Lewis, Oscar, ed. — This Was San Francisco

New York, David McKay Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First-hand accounts of the evolution of one of America's favorite cities. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in brick-red cloth covers, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but for some chipping along top edge, protected by a plastic coat. Bookplate of Tom Champion inside front flap. SIGNED by Oscar Lewis (1914 - 1970), an uber-famous American anthropologist best known for his ethnographies of urban-living and slum-dwellers and for his "Culture of Poverty" argument, both an adaptation to and a reaction of the poor and disenfranchised to their positions in class-stratified societies. xi [1], 2-291 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good/Good,