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Georgetown, California:: Talisman Press, 1963.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light olive cloth, paper spine label; the spine is very slightly skewed, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped.. 4to (11.25 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index. map endpapers. Description: This book was designed and printed at the Talisman Press, and limited to 750 copies. Handsomely illustrated with historic photographs printed in sepia tones, on a soft, creamy paper. The chapter headpiece illustrations are printed in reddish-rust tones. The New Almaden mine in Santa Clara County, California was one of the greatest producers of quicksilver the world has seen. Chapters on the early history of the mine, the extended litigations as the mine was the subject of one of the most bitterly fought land claims in California history. Covers the argument of the case before the Supreme Court, the period at the mine during the Civil War, and later events… Read More

Georgetown.: The Talisman Press., 1963.. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in glassine wrapper.. 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 750 copies. Prospectus laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author.

The Talisman Press, Georgetown, 1963. Very good. Limited edition: No. 11 of 75 copies signed by the author 11 x 7 3/4 inches, 115 pages, boards with cloth spine, With two ephemeral pieces relating to New Almaden in rear pocket.