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Edgar M. Kahn et al : From Land's End to the Ferry

The Black Vine Press, San Francisco, CA

Inscribed by the principal author, Edgar M. Kahn. Inscription is written in black ink on a blank flyleaf and reads, "Presented to Miss Edith Hecht, With all good wishes, Edgar M. Kahn, June, 1942." Original publisher's light blue boards backed with dark blue cloth binding. Gilt lettering on the spine. 6" x 9." Fifty-five unnumbered pages, complete. One black and white print tipped in on front pastedown by artist Mary Poesch[?]. The print is either a lithograph, etching, or engraving and is titled, "San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight browning near the top edge of the boards. A Fine copy. This book is a collection of love letters to San Francisco by various authors. The following authors are included: Charles L. Camp, George D. Lyman, Charles Caldwell Dobie, William R. P. Clark, Carroll D. Hall, George L. Harding, Edgar M. Kahn, Francis P. Farquhar, Lee L. Stopple, George W. Dawson, Douglas S. Watson, Carl I. Wheat, Dolores Waldorf Bryant, Chauncey P. Leake, Ernest L. Wiltsee, Felix Riesenberg, Jr., Lewis L. Allen, Oscar Lewis, and Earle V. Weller. Excerpt from Kahn's preface: "These word pictures on the various phases of the Embarcadero of yesterday were originally written by a group of local writers at the request of Richard Wagner of the Harbor Day Committee of the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce, as their contribution to the success of the annual celebration. ... Much that this volume contains has been previously offered to the public in print." The following are listed under the Contents: "The Waterfront," "The Presidio," "Fort Point," "Harbor View," "Fort Mason," "Washerwoman's Lagoon," "Meiggs Wharf," "Alcatraz Island," "Telegraph Hill," "Clark's Point," "Yerba Buena Cove," "Long Wharf," "The Ferryboats," "Marine Hospitals," "Shipwrecks," "Clipper Ships," "Waterfront Hotels," "The Harbor in Literature," and "Land's End.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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