San Francisco: As It Was -- As It Is -- and How to See It
by PURDY, Helen Throop
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1912. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige tweed spine with black lettering and tan paper over boards with brown lettering and inset sepia-tone photograph to front board. x, 221pp. Sepia-tone frontispiece and numerous small sepia-tone photographs, maps. Very good. Faintest of binding wear and rubbing, else internally fine. A superb, tight and sharp first edition of this hefty and well-illustrated city guide. Lacks jacket, else a bright and lovely copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43507
- Title
- San Francisco: As It Was -- As It Is -- and How to See It
- Author
- PURDY, Helen Throop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
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