New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0679421513 . First printing. A transplanted New Yorker, author Bill Barich makes his home in San Francisco. In this work, he travels from the northern parts of California all the way to its border with Mexico. Along the way, he describes the people and places he sees, along with historical tidbits about California's past. With map of California to endpapers. --- In green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth, with spine titling and author initials stamped in silver. Jacket features color reproduction of David Hockney's Nichols Canyon. --- A very nice copy: clean, bright, and newish but with inked gift inscription to front flyleaf. Bright, unclipped jacket also nice but with slight creasing to edges and minor rubbing.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (14), 546 pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 84361
Title: Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California
Author: BARICH, Bill
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0679421513
ISBN 13: 9780679421511
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1994
Keywords: 0679421513
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