The Observer's Book of Architecture
by Penoyre, John; Ryan, Michael (Yorke, F.R.S.)
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Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, Observer's Pocket Series 13 [Published Date: 1963]. Hardcover, 223 pp. Revised Edition (1958), 1963 Reprint. Good in Acceptable+ dust jacket. Small (5.75 x 3.75") light brown textured boards with black lettering on front and spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Previous owner's address label on front free end paper. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has 3/4" or less nicks and tears and creasing along edges. Moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. bottom corner of front flap is clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [from front jacket flap] This pocket guide, with its comprehensive Visual Index, contains 275 different illustrations, 125 of which are in colour. It describes the development of British architecture from Saxon times until the present day, and is designed to provide the observer with an adequate background of the development of building, planning and technique through the centuries.
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- Epilonian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20210719006
- Title
- The Observer's Book of Architecture
- Author
- Penoyre, John; Ryan, Michael (Yorke, F.R.S.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
- Date Published
- 1963-01-01
- Keywords
- Architecture, England, History
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