Rare Edition ORIG San Francisco GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE Suspension Cable BOOK NOVEL

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THIS ONE IS THE GOLD PLATED EDITION WHICH WAS CREATED IN FEWER NUMBERS THAN THE INTERNATIONAL ORANGE EDITION.  THE MEDALLION INDICATES THAT IT IS THE "ST. FRANCIS DRAKE EDITION".  IT IS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRIDGE OPENING IN 1937.  THE CABLES WERE REPLACED AT THAT POINT AND THIS IS A 4 INCHE SECTION OF THE HEFTY CABLE THAT SUPPORTED THE ROAD DECK ON THE BRIDGE.  MEDALLION IS ATTACED BY WIRE AND ORGINAL EMBOSSED LEAD SEAL.
THIS ONE IS RARE PRESENTATION ISSUE  "ONE OF A KIND" CABLE WITH METAL DISPLAY STAND THAT IS INSCRIBED:  "THE GOLDEN GATE BY ALLISTAIR MAC LEAN - FAWCETT
MACLEAN WAS A TOP-NOTCH NOVELIST AND THE BOOK "THE GOLDEN GATE" WAS HIS 1976 WORK.
FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS WAS AN AMERICAN BOOK PUBLISHER FOUNDED IN 1950.
AMONG MAC LEAN'S NOVELS, HIS SECOND WRITTING WAS "THE GUNS OF NAVARONE", WHICH BROUGHT HIM GREAT INTERNATIONALFAME.  IN FACT, THE MOVIE VERSION BECAME THE TOP-GROSSING FILM OF 1961.
EVERY TIME I CROSS THE BRIDGE SPAN FROM MARIN COUNTY, INTO THE CITY, I MARVEL AT THE ENGINEERING FEAT, BUILT AND FINANCED (VIA BONDS) DURING THE "GREAT DEPRESSION". I FIRST CROSSED THE BRIDGE IN 1963 WHEN THE TOLL WAS 25 CENTS AND THE TOLL TAKER WAS JOHNNY MATHIS' (AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITTER) BROTHER .
UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY         > > >  > >> > > > > > > Note:  LAST TWO PHOTOS ARE NOT PART OF THIS LISTING AS THEY WERE PULLED FROM THE INTERNET  AND ARE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY   < < < < < < < < < <
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