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When the Cathedrals Were White: A Journey to the Country of Timid People (Inscribed to Trygve Lie)
by Le Corbusier
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A terrific Association copy of the 1947 1st American edition: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER TO TRYGVE LIE, THE VERY FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1946-1952), on the half-title. ALSO, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY TRYGVE LIE on the title page. A very solid copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the spine ends. Crisp black-and-white photo of Le Corbusier at the rear panel by Barbara Morgan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22000
- Title
- When the Cathedrals Were White: A Journey to the Country of Timid People (Inscribed to Trygve Lie)
- Author
- Le Corbusier
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- rare architecture, rare Le Corbusier
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Inscribed
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Association Copy
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- Crisp
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- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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