LEAVES From An ARGONAUT'S NOTE BOOK: A Collection of Holiday and Other Stories Illustrative of the Brighter Side of Mining Life in Pioneer Days
Published by The Whitaker & Ray Company, San Francisco, 1905
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
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304 pp. Frontis & 6 inserted half-tone plates, by Armer. 12mo. "Fictional treatment of the author's own experiences in the gold rush." [B&G]. âComing to this State with the tide of immigration which flocked in from every quarter in 1850, I made my home in the mines until after the century was ended, in fact my home was in one mining county for forty-nine years. Naturally, in such a long period of residence, I saw mining life in all its various phases.â [from the Preface]. Illustrator Laura May Adams Armer was a well-known San Francisco photographer and artist. She also made motion pictures & wrote children's books. Per Howes, most of the edition burned [presumably with the 1906 fire]. 2 copies to auction in the last few decades, with the most recent being 2006. Cloth a bit dull. Prior owner penciled signatures to eps & top margin, p. 302. Small brown spot, p. 300/301. Withal, a VG copy of a scarce book. Original publisher's blue rough weave cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to the spine & front board 1st edition (Baird & Greenwood 1339; Cowan II, 317; Gaer, California Literature (Gold Rush), p. 36:; Howes J240; Norris 1880).…
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- Title
- LEAVES From An ARGONAUT'S NOTE BOOK: A Collection of Holiday and Other Stories Illustrative of the Brighter Side of Mining Life in Pioneer Days
- Author
- Jones, Judge T[heodore]. E[ldon. 1830 - 1907]. Armer, Laura Adams [1874 - 1963] - Illustrator
- Publisher
- The Whitaker & Ray Company, San Francisco
- Publication year
- 1905
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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Tavistock Books, established in 1989, specializes in First Editions, Antiquarian Rare & Collectible bibliophilic material with a special focus on Charles Dickens. We maintain a stock of 3000 volumes, which may be seen by appointment or by chance when you are in the greater Reno Area, or by browsing our Web page @ www.tavbooks.com. Tavistock Books is a proud member of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America, the Independent On-Line Booksellers' Association and the Grolier Club.…
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