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The City of Domes
by John D. Barry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: John Newbegin, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, 1915, Comprehensive and heavily illustrated book about the Panama Pacific International Exposition, A walk with an architect through the courts and palaces of the PPIE, study of buildings, murals, color and lighting. 142 pages including index, frontispiece, many illustrations. 4 pages of book advertisements. Book is near Fine, publisher's1/4 bound, white linen spine with perfect title label, over light brown boards with bright gilt to front board, two corners show a tiny bit of wear, previous owner name in ink on front paste down, toning rear end papers, Jacket is Very Good, corner wear, small chips to heel and heel of spine, bottom edge rear panel shows 1/8 loss on front, some other small areas of loss. still looks sharp in new mylar sleeve. A very nice First Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003799
- Title
- The City of Domes
- Author
- John D. Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Newbegin
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- San Francisco, Panama Pacific International Exposition
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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