THE SYSTEM: AS UNCOVERED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT PROSECUTION
by HICHBORN, Franklin
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- Hardcover
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1915. HICHBORN, Franklin. "THE SYSTEM": AS UNCOVERED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT PROSECUTION. San Francisco: James H. Barry Co., 1915. Small 8vo., dark-blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation from Hichborn on front endpaper: "To Gardiner Johnson, with whose father, more than eighty years ago, I set coon traps and quail traps in pioneer Humboldt County. Franklin Hichborn, Santa Clara Calif. May 14, 1959." Gardiner Johnson was a California Assemblyman. Hichborn (1897-1951) was the former legislative reporter in Sacramento for the San Francisco Examiner. An examination on political corruption in San Francisco under the Ruef-Schmitz administration. Near fine (clean & bright, few minor dings edge of covers). Uncommon to locate an autographed copy. $150.00.
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- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1988
- Title
- THE SYSTEM: AS UNCOVERED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT PROSECUTION
- Author
- HICHBORN, Franklin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1915
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