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America's Gilded Age. Its Architecture and Decoration
by Platt, Frederick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0498013227
- ISBN 13
- 9780498013225
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
South Brunswick and New York: A S Barnes and Company, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 296 pp. Index, glossary, bibliography. Tan cloth, spine title gilt. A touch of foxing to edges. Price-intact dustjacket has light edge wear. "The most representative buildings erected between 1880 and 1915 are depicted here in well over 300 photographs and drawings. Many are old and rare, and works of art in themselves. A lively text introduces the reader not only to the structures, but to the patrons, the architects, and the era that produced them...well-written, knowledgeable, and copiously illustrated". Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3449B
- Title
- America's Gilded Age. Its Architecture and Decoration
- Author
- Platt, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0498013227
- ISBN 13
- 9780498013225
- Publisher
- A S Barnes and Company
- Place of Publication
- South Brunswick and New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lippincott Books
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Hampden, Maine
About Lippincott Books
We invite you to browse through the approximately 1800 books we have listed online on a wide variety of subjects, including strong holdings in Maine history and literature, lumbering, the North Woods of Maine, and Eastern Woodland Indians. We've been in business since 1975, over 25 years with a general antiquarian bookshop in Bangor.We are open by appointment; most of our stock of over 20,000 old and rare books have never been listed online, including a large selection of books on Maine and the Maine Woods. We are regularly adding to our inventory with new acquisitions.
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