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Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842
by Branch, Melville C
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1568980736
- ISBN 13
- 9781568980737
- Seller
-
Cerrillos, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
NZ$56.36NZ$45.09
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fair/Good. 3rd printing (1999). FAIR only, with front hinge cracked and binding tender; head and heel of spine bumped, lower edges of boards and page edges sunned, book plate on front free endpaper. Jacket a bit dusty, bumped at head and heel of spine and folds, with small open tear on back. 102 pp., maps in color. Size: Large oblong 4to
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maya Jones Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291455
- Title
- Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842
- Author
- Branch, Melville C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1568980736
- ISBN 13
- 9781568980737
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Maya Jones Books
Biblio member since 2004
Cerrillos, New Mexico
About Maya Jones Books
Based in the Ortiz Mountains near the old mining towns of Madrid and Cerrillos New Mexico, we feature general stock with a specialty in Latin American art, history and archaeology. From early September until the end of July, please visit us at the El Museo Cultural Market in the Santa Fe Railyard District.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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