DAN DE QUILLE OF THE BIG BONANZA
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. First Thus. Cloth-backed patterned boards. (xii) 129 pp. Illustrated, including several from pencil sketches by Dan De Quille. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Edited with an Introduction by James J. Rawls. Edition limited to 650 un-numbered copies. Printed by Arlen & Clara Louise Philpott, Fairfax, California. Cloth-backed patterned boards. Plain paper dust jacket. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Dan De Quille was the local and mining editor of the Virgina City Territorial Enterprise newspaper during the glory days of the Comstock Lode bonanza. Mark Twain was on the staff. De Qulle later wrote The History of the Big Bonanza, one of the best accounts of life during the Comstock boom. BCC 165. A Fine copy in a Near Fine plain paper jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve with custom spine titling. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address. Fine / Near Fine. Item #2635
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