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BIG ALMA: SAN FRANCISCO'S ALMA SPRECKELS
by Scharlach, Bernice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0942087054
- ISBN 13
- 9780942087055
- Seller
-
San Pedro, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Scottwall Associates, 1990. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Very good/very good. [xii], 334p. Signed by author on flyleaf. Jacket corners worn, price clipped jacket has worn corners and edges scraped. Includes selected bibliography. Born to humble circumstances and married into money, Spreckels became a force in San Francisco life in the 20th century as an arts patron and philanthropist. B&w photographs. (9-1/4"x6-3/8")
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Details
- Bookseller
- Champ & Mabel Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H12480
- Title
- BIG ALMA: SAN FRANCISCO'S ALMA SPRECKELS
- Author
- Scharlach, Bernice
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0942087054
- ISBN 13
- 9780942087055
- Publisher
- Scottwall Associates
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Alma de Bretteville Spreckels San Francisco California History Biography Art Patrons Palace of the Legion of Honor Women Philanthropists Socialites
- Bookseller catalogs
- CALIFORNIANA;
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Gayle Williamson is the owner of Champ & Mabel Collectibles, which is registered with the State of California and City of Los Angeles and permitted by the Los Angeles Police Commission (LAPD). Champ & Mabel Collectibles can be contacted by mail at: P.O. Box 741, San Pedro, California 90733; by phone at 310.833.8629 (landline); by email at info@champandmabel.com.
About the Seller
Champ & Mabel Collectibles
Biblio member since 2007
San Pedro, California
About Champ & Mabel Collectibles
Champ & Mabel Collectibles has been selling secondhand books online since 1998.
We have a general collection of 20th and 21st century fiction and nonfiction with an emphasis on American history (focusing on California).
We have a general collection of 20th and 21st century fiction and nonfiction with an emphasis on American history (focusing on California).
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