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The Exploding Cities
by Wilsher, Peter (and Rosemary Righter)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 023396665X
- ISBN 13
- 9780233966656
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London, Andre Deutsch, 1975, hardcover, 238 pp, True First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end, edge, and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, chip to heel of spine, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. The authors explore the issue of world urbanization as population explodes and large groups of people move into cities. Illustrated with 6 black-&-white plates. Appended: Bibliography, Index. Epilogue by Barbara Ward. ISBN 9780233966656
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7169
- Title
- The Exploding Cities
- Author
- Wilsher, Peter (and Rosemary Righter)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 023396665X
- ISBN 13
- 9780233966656
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Cities and towns; Congresses; General; Social Science; Sociology
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About the Seller
West of Eden Books
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Lukeville , Arizona
About West of Eden Books
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