Dan De Quille William Wright (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint. Facsimile reprint of the 1889 edition; book has slight edgewear, pages toning; DJ is price-clipped w/a price in pencil erased but still slightly visible, light toning, tiny tear to top rear edge ; 158 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 158, reprint, slight soiling to dj, top corner of dj has outer layer peeled away.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover with dustcover. Text is unmarked. Covers show some shelf wear with some rubbing and scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges are strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with some rubbing, scuffing and small tears. Dust jacket has a corner cut out.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Book and dust jacket have only extremely light wear. Very nice clean square copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An authentic account of the discovery, history and working of the world renowned Comstock Lode of Nevada. This is a reprint of the 1947 edition with a forward by Oscar lewis which was a reprint of the original published in 1876 and includes Twain's Introduction. Cover art by Dan Heath. completet with all the original text illustrations. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 439 pages, 2nd printing. Ex-library marks, shelf wear; pages toned; a sound binding; good overall. No jacket. Title page also says "including the present condition of the various mines situated thereon-sketches of the most prominent men interested in them-incidents and adventures connected with mining, the Indians, and the country-amusing stories, experiences, anecdotes, etc and a full exposition of the production of pure silver." Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Inventory No: 231254.…

Very good in jacket. Sunned spine. Pages toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1947 second printing, hardcover. EX-LIBRARY copy in green library binding. Flaps from the original dust jacket pasted into the book on a couple of blank front endpapers. Usual library marks, stamps, paste-ons, pocket, etc. First endpaper corner clipped. Binding is tight with only a little rubbing wear on edges. Slight fading at top of cover. Free of any writing or underlining except for library marks.439 pages plus index. Black and white drawings and illustrations, etc. This is a good reading copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint of the 1889 edition. Small octavo. Condition: DJ price-clipped; minor toning to pages; else near fine in near fine DJ. 158 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Much on early Nevada as well as details of Virginia City in the 1880s and the discovery of the Comstock Lode. Stock toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Smart brown boards with black titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little dulled to spine and now in removable protective sleeve. 8vo. 158pp.…

Condition: Very good. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Very good condition in worn dust jacket. Internally clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Story of the accidental discovery of silver in Nevada. Part of the America's Pioneer Heritage series. Reprint of the 1889 original. 158pp. Some soiling to DJ. All pages yellowed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. FIRST EDTION. 8vo. 436; Appendix;v vill pp.Introduction by Oscar Lewis. The story of the discovery & development of the Comstock Lode. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt design & lettering front cover & spine. Previous owners book plate on front free end paper. Pages clean & unmarked. Dust Jacket rubbed on edges piece missing back cover. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. 6th printing, 1964. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Some staining on bottom of text edge.

Facsimile of 1889 edition. 8vo. 158pp. Pages slightly browned. Original boards. Rubbed pictorial orange d/w. lettered in black. ISBN 0883940248 US$22.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. xii, 127, (1). Introduction by James Rawls. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Frontis. portrait of de Quille, 1864. Illustrated with reproduction of pen drawings, mostly Native American subjects. Bound in half taupe cloth over patterned boards, gilt lettering stamped on spine. One of 650 copies printed. Reprints from manuscripts of the journalist, writer and editor William Wright, 1829-1898, who used the nom de plume Dan de Quille. Wright edited the Virginia City Enterprise, where he interacted with Mark Twain. A superb copy of a handsome book, printed by Arlen and Clara Louise Philpott. Publication 165 of the Book Club of California.…

Reprint. 8vo. xli + 439pp. + viii + adverts. Paperback in original pictorial pale grey wrapps. with black lettering to spine, near fine. US$12.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDTION. 8vo. 439; vill pp.Introduction by Oscar Lewis & signed by him on the front free end paper.The story of the discovery & development ofth Comstock Lode, Blue cloth hardcover, gilt design & lettering front cover & spine. Previous owners book plate on front end paper; miniature bookseller's label on rear end paper. Clean & unmarked. Dust Jacket very good in mylar cover very good. Signed. Book. …

Facsimile of 1876 edition. 8vo. xli + 439pp. + viii. Original orange cloth. Pictorial orange d/w. with white and black lettering, slightly rubbed to edges with tape repair to 2cm. tear. US$15.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 8vo, 439pp, index, illustd, orig orange cloth, cloth little aged round edges in places, binding good and sound, contents vg clean and sound , more vg than good copy really. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 650 copies printed by Arlen and Clara Louis Philpott. De Quille was an author of stories of the Comstock Lode in Virginia City Nevada in the late 19th Century. He was also a friend and an an influence on Mark Twain. This is a selection of previously unpublished work. 7 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. 128 pages, plus colophon.…

1974. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 158pp. Back of dust jacket slightly soiled. Reprint of the 1889 edition. Publisher series: America's Pioneer Heritage. Locale: Virginia City. (Western America, Mining, Silver).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Third Printing. Stated 3rd printing. Good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Minor wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Light fading to the spine and the covers have some light stains. The remains of a paper is attached to the inside of the front cover; possibly a library pocket even though the book has no other signs that it may have been a library copy. Spine is slightly slanted. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 448 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1876 first edition -- no later dates found. Rebound in black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Small plate to bottom of front pastedown from the Carson High School Bindery is filled in in blue ink "Bound" (though we presume re-bound) "Nov. 12, 1924 / By Joe Rochon." The internal hinges were long ago supported by the application of vertical strips of manila cloth tape. Previous owner's name Peggy Pohl also in blue ink to FFE. The twin landscape frontispieces are separated by a tissue guard. Many of the plates (only) show small diagonal tidemarks to bottom outside corners. 569 pp. including 3-page Appendix of Mexican Mining Terms. Profusely illustrated (via engraved steel plates) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition hardcover,1st Borzoi Edition (1947) with torn and tattered dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Scarce cloth issue. Covers shelfworn. Owner's name inside front and back covers.

17 x 12 cm (octavo), pp. [i-ii] iii-v [vi] vii-x 11-158 [159-160: blank], publisher's cream wrappers printed in black, side stapled. First edition. Wright, a close friend of Mark Twain, was an editor of the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. Basically a guide book for Nevada which promotes the state's mineral and agricultural resources, mines, railroads, towns and settlements, and natural features. In addition to providing a historical sketch of the discovery and development of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City and vicinity, there are descriptions of other Nevada towns, mining districts, railroads, and scenic points of interest, including Lake Tahoe (pages 115-128). "Although the Comstock Lode, and the mining and milling in Western Nevada, are the principal subjects of this book, yet it is not wholly a book on Nevada . We have been guided more by the natural than the political divisions of the country, therefore our little book takes in the western edge of the Great Basin, climbing up to the top of the Sierras, and peeping over in a few places." - introduction, page v. In addition to the importance of the text, this book is one of the more important Virginia City imprints. Once common, this paperback is becoming scarce in the first edition" (Paher p. 434). Graff 4758. Howes W711. Paher 2221. Wrappers chipped at spine ends, a very good copy. (#166338).…

[NEVADA] [MINING]. First edition. 16mo. Original printed grey wrappers bound into 3/4 leather with marbled boards and marbled endpapers, x, 11-158pp., introductory. Details the mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, hot springs, deserts, and other wonders of the "Eastern Slope" of the Sierras. Much on mineral and agricultural resources including towns, settlements, mining and reduction works, railways, lumber flumes, pine forests, systems of water supply, great shafts and tunnels, and the many improvements and industries of Nevada. Paher 2221 says "As an introduction to western Nevada for the tourist, the author compiled this handy guide stressing its geographical features and its industries. There is an informative history of the initial Comstock discovery and the "rush to Washoe," other historical events, routes and distances, a directory of western Nevada towns with interesting historical summaries of each, a sketch of Lake Tahoe and its bays, and Nevada's resources, especially mining and agriculture. Once common, this paperback is becoming scarce in the first edition." Stain on front wrapper, with rubbing to edges of 3/4 leather. Internally fine.…

[NEVADA] [MINING]. First edition. 16mo. Original printed grey wrappers, x, 11-158 pp., introductory. Details the mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, hot springs, deserts, and other wonders of the "Eastern Slope" of the Sierras. Much on mineral and agricultural resources including towns, settlements, mining and reduction works, railways, lumber flumes, pine forests, systems of water supply, great shafts and tunnels, and the many improvements and industries of Nevada. Inked number and small stamp to top of title page, small professional restoration to repair a tear to rear cover, and light wear to fore-edges and spine ends, else very good, tight copy housed in a clamshell case with titles stamped in silver on the spine. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Front hinge cracked/loose, PO name. First signature detached, laid in. Points bumped/frayed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 569,[1] pages.