Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to Anonymous History
by Giedion, S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth lettered in silver foil. A dust smudge, and small pen scratches to the bottom page edges. The hinges are weak. The dust jacket has multiple tape repairs to the verso. Rubbing and edgewear, with a chip to the top of the spine. examination of mechanization and its effects on everyday life. One of the twentieth centurys best-known architectural theorists examines the impact of mechanization on daily life. Illustrated, index.; 743 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25426
- Title
- Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to Anonymous History
- Author
- Giedion, S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fair
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...