The Cottage Builder's Manual
by Baker, Z
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. publisher's brown cloth rebacked, decorated in gilt and blind. Near fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Worcester: Published by Z. Baker, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's brown cloth rebacked, decorated in gilt and blind. Near fine. 173 pages. 25 x 16 1/2 cm. 209 text figures and over 93 wood-engravings. HITCHCOCK 47. KARPEL B231. "A curious work with some very strange designs, most of which are based on some form of centralized plan: twelve-sided, hexagonal, octagonal, circular, and square. Baker was a carpenter-architect in the area of Worcester, MA.". A lovely, reasonably fresh, remarkably clean copy with gilt front cover illustration of a house.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10816
- Title
- The Cottage Builder's Manual
- Author
- Baker, Z
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. publisher's brown cloth rebacked, decorated in gilt and blind. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Published by Z. Baker
- Place of Publication
- Worcester
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; American Art;
Terms of Sale
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Rebacked
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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