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The Chapel at Ronchamp
by Le Corbusier
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick A Praeger Inc, 1957. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1957 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the pastedowns and the rear endsheet) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the top-edges and the spine crown. Square octavo, crisp black-and-white plates throughout. Also includes the laid-in publisher's sheet of captions for the illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20190
- Title
- The Chapel at Ronchamp
- Author
- Le Corbusier
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A Praeger Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- rare architecture, rare Le Corbusier
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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