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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
by William R. Gillis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No DJ Included
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
Extended Description and Notes
6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH.
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- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 900GillisGoldrush
- Title
- Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
- Author
- William R. Gillis
- Illustrator
- H. Glintenkamp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 264
- Size
- 6 X 9 1/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Graphic Arts, Woodcuts, H. Glintenkamp, Frontis, Samuel E. Clemens, Cyril Clemens, Publishing, Newspaper, Press, Printing Press, Great Basin, Placer Mining, Gold Strike, Silver Hoarde, Silver Strike,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Trains; Mining and Manufacturing; Nonfiction; Memoirs; Journalism; Woodcuts; Travel and Exploration; True Adventure; History of Nevada; Western Literature;
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- Cloth
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