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REMINISCENT RAMBLINGS
de Welles, A.M.; [Colorado]
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Company, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Company, 1905.
First Edition.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
Illustrated.
459 pages
Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4".
Good+. Tight Binding. Clean pages. Exlibrary with a few marks. Moderate wear.
Colorado in 1877, working on land surveys, mining, mining experiences in Ariz, and NM, ranching near Denver. Also some material on Arizona and New Mexico.
"Scarce, privately printed work, detailing much of the early history of Colorado. The author went to California via Panama; but was finally attracted by the mines to Colorado, arriving in Denver in 1876. He spent the remainder of his life prospecting in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and elsewhere. His style is racy and extremely informative." (Decker).
"In this account of the author s experiences as a prospector in Colorado before the Leadville era and as a member of the Hayden Geological Survey in Wyoming and Nevada is contained a wealth of adventure and much unwritten history concerning the bonanza mining periods in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona." (Wright Howes).
References: Howes W-238, Adams Herd 2459.
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First Edition.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
Illustrated.
459 pages
Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4".
Good+. Tight Binding. Clean pages. Exlibrary with a few marks. Moderate wear.
Colorado in 1877, working on land surveys, mining, mining experiences in Ariz, and NM, ranching near Denver. Also some material on Arizona and New Mexico.
"Scarce, privately printed work, detailing much of the early history of Colorado. The author went to California via Panama; but was finally attracted by the mines to Colorado, arriving in Denver in 1876. He spent the remainder of his life prospecting in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and elsewhere. His style is racy and extremely informative." (Decker).
"In this account of the author s experiences as a prospector in Colorado before the Leadville era and as a member of the Hayden Geological Survey in Wyoming and Nevada is contained a wealth of adventure and much unwritten history concerning the bonanza mining periods in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona." (Wright Howes).
References: Howes W-238, Adams Herd 2459.
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- Librería
- LaCelle Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13293
- Título
- REMINISCENT RAMBLINGS
- Autor
- Welles, A.M.; [Colorado]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Company
- Fecha de publicación
- 1905
- Palabras clave
- AMERICANA,CO,COLORADO,WILD WEST,OLD WEST,
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
