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Looking at the Sunset Upside Down: The Autobiography of Margaret Lee Chadwick
by Chadwick, Margaret Lee; Mulford, Judy Hamner (Illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fair
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- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
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- 9780893530068
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£57.67
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Corte Madera, California: Omega Books, 1976. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Mulford, Judy Hamner. The personal back story (though age 83) of the pioneering educator who founded the private Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, CA in the early 20th century. SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized inscription to "My Dottie" on ffep, dated… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fanny at Chez Panisse
by Waters, Alice; Carrau, Bob; Curtan, Patricia; Arnold Ann (Illustatrator)
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition, 3rd Printing 3rd Printing
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060168964
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£30.76
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HarperCollins, 1992. First Edition, 3rd Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Arnold, Ann. In 1971, Alice Waters founded the restaurant Chez Panisse on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, CA, where it pioneered the "farm-ti-table movement" & "California cuisine." This book is a delightful memoir of Alice's daughter, Fanny, who was 7 when the restaurant opened & literally grew… Read more about this item Item Price
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San Diego Zoo Official Guide Book
by Zoological Society of San Diego
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 5th or later Edition
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- 1947
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- Soft cover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£26.91
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Zoological Society of San Diego, 1947. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Still the only "official" guide to the world-famous San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, which opened in that location in 1922. First published in 1947, this is the Sixth Edition (undated), in 172 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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San Diego Zoo Official Guide Book
by Zoological Society of San Diego
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 3rd Edition
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- 1947
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- Soft cover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£26.91
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Zoological Society of San Diego, 1947. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Still the only "official" guide to the world-famous San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, which opened in that location in 1922. First published in 1947, this is the Third Edition (undated), in 172 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos of the animals, buildings,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror (Memorial Edition)
by Fallows, Rt. Rev. Samuel (Introduction); Linthicum, Richard; White, Trumbull
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- Used - Fair
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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1906. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Designed to be the most comprehensive work ever produced on this event, the publishers hired the best historical writers & photographers to document the devastating effects of the April 18th, 1906, earthquake that virtually leveled the city of San Francisco, "having no parallel outside of Dante's Inferno." Countless first-person accounts… Read more about this item Item Price
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Baja California: Hunting, Fishing and Travel in Lower California, Mexico
by Hancock, Ralph; Haller, Ray; McMahan, Mike; Alvardo, Frank
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£46.13
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Los Angeles, California: Academy Publishers, 1954. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. A group of traveling sportsmen from southern California who state that, "among the four of us, we probably know more about Baja California than any one American,'' share their tips for visiting & camping in the region from Tijuana all the way… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Mountains of California
by Muir, John; Palacios, Rafael (Illustrator); McCormick, Jack (Foreword)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
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- 1961
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- Mass Market Paperback
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£30.76
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1961. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Palacios, Rafael. The very first book & an instant classic by naturalist John Muir examines California mountains, including the wildlife that inhabit them, based on his travels throughout the region in 1868-1873. Orig. published in hardcover in 1894, this… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Quaker Forty-Niner: The Adventures of Charles Edward Pancoast on the American Frontier
by Hannum, Anna Paschall (Editor); McMaster, John Bach (Foreword)
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£53.82
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. iChronicles the journey of Charles Pancoast from Philadelphia, PA to S. Louis, MO, where he was stranded & left bankrupt. He then joined another party headed to the gold fields of CA, taking the seldom-used southern route over a nine-month expedition through… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death Valley in '49 (Lakeside Classics)
by Manly, William L.; Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor)
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- Used - Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£88.42
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: R. Rl donnelley & Sons Co/Lakeside Press, 1927. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine. First-person account by William L. Manly, a boy from Vermont who joined the Gold Rush to California in the mid-1800s, & kept a diary of his exploits. Orig. appearing in a San Jose newspaper, they were first published in book form as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Of Mice and Men
by Steinbeck, John
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- First Edition, 2nd Printing
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£38.44
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New York, New York: Covici Friede, 1937. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A First Edition, Second State ("loosely" on page 9, no bullet between numbers on page 88) from 1937, this hardcover 12mo (5" x 7.5") has beige cloth over boards with rust-colored title box bordered in black to front & spine. Condition… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jewish Life in Los Angeles: A Window to Tomorrow
by Sandberg, Neil C.
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- As New
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780819154392
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£11.53
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University Press Of America, 1986. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. A sociological analysis of the Jewish community in Los Angeles, CA, at the time of the survey, the second largest Jewish enclave in the United States. In 211 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, fro 1986, this was part of a collection of social… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOON 3 Theatre: 3 Posters & Advertising Broadsheet
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- No Binding
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£134.56
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No Binding. Near Fine. SOON 3 was founded in 1972 & directed by Alan Finneran, with his wife Bean serving as co-producer, co-director and performer in this experimental, avant-garde theatre company, which was based on the principles of Bauhaus. Their first performance piece was presented at SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) in 1975, and their company… Read more about this item Item Price
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Two Promotional Postcards from San Francisco's "Summer of Love," 1967
by Family Dog Productions
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1967
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- No Binding
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£92.27
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1967. First Edition First Printing . No Binding. Near Fine. Issued by Family Dog Productions, whose founder, Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (1942 - 2005), is frequently referred to as the father of that city's Summer of Love. As an influential music producer & organizer, he helped start free concerts & other cultural events around the city, including at… Read more about this item Item Price
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San Francisco Mime Troupe: 6 posters, late 1960s-early 1970s
by San Francisco Mime Troupe
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- First Edition First Printing
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- No Binding
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£576.68
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San Francisco Mime Troupe. First Edition First Printing . No Binding. Very Good. Described as "the world's oldest radical theater" & winner of the coveted "Obie" (off-Broadway) award in 1973, the San Francisco Mime Troupe began in 1959 & remains today "a theatre of political satire." It started performing free shows in various parks in the San Francisco… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Journey of the Flame
by Nordhoff, Walter [Fierro Blanco, Antonio de]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good+
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- First Thus
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£49.98
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New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Orig. published in 1933 under the author's pseudonym Antonio de Fierro Blanco, a "man of mystery" who claimed that his book was an autobiographical account of "One Year in the Life of Senor Don Juan Obrigon, Known During Past Years in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mammy Pleasant
by Holdredge, Helen
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- Used - Very Good+
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- VG-/G+
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- Second Edition 3rd Printing
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£42.29
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New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Second Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-/G+. Constructed from documentary data, journals, & diaries, this is the intriguing, true story of the mysterious Mammy Pleasant, a woman of color who arrived in the city from New Orleans, where she had been a "voodoo queen.'' Throughout the Gold Rush… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sweet Thursday
by Steinbeck, John
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- Book Club Edition (BCE)
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£30.76
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New York, New York: Viking Press, 1954. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. A "superbly amusing & exquisitely fashioned romance" set once more in Monterey County, CA. Orig. published by Viking in June 1954, this is a Book Club Edition, lacking the red topstain & with a tiny red mark to inner bottom corner of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Family: The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion
by Sanders, Ed
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£119.18
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author draws on two solid years of in-depth interviews with participants & witnesses to the Tate-LaBianca murders, including Manson, visits to the Spahn ranch & other sites in Inyo County & Death Valley, investigations into secret occult… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gifted: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956;
by Anderson, Susan M.
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- New
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- First Edition First Printing
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- Hardcover
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- 9780977040827
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£30.76
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First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. New. Brand New book, still sealed, so we have no information other than this from the publisher: "Few people know that the Gardena High School [Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles] student body has what is a preeminent art collection of Western landscapes, the product of an innovative collaboration between the students and community… Read more about this item Item Price
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Revolution at Berkeley: The Crisis in American Education
by Miller, Michael V. (Editor); Gilmore, Susan (Editor); Howe, Irving (Introduction)
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£19.22
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New York, New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Collection of 20 essays, most originally published in journals & magazines, that present both supportive & critical views & an attempt to document & understand the student unrest & protests that were unfolding in the mid-1960s at Berkeley University in California.… Read more about this item Item Price
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