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The San Francisco Earthquake
by THOMAS, Gordon; WITTS, Max Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 081281360X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812813609
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stein and Day. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 081281360X . A first edition of an account of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and subsequent fire that destroyed large sections of the city. With numerous black & white photos and with maps of the damaged areas at endpapers. --- In black paper-covered boards backed in rust cloth, author facsimile signatures to cover and spine titling, both in gilt. Jacket with red-tinted photos of quake-damaged city scenes. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges, is otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (4), 316 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84263
- Title
- The San Francisco Earthquake
- Author
- THOMAS, Gordon; WITTS, Max Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 081281360X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812813609
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 081281360X
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics;
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- Gilt
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- Facsimile
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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