The City in History
by Mumford, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1963. Second Impression. Hardback. Green cloth boards rubbed on corners and at ends of spine w/ minute fraying of cloth, slightly marked on rear, gilt lettering bright; Pages lightly age-toned, prior bookshop label on front pastedown, very light offsetting on endpapers, no ownership marks, B&W plates; Binding tight. ; 6.7 x 9.5"; 657 pages .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51389
- Title
- The City in History
- Author
- Mumford, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walden Books
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London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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