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Villas and Cottages: A Series of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United States
by Calvert Vaux
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus/No Jacket Issued
- Seller
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Strasburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1857 Good Plus condition. Spine rebacked with new cloth and old spine cloth laid over the new to retain original look. Front cover and edges moderately worn. Gilt spine design on front cover bold. New end papers. Binding strong. Scattered minor foxing inside, but content is generally clean and unmarked. 32 house designs with floor plans and illustrations. 300 wood block illustrations and 1 color plate of floor tiles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RW Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018891
- Title
- Villas and Cottages: A Series of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United States
- Author
- Calvert Vaux
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Architecture, House Plans, House Designs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
RW Books
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About the Seller
RW Books
Biblio member since 2005
Strasburg, Virginia
About RW Books
RW Books was established in 1993 as a brick and mortar store. In 2005 we converted to an internet only store and moved to Strasburg, VA. We currently carry a carefully selected inventory of about 4500 books.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Plate
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- Rebacked
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...