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Gold, Guns, & Ghost Towns
by Chalfant, W. A. [Willie Arthur]
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Stanford, CA:Stanford University Press; 1947; First Edition [7x10.25"]; Tan cloth binding with gold lettering on black field on front and spine, illustration of miner and pick ax on front, black lettering of author and colophon of publisher on spine, illustration front and back endpapers; Bright yellow dust jacket with yellow lettering on field of black border by design and illustrations on front and spine, advertisement for related book on back; [1], xi, 175 pp., 16 illustrations; Minor shelf wear to binding with bumped corners, prior owner bookplate tipped in; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket with age toned and darken spine,small chips at top of spine and back edge, small closed tears on bottom edges; Overall condition is Very Good. William Chalfant was a long time editor of the Inyo Register in Bishop, CA. His family were one of the ‘forty-niners' and the Chalfant Valley was named after them. The stories in this book cover three regions and periods - "... the western Sierra slopes of the first Gold Rush, the California-Nevada border of subsequent diggings, and the region farther north that became Nevada's Comstock Lode.".
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13004
- Title
- Gold, Guns, & Ghost Towns
- Author
- Chalfant, W. A. [Willie Arthur]
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto, CA
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- BIBLIO-LIVE-3
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
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About the Seller
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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