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A Monograph of the Work of Mellor Meigs & Howe
by Wister, Owen (Preface)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Black buckram spine lettered in gilt. Near fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Black buckram spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. 212 pages. Folio, 41 x 31 cm. Copiously illustrated: photographs, elevations, plans to scale and drawings -- interior and exterior views. KARPEL B1195. "Includes a preface by Owen Wister, and articles by Paul Cret, Edmund Gilchrest, Matlack Price, Arthur Meigs and George Howe. In scope and range the firm's work comprised public buildings and fine house in this country and war memorials in France and Belgium. Small stamp of Jas. Gamble Rogers, Inc. on title and front cover paste down. Interior contents pristine.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23582
- Title
- A Monograph of the Work of Mellor Meigs & Howe
- Author
- Wister, Owen (Preface)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Black buckram spine lettered in gilt. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Architectural Book Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; American Art; Design;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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