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This Is San Francisco
by Sasek, Miroslav
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan Company, 1962. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Sasek, Miroslav. Another volume in the beloved Czech illustrator's series of geography/history books for children, this one a fanciful tribute to the City by the Bay, in 60 pages., with colorful illustrations on each. A true FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1962 (NOT the modern reprint!), this oversized hardcover folio is in solidly Good condition: decorative matter paper-covered boards & interior are very clean with moderate darkening to edges of both covers. Pages slightly off-white, with just a hint of tanning around edges. Stitched binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Paper loss to top 1" of spine, lesser edgewear/rubbing to rest of spine. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra (at least double) postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019850
- Title
- This Is San Francisco
- Author
- Sasek, Miroslav
- Illustrator
- Sasek, Miroslav
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- SAN FRANCISCO CITIES TRAVEL CALIFORNIA TOURISM SIGHTSEEING HISTORY CHILDREN PICTURE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Californiana;
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Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...