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Community Presbyterian Church of Lake City, CO, 1976. Paperback. As New. 8vo, paperback. Near fine condition. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight, 238 pp

Lake City, CO: Community Presbyterian Church of Lake City, Colorado, 1986. Second reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. This is a facimile of the original 1899 edition in very good condition with a previous owner's name and phone number on the FFEP and a small stain on the rear cover.

Community Presbyterian Church of Lake City, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket as issued. . In Very Good+ condition. The "Great San Juan Excitement" was the discovery of a supposed gold mine near Lake City, Colorado, in 1874. This book includes vivid descriptions of pioneer life in Colorado. George Marshall Darley (1847-1917) was raised in Nebraska. He was the son of a carpenter, whose wanderings found him in Galveston, Texas, where he felt called to preach the gospel. He was known for preaching to the dock workers and at the local YMCA, before he joined his brother Alexander M. Darley in ministry in Del Norte, Colorado. Darley was the pioneering minister in the San Juan Mountains, who built the first church of any kind in western Colorado in Lake City in 1876. Darley Mountain, near Ouray, Colorado, is named in his remembrance. "No minister has done more for Presbyterianism in Colorado in organizing churches, founding the Presbyterian College of the Southwest, and in… Read More

Fleming H. Revell. Good with no dustjacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Internally near very good. Covers have rubbing and light overall wear and bumped corners. Clean, unmarked and sound copy. ; Illustrated with 20 photos of pioneer Colorado. The reminiscences of work by a Presbyterian missionary. Various aspects of pioneer life described. Faro, temperance meetings in a "live mining camp", burro punching, snow slide, comical scenes in church, crossing swollen mountain streams, miners and prospectors, scenery, experience with Indians, mob violence, lynching, etc. ; Small 8vo; 226 pages .

Chicago: Fleing H. Revell, 1899. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. NEAR-FINE BOOK (LIGHTLY BUMPED CORNERS) - CLEAN BOARDS, TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN INTERIOR. OWNER NAME.

Fleming H. Revell, 1899. 1st Edition . Near Fine. Near-fine in decorated boards with very slight shelf wear; interior clean and tight with faint embossed ownership impression at bottom of title page. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "Mr. Amos C. Hart, with compliments of the Author. Ouray, Colorado, Sept. 11/99." A beautiful signed copy.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Fleming H. Revell, 1899-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1899. Hard cover, 226 pp. No other editions noted. In good condition / NO dust jacket. Tan, blue and white decorated cloth with gold lettering on spine. Bumping and scuffing to edges and corners of covers with a tiny bit of nicking and fraying to the cloth at the corner tips. Moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well, with a quarter sized black stain on the back cover and three other smaller stains on the back as well, light rippling to cloth on back, and fading to lettering on spine. Binding is solid. INSCRIBED by author on front free end-paper: "To Rev. Dr. Moore, With the Christian Regards of the Author. Delta Colo. Oct 26/1907" (No signature ) A 1" tear at the bottom of page 17 and a small chip on the back free end-paper. Pages yellowed with age with occasional light spotting and soiling throughout. Includes 19 black and white illustrations. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks.… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1899. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 225 pages. Author's inscription on blank front free end page reads in full: W. W. Rowan, M. D. / With the Compliments of the / Author. / Ouray, Col. / July 31/99." Bottom edge is splashed and soiled, not affecting face of any pages, though with small splash stains on bottom edge of cloth covers and just a little near the bottom edge of the covers. Volume remains tight and is otherwise very nice.

Chicago, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1899. [First Edition]. Short 8vo, 226pp, decorated cloth, frontis portrait of the author, illustrated with historical photographs -- Cloth is a little soiled in spots, at the foot of the spine the cloth has a closed tear -- Near very good condition Ne1406 Quantity Available: 1 Category: Americana::West; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 002076.