Boston, MA: W.A. Wilde Company, 1906. 400 pages. Gift inscription ffep. Frontis. 5 b/w plates. Front hinge broken and nearly detached. Covers damaged and damp stained. Front bottom ½" corner "chewed" and partially missing. ½" cut to bottom edge, slightly entering bottom edges of first 40 or so pages. Water stains to page edges toward back, smudge marks.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fair +. Illus. by Stecher, William F.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: DeWitt Enterprises (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: O0071
Title: The Young Prospector or The Search for the Lost Gold Mine
Author: Houston, Edwin J
Illustrator: Stecher, William F.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair +
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: W.A. Wilde Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1906
Keywords: Prospecting Historical Fiction
Size: 12mo

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