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SKETCHES DESIGNS STANFORD WHITE 1920 architecture: White, Stanford; Lawrence Grant White; Sketches and Designs by Stanford White : With an Outline of his Career by his son Lawrence Grant White; New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company 1920. vi,

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Biography DIARIES Of GEORGE WASHINGTON 4 vols 1925 1st: Washington, George; edited by John C Fitzpatrick; The Diaries of George Washington 1748-1799 : [4 volume set]; Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union 1925. 1st Editio

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MOBY DICK Melville 1930 Rockwell Kent woodcuts: Melville, Herman; illustrated by Rockwell Kent; Moby Dick or The Whale; New York: Random House 1930. 1st Trade Edition, 1st Printing. xxi, 822 pages. Hardcover American Literature - 19th Century Whal

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Civil War WOUND DRESSER Walt Whitman 1898: Whitman, Walt; edited by Richard Maurice Bucke; The Wound Dresser : A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington During the War of the Rebellion; Boston: Small, Maynard & Company 1898.

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Engineering STEAM FOR MILLION Ward 1847: [Ward, James Harmon]; Steam for the Million : An elementary outline treatise on the Nature and Management of Steam, and the Principles and Arrangement of the Engine. : Adapted for popular instruction,

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Literature FAREWELL TO ARMS Hemingway 1st Ed 2nd Pr 1929: Hemingway, Ernest; A Farewell To Arms; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. 355 pages. Hardcover American Literature - 20th Century Good+/noDJ. Cocked, tone, rubbing to

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WW2 Photography Steichen BLUE GHOST Lexington 1947: Steichen, Edward; The Blue Ghost : A Photographic Log and Personal Narrative of the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Lexington in Combat Operation; New York: Harcourt, Brace 1947. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 14

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ALASKA Nichols 1924 US Political History: Nichols, Jeannette Paddock; Alaska : A History of its Administration, Exploitation, and Industrial Development during its First Half Century under the Rule of the United States; Cleveland: Arthur H Cl

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Fourteen Volumes. Silver Theatre by Watson 1964. Comstock Commotion; Territorial Enterprise by Beebe 1954. An Editor on the Comstock Lode by Drury 1936. Washoe Rambles by DeQuille 1963. Eilley Orrum by Paine 1929. Comstock Bonanza by Emrich 1950. Gold Rush Letters of the Grosh brothers. Life and Death of Julia Bulette by Daniels 1958. Early Engineering works by Galloway 1949. History of the Comstock Lode by Smith 1980. My Memories of the Comstock by Gorham. Silver Hillside by Richnak, Comstock Place Names by Ansari. On Streets of Silver by Griffin. Date: Country (if not USA): State: NevadaCity: Virginia CityProvenance: Joe Elcano Nevada History Collection

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Comstock Library [144322]

Name: Comstock Library [144322]
SKU: 122967501
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