The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
by Mumford, Lewis
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. early printing with code of B.8.61 on copyright page and price of $11.50 on dust jacket. Thick 8vo., xi+657pp., illustrated with 156 photographs. Black cloth with black titles in reverse red block. Very good plus, strong, attractive copy in very good plus dust jacket. . Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo.
Synopsis
The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century” (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008710
- Title
- The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
- Author
- Mumford, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture & Design;
- Size
- 8vo
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