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Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
by Harpending, Asbury; Wilkins, James H. (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013041
- Title
- Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
- Author
- Harpending, Asbury; Wilkins, James H. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James H. Barry Co.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Western American, MINES And Minerals, Arizona Diamond Mine Hoax, Asbury Harpending, California History
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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