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The Architecture of High Point, North Carolina: A History and Guide to the City's Houses, Churches and Public Buildings
by Briggs, Benjamin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1596293268
- ISBN 13
- 9781596293267
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oblong Quarto. 263 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a blue and green pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket, which has some contact marks. Book is fresh and clean. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Illustrated throughout.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050841
- Title
- The Architecture of High Point, North Carolina: A History and Guide to the City's Houses, Churches and Public Buildings
- Author
- Briggs, Benjamin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1596293268
- ISBN 13
- 9781596293267
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Place of Publication
- Charleston, SC
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Keywords
- 2008; Benjamin Briggs; Architecture; High Point, North Carolina; History; Historical; Architectural; Signed; History Buildings.
- Bookseller catalogs
- North Carolina; Signed Books & Association Copies; Architecture;
- X weight
- 3.1 lb
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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