Faces in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City
by King, Robert Arthur
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0393732347
- ISBN 13
- 9780393732344
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: W.W. Norton, 2008. First edition. Oblong octavo. 144 pp; 250 b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy. A delightful collection of quirky faces and figures that appear on New York City buildings, most built during the years between the Civil War and World War I. Designed for entrances, around doorways, on cornices, and in lobbies, they include beautiful women's faces, frightening grotesques, and natural elements such as acanthus leaves, vines, and flowers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014428
- Title
- Faces in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City
- Author
- King, Robert Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393732347
- ISBN 13
- 9780393732344
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- American Architecture New York City Architectural Details Ornament Grotesques
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City; Ornament;
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Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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