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Port O' Gold; A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
by Stellman, Louis J
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1922. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Signed [Stellman is also spelled Stellmann] [8.25x6in] 416 pp., frontispiece of riders on horseback overlooking San Francisco Bay with cloud visions of contemporary cityscape, 15 illustrations; Yellow cloth covers with black lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Cream, gray and gold dust jacket with black and white lettering on spine and front, illustration of frontispiece on front, advertisements on back; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, orange line imperfection on covers, front hinge cracked, inscription by author dated 1926 on front end paper, bookseller stamp of "John Howell Importer, San Francisco" on lower back end paper; Shelf wear to Dust Jacket along all edges, chips to top and bottom of spine, edges and corners, slight darkening of spine, slight soiling of covers. [Cowan p. 613]. Louis J. Stellmann (1877-1961) was a photographer, newspaper columnist, biographer and poet. He worked with the San Francisco Examiner and Los Angeles Herald. He write several books. This is a fictionalized story of the growth of San Francisco based on real events and people that were directly involved.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13315
- Title
- Port O' Gold; A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
- Author
- Stellman, Louis J
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- San Francisco
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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