The Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Good ; Fair Jacket. 1959 The Viking Press. A Studio Book. First Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has light blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Blue endpapers. Black and white photographs, and a few color plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have edge wear and surface rubbing. Small bookstore sticker from San Francisco at bottom of rear endpaper. A few pages have handling smudges in margins; otherwise, pages clean and unmarked. 228 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small to one-inch tears, and creases, and a one-inch piece missing from the head of the spine. Dust jacket is price clipped and has a name in ink on the front inner flap. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

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Bookseller: SmarterRat Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4069
Title: San Francisco: A Profile with Pictures
Author: Conrad, Barnaby
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Publisher: The Viking Press
Date Published: 1959
Keywords: Cities and Towns,California
Bookseller catalogs: Cities and Towns; California;

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Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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