ROCKET OF THE COMSTOCK (The Story of John William Mackay).
Pp. 256, frontispiece, plus 32 plates, title and headpiece decorations, footnotes; small med. 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, the boards slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and fore-corners slightly bruised, spine lightly faded; top fore-corner of several leaves faintly creased, outer leaves and edges a trifle soiled; The Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho, 1950. First edition. *Biography of the Irish-American industrialist who arrived on the Comstock as a prospector and ultimately became a controller of the Comstock Lode in Nevada and one of the richest Americans of his time. Item #174860
Price: $45.00
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