Dredging for Gold in California
San Francisco: Mining and Scientific Press, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 217pp. + 5 pgs of publisher's ads at the back. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. The spine includes a gilt-stamped illustration of a pick-axe. The work is comprehensive and informative guide on how to extract and search for gold using dredging methods and specifically the traditions historically used in California. Profusely illustrated throughout with b/w photographic reproductions, as well as schematics and figures. Binding with some light bumping and rubbing to extremities and along edges. Head & tail of the spine slightly frayed and and rubbed. rubbing along hinges. Interior with some smudges on the title page. Starting at p.210. Book block tight. Binding in good, interior in very good+ condition overall. g to vg+. Item #42955
Price: $150.00