MATERIAL DREAMS: Southern California Through the 1920s
by Starr, Kevin (1940-2017)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195044878
- ISBN 13
- 9780195044874
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Inscribed by Kevin Starr on the front flyleaf. The third installment in the acclaimed Americans and the California Dream series, written by the former California State Librarian. Octavo: 453 p. with textual photographs. Original tan paper-covered boards over an orange cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light fading along the extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76344
- Title
- MATERIAL DREAMS: Southern California Through the 1920s
- Author
- Starr, Kevin (1940-2017)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195044878
- ISBN 13
- 9780195044874
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York and Oxford
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Los Angeles, Urban Development
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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