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The New Town Story. By Frank Schaffer ; Foreword by Lord Silkin. LONDON : 1970.
by SCHAFFER, Frank [ Foreword by Lord Silkin. ]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0261631705
- ISBN 13
- 9780261631700
- Seller
-
Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1970. Hardback. Illustrated; map and six tables/charts (one fold-out). Black cloth spine; gilt lettered spine. Grey cloth boards. Top-edge dark-red. In colour pictorial dust-jacket (not price-clipped). No owner name or internal markings. Jacket; bright with a little edge-wear only. Bright, tight and clean. A little foxing to fore-edge. NEAR FINE. Jacket VERY GOOD ; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xvii), 342 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 054894
- Title
- The New Town Story. By Frank Schaffer ; Foreword by Lord Silkin. LONDON : 1970.
- Author
- SCHAFFER, Frank [ Foreword by Lord Silkin. ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0261631705
- ISBN 13
- 9780261631700
- Publisher
- MacGibbon and Kee
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- New towns Great Britain. Villes nouvelles Grande-Bretagne. New towns. Cities and towns Planning Great Britain. City planning Great Britain. New towns Great Britain. New towns City planning Great Britain. New Towns. Great Britain. Great Britain. New towns
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rosley Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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