The Most Beautiful House in the World
by RYBCZYNSKI, WITOLD
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. 1st Edition. Cloth & Boards. VG/VG. 8vo. Gilt lettered quarter purple cloth over cream boards in pictorial price clipped jacket. THis copy inscribed by the author "For David with best regards, Witold" Charming wonderful book. Boards bumped, dust jacket chipped and general shelf wear. Vg copy only.
Synopsis
Witold Rybczynski of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh in 1943, raised in Surrey, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of more than fifty articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, including the books Taming the Tiger , Paper Heroes , The Most Beautiful House in the World , Waiting for the Weekend , and Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture (all available in Penguin), and most recently, City Life . He lives with his wife, Shirley Hallam, in Philadelphia and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40698
- Title
- The Most Beautiful House in the World
- Author
- RYBCZYNSKI, WITOLD
- Format/Binding
- Cloth & Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Cloth
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