The Madams of San Francisco; An Irreverent History of the City by the Golden Gate
by Gentry, Curt
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. [ ]; xii, 323 pp., bibliography; Lime green cloth covers with halfback black spine with gilt lettering, red end papers, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners, spine sunned; Mustard and red dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine, illustration and image on front, image of Gentry and title on back; Some shelf wear and rubbing to dust jacket, chips and tears to spine, complete tear to back panel with stain of old tape repair, price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13403
- Title
- The Madams of San Francisco; An Irreverent History of the City by the Golden Gate
- Author
- Gentry, Curt
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1964
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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