Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture by Salvadori, Mario - 1980

W. W. Norton & Company, 1980. Paperback. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1980. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1980-01. Paperback. Good.

Norton, 1980. Hardcover wit. Very Good. 9x6x1. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Architecture: VERY GOOD HARDCOVER WITH TORN DUST JACKET, CLEAN PAGES, INK ON FRONT VERSO COVER,TIPS BUMPED, PROMPT SHIPPING WITH TRACKING.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ shows moderate edgewear and curling, and bumping to corners; Boards show light soiling; Binding is tight; Deckled page edges; Interior pages are unmarked; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Previous owner stamp on front free end paper. Top edges of boards mildly sunned. Else pages clean and bright. Binding tight. DJ mildly sunned. DJ in archival mylar. Very good in very good DJ.. Hardcover quarto with white DJ. 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Series: Norton paperback || Abstract: An introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day. In the afterword (to the 1990 pbk. ed.), the author discusses recent advances in science and technology that have had important effects on the planning and construction of buildings: improved materials (steel, concrete, plastics), progress in antiseismic designs, and changes in both architectural and structural design made possible by the computer. || Contents: Structures -- The pyramids -- Loads -- Materials -- Beams and columns -- Houses -- Skyscrapers -- The Eiffel Tower -- Bridges -- The Brooklyn Bridge -- Form-resistant structures… Read More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980. 1st edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus. 1st edition, 1980. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 311 pp., with black & white drawings. Bound in publishers red cloth and tan paper with white illustrated dust jacket. Jacket is slightly darkened at edges and spine with some chipping along edges. Binding is tight, interior clean and unmarked. A SCARCE 1st edition in original dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.