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Ten Years in Nevada w/ 3 extra mounted portraits
Ten Years in Nevada w/ 3 extra mounted portraits
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Author: Mathews, Mary M
Title: Ten Years In Nevada or, Life on the Pacific Coast
Place Published: Buffalo, NY
Publisher:Baker, Jones & Co.
Date Published: 1880
Description: 343 pp. Illustrated with engraved portraits including frontispiece. 23x14.3 cm (9x5¾"), duotone pebbled cloth stamped in gilt; all edges marbled.Extra illustrated with 3 carte de visite portraits and newspaper clipping mounted to rear endpaper. "The author and son rode the new transcontinental train through northern Nevada to Reno, where a waiting stage took them to Virginia City....The author's ten years in Nevada were filled with hardship, though there were happy moments and many unusual experiences...a hardnosed, prejudiced acerbic account written in a narrow, authoritative style" - Paher. Not in Graff or Cowan. Previous owner's wax seal on foot of spine, printed bookplate on title page.
Condition
Slight wear to cloth; faint marginal toning to pages; very good.
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