Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest
by Dobie, J. Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine lightly sunned.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Literary Guild. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine lightly sunned.. 1931. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth binding with gold-stamped design of a treasure chest on front boards. Numerous black and white illustrations by Ben Carlton Mead. Map endpapers. xv, 367pp. Glossary; Large Octavo .
Synopsis
Texas has its share of legendary treasure, and Dobie records the lore of the lost mines of the San Saba and Llano rivers, rumors of an untapped vein of wonderfully rich gold west of Paisano Pass in Devil's River country, tales of forgotten posthole stashes where prosperous frontier ranchers once "banked" their gold and silver coins, and more.
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Details
- Seller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 46567
- Title
- Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest
- Author
- Dobie, J. Frank
- Illustrator
- Ben Carlton Mead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine lightly sunned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Literary Guild
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICAN, SOUTHWEST, Lost Mines, TREASURE, FOLKLORE, BEN, CARLTON, MEAD, HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- The American West;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Spine
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