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Item Details

Description

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Author: Purdy, Helen Throop
Title: Portsmouth Square
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:California Historical Society
Date Published: 1924
Description:

17 pp. 25.7x17.4 (10¼x6¾"), original printed wrappers.

Record of the important early San Francisco square or plaza.

Condition

Some darkening to wrappers, light offset to inside of front wrapper and title page; very good.

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San Francisco's Portsmouth Square

Name: San Francisco's Portsmouth Square
SKU: 86179294
Price: 200 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $200 - $300

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