Dan Dequille William Wright (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st of this ed., xli+436+ index, frontis., plates, illus, dj, vg+ 6-Guns #2457 Howes W-710.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. first edition. decorative cloth cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, slight loss at the spine ends and corners. name and label of former owners on the front endpaper. pages tanned and clean, with just a couple of pages shaken. profusely illustrated.

Introduction by Richard E. Lingenfelter. 165 pp. Illustrated from photographs. 8vo, publisher's full leather. No. 52 (curiously) of the Editor's Edition limited to 50 copies only, signed by R. E. Lingenfelter. 3" crack to front joint neatly repaired; some scuffing at extremties.

Original printed wrappers. Light chipping and soiling, generally very good condition. 158 pp. Paher 2221: "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 agricultural." Howes W711.

Printed wrappers. First Edition. x, 158pp. Original grey wrappers. Bookplate of James A. Guilfoil and date on the inside of the front cover. Chipping to spine and edges, front cover partially split, two faint spots to back cover. Internally clean. A very good copy. Howes W711. ; Octavo.

Virginia, NV (1889). 7x5", library buckram, 158pp, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings else ok without original wraps. FIRST EDITION.

Celebrated as a prominent historical figure from the Comstock, Wright is also revered in West Liberty Iowa, where he met and married Caroline Coleman, and where many of his family still lived until at least the mid-1950 s. Wright died there in 1898, having spent most of his adult life elsewhere. The provenance of these papers: William Wright to daughter Mell (Wright) Evans, to her daughter Irma (Evans) Morris, to her son Evans Morris, to his sister Marjory (Evans) Anderson, to a bookseller s son in Columbus, Ohio, to the present owner. Along with original manuscript material - pictures one and two above, plus marginalia in two periodicals used as source material for the story pictured in part by the manuscript leaf included here, perhaps never published, are many photocopies of original material, including six letters from Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). The originals were eventually sold or donated by the family, including most if not all of the Clemens letters to the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Also present: Three or four files of manuscript and photocopy family correspondence, including a carte de visite (cdv) photograph of his wife, Caroline Coleman Wright, and a brief genealogy, relating to William Wright from other family members, scholars, and some friends. Copies of some scholarly papers on Wright. Virginia City promotional pamphlets and a few copies of the second version of The Territorial Enterprise, revived in 1952 by Beebe and Clegg. Lots of newspaper clippings with Wright interest, mostly from the 1940 s and 50 s. The papers are enclosed in seven or eight file folders. When stacked up, the stack measures about four inches.