Michael H Piatt (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Binding tight, interior clean and bright. Wraps have light scratching, creased at corners, lightly worn along edges. Black/white photos throughout. History of Mono County gold mining. 287 pages. Hicks, Judy (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Dust jacket has a short scratch mark near bottom of front panel. Illustrated with b/w photos. Index. 288 pp.

Condition: NEW. FIRST. NEW/NEW. Brown cloth boards. IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS SHRINKWRAP. One of the best and most thorough books on the renowned historic California mining towns. Now an historic "ghost town". PERFECT FOR GIFTING. Great for the reference book collection. [B74].

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

paperback. Condition: new.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Dust jacket in archival quality cover. Signed by the author on the title page and dated 26 January 2004. Of the three books published on Bodie in 2003 this is the most detailed, exhaustive & scholarly. Almost in Nevada, Bodie is probably one of the best preserved, if not the best, ghost town left in the American West. Signed By the Author.…

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New Inside and Out! Crisp Pages w/no markings.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 288 pps.

[CALIFORNIA] [MINING]. First edition. 4to. Color, stiff pictorial wrappers, 287 [1] pp., foreword, preface, introduction, illustrated from photographs, plates, facsimiles, maps, epilogue, appendices, bibliography, glossary of mining terms (as used at Bodie), index. Foreword by Gary F. Kurutz. The history of Bodie, now a ghost town, was in its heyday, yielding millions in gold and silver each year. Gary Kurutz says: ". in this brilliantly and exhaustively researched book, has produced a history of this famous Mono County gold mining community like no other, combining both the lure and the lore of its colorful past with a systematic and energetic account of the industry that made the town. Pulling together an impressive array of firsthand accounts, countless reports from newspapers and scientific journals, interviews with the town's last miner, and compelling historical photographs, he weaves an incredible narrative of how the men of Bodie tackled the daunting physical challenge of extracting the precious metals." Minor rubbing to the covers and a small corner crease to the lower front cover, else a near fine copy.…