History Big Bonanza, First Edition (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rebound in a cloth library binding. Library pocket, stickers, etc. Mild dampstaining to gutter at frontis, one signature from contents pages detached, laid in. Mild general wear, scattered spots, one page with minor pencilled marks noted. Boards have moderate wear and rubbing. Intro by Mark Twain. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First edition. First edition. First issue. 8vo. Cloth, 569pp., illus., 91 plates, index. An appendix of "Mexican Mining Terms." Brief introduction by Mark Twain. A classic account of the discovery and development of the famous Comstock Lode. "Most interesting chronicle of 'flush times' in Nevada following the 'silver strike'."---Wright Howes. This copy is the true first edition, with plate 44 (residence of J.P. Jones) missing and replaced with a different plate (Waste Rock). Dan DeQuille was a pseudonym for William Wright. "A local journalist with a talent for turning a phrase, Wright composed a colorful and readable history of the boom times in Virginia City and the Comstock Lode."--Bill Reese, The Best Of The West, 190. Lightly foxed, front and rear endpapers replaced, rebacked with original spine laid-down, and light cosmetic restoration to corners, fore-edges, and bottom edges, else a very good, tight copy with bright gilt on spine and front cover. An attractive and very servicable copy and very scarce.