Kahn Edgar (118 results)

Cloth Hard Cover. Condition: VG Plus. 1st Printing of Revised Edition. 1st pritning of the revised edtion indicated on copyright page. VG plus condition with no markings nad light wear in a used jacket. An acttual 1944 printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 5th or later Edition. (1946). Revised Edition, large 8vo, xvi, 134pp, illustrated, bibliography. G in fair only, well worn dj. From the dj: "A must for local folk and all those tourists who have been to San Francisco and ridden the cars in nervous delight along the skyline of the town.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. minor edge wear to DJ. Railroads; 13256.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. sketches and Photos (illustrator). 6th printing; dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; maps on end papers; 134 clean, unmarked pages/ appendix/references/index.

Wrappers. Condition: Good. B&w illustrations (illustrator). [xvi], 117pp [chipping to paper spine; mild soiling to covers] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, tight, unmarked. Illus., photographs, Nob Hill endpaper maps with line drawings of 8 mansions; 2-color frontispiece. Jacket worn at corners and chipped at spine top; in mylar cover. 8th Printing. Please see accompanying images. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.

softcover. Condition: Nearly fine copy. Well-illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 117 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Used Good. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy but still in readable condition. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

paperback. Condition: very good(-). Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrs. lightly soiled. (San Francisco): Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, (1975).

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition; Tenth Printing. Jacket has edgewear with chipping / small tears. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 134 pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Staple-bound as issued. Spine is lightly sunned, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. William Wilke (illustrator). This is an informational narrative of the cable car in San Francisco. From the horsecar period to 1963, it shows how the cars were started, the people involved, and the condition of the cars at the book's writing. It includes photographs, illustrations, appendices, and references. The endpapers serve as maps. This copy is clean and solid.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Photos,line Drawings.MAP EPS (illustrator). Revised Ed,10p; 10th Printing". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S3.50) DUST JACKET.Long affectionate note to FTP."In memroy of our old "School Days".From your oldest friend.With love, .Frieda.October 24, 1963.etc." Else a very nice copy .DJ short tears spine folds. ; YELLOW titles on dark brown spine, with similar cover titles inside 3x4" rectangle.all on light tan cloth hard covers. ; 124ps pages; Nob Hill & Railroad Transportation in Hilly San Francisco, Calif .info on JAMES B. STETSON.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Third printing. Tall 8vo, 124 pp., illus. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, spine title label chipped at edges, page edges tanned and a bit dusty, previous owner name.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. (10) pp., 3 leaves of plates; 8vo; printed yellow wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book in very good condition; slight rubbing at corners of spine; vertical to front free end paper; light toning to clean interior; binding sound. Dust jacket in good condition; chipping at corners and top and bottom of spine; small chip top edge back cover and bottom edge front cover; light to moderate toning. Revised edition; ninth printing, October 1946. 134 numbered pages. Beige cloth boards with brown and yellow stamped lettering and design on front board and spine. 10 3/16 x 6 15/16 in. Includes stapled pamphlet, "Judah Philip Benjamin in California," a reprint from the California Historical Society Quarterly, June, 1968, pp. 157-73, INSCRIBED by "Anne and Edgar" on front end paper. Also includes full-page clipping from S.F. Examiner, Wed., Apr. 12, 1978, Page A-1, which features Ivan Sharpe's "Treasures from the past," an article about cable car system development in the era Crocker, Hopkins et al. Inv. PA45003. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. AUTHOR'S COPY: NO. 1 OF 200.

Printed Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 9 1/4" X 6." 117 pages. A great history of cable cars in San Francisco. Light brown wraps. Spine tail worn. Sticker mark on front wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan cloth covered boards with a buff colored paste-down on the front cover with an illustration of a cable car and the title/author in black lettering. Same to the spine. Book pages have lightly toned around the edges. Bookseller inventory BS/BS 13024 05/2022.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition. 1948 10th printing. Very good, no markings, no bookplate. In good dust jacket with some abrasions and wear along flap and spine creases and corners. No jacket chips. A few tiny edge tears and minor paper loss to extremities. 134 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 33 pages plus bibliography. First edition. Limited edition, 1/275 copies. Near fine in red cloth with gold lettering on front. Minimal edge wear. No dust jacket. Utilizing one of his father's inventions Kahn produced the first metal cable in California, ultimately leading to the development of San Francisco's famed cable car railway.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. [12] pages; illustrations; olive-yellow stiff paper wrapper (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inch) with title on the cover. An account of Stevenson's four month visit of Hawaii with photographs of the visit and the stories of who he visited with and the Father Damien controversy. Fine clean copy.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan decorated cloth. xvi, 134pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. Later (8th) printing, a mild ex-library copy with relatively few markings of any kind.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Stanford University Press, 1940, First Edition, 4to, 124 pages, frontis plus additional photos and illustrations. Name and address on inside front board, else book very good+. Jacket has edgewear else good+ condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.