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THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, California
by Strauss, Joseph B., Chief Engineer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn in moderately edgeworn jacket.
- Seller
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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About This Item
(San Francisco): Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, 1938. First edition. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn in moderately edgeworn jacket.. Original brick-red cloth with cover titles and decoration stamped in white; quarto; 246 pp. Profusely illustrated with folding color frontispiece from an original painting of the Bridge, b/w photos, drawings, 12 large folding plates (engineering plans) at rear.
This is the original 1938 publication, not the 1987 facsimile reprint.
This is the original 1938 publication, not the 1987 facsimile reprint.
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- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23533
- Title
- THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, California
- Author
- Strauss, Joseph B., Chief Engineer
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn in moderately edgeworn jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District
- Place of Publication
- (San Francisco)
- Date Published
- 1938
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Chanticleer Books
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Fort Bragg, California
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