Town-Building in History
by Frederick R Hiorns:
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George G. Harrap. Very Good. 1956. Hardback. Black cloth boards, lightly sunned on spine, a touch rubbed on edges, gilt lettering tarnished; Pages lightly age-toned, small stain on fore-edge, B&W plates; Binding tight. An outline review of conditions, influences, ideas, and methods affecting 'planned' towns through five thousand years. ; 7.75 x 10"; 443 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52131
- Title
- Town-Building in History
- Author
- Frederick R Hiorns:
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap
- Date Published
- 1956
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Walden Books
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About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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