BONANZA INN Oscar Lewis & Carroll D. Hall, Alfred Knopf 1939 1st Ed HC SIGNED X2

Description: BONANZA INN America's First Luxury Hotel By Oscar Lewis & Carroll D. HallAlfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY, 1939, First Edition, SIGNED by both Authors Hardcover, good condition, moderate shelf/reading wear, previous owner's bookplate. age soling to covers, lacking dust jacketBonanza Inn is the story of the world-famous Palace Hotel in San Francisco, built in 1875 and destroyed by the earthquake and fire of 1906. It is, however, much more than the biography of a hotel. For the Palace was the perfect symbol of one of the most remarkable eras in American history. Built at the time when Nevada's fabulously rich silver mines were pouring millions of dollars each month into San Francisco, it typified the color and grandiose extravagances of the whole bonanza period.Through its marble-paved public rooms and its immense grand court passed all the great, the near-great, and merely flamboyant of a colorful era—bonanza kings and royalty alike, statesmen, soldiers, singers, and sinners of every hue. Here dallied Senator Sharon and Sarah Althea Hill; Lillie Hitchcock Coit romped through the corridors as she romped through life; Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman were feasted in the banquet halls; and the members of the Friday Night Cotillion Club danced their sedate dances in the ballroom. Here women preened and paraded; here men drank and diced and died.The story of the three decades of its life, and of the people who thronged it during those glamorous years, has been told in Bonanza Inn. Nothing is missed of the color and throbbing life of the place and time.SIGNED by both Authors on the Half Title Page:Oscar Lewis Carroll D. Hall ************************ Please see our other listings of books by Oscar Lewis....we are happy to combine shipping fees! USPS Media Rate postage will be calculated @ 2 pounds weightGRADUATE OF BOOK SEMINARS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMHOW IT WORKS WITH US:In other words; the fine print!For those buyers who reside outside the U.S.,We are now enrolled in eBay's Global Shipping ProgramWe like to have our auctions completed in a timely manner.If we have not HEARD FROM the high bidder by the FOURTH day after the close of the auction, we will file an UNPAID ITEM DISPUTE with Ebay.PLEASE: Bid Only If You Intend To Complete The Transaction.THANKS for your understanding in these matters.We are proud to let you know that we try to be ecologically responsible, nearly all of our packing materials are recycled or reused.THANKS FOR BIDDING WITH US!

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