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San Francisco Invites the World: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915
by Ewald, Donna and Clute, Peter
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0877018383
- ISBN 13
- 9780877018384
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1991. First Edition. Softcover (with Flaps). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by Herb Caen, introduction by Donna Ewald and after the lights went out. The text is illustrated with contemporary photographs from the exposition of 1915. Photographic paperback binding, with French flaps, with blue, white and aqua coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Colour photograph of authors to the rear flap. "The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, was the last of the great world expositions and the most amazingly complex project ever undertaken by the people of San Francisco. Rising from the ruins of the 1906 earthquake, San Francisco proved itself the Paris of the West: the grand international metropolis, complete with the energy and bravado that had characterised the city since its inception." -- from the rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and a little to the panels. Some creasing of the book corners. Full Number Line. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], 2 - 127, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; United States; 1900-1920; Photography. ISBN: 0877018383. ISBN/EAN: 9780877018384. Inventory No: 0121035. . 9780877018384
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0121035
- Title
- San Francisco Invites the World: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915
- Author
- Ewald, Donna and Clute, Peter
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (with Flaps)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0877018383
- ISBN 13
- 9780877018384
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- BZDB2 The Panama-Pacific International Exposition – 1915, San Francisco, opening of Panama Canal, photography History; United States; 1900-1920; Photography. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0877018383 EAN: 9780877018384 Ewald, Donna and Clute,
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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