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Secrets of the Rocks, or, The Story of the Hills and Gulches : A Manual of Hints and Helps for the Prospector and Miner
Author: Frazier, Samuel Milligan, b. 1845, Illustrated by: B/W photos, Line Drawings
Publisher: Hall & Williams Denver, Colorado 1907
491, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates, ports. Index, largely mineralogical, on last p. Frontis. is 2 facing ports. on 2 leaves: "Before the Strike" ... "After the Strike" with the gentleman dressed accordingly. Additional ills.: line drawings pp. 230, 276, 367; photo p. 258. Bound in green ribbed cloth with gold and black on top board and spine, blind stamped border top and bottom board. Floral decorated endpapers in green. A guide to late 19th century prospecting with extensive geological and mineralogical information. Includes stories of lost mines and methods of fraud. Slight wear at outer tips of boards, top, bottom and edges of spine. Small tears at middle bottom pp. 187-188, 389-392, middle outer edge pp. 483-484. Pp. 421-424, 449-456 not completed opened at bottom. Occasional creasing of pages throughout text, usually near gutter, probably from binding problems. "2361" in ink upper outer edge front pastedown endpaper. Stripes on photo of binding do not exist, just an optical effect. 2nd. ed., rev.. No DJ. Decorative Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Quantity available: 1.
Price: US$75.00
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