Villages of Vision: A Study of Strange Utopias
by Darley, Gillian
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0907123503
- ISBN 13
- 9780907123507
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Nottingham: Five Leaves Publications, 2009. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint of the 2007 revised and updated edition. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 339pp. plus many b/w illustrations. " Villages of Vision" is a much celebrated and pioneering book about planned villages. The author includes many hundreds, among them the strange and pretty arcadias built by conscience-stricken aristocrats, industrialists and visiionaries. This revised edition includes a greatly expanded gazetteer, a revised bibliography and new introduction..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007932
- Title
- Villages of Vision: A Study of Strange Utopias
- Author
- Darley, Gillian
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0907123503
- ISBN 13
- 9780907123507
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications
- Place of Publication
- Nottingham
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- bournville, new earswick, town planning, model villages, garden cities
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture, Design and Planning;
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