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THE SAN FRANCISCO BOOK by Herb Caen, photos by Max Yavno - 1948

by Herb Caen, photos by Max Yavno

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THE SAN FRANCISCO BOOK by Herb Caen, photos by Max Yavno - 1948

THE SAN FRANCISCO BOOK

by Herb Caen, photos by Max Yavno

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 7 x 10 in. Green cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minimal wear, covers clean, toned at top edges. Binding tight and text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clipped, very clean, edges worn, two closed tears to upper front, one with some creases. Trav. Stax.
  • Bookseller Andre Strong Bookseller US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition very good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin
  • Place of Publication Cambridge
  • Date Published 1948

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The San Francisco Book

by Herb Caen

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  • Hardcover
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Hardcover
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Houghton Mifflin, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The San Francisco Book

by Herb Caen

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Acceptable
Binding
Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Houghton Mifflin, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The San Francisco Book

by Herb Caen

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  • good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Houghton Mifflin, 1948. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear and bumping to corners and spine edge are consistent with age and use. Former owner's gift inscription written in center of front end page. Binding is tight and secure. All pages are intact and free of all marks. Book is poly bagged for further preservation. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO BOOK

by CAEN, Herb (text), YAVNO, Max (Photography)

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  • near fine
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good Minus
Edition
1st Edition
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Nevada City, California, United States
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. vii, (1) 119 pages. First Edition. SIGNED in ink by Herb Caen on the front free endpaper. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. Profusely illustrated from wonderful period black and white photographs and one color photograph by Max Yavno. Technical photographic information on pages 116-119. Green cloth. 6 3/4" x 9 3/4". Neat bookplate on front pastedown. A marvelous collection of words and pictures describing The City in 1948. From the jacket, "There have been lots of books written about San Francisco, some fact and some fiction, but there has never yet been a book about The City with text by her most popular journalist and illustrations by a famous photographer." Both now, sadly, gone forever. A Near Fine (minor edgewear) copy in a Very Good Minus jacket (considerable chipping at spine-ends; edgewear). ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via USPS media mail, to any United States Address.
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