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Radford's Cyclopedia of Construction, Carpentry Building and Architecture. A General Reference Work on Modern Building Materials and Methods.... (12 VOLUME SET COMPLETE)
by Radford, William A.; [and] Alfred Sydney Johnson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, ILL: The Radford Architectural Company, 1923. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. Complete 12 Volume Set. Hardcovers bound in burgundy 3/4 cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. The set is rubbed and bumped and shows average wear overall. Top edges of the text blocks are dust-stained. Endpapers are a bit foxed. The text of the volumes is mostly clean, although there are some areas of foxing. Volume VIII has some dried substance stuck to the bottom corner of the front cover, and there is a spot of damping at the lower corner of the first few pages. On Volume IX, the rear inner hinge is completely open, although the front inner hinge is secure. Otherwise the set is sound with secure inner hinges and the text is generally clean. Illustrated with a number of drawings and several photo or plates per volume.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049570
- Title
- Radford's Cyclopedia of Construction, Carpentry Building and Architecture. A General Reference Work on Modern Building Materials and Methods.... (12 VOLUME SET COMPLETE)
- Author
- Radford, William A.; [and] Alfred Sydney Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- The Radford Architectural Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, ILL
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 28.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1923; William A. Radford; Alfred Sydney Johnson; Architecture; Construction; Carpentry; Building; Set; Rare; 12 Volumes.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Engineering; Architecture;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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