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Tuxedo Park: The Historic Houses
by Sonne, Christian R. & Chiu yin Hempel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0978945204
- ISBN 13
- 9780978945206
- Seller
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new york, New York, United States
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About This Item
Tuxedo Park, New York: Tuxedo Park Historical Society, , 2007. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. The dust jacket edges a bit of wear. Completely clean. Stated first edition. From its' origin in the 1880's, as a private hunting reserve, to the first several decades of the twentieth century Tuxedo Park was synonymous with high style upper class living quarters. America's finest architects built there: Carrere & Hastings, Delano & Aldrich, William Lescaze, McKim, Mead & White, John Russell Pope, Warren & Wetmore among many others. Illustrated throughout in color with James Bleeker's photographs. Chronology (Timeline, the Historic Houses in context). Bibliography. 10" square, 355 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Design Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017904
- Title
- Tuxedo Park: The Historic Houses
- Author
- Sonne, Christian R. & Chiu yin Hempel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0978945204
- ISBN 13
- 9780978945206
- Publisher
- Tuxedo Park Historical Society,
- Place of Publication
- Tuxedo Park, New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Tuxedo Park, Carrere & Hastings, Delano & Aldrich, William Lescaze, McKim, Mead & White, John Russell Pope, Warren & Wetmore
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Shipping charges: $4.50 Media Mail in the United States, Priority Mail extra, foreign shipping billed at cost. 30 day return with prior notice.
About the Seller
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new york, New York
About Design Books
We offer out of print, scarce and rare books, prints and photographs. Our books are mainly in the areas of architecture, fine art, exhibition catalogs, Chinese and Japanese art, decorative arts, modern design, illustrated books, textile design, fine press and typography.
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