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American Homes of To-day: Their Architectural Style, Their Environment, Their Characteristics
by Patterson, Augusta Owen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good- (covers show shelfwear and light foxing; edges and corners are worn; spine cloth is torn at head end near front cover; spi
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1924. Hardcover. Good- (covers show shelfwear and light foxing; edges and corners are worn; spine cloth is torn at head end near front cover; spine is ragged at both ends; hinges are broken; hinge between the front cover and endpaper is torn, but cloth is holding; there is an inscription on front endpaper; text block at foot end is slightly marked; light age toning, as expected; pages are clean). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt design;frontispiece with tissue guard;xx pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages; bw illustrations. This book concerns domestic architecture in the United States, including landscape gardening and design.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 191306
- Title
- American Homes of To-day: Their Architectural Style, Their Environment, Their Characteristics
- Author
- Patterson, Augusta Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good- (covers show shelfwear and light foxing; edges and corners are worn; spine cloth is torn at head end near front cover; spi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- American Architecture ; American architecture ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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