California's Architectural Frontier; style and tradition in the nineteenth century
by Kirker, Harold
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Extremely mild wear to spine head, very mild rubbing to spine foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to rear corners, very gentle rubb
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
San Marino, Calif: Huntington Library, 1960. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely mild wear to spine head, very mild rubbing to spine foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to rear corners, very gentle rubbing and bumping to top corners, light soiling to fore-edges, ink ownership signature and blue colored pencil to front free endpaper, faint ink line to page 55 margin and title page, tight binding, bright pages, about one and half inch tear to front DJ-top edge, very small rubbed wear-mark to rear inside DJ (less than quarter inch), sunned DJ spine, little more than one inch clipped tear to front DJ-top edge, little more than quarter inch clipped tear to DJ spine head, quarter inch clipped tear to rear DJ-top edge, very mild fraying to DJ spine foot, almost one inch closed tear to rear DJ-top corner, tiny tears to other 3 corners (less than quarter inch), several tiny tears to front DJ-rear edge (less than quarter inch), light soiling to DJ, else about Very Good in Good DJ.. Octavo in teal DJ, xiv, 224 pages, b&w illustrations, 24 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Architecture -- California.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91747
- Title
- California's Architectural Frontier; style and tradition in the nineteenth century
- Author
- Kirker, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely mild wear to spine head, very mild rubbing to spine foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to rear corners, very gentle rubb
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Publisher
- Huntington Library
- Place of Publication
- San Marino, Calif
- Date Published
- 1960
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