fair Condition: lacking back wrapper and color plates; small dampstain along gutter of front wrapper and first leaf; front wrapper is soiled, with chipping along spine and loss at tail of spine; faint dampstain at upper edge of first 2 leaves; minor chipping at upper edges; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007699
- Title
- Scientific American: Architects and Builders Edition -- No. 74, Dec. 1891
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Munn & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.