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A Guide to Early American Homes - North
by Pratt, Dorothy and Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Blue patterned boards with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. Thin line of black at lower board near edge from old style mylar cover (now removed) -- no other soiling or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers (narrow black line at base of endpapers from same). No names, writing or bookplates. Profusely illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout. 249 pages with index + 2 pages of photographic credits and "About the Authors". Dust jacket is clean and bright, not price clipped (6.95 on front inside flap), now protected in clean archival quality removable mylar cover. 950 beautiful old houses from Maine to Delaware, from Cape Cod to Wisconsin and Illinois. It includes Sturbridge, Shelburne, Deerfield, and other villages restored by expert and untiring research..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025210
- Title
- A Guide to Early American Homes - North
- Author
- Pratt, Dorothy and Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- AMERICANA, EARLY AMERICAN HOMES NORTH, DOROTHY AND RICHARD PRATT, FIRST EDITION, ARCHITECTURE, EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Architecture;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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