Jenny Mccready (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Mustard yellow boards with black decorations and lettering. The head and tail of spine are worn and the corners are bumped. Binding is a bit shakey, but all signatures and pages are intact and tight. Clean interior. Gustave Dore and others (illustrator).

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. No Edition Stated. Rubbing to covers w/a few tiny tears to edges, corners of covers lightly bumped, pages toning, front interior hinge starting to crack, FFEP is missing (thus Fair rating) ; 212 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Tan cloth cover is worn and frayed at corners and spine caps with general wear but in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Backstrip reglued leaving cracked inner hinges. Pages are toned with thumbing and a couple of tears but overall in good condition. .; 212 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Ancoats, in Manchester, was once unimaginably different. One of the world's earliest industrial suburbs, it was dark and dense, noisy, frenetic, violent, and unhealthy. It was also vibrant and creative. It had a striking vapor, sound, and feel. The area today has undergone a striking regeneration. New streets, pavements, and civic spaces have been laid down. A series of installations, known as The Peeps, have been created for the area. Built into the fabric of the buildings, the brass peep holes offer a fleeting glimpse of a walled-in space, a tunnel, a disused toilet, a bell tower, a gauge. Dan Dubowitz, given the title of "cultural masterplanner," records through photographs, interviews, commentary, and contemporaneous texts, the recent past and the current regeneration of the suburb. It is a fascinating, beautifully illustrated and designed volume that eloquently depicts the common narrative of industrialization, slow decay, and rebirth.…