Autobiography of Perry Whiting, Pioneer Building Material Merchant of Los Angeles
by Whiting, Perry (1868-?)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
Los Angeles, Printed By Smith-Barnes Corporation, 1930. First Edition. Hardback. Signed presentation copy. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked buckram. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 334 pages; Description: 334 p. Illus. , map. 24 cm. Subjects: Whiting, Perry, (1868-? ) . Notes: Editor's note signed: John A. Davies. Lettered on cover: ""Perry"", experiences of a pioneer.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83980
- Title
- Autobiography of Perry Whiting, Pioneer Building Material Merchant of Los Angeles
- Author
- Whiting, Perry (1868-?)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Los Angeles, Printed By Smith-Barnes Corporation
- Date Published
- 1930
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