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A photographic and descriptive investigation of the structure, purpose, and interpretation of the buildings and landscape alterations of primitive societies
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Primitive Architecture [History of World Architecture series]
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Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers, 1978
ISBN 10: 0810910268
ISBN 13: 9780810910263
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. Very good condition. Dust jacket in mylar (Heavy item, will require additional shipping fees) 382 pp. Seller Inventory # 740208
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Primitive Architecture (History of World Architecture)
Published by
Harry N. Abrams, 1978
ISBN 10: 0810910268
ISBN 13: 9780810910263
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. Seller Inventory # 082909
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Primitive Architecture (History of World Architecture)
Published by
Harry N. Abrams, 1978
ISBN 10: 0810910268
ISBN 13: 9780810910263
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Primitive Architecture (History of World Architecture)
Published by
Harry N. Abrams, 1978
ISBN 10: 0810910268
ISBN 13: 9780810910263
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Primitive Architecture (History of World Architecture)
Published by
Harry N. Abrams, New York, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0810910268
ISBN 13: 9780810910263
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Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Gray cloth boards, silver DJ with bw illustration, 382 pp., 486 bw illustrations, including diagrams, floor plans and reconstructions. From the DJ: a uniquely conceived investigation of the way primitive societies shape their environments. Considering architecture as including not only buildings but also every kind of physical alteration of the landscape, the author investigates the structure, purpose, and interpretation of campsites, architectural sculpture, ritual itineraries of nomadic peoples, sacred centers, and territory and village layouts. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Overall light shelfwear to boards, block, dj. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Seller Inventory # 128926
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Primitive Architecture
Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 382 pages, notes, appendix, select bibliography, Minor shelf wear, most pages have a small, shallow crease near the top front corner. No tears or chips to the jacket, a patch of wrinkles a few inches square of wrinkles on the front panel. Seller Inventory # 001237
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Primitive Architecture
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Primitive Architecture (1978) by Enrico Guidoni (Harry N Abrams). ISBN: 0810910268. Before the glass towers, the suburban cul-de-sacs, and the terrifying McMansions with seventeen fake gables, there was?well?architecture at its rawest: huts, totems, longhouses, stone piles, and the kinds of shelters that say ?we needed a roof before we needed an architect.? In Primitive Architecture , Enrico Guidoni hauls us back to the dawn of design, when you built things with sticks, stones, and the occasional bone, and the only blueprint was necessity plus a bit of imagination. This 1978 Abrams edition is lavishly illustrated (because what?s the point of a book on huts if you can?t see them?). Think sweeping photos of tribal dwellings, diagrams of structural ingenuity, and a parade of buildings that remind you: humanity?s greatest trick has always been stacking stuff so it doesn?t fall down. Guidoni isn?t here to sneer at ?primitive? either?he?s showing how ingenious these early structures are, how they solved problems with elegance, rhythm, and local materials long before ?sustainable? was a buzzword. Condition: Very Good. Which, in Crappy Old Books land, means this hefty tome hasn?t been used to prop up a wonky table, nor as a makeshift roof beam. Spine strong, pages clean, no tribal rain damage. You could almost imagine it was carved out of basalt, but no?it?s just paper. Own this book, and suddenly that IKEA flat-pack won?t seem quite so impressive. You?ll look at your plasterboard walls and think: ?A Neolithic longhouse would have been sturdier.? It?s an armchair journey into humanity?s oldest obsession: keeping dry, staying warm, and making sure the neighbours are impressed by your hut. Seller Inventory # 4424
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Primitive Architecture: History of World Architecture
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Former owner's bookplate to inner cover else book is Fine. Minor shelfwear to DJ (staple hole along top edge of DJ? ) ; History of World Architecture; 382 pages. Seller Inventory # 16783
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Primitive Architecture (History of World Architecture)
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Seller Inventory # Scanned0810910268