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Baghdad by the Bay
by Herb Caen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, United States
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About This Item
Herb Caen's love affair with the city of San Francisco is indelibly printed in this collection of essays that originated as columns in the daily San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. Wonderful, full two-page illustrations by Howard Brodie throughout.
Binding in in excellent condition with just a little rubbing and slight fading at edges. Caen has inscribed and signed on the FFEP to "Sis", who more than likely would be Estelle Caen, a piano prodigy and Herb's sister. Dust jacket has some small, tape repairs to spine ends. Edges are chipped and bumped.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town Books of San Anselmo
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 552
- Title
- Baghdad by the Bay
- Author
- Herb Caen
- Illustrator
- Howard Brodie
- Format/Binding
- Buff colored binding with silver titles on brown band
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 276
- Size
- 5 3/4 x 8 5/8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- San Francisco, columnists, writers, newspapers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed and/or Inscribed Books; First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Town Books of San Anselmo
All titles are available for a full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item is misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Town Books of San Anselmo
Biblio member since 2020
San Rafael, California
About Town Books of San Anselmo
Town Books is run by volunteers for the benefit of the San Anselmo Library, San Anselmo, CA. All titles are donated and go through a thorough accession process to ensure that the books are clean and in a good reading state. Selected titles of rare and vintage books are reserved for our online sales with Biblio.com.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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