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Skyscrapers Of New York; With An Introduction By Cass Gilbert
by Bailey, Vernon Howe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. beige cloth spine and light green boards lettered in gilt. Near fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine and light green boards lettered in gilt. Near fine. 3 text pages. Folio, 43 x 28 cm. 24 full page plates after architectural sketches by Bailey printed recto only. Clean copy featuring lithograph of the New York City skyline noting the Singer Building, Woolworth Building and the Manhattan Municipal Building signed in pencil by Bailey.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24113
- Title
- Skyscrapers Of New York; With An Introduction By Cass Gilbert
- Author
- Bailey, Vernon Howe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. beige cloth spine and light green boards lettered in gilt. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Art Reference; Modern Art; New York;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Folio
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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