Old Salem: An Adventure in Historic Preservation - Revised Edition
by Griffin, Frances
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Winston Salem, NC: Old Salem Incorporated, 1985. Soft cover. Near Fine. Quarto. 90 pages. Softcover bound in tan and orange illustrated wrappers. Light to moderate wear to the binding. Fore edges of the front and rear covers are slightly sunned. A sound copy with clean text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042158
- Title
- Old Salem: An Adventure in Historic Preservation - Revised Edition
- Author
- Griffin, Frances
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Old Salem Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Winston Salem, NC
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 1985; Frances Griffin; North Carolina; Old Salem; History; Moravians; Historic preservation; Moravian; Architecture; Architectural.
- Bookseller catalogs
- North Carolina; Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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