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San Francisco: Mining and Scientific Press Job Printing Office, 1865 First edition. 12mo. Pp. 130, [14, ads], 24, 8 (Supplements). 2 plates, text drawings and calculations. Errata page, advertisements, index. Blind-stamped lavender cloth, gilt-lettered front cover. Scattered light foxing, spine faded to brown. A very good, complete copy. Very scarce. Blowpipe test, chemical tests, assays, roasting, purification of mercury, extraction of silver by the Freyberg process, the separation of lead and silver by various processes, mechanics, horse's power of various water wheels, steam power, mechanical powers, mensuration, tractor and differently formed grinding plates, miscellaneous conversions, and more. "Mindfull that science and practice go hand in hand, the authors have confined their investigations to useful and established facts, leaving untouched all that is doubtful and chimerical" (Preface). Includes a supplement (by Randall) on the grinding effects of differently formed plates, being… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952 First edition, first state with the illustration facing page 21 captioned with the error "Pavillion Model" (should be "Peace Model") . viii, [4], 285pp. Portraits, plates, extensive chapter notes, bibliography. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards. A fine copy with lightly worn dust jacket. "...one of the best books on Dodge City. Most of its gunmen come in for some attention" (Six-Guns).(Six-Guns: 2269; Tassin: p. 280)..

San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books LLC, 1987 Quarto. Softcover. Profusely illustrated with beautiful full-color photographs. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 2 inch tear at spine to cover and first few pages. .

Great Neck, New York: Hearthside Press, 1972 First edition. Tall octavo. Illustrated with numerous black & white photos. White cloth. Some slight darkening to the outer cloth, and rubbing to spine-ends and corners. A good copy in dust jacket..

San Francisco: California Historical Society Press, 2003 Softcover. Quarto. 141pp. Illustrated with nearly 100 photogrpahs. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Top corner curling, minor general shelfwear. A near fine copy. .

New York: The Heritage Press, 1960 Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Introduction by Harold Lamb. Illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Patterned light green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Spine darkened, very minor rubbing to spine ends, else a fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase slightly faded. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Fiume, Salvatore.

New York: Random House, 1993 First edition. Illustrations by Keith Bendis. Index. Half cloth brown binding with gilt lettering. Pictorial dust jacket. A very fine copy. A collection from the author's New York Times Magazine column, "On Language.". Illus. by Bendis, Keith.