THE GREAT BONANZA: Illustrated Narrative of Adventure and Discovery in Gold Mining, Silver Mining, Among Raftsmen, in the Oil Regions, Whaling, Hunting, Fishing, and Fighting.
Edition: First edition.
Boston & New York: Lee & Shepard / Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 1876. Hardcover first edition - The title story is about silver mining in Virginia City, Nevada - but this includes a lot more, as the subtitle indicates. Includes a frontispiece., and over 200 illustrations by W.L. Sheppard, Frank Merrill and others. 261 pp plus a final illustration. Slightly oversized.
Condition: Good only in original red cloth with gilt panels and a stamped illustration on the front cover - wear to the covers, some spine slant, corners bumped, etc. (the blank pages at the beginning and end were used for arithmetic problems - in pencil)
Book ID: 71248
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