FIFTY (50) GOLDEN YEARS - A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH 1906-1956
by Meyer, Samuel A. (S.A.)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Newport Beach CA: Newport Harbor Publishing Company, 1957. Dark blue hardcover cloth binding with gilt titles clean, square and tight. Author signature ffep. Front endpapers are stained - there may have been newspaper pressed i there at one point but not there now. Previous owner bookplate on fep underneath dustjacket flap. 292 pages, some slightly yellowing, illustrated throughout with photos. DJ spine a bit sunned, a couple of small closed tears. Not price-clipped. For more than 50 years, author was a working newspaperman. Coming to Newport Beach California in 1921, he published the Newport News newspaper.. Illus. by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013511
- Title
- FIFTY (50) GOLDEN YEARS - A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH 1906-1956
- Author
- Meyer, Samuel A. (S.A.)
- Illustrator
- photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Newport Harbor Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Newport Beach CA
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction - Adult, General; Author/Illustrator Signed Books;
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