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San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake & Fires. [1st hardcover].
by Smith, Dennis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine dj. Estate acquisition. Book appears unread: clean/tight/crisp, no names. Jacket faintly scuffed else like new: n
- ISBN 10
- 0670034428
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034420
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York. Viking. (c2005). HARDCOVER.. Fine/Near Fine dj. Estate acquisition. Book appears unread: clean/tight/crisp, no names. Jacket faintly scuffed else like new: no tears. Octavo. (8vo). Illustrated in b&w: 16 pages of vintage photographs printed on glossy paper. x. + 294pp. Appendix, Bibliography, Index. Black boards & gilt lettered, gray cloth back. First Edition. 1st Printing per print number line. FYI: Larger print than usual BUT NOT a large print edition.
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- Bookseller
- Booktopia
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2082920
- Title
- San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake & Fires. [1st hardcover].
- Author
- Smith, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- New Fine/Near Fine dj. Estate acquisition. Book appears unread: clean/tight/crisp, no names. Jacket faintly scuffed else like new: n
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670034428
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034420
- Publisher
- Viking.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- (c2005).
- Pages
- x. + 294pp.
- Keywords
- Americana 19th Century San Francisco California Earthquake History
- Size
- Octavo. (8vo).
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About the Seller
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