The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (1961) hardcover book

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Jane Jacobs - The Death and Life of Great American Cities

New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 458 pp. Black cloth binding with red brick-pattern detail, gilt spine lettering. Publisher's red topstain. Fair condition; no dust jacket. Rubbing to covers, head of spine. Former owner's name, used book-store price in ink on front pastedown; non-penetrating dampstain to lower textblock edge. If this book was a city it would be Cleveland. Hey, better than Baltimore.

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