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  • Lighthouses: A Close-Up Look: A Tour of America's Iconic Architecture Through Historic Photos and Detailed Drawings by Giagnocavo, Alan
    Alan Giagnocavo

    Lighthouses: A Close-Up Look: A Tour of America's Iconic Architecture Through Historic Photos and Detailed Drawings

    Get an architect's view of America's lighthouses through the collections of the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) - preservers of America's architectural history with a diverse range of historic photographs and architectural designs of buildings throughout the...
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  • Colonial Architecture: Early Examples from the First State by Bennett, George Fletcher
    George Fletcher Bennett

    Colonial Architecture: Early Examples from the First State

    This wonderful volume contains over three hundred images and line drawings detailing the influence of Dutch, Swedish, and English colonization on the wonderful examples of colonial architecture built in Delaware. Covering a period of time ranging from 1660-1840, these buildings span a range of...
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  • Urban Design Reader by Tiesdell, Steve
    Steve Tiesdell

    Urban Design Reader

    Essential reading for students and practitioners of urban design, this collection of essays introduces the 6 dimensions of urban design through a range of the most important classic and contemporary key texts. Urban design as a form of place making has become an increasingly...
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  • Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts by Ackerman, James S.
    James S. Ackerman

    Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts

    Twelve studies by eminent art historian James S. Ackerman. This collection contains studies written by art historian James Ackerman over the past decade. Whereas Ackerman's earlier work assumed a development of the arts as they responded to social, economic, political, and cultural change, his...
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  • Liberty by Voloj, Julian
    Julian Voloj

    Liberty

    A graphic history of how America's most iconic symbol came to be. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous monuments in the world and it is synonymous with the American Dream. Countless emigrees were welcomed by her imposing presence on arrival...
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  • The Architect and Designer Birthday Book by Biber, James
    James Biber

    The Architect and Designer Birthday Book

    A thoughtfully curated collection in a stunning package that recognizes and celebrates the birthdays of famous, infamous, and often-overlooked designers and architects. The gift book for design and architect professionals and students they didn't know they needed but will no longer be able to...
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  • The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy by Chakrabarti, Vishaan
    Vishaan Chakrabarti

    The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy

    From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental...
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  • Museums and Galleries: A Window into History by Mechlore, Rafeal
    Rafeal Mechlore

    Museums and Galleries: A Window into History

    Museums and art galleries are fascinating windows into the past; they provide us with a fresh perspective from which to examine the chronicles of human civilization, artistic achievement, and cultural development. These establishments, which are frequently considered to be time capsules, are home to...
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  • The Modern House, U.S.A.: Its Design and Decoration by Rogers, Kate Ellen
    Kate Ellen Rogers

    The Modern House, U.S.A.: Its Design and Decoration

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Architecture: an Introduction to the History and Theory of the Art of Building by Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 185
    W. R. (William Richard) 185 Lethaby

    Architecture: an Introduction to the History and Theory of the Art of Building

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • A History of Ottoman Architecture by Freely, John
    John Freely

    A History of Ottoman Architecture

    This text is focused on the history of the extant buildings in the Republic of Turkey. The book begins with a brief history of the Ottoman Empire and develops by outlining the mains features of Ottoman architecture and discusses the biography of the great...
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  • A Miracle in Downtown Bellevue: The story of the Bellevue Downtown Park by Springgate, Lee
    Lee Springgate

    A Miracle in Downtown Bellevue: The story of the Bellevue Downtown Park

    This is the story of Bellevue's extraordinary Downtown Park. Classic, traditional urban parks that draw inspiration from the great central parks of the world have become increasingly rare--particularly in emerging, edge cities throughout the United States. Bellevue's Downtown Park is the product of extraordinary...
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  • The Making of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Centre Pompidou, Paris by Silver, Nathan
    Nathan Silver

    The Making of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Centre Pompidou, Paris

    This is the story of how France's famed cultural icon, one of the most controversial and supremely public buildings of the century, was designed and built. Nathan Silver's detailed account of the Centre Pompidou -- still called Beaubourg by its designers, and by Parisians...
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  • Architecture and Urbanism in the British Empire by Bremner, G. A.
    G. A. Bremner

    Architecture and Urbanism in the British Empire

    Throughout today's postcolonial world, buildings, monuments, parks, streets, avenues, entire cities even, remain as witness to Britain's once impressive if troubled imperial past. These structures are a conspicuous and near inescapable reminder of that past, and therefore, the built heritage of Britain's former colonial...
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  • What to See in Palm Springs, Local Tour Guide Tells All: Sights, History & Stories by Stark, John
    John Stark

    What to See in Palm Springs, Local Tour Guide Tells All: Sights, History & Stories

    This is the must-have guidebook for anyone visiting Palm Springs and for anyone living in or around this desert resort city. What to See in Palm Springs was written by writer, journalist, and historian John Stark, a full-time Palm Springs resident and tour guide....
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  • Planters Bungalow: A Journey Do by Jenkins, Peter
    Peter Jenkins

    Planters Bungalow: A Journey Do

    The Planter's Bungalow: A journey down the Malay Peninsula celebrates the traditional plantation bungalow. It documents the development of its architectural styles over the last 150 years and, in doing so, captures the spirit of the plantation industry, oAuthor: Peter JenkinsISBN-10: 981421731XISBN-13: 9789814217316Publisher: Editions...
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  • The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster, by E.W. Brayley and J. Britton by Britton, John
    John Britton

    The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster, by E.W. Brayley and J. Britton

    This authoritative history of the Houses of Parliament in London was written by E.W. Brayley and John Britton, two of the 19th century's leading architectural historians. It provides a detailed account of the construction and evolution of the Parliament buildings, from their ancient origins...
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  • Timber and Building Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society by Campbell, James W. P.
    James W. P. Campbell

    Timber and Building Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society

    Timber and Construction contains 40 papers on timber and its use in the history of construction and a series of papers on other aspects of construction history delivered to the ninth annual conference of the Construction History Society from 1-3 April 2022.Author: James W....
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  • Distinctive Houses of Indiana Limestone: Showing Some of the Finest Homes in America Built of the Aristocrat of Building Materials. by Indiana Limestone Company (Bedford, I.
    I. Indiana Limestone Company (Bedford

    Distinctive Houses of Indiana Limestone: Showing Some of the Finest Homes in America Built of the Aristocrat of Building Materials.

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Buildings of Distinction by Pope & Cottle Co
    Pope & Cottle Co

    Buildings of Distinction

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Reuse and Renovation in Roman Material Culture by Ng, Diana Y.
    Diana Y. Ng

    Reuse and Renovation in Roman Material Culture

    This book explores the spoliation of architectural and sculptural materials during the Roman empire. Examining a wide range of materials, including imperial portraits, statues associated with master craftsmen, architectural moldings and fixtures, tombs and sarcophagi, arches and gateways, it demonstrates that secondary intervention was...
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  • Verb Connection by Ferré, Albert
    Albert Ferré

    Verb Connection

    The third issue of Verb boogazine is about the changing status of the city in the electronic era. Connection looks at the impact of electronic technology on new forms of urban reality, which are generated by new phenomena that affect all aspects of space...
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  • Illustrated Masonic Secrets of America's Founding Fathers by Editors of Bottletree Books LLC
    Editors of Bottletree Books LLC

    Illustrated Masonic Secrets of America's Founding Fathers

    Culled from little-known Masonic texts of the 1800s and early 1900s, the "Illustrated Masonic Secrets of America's Founding Fathers" is a must-read for any Freemason or person curious about the Masonic ties of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, John Sullivan and Joseph Warren....
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  • The Roman Remains of Northern and Eastern France: A Guidebook by Bromwich, James
    James Bromwich

    The Roman Remains of Northern and Eastern France: A Guidebook

    This book provides a thorough, area by area companion to the region's wealth of monuments, excavations and artefacts, from Paris and Boulogne-sur-Mer to Strasbourg and Lyon. Over ninety sites are treated in detail, including major attractions such as the parc arch駮logique in Lyon and...
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  • Oxford by Rice, Matthew
    Matthew Rice

    Oxford

    Discover Oxford, one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited, the city offers an unparalleled collection of the best of English building through the centuries. Matthew Rice's Oxford is a feast of delightful watercolour illustrations and an informed and witty...
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  • Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years by Steinhardt, Nancy S.
    Nancy S. Steinhardt

    Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years

    This is a clear, accurate, readable survey of the dramatic transformation of Chinese architecture from 1840 through 2020. It narrates the change from a predominantly timber-frame tradition to construction in twisted steel and ecologically sensitive local materials. The book places the buildings in historical...
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  • Louden Barn Plan Book by Louden Machinery Co
    Louden Machinery Co

    Louden Barn Plan Book

    This book offers a comprehensive collection of barn plans and designs from the renowned Louden Machinery Company, one of the leading manufacturers of farm equipment in the early 20th century. With detailed blueprints, illustrations, and construction notes, this volume provides a valuable resource for...
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  • Rural Residences: Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings by Papworth, John Buonarotti 1775-1847
    John Buonarotti 1775-1847 Papworth

    Rural Residences: Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Hy-tex House of Moderate Cost by Hydraulic Press Brick Co
    Hydraulic Press Brick Co

    The Hy-tex House of Moderate Cost

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Historical Architectural Map of Beijing by Li, Luke
    Luke Li

    The Historical Architectural Map of Beijing

    Beijing has been the capital of China for over 800 years. There are many architectural buildings left from the old days, which have witnessed numerous historical events, and are treasures of traditional culture, representative of genuine Chinese style. They are valuable not only because...
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  • Churches and Castles of Medieval France by Larned, Walter Cranston
    Walter Cranston Larned

    Churches and Castles of Medieval France

    CONTENTS Historical Monuments of France The Cathedral of Amiens Beauvais and Chartres Tours Caen Rouen Mont St. Michel Carcassonne Aigues-Mortes Custodians of French Churches and Monuments The Templar Church of St. Jean de Luz Poitiers Two Ancient B arnais Churches The Ch teau of...
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  • The Pentagon: A History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon--And to Restore It Sixty Years Later by Vogel, Steve
    Steve Vogel

    The Pentagon: A History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon--And to Restore It Sixty Years Later

    The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built...
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  • Before The Trail of Tears: Tracing Moorish Lineages in Native Soil by Fuqua-Bey, Farmer
    Farmer Fuqua-Bey

    Before The Trail of Tears: Tracing Moorish Lineages in Native Soil

    Unravel the untold saga of cultural convergence and ancestral echoes in "Before The Trail of Tears: Tracing Moorish Lineages in Native Soil." Journey through the depths of history as author Farmer Fuqua-Bey unveils the rich tapestry of heritage buried beneath popular narratives. With a...
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  • Downtown San Francisco: General Plan Proposals: an Excerpt From the Report Downtown San Francisco; September 1963 by San Francisco (Calif ) Dept of City
    San Francisco (Calif ) Dept of City

    Downtown San Francisco: General Plan Proposals: an Excerpt From the Report Downtown San Francisco; September 1963

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Architect and Engineer; v.89-90 (Apr.-Sept. 1927) by Anonymous
    Anonymous

    Architect and Engineer; v.89-90 (Apr.-Sept. 1927)

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Road to My Old Kentucky Home: One Woman's Journey of Faith, Family, History And Entrepreneurship by Curtsinger, Vickie
    Vickie Curtsinger

    The Road to My Old Kentucky Home: One Woman's Journey of Faith, Family, History And Entrepreneurship

    Sit back, relax and enjoy as first time Author Vickie Curtsinger takes you down a road you will not soon forget in her new book, THE ROAD TO MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME. Author: Vickie CurtsingerISBN-10: 1947256483ISBN-13: 9781947256484Publisher: Beyond PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2018Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize:...
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  • The Urban Planning of Chinese Ancient Cities by Yeu-Ming, Chou
    Chou Yeu-Ming

    The Urban Planning of Chinese Ancient Cities

    Author: Chou Yeu-MingISBN-10: 158500264XISBN-13: 9781585002641Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/1999Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.18w x 0.34d
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  • Castles of Wales by Owen, Rhodri
    Rhodri Owen

    Castles of Wales

    Wales boasts a stunning array of castles, the most per square mile of any country in Europe, from the earliest stone fortifications at Chepstow to the 19th-century folly of Castell Coch and from the splendor of Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Conwy and Harlech, recognized as UNESCO...
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  • The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John
    John Ruskin

    The Seven Lamps of Architecture

    The Seven Lamps of Architecture, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in...
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  • Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39 by Stamp, Gavin
    Gavin Stamp

    Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39

    British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism - the flat roofs, clean lines and concrete of the Isokon flats in Hampstead and the Penguin Pool at London Zoo - but the reality was far more diverse. As the...
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  • Re-forming Britain: Narratives of Modernity before Reconstruction by Darling, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Darling

    Re-Forming Britain: Narratives of Modernity Before Reconstruction

    Re-forming Britain considers the nature and practice of architectural modernism in inter-war Britain in a new light. Bringing hitherto little considered protagonists and projects to the fore, it argues that rather than being an imported idiom, the new architecture in Britain formed part of...
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  • The Cathedrals Of Great Britain: Their History And Architecture by Ditchfield, Peter Hampson
    Peter Hampson Ditchfield

    The Cathedrals Of Great Britain: Their History And Architecture

    The Cathedrals Of Great Britain: Their History And Architecture This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content,...
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  • On Restoration by Le Duc, E. Viollet
    E. Viollet Le Duc

    On Restoration

    In this engaging work, E Viollet Le Duc explores the topic of restoration and its application to architecture. Drawing on his extensive experience as an architect and restorer, Le Duc provides valuable insights into the principles of restoration and the challenges faced by those...
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  • The Planning of Apartment Houses, Tenements and Country Homes; a Text Book for Students of Architecture, Household Arts, Practical Arts and Hygiene of by Bent, Teunis J. Van Der 1862-
    Teunis J. Van Der 1862- Bent

    The Planning of Apartment Houses, Tenements and Country Homes; a Text Book for Students of Architecture, Household Arts, Practical Arts and Hygiene of

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Magnum in Parvo, or, The Marrow of Architecture: Shewing How to Draw a Column With Its Base, Capital, Entablature, and Pedestal: and Also an Arch of A by Halfpenny, William -1755
    William -1755 Halfpenny

    Magnum in Parvo, or, The Marrow of Architecture: Shewing How to Draw a Column With Its Base, Capital, Entablature, and Pedestal: and Also an Arch of A

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Studies in Philippine Architecture; c.1 by Norton, Morilla Maria 1865-
    Morilla Maria 1865- Norton

    Studies in Philippine Architecture; c.1

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • An Architectural Monograph on Houses of the Connecticut River Valley; No. 2 by Derby, Richard B. B. 1878
    Richard B. B. 1878 Derby

    An Architectural Monograph on Houses of the Connecticut River Valley; No. 2

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: in Ten Books by Vitruvius Pollio
    Vitruvius Pollio

    The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: in Ten Books

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Positions: Portrait of New Generation by Edelmann, Fr馘駻ic
    Fr馘駻ic Edelmann

    Positions: Portrait of New Generation

    This book presents over 40 finished works by Chinese architects, produced between 2003 and 2008. A compelling selection representing a new generation of architects in a country whose building rhythm over the last decade has been unstoppable, as China's architects are making their mark...
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  • Barn in the U.S.A. by Crittendon, Robert
    Robert Crittendon

    Barn in the U.S.A.

    A beautiful photographic tribute to historic barns of the West, the icons of rural American history.Author: Robert CrittendonISBN-10: 1555915604ISBN-13: 9781555915605Publisher: Fulcrum PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2006Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.06h x 9.78w x 0.53d
    $24.95
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