Lighthouses of San Diego (Images of America: California)
by Fahlen, Kim and Scanlon, Karen
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- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0738558419
- ISBN 13
- 9780738558417
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About This Item
Charleston, South Carolina, USA: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Edition. Trade Paperback As New. Clean and illustrated wraps, tight, solid and square binding. Internals As New. The Images of America Series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today, helping to preserve the local heritage.These photographs and stories tell the history of San Diego's lighthouses. By 1859 the lighthouse off Point Loma was operational and guiding ships around the Point; by 1891, two new lighthouses were constructed to achieve what one could not - a major light on the low tip of Point Loma and a secondary light at Ballast Point. Here are glimpses of the famous and lesser-known lighthouses of San Diego thanks to the memories and photographs belonging to families of the men who kept the lights burning. 127 pages. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. 2008, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Lighthouses of San Diego (Images of America: California)
- Author
- Fahlen, Kim and Scanlon, Karen
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0738558419
- ISBN 13
- 9780738558417
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA LIGHTHOUSES POINT LOMA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana. Regional;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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