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San Francisco Boy
by Lenski, Lois
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia/New York, (1955): J.B. Lippincott Co. First Edition. Octavo. . xi, 176 pages. Illustrated by the author. In her introduction she describes San Francisco and all its uniqueness. A story about the Fong family who are Chinese Americans. They move from Alameda to San Francisco's Chinatown and have many adjustments to make. Through the adventures of the Fong children, the reader shares the everyday problems of these children and learns about the jean factory, a Chinese restaurant, a noodle shop, a fish market, a curio shop, Chinese school, Chinese American family life, and Chinese festivals. Bound in orange cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine lettering white, pictorial endpapers. A fine sharp cornered copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket showing light wear to corners and spine ends, light toning to edges, some rubbing. A handsome copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031506
- Title
- San Francisco Boy
- Author
- Lenski, Lois
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia/New York, (1955)
- Keywords
- San Francisco Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children; Regional America;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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