CABLE CAR DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO (Revised Edition)
by Kahn, Edgar M
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Stanford University, CA: Stanford Univ Press, 1946. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. William Wilke (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Bent corners to last page from poor handling. Illustrated endpapers: Nob Hill & cable lines. First published 1940 and Revised 1944; this is the overall 8th Printing of 1946. Story of San Francisco's cable cars illustrated with drawings and archival photographs.10 chapters: I, San Francisco of the 'Seventies; II, The Horsecar Period; III, Andrew S. Hallidie: The Start of the Clay Street Hill Railway Company; IV, Leland Stanford: The Beginning the California Street Cable Railroad Company; V, Antoine Borel: The Cable Car During the 'Eighties; VI, Nob Hill Homes in the 'Eighties; VII, Chinatown & the Cable Cars; VIII,James B. Stetson: The Cable Car Comes of Age; IX, James W. Harris: The Cable Car Reaches Maturity; and, X, Fading Out, followed by appendices. Fine copy less dust jacket.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- CABLE CAR DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO (Revised Edition)
- Author
- Kahn, Edgar M
- Illustrator
- William Wilke (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Stanford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford University, CA
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- History/San Francisco/Cable Cars
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