The Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch: Architect, with Other Family Papers
by Charles Bulfinch Edited by his Granddaughter Ellen Susan Bulfinch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fair/No Jacket
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Caldwell, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Fair/No Jacket. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed. Brown boards with gilt. Spiine has sun fading and tears along the front board inside and out. some fading along edges, wear and bumps. Bulfinch designed many public buildings in Boston, and James Monroe name him Architect of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. CONTENTS: Introduction; Ancestry; Youth and Foreign Travel; Boston after the Revolution--Marriage; Early Plans and Disappointments; Architect and Chairman of Selectmen; Madam Bulfinch's Letters; Home Life and Anxieties; Removal to Washington; Architect to the Capitol; Return to New England--Conclusion; Appendix: List of Public Buildings Designed by Charles Bulfinch. Includes collected letters from the Bulfinch family to Prof. S. Meany and 1 abreviated story booklet by Bulfinch
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- Bookseller
- The Rubaiyat LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44070
- Title
- The Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch: Architect, with Other Family Papers
- Author
- Charles Bulfinch Edited by his Granddaughter Ellen Susan Bulfinch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1896
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- Biography;
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The Rubaiyat LLC
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Caldwell, Idaho
About The Rubaiyat LLC
The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. We have been selling books since January of 2011.
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