Author: (California Miners' Association).
Title: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the California Miners' Association Held at Golden Gate Hall, San Francisco November 17, 18, 19, 1902.
Description: San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 1902. 1902. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed & soiled with wear to the bottom edges and head of the spine. Pages [i]-xvi, [1]-170, [2 portraits], and xvii-xlii. Illustrated with portraits, textual diagrams & illustrations, pictorial ads and a folding cost sheet. The bottom edges of several pages are bumped resulting in a tear and chips. There is a tiny ink mark on the title page. Good. First edition. RARE. From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas, after whom Douglas, Arizona was named, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Douglas, who was born in Quebec, spent much of his early life in Scotland. For many years, as a metallurgist and mining engineer, he was involved in several important Western American enterprises. Good .
Keywords: AMERICANA; MINERS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CALIFORNIA MINERS' ASSOCIATION; MINING; JAMES DOUGLAS; GOLDEN GATE HALL; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FOLDING COST CHART; PORTRAITS;
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Title: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the California Miners' Association Held at Golden Gate Hall, San Francisco November 17, 18, 19, 1902.
Description: San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 1902. 1902. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed & soiled with wear to the bottom edges and head of the spine. Pages [i]-xvi, [1]-170, [2 portraits], and xvii-xlii. Illustrated with portraits, textual diagrams & illustrations, pictorial ads and a folding cost sheet. The bottom edges of several pages are bumped resulting in a tear and chips. There is a tiny ink mark on the title page. Good. First edition. RARE. From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas, after whom Douglas, Arizona was named, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Douglas, who was born in Quebec, spent much of his early life in Scotland. For many years, as a metallurgist and mining engineer, he was involved in several important Western American enterprises. Good .
Keywords: AMERICANA; MINERS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CALIFORNIA MINERS' ASSOCIATION; MINING; JAMES DOUGLAS; GOLDEN GATE HALL; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FOLDING COST CHART; PORTRAITS;
Price: US$ 125.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 97198
- Book number: 97198
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