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Bonanza Inn America's First Luxury Hotel (Inscribed)
by Oscar Lewis and Carrol D. Hall
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, Calfornia: Antler Books, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1983 later printing, inscribed and dated 1986 by Historian Oscar Lewis in black ink on first free page, 341 pages plus bibliography and index, Octavo: 8.75 inches in height by 6 inches in width, entertaining detailed history of the world famous Bonanza Hotel in San Francisco, built in 1875 it was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire. History of the era, mining and growth of a metropolis, 35 illustrations. Book is near Fine, tight and square with sharp points, ultra clean white cloth ha a few small foxing marks probably from the binding glue. Jacket is near Fine, illustration of the Bonanza on front panel, light wear to head and heel of spine and corners, shows nicely in new mylar sleeve. Very clean and most presentable inscribed edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003104
- Title
- Bonanza Inn America's First Luxury Hotel (Inscribed)
- Author
- Oscar Lewis and Carrol D. Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Antler Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, Calfornia
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- San Francisco History, California History, Hotel History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Inscribed
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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