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THE FORTUNES OF A DECADE: A Graphic Recital of the Struggles of the Early Days of Cripple Creek, The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth
by Sargent & Rorhabacher
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very good/N/A
- Seller
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Crested Butte, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
THE FORTUNES OF A DECADE, ILLUSTRATED: A Graphic Recital of the Struggles of the Early Days of Cripple Creek, The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth; With Stories of It's Mines, Biographies of the Men Who Made Them, With Many New and Hitherto Unpublished Anecdotes and Incidents of Their Lives COLORADO SPRINGS: The Homes of the Mining Millionaires Written, Compiled and Published, under the Direction of SARGENT & RORHABACHER for THE EVENING STAR Colorado Springs, Colorado October 1900 Condition: very good; complete with original front cover, however, back wrap is in facsimile; interior pages complete, including folding panorama of Cripple Creek and Victor, pages lightly toned, yet still strong, clean, and highly detailed; spine reinforced with burgundy-colored cloth; last pages has been repaired with conservation mending. [Please note: only the back wrap is in facsimile -- the rest of this publication is ORIGINAL as printed.] Publication dimensions: 9 inches by 12-1/4 inches 132 pages, plus expanding foldout panoramic page Illustrated significantly with photographs of personalities, mines, buildings and homes in the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado Springs, and Denver, Colorado [PLEASE NOTE: gold ore from the Orpha May Mine, in the Cripple Creek District, is not part of this listing; it was used simply as a careful way to keep this wondrous and detailed publication propped for photographing] COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
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- Bookseller
- Mt. Gothic Tomes & Colorado Artifactual
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168
- Title
- THE FORTUNES OF A DECADE
- Author
- Sargent & Rorhabacher
- Illustrator
- F. P. Stevens
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated color wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; original edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Evening Star
- Place of Publication
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Date Published
- 1900
- Pages
- 132
- Size
- 9"x12-1/4"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cripple Creek Colorado, historic Colorado mining, historic Cripple Creek Colorado mining, antique Colorado mining book, old Colorado mining book, antique Cripple Creek Colorado book, old Cripple Creek Colorado book, W.S. Stratton, Verner Z. Reed, Spencer
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Mt. Gothic Tomes & Colorado Artifactual
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Crested Butte, Colorado
About Mt. Gothic Tomes & Colorado Artifactual
MT. GOTHIC TOMES in conjunction with COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL endeavor to offer only quality, original, and historical books, maps, photographs, journals, business directories, journals, and other similar artifacts. We specialize in the history of Colorado and the American West; however, also delve into literary first editions, especially those of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Ben Hecht; as well as publications centered on quantum physics and chemistry.
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