SILVER KINGS (SIGNED); The Lives of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien, Lords of the Nevada Comstock Lode
by LEWIS, Oscar
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. (xii) 286 (viii) 1 pp. SIGNED in ink by Oscar Lewis on the half title. Illustrated, primarily from period photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Bibliography. Index. Cloth. Silver spine titling. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". The story of the big four men of Nevada's Comstock Lode: John W. Mackey, James G. Fair, James Clair Flood and William S. O'Brien. This is a companion piece to Oscar Lewis' The Big Four. A Near Fine copy (slightly cocked) in a Very Good Minus dust jacket (edgewear; chipped at the spine-ends), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hardy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2784
- Title
- SILVER KINGS (SIGNED); The Lives of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien, Lords of the Nevada Comstock Lode
- Author
- LEWIS, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Western Americana;
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Hardy Books
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Nevada City, California
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Hardy Books is a rare and out-of-print book and ephemera seller located in Nevada City, California, in the heart of the California Northern Mines Gold Country. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and follow the IOBA Code of Ethics.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
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