Usam Ghaidan (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. The cover has some wear, with tanning, marks and scuffs. The page edges are lightly tanned. 94 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 94 pages.

Soft. Condition: Good. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Previous owner inscription on title page. Tanning to hard edges. Spine creased and sunned. Light shelf wear to cover. Size: 4to.

Br., cm18.5x21.5, pp XVIII 94; 52 figure in nero. In inglese. Buono stato, segni del tempo: copertina un po? usurata, lieve segno di piega sulle pagine da 15 a 33, completo e senza scritte.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

OBrosch., 4°, XIII, 169 S., 1 Bl., Abb. und Tafeln, guter Zustand.

origi.Broschur, kl.4°, 94 Seiten. Umschlag stark gebräunt, angestaubt, bestossen, mit Knick und vergilbt, sonst guter Zustand.

paperback. Condition: Molto buono (Very Good). Prima edizione (First Edition). Republic of Kenya. "Based on report presented to the director of physical planning ministry of lands settlement and director of the national Museum of Kenya. May 1976". Introduzione di Andrew N. Ligale. Testo di Usam Ghaidan. Numerose illustrazioni  in bianco e nero, alcune tavole a colori su pagine ripiegate (schizzi, progetti, foto) . 4to. pp. 168. . Molto buono (Very Good). Leggere fioriture alle prime e alle ultime pagine, pagine leggermente brunite ai margini (Light yellowing at first and last pages, pages lightly browned at the edges). Prima edizione (First Edition). . This book is about a living facet of East African coastal history, the fifteenth century town of Lamu: what it looks like, why it looks the way it does, how it is adapting to modern pressures and what to do to guide the changes generated by these pressures. The theme of the book is conservation, i.e. development causing minimum intervention with the physical environment to ensure that wheat is valuable to the community is not only protected but also reused. The study was commissioned by the Government of Kenya who intends to give the town a permanent lease of life without overwhelming its fragile social fabric. It is the joint work of a team of specialized professionals led by Uaam Chalidan, Dip. Arch., M.A., R.I.B.A., architect and author of Lamu - a study of the Swahili Town. Book.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: logorata e macchiata Condizioni dell'interno: Tracce di umidita'.