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The Library: A World History
by James W P Campbell; Will Pryce
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The Library: A World History, James W P Campbell; Will Pryce. The University of Chicago Press, 2013. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 320pp. with 275 color plates, 17 halftones; endpapers mapped with library floor-plans. Both volume and unclipped jacket are in fine, unmarked condition.
Architectural historian James Campbell and photographer Will Pryce traveled the globe together, visiting and documenting over eighty libraries that exemplify the many different approaches to thinking about and designing libraries. The result of their travels, The Library: A World History is one of the first books to tell the story of library architecture around the world and through time in a single volume, from ancient Mesopotamia to modern China and from the beginnings of writing to the present day.
Architectural historian James Campbell and photographer Will Pryce traveled the globe together, visiting and documenting over eighty libraries that exemplify the many different approaches to thinking about and designing libraries. The result of their travels, The Library: A World History is one of the first books to tell the story of library architecture around the world and through time in a single volume, from ancient Mesopotamia to modern China and from the beginnings of writing to the present day.
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- The Library: A World History
- Author
- James W P Campbell; Will Pryce
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- Hardcover
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