Townscape
by Cullen, Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Three-line owner name blacked-out in ink to front free end-paper; else a tight clean near fine thuc copy in a very good(-) edge-
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Reinhold, 1961. Later printing. hardcover. Three-line owner name blacked-out in ink to front free end-paper; else a tight clean near fine thuc copy in a very good(-) edge-worn jacket.. Short, square-like quarto in illus offwhite jacket with red spine; 315 pages illustrations, plans 25 cm. Contents: [Pt. 1] Case book: -- Serial vision -- Place -- Content -- The functional tradition -- [Pt. 2] General studies: -- Squares for all tastes -- Cross as focal point -- Closure -- Line of life -- Legs and wheels -- Hazards -- The floor -- Prairie planning -- Rule of thumb -- Street lighting -- Outdoor publicity -- The wall -- The English climate -- Casebook precedents -- Trees incorporated -- Change of level -- Here and there -- Immediacy -- [Pt. 3] Town studies: -- Ludlow -- Evesham -- Shrewsbury -- Shepton Mallet -- Trowbridge -- kimbolton -- Cheltenham -- Dursley -- [Pt. 4] Bankside -- New Marlow -- A precinct for liverpool cathedral -- Pimlico squares -- Basildon new town -- Ewell -- Plymouth Barbican -- Oxford relieved -- St. Paul's precinct -- Westminster. City planning. City planning -- England. City planning. City planning. City planning -- England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86895
- Title
- Townscape
- Author
- Cullen, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Three-line owner name blacked-out in ink to front free end-paper; else a tight clean near fine thuc copy in a very good(-) edge-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- Reinhold
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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