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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
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THE GREAT DIAMOND HOAX.; And Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 5 x 7 1/2, 211 pgs, b&w photos. First published in 1913, Harpending's "whole truth" about the Diamond Mine Swindle of the early 1870s in California and other escapades that led to that incident. A Western Frontier Library edition. Foreword by Glen Dawson.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending. Edited By James H. Wilkins, With a Foreword By Glen Dawson
by Dawson, Glen Harpending, Asbury; Edited By Wilkins, James H.; Foreword
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Hardcover. Very good. University of Oklahoma, 1958, 1st printing, 211 pages, hardcover in a very good unclipped dust jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, tight and square, light wear on protected jacket.
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Great Diamond Hoax, The: And Other Stirring Incidents
by Harpending, Asbury; Ed. By James H. Wilkins
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. 1st ptg.. hardcover. Book: Very Good/DJ: Very Good. 12mo.. Western Frontier Library. 211 pp. 5 x 7 3/4. Blue patterned boards, stamped in black and gold on spine. Mostly light blue dj. No markings noted.
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Great Diamond Hoax, The: And Other Stirring Incidents
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. 1st ptg.. hardcover. Book: Very Good/DJ: Very Good. 12mo.. Western Frontier Library. 211 pp. 5 x 7 3/4. Blue patterned boards, stamped in black and gold on spine. Mostly light blue dj. No markings noted.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending (the Western Frontier Library)
by James H. Wilkins
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Jan 01, 1958. Very good. First Printing, 1958, Univ. of Oklahoma, Western Frontier Library, a nice used hardcover, no dj, gift inscription.
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The Great Diamond Hoax. and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
by Harpending, Asbury. Edited By James H. Wilkins With A Forward By Glen Dawson
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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press., 1958 First printing of this edition. 211 pp. Remainder stripe on top edge, minor spine lean. Jacket is price clipped with some light rubbing.
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The Great Diamond Hoax: And Other Stirring Incidents In The Life Of Asbury Harpending
by James H. Wilkins, (editor)
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San Francisco: The James H Barry Co, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket, as issued. wear to spine tips and corners, covers rubbed, previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Octavo. Hard Cover. The diamond hoax of 1872 was a swindle in which a pair of prospectors sold a false American diamond deposit to prominent businessmen in San Francisco and New York City. It also triggered a brief diamond prospecting craze in the western USA, in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
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Great Diamond Hoax, The, And Other Stirring Incidents In The Life
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San Francisco: Barry, 1913. hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 283 pp. 5 5/8 x 8. Pale blue cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. No dj. Cloth a bit edgeworn; corners frayed and cloth at hinges starting to tear. Ex college lib.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG/G, used, hc, ix-xix, 211 pages. Interior clean, except for blacked out former owners info at top of the front paste-down, pages near bright, binding tight. Edge wear to corners and the head and tail of the spine, small tear at top edge of the lower near the fold-over., no chips. Vol. 10 of "The Western Frontier Library" series. States "first printing".
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
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San Francisco: James H. Barry, 1913. Hardcover. Good. San Francisco: James H. Barry, 1913. Hardcover. Good. book plate and news clipping pasted inside front cover, some browning of pages, gold embossing of covers and spine mostly missing
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THE GREAT DIAMOND HOAX and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. Hardcover. 211p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The jacket has a small streak of fading on the front and minute edgewear. Otherwise, the book is clean and tightly bound. With a foreword by Glen Dawson. Illustrated with a few black and white portraits.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
by Harpending, Asbury edited by James H. Wilkins
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James H. Barry Co.. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket. [adventure, california, biography]
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Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
by Harpending, Asbury; Wilkins, James H. (editor)
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San Francisco: James H. Barry Co.. Very Good. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Teal cloth covered boards have gilt stamped title art on the front cover, gilt stamped ship on the back and gilt stamped title on the spine. Boards are worn around the edges, corners and spine caps. Gilt is rubbed making the title difficult to read, and there are very minor soil markings. The spine is sunned and slightly discolored with a noticeable bulge from an inside crack around page 223. The spine is slightly cocked. Inside pages are clean with sharp corners. There is a gift inscription on the first free end page dated 1922, and a bookstore stamp on the title page. Edited by James H. Wilkins, this book is the memoir of adventurer and financier Asbury Harpending (1839-1923) , describing his journey to California, involvement in the Civil War, gold mining, real estate promotion in San Francisco, and the "Great Diamond Hoax of 1872." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pp .
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The Great Diamond Hoax, and Other Stirring Episodes of the Life of Asbuey Harpending. An Epic of Early California
by Wilkins, James H. (editor)
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San Francisco: James H. Barry & Co, 1913. First Edition. 283pp. Frontispiece and 24 plates. The turbulent 1860s-1880s in Od California. In gilt lettered blue cloth, with gilt devices on front and rear panels.
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James H. Barry Co, 1913. First Edition. Very Good condition.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
by Wilkins James H. Editor
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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
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San Francisco: James H. Barry Co., 1913. First edition. Hardcover. The true story of a man who made his fortune as a miner, attempted to seize California and Oregon for the Confederacy; after the Civil War Harpending was involved in railroads & real estate before taking part in the diamond hoax. Sml 8vo, frontis, 283pp. Original pale blue gilt and gilt ruled cloth. Gilt at spine slt rubbed, one sml bump foredge front board, o/w very good. Internally, inscription in pencil at ffep, o/w very good, pages very bright and clean.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
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San Francisco: James H. Barry Co, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 283pp. Illustrated. Very good with edgewear.
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents: In the Life of Asbury Harpending (Classic Reprint)
by Wilkins, James H.
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