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On a Grander Scale; The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren
by Jardine, Lisa
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0007107765
- ISBN 13
- 9780007107766
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
HarperCollins, London, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1.05 kg; XVIII, 606 pages, includes a chapter notes, bibliography, index, illustrated throughout with reproductions of artworks, and facsimiles of documents, some of which are reproduced in colour. Colour illustrated binding. The author has given the world a new view of an outstanding man. She takes us deep into his multifaceted imagination and discovers the unique, exacting nature of his mind. She unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late 17th-century science and ideas through the prism of his intellect. the only "damage" is a slight rubbing of the 2 external corners of the front panel of the illustrated softcover binding, and faint reading creases on the spine, and a Christmas annotation at the top of the 1st page. First softcover edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; architecture. ISBN: 0007107765. ISBN/EAN: 9780007107766. Inventory No: 0250373. . 9780007107766
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0250373
- Title
- On a Grander Scale; The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren
- Author
- Jardine, Lisa
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007107765
- ISBN 13
- 9780007107766
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB2 biography, history, architecture London, Illustrated Biography & Autobiography; architecture. Unbranded ISBN: 0007107765 EAN: 9780007107766 Jardine, Lisa On a Grander Scale; The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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