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Adhocism; The Case for Improvisation
by Design - Jencks, Charles and Nathan Silver
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/good. Small clothbound quarto. 216 pp. Illustrated in black and white. A book that advocates for using the principles of adhocism to help solve problems and design new ways for living and enjoying life. Remainder spray to lower edge else a clean very good clothbound copy in good price-intact dustwrapper with numerous chips and small tears at spine ends and along the edges of the wrapper. A distinctly uncommon dustwrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20674
- Title
- Adhocism; The Case for Improvisation
- Author
- Design - Jencks, Charles and Nathan Silver
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Design, Philosophy
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable for full refund within two weeks of delivery.
About the Seller
Derringer Books
Biblio member since 2005
Avon, Connecticut
About Derringer Books
Professional seller of quality first editions in all fields. Visitation by appointment.
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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