New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this minor classic. Small gift inscription on ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, price clipped, else bright and clean. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, blue ink decorative elements. 8vo. 268pp. Diagrams. Index.

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Jane Jacobs was the legendary author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities , a work that has never gone out of print and that has transformed the disciplines of urban planning and city architecture. Her other major works include The Economy of Cities , Systems of Survival , The Nature of Economies and Dark Age Ahead . She died in 2006.

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Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10773
Title: The Economy of Cities
Author: Jacobs, Jane
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1969

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.