THE HISTORIC HOUSES OF PRESIDIO TERRACE: And The People Who Built Them. This item is unavailable.THE HISTORIC HOUSES OF PRESIDIO TERRACE: And The People Who Built Them

Written and photographed by Patrick McGrew. [San Francisco]: (Friends of the Presidio Terrace Association, 1995). First edition. SIGNED with a lovely association inscription to "The descendants of Moses Fisher (mentioned on page 74)--Best Wishes" and dated 1996 by the author, architect, preservationist, photographer and long-time San Francisco resident. A superlative book production, bound and printed in Hong Kong with quality thick coated stock paper, high-contrast, high definitive photography plates, and a handsome sturdy binding. Forty current houses from San Francisco's original Presidio Terrace are shown on full striking color photographic plates with a facing page of text describing each architecture, history and various owners, occasionally with original historic photographs as well. An historical illustrated introduction of the Terrace precedes the house plates, and then, architects, and very informative architecture history, styles, and short biographies follow the forty featured houses. Presentable, SIGNED and well preserved collectible. A hint of fading at the front cover's spine gutter, else very nearly fine and crisp in silver-gray linen with silver-foil embossed titles to the front cover and to the spine, silver-gray headband and tail-band, b&w illustrated end-papers; in a fine dust jacket with front and rear color photo-art, with a few minute surface lamination scratches. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after scanning for this entry. Oblong quarto; 96 pages; bibliography.…