The Docks by Bill Sharpsteen - 2011

University of California Press, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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University of California Press, 2011-01-05. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. Hardcover. xiv, 310p., very good hardcover in dust jacket, review copy stamp at top of textblock. On the Port of Los Angeles, its workers, management, and critics.

Berkeley. 2011. 1/1/2011. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520261938. b/w photographs, 1 map. 311 pages. hardcover. . keywords: History California & the West Urban Studies. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Sharpsteen has almost a novelist's talent for using human interest profiles. Here is working knowledge not only of how the Port of Los Angeles functions, but of its crucial importance to the region, nation, and world economy.' - Gray Brechin, author of Imperial San Francisco. The Docks is an eye-opening journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. In a book woven throughout with riveting novelistic detail and illustrated with photographs that capture the frenetic energy of the place, Bill Sharpsteen tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation's most vital economic enterprises. Among others, we meet a pilot who parks ships, one of the first… Read More

University of California Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR OTHERWISE UNMARKED, CREASE TO FRONT FLAP OF DUST JACKET

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xiv, 310p. 1st printing. Signed by author on title page. Jacket corners lightly worn. A look at the Port of Los Angeles, part of the largest port complex in the United States, through the workers who are employed at all levels. Includes bibliographical references. Jacket design by Sandy Drooker. B&w photographs. (9-1/8"x6-1/4")

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University of California Press, 2011-01-05. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

University Of California Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed first edition, hardcover. Signed by author on full title page in my presence, full number line. As new copy with no flaws. Unclipped DJ protected with mylar cover. 8vo, bookseller #001755.