North Carolina Architecture
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with gilt letters on spine & front cover; white & color illus. dust jacket, 514 pp. with bw photos throughout. Good/Good (dampstaining to lower spine & board edges w/ creasing & paper wear to gutter areas of pastedowns. spine rattled, textblock shaken; very slight split to textblock, pgs & textblock remain firm/intact. upper front corner bruised & creased. scratches to cloth. dustjacket has dampstaining to lower spine edge & interior; rubbing to spine top; rubbing to corners; various scratches, scuffs & scoring). Item #145324
ISBN: 9780807819234
A massive work with with photography by Tim Buchman. "This stunning book portrays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage from colonial times to the beginning of WWII...[It] addresses the grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses on the quieter beauty of more common structures: farmhouses, barns, urban dwellings, log houses, mills, factories and churches." (dj) Includes information about construction and design as well as the buildings being set within cultural, political and historical contexts.
Price: $35.00