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Gateway to Victory The Wartime Story of the San Francisco Army Port of Embarkation
by James Hamilton, William Bolce
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1946. First Edition. Fine/Very Good Plus. First Edition 1946, quality Stanford University Press book, foreword by General Douglas MacArthur, scare book especially in Fine Condition, detailed look at San Francisco during World War II, 220 pages with illustrations, fantastic aerial view photograph of San Francisco on end papers. Book is Fine, unread condition, very clean light yellow cloth with SF and Bay illustration on front board, brown title to spine, NO previous owner bookplate or writing, Jacket is near Very Good Plus or Better, some very light wear to top edge and corners, original price intact, bright and clean and sharp in new mylar sleeve,
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- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3940
- Title
- Gateway to Victory The Wartime Story of the San Francisco Army Port of Embarkation
- Author
- James Hamilton, William Bolce
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford, California
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- San Francisco, WWII San Francisco
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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