PIKE'S PEAK . OR BUSTED Frontier Reminiscences. Edited by Herbert O. Brayer
Published by Branding Iron Press, ( Evanston), 1954
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
AbeBooks seller since March 25, 2011
Condition: Used - Fair
US$ 20.00
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8vo, 141 pages, green cloth; x-library with reinforced hinges Of the edition of 750 copies, this is an un-numbered copy. Account of the 1860 Pike's Peak, Colorado Gold Rush, by a surveyor/engineer. Includes his prospecting experiences, and disappointments. Designed & printed by Philip Reed. Map endpapers. Hedges had a full, adventurous life, which included supervising the Chicago Water System after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, in which he proved an invaluable asset.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- PIKE'S PEAK . OR BUSTED Frontier Reminiscences. Edited by Herbert O. Brayer
- Author
- HEDGES, William.Hawkins
- Publisher
- Branding Iron Press, ( Evanston)
- Publication year
- 1954
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- map endpapers
- Edition
- First, Limited edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY::Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY::United States::19th Century, HISTORY::United States::State & Local::West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), TECHNOLOGY::Mining
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Joyce And Company, established 1975, works out of an office near Chicago's Loop. There are usually 15-20,000 books on-site and available for browsing. Mr. Joyce was a founding partner of the former Chicago Rare Book Center, of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Proprietor Tom Joyce appeared regularly as the book appraiser on "The Appraisal Fair", seen on Home And Garden Television, HGTV. We still do appraisals on a wide variety of subjects, from literature to history, fine books, children's, presses, theology, law, medicine, maps, autographs. These topics are reflected in our inventory, and much more, including Sherlockiana. In addition to regional institutions nearby Chicago and Illinois, we have been able to place rare materials with the American Antiquarian Society, The Library of Congress, The Bodleian Library, Harvard and Yale Universities, the Presidential Libraries of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, et cetera. …
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