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American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame
by Williamson, Roxanne Kuter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0292751214
- ISBN 13
- 9780292751217
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 286 pp. A study of more than 600 American architects who have achieved a place in the architectural histories. She traces the apprenticeship connection in cases of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, the firm of McKim Mead and White, Latrobe and his descendants, the Bulfinch and Renwick Lines, the European immigrant masters and Louis Kahn. DJ has rubbing and creases on spine edges. Book very clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- modern-ISM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011482
- Title
- American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame
- Author
- Williamson, Roxanne Kuter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0292751214
- ISBN 13
- 9780292751217
- Publisher
- Univ of Texas Pr
- Place of Publication
- Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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On-line with emphasis on architecture, art and design. Classics also included.
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- 12mo
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.