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A Quest for Grandeur: Charles Moore and the Federal Triangle
by Sally Kress Tompkins
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 156098161X
- ISBN 13
- 9781560981619
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Jack E. Boucher. Photographs by Jack E. Boucher of The Historic American Buildings Survey. Black cloth boards, titled in gold on spine. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs. xxi, 159 pp, indexed. Glossy photographic dust jacket. Owner's book plate, else like new. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060894
- Title
- A Quest for Grandeur: Charles Moore and the Federal Triangle
- Author
- Sally Kress Tompkins
- Illustrator
- Jack E. Boucher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 156098161X
- ISBN 13
- 9781560981619
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington and London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Structure, Art, Architect, Building, Design, Aesthetics, Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
- X weight
- 36 oz
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
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