A HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
by Ferguson, Jane
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in plain stapled white wrappers in an outer printed red wrapper.
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Nevada City, CA:: Harold Berliner, , (1985). First edition -. Fine in plain stapled white wrappers in an outer printed red wrapper.. First printing, limited edition. A limited edition chapbook with a brief history of the San Francisco library, plus a single page which reflects on the value of libraries in the Information Age, one of only 500 copies printed on Artemis paper in Dante types. In addition to running a fine press in Nevada City, Berliner was the District Attorney in Nevada County from 1957-73, and he wrote the text that later became known as the Miranda Rights Warning. 22 pp. plus colophon.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87510
- Title
- A HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
- Author
- Ferguson, Jane
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in plain stapled white wrappers in an outer printed red wrapper.
- Publisher
- Harold Berliner,
- Place of Publication
- Nevada City, CA:
- Date Published
- (1985)
- Keywords
- fine press, ephemera,
- Bookseller catalogs
- California;
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- Fine
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- Chapbook
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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