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The Great Houses of San Francisco
by Aidala, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket; Hard Cover; Alfred A. Knopf; 1974; First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394483804
- ISBN 13
- 9780394483801
- Seller
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Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Ny. Good in Good dust jacket; Hard Cover; Alfred A. Knopf; 1974; First Edition. 0394483804 . Dust jacket good, minor rubbing to edges. Red cloth spine with lighter red boards. Gilt lettering, Good, edges bumped. Marbled end papers. Photographs by Art Bruce. Eight colour photo's, many black & white photographs. 200 pages + index. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Bluestocking Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6424
- Title
- The Great Houses of San Francisco
- Author
- Aidala, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Hard Cover; Alfred A. Knopf; 1974; First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394483804
- ISBN 13
- 9780394483801
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- This edition first published
- 1974
- Keywords
- 0394483804
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Bluestocking Books
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Bangor, Pennsylvania
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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