Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1978. Fine copy. Good jacket. In brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Tight, square, intact binding with clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Jacket: Intact . Minor chipping on head of spine. Moderate shelf wear. In new protective jacket cover. Pictures upon request. . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quaker House Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003064
Title: The Building of Cities: Development and Conflict
Author: Harvey H. Kaiser
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Place of Publication: Ithaca, NY
Date Published: 1978
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: City Planning
Bookseller catalogs: Sociology;

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
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....
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...