Fire ! Old San Francisco - The Fifties, Historical Fiction by Ruth Comfort Mitchell. 1933 1st Edition Published by D. Appleton - Century. The Second book of a series of Four Novels. End-Papers & Cover Picture by Edward C. Caswell

Ruth Comfort Mitchell (1882 - 1954) / Edward C. Caswell (Pictures)

Published by D. Appleton - Century, 1933

About this Item

This interesting vintage novel is "Fire! Old San Francisco - The Fifties" by Ruth Comfort Mitchell. It is the second book in a series of four novels. This is only Volume Two. Each novel stands on its own. This is the 1933 First Edition, published by D. Appleton Century, with the front board illustration and end-papers by Edward C. Caswell. The author's ancestry is fully Californian . even San Franciscan, and, as we learn in her brief dedication : her uncle, George Mowett "ran with the Knickerbocker Number Five". It's an engaging novel, adding genially to the literary history of San Francisco. ************************************** SERIES : Fire! Old San Francisco series of four books. This is the second book in the series. / TITLE : Fire ! Old San Francisco - The Fifties ("Book 2") [ Each volume a stand-alone work.] / AUTHOR : Ruth Comfort Mitchell (1882 - 1954) / PICTORIAL DECORATIONS : Edward C. Caswell (1879 - 1963) / IMPRINT : D. Appleton - Century / PLACE : New York / DATE : 1933 / EDITION : First Edition /. STATUS : Out of Print - OP / DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 126 pages; finely ribbed green , cloth-covered boards, with paper title labels on spine and front board; pictorial end-papers; sans jacket. ************************************** CONDITION . VERY GOOD … This is a previously owned book that remains clean, solid and attractive, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Compression to spine extremities; head has slight fraying and a minute tear; spine, including label, is bright; boards are bright as is the pictorial paper label on the front board; slight weathering to top edge of text-block, else text-block edges are clean. / BINDING : Solid. / INTERIOR : Along the top edge of the front free end-paper are some vague pencil erasures that can just be discerned, else the interior is clean and free of marking. Seller Inventory # 2401

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fire ! Old San Francisco - The Fifties, ...

Publisher: D. Appleton - Century

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition