The Barbary Coast : An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
by Herbert Asbury
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good/No D.J.
- Seller
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West Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
€9.35€4.68
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About This Item
Garden City: Garden City/Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. Maroon boards the titles in black to the spine. The boards show modest shelf wear and a little bumping to the corners and top/bottom of the spine. The binding and epp. are sound and will be good for another couple of hundred years or so. There are numerous B/W plates and Line Drawings.. First Thus. Cloth Hard Cover. Fair/Good/No D.J.. Illus. by Frontis Shows "Out of the Ashes By the "Examiner and " A Madam and Some of Her Girls". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mulberry Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002122
- Title
- The Barbary Coast : An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
- Author
- Herbert Asbury
- Illustrator
- Frontis Shows "Out of the Ashes By the "Examiner and " A Madam and Some of Her Girls"
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair/Good
- Jacket Condition
- No D.J.
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Garden City/Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Mulberry Books
Biblio member since 2005
West Jeddore, Nova Scotia
About Mulberry Books
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