Author: DILLON, RICHARD H.
Title: Embarcadero Being a Chronicle of True Sea Adventures from the Port of San Francisco
Description: New York: Coward-Mccann, Inc, 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have strips of toning. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have several small edge nicks and tears and some scraping to the front panel. "Dillon was born in Sausalito, California, on January 16, 1924, graduated from Tamalpais High School and entered UC Berkeley in 1941, before enlisting in the army in 1943. According to his son, “Dillon was a WWII combat soldier who served with the famous 79th Division in France (where he was WIA) , Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Czechoslovakia. His nickname in the Army was “The Perfesser. ” He returned to UC Berkeley in 1946, only days after demobilization. He earned an MA in History, and also published his first scholarly work, in 1949. Dillon then took a second MA at Berkeley in Library Science in 1950.”". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Californiana Richard H. Dillon San Francisco, CA Bay Area Embarcadero Californiana
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Title: Embarcadero Being a Chronicle of True Sea Adventures from the Port of San Francisco
Description: New York: Coward-Mccann, Inc, 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have strips of toning. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have several small edge nicks and tears and some scraping to the front panel. "Dillon was born in Sausalito, California, on January 16, 1924, graduated from Tamalpais High School and entered UC Berkeley in 1941, before enlisting in the army in 1943. According to his son, “Dillon was a WWII combat soldier who served with the famous 79th Division in France (where he was WIA) , Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Czechoslovakia. His nickname in the Army was “The Perfesser. ” He returned to UC Berkeley in 1946, only days after demobilization. He earned an MA in History, and also published his first scholarly work, in 1949. Dillon then took a second MA at Berkeley in Library Science in 1950.”". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Californiana Richard H. Dillon San Francisco, CA Bay Area Embarcadero Californiana
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 35549
- Book number: 35549
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