Ralstons Ring California Plunders (40 results)
Language: English
Published by Ballantine Books Pub 1937,1971,MAY, New York, 1937
- Softcover
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. COMSTOCK EDITION. VERY GOOD Condition, ; WRAP A ROUND COVER ART SHOWS 4 WELL DRESSED MEN IN FRONT OF SF BANK OF CALIFORNIA White Building. ; 306pg pages; Nevada Mining, Calif Banking History.RICHEST MEN IN THE WEST". Illustrated by REBOLI, JOE COVER ART (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Chaparral Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second edition. Minor wear to binding with small dents on rear board & spine. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Previous owners penciled notations on ffep above previous owners stamps. Small discolorations on rear endpaper & pastedown. Pages toning with age, oth…erwise Text and images unmarked. Dj quite shelf worn with scuffs, creases, chipping, toning & large tears repaired with tape. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Viking Book, Glenwood, MN, U.S.A.Viking Book
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book has only very lightest wear. There is a bold black stamp on first white page that says "Sold at Bucket of Blood Saloon, Virginia City, Nevade". Dust jacket has wear with a new clear dust jacket cover added.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Son's, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Melrose Place, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.Melrose Place
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD+ Hardcover in a GOOD+ Dust Jacket 1937 1st Edition/1st Printing Dust Jacket wrapped in mylar cover. Illustrations.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Park Hill Community Bookstore, DENVER, CO, U.S.A.Park Hill Community Bookstore
Contact seller4-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Excellent condition. Dust jacket is missing. Cover wear commensurate with age. Clean pages.
More imagesPublished by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Visible Voice Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons 1937 8vo. 368 pages. red cloth boards well worn with soiling and discoloration. sunned spine. binding slightly shaken. in archival brodart.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Budget Books, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Budget Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is fine. Binding is tight. The usual fading and signs of age, but no other defects. A very readable and handsome copy. Ships from California.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.Sheapast Art and Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. RALSTON'S RING: California Plunders the Comstock Lode George D. Lyman hardcover in dustjacket, illustrated. 1st edition, Scribner's "A" . Published by Charles Scribner's Son's, New York, 1937. The Story of William Chapman Ralston and The Comstock Lode, di…scovered in 1859 in Nevada, was the first major U.S. silver deposit discovery, driving unprecedented wealth, technological innovation in mining, and the rapid development of Virginia City. It significantly impacted the American West by financing the Union during the Civil War, accelerating Nevada?s statehood in 1864, and transforming San Francisco. "solid jacket with some wear, tear, scuffs, cloth bleaching top edge, inside some marks and spots".
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, USA, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: RT Books, Wexford, PA, U.S.A.RT Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons DATE/EDITION: 1937, First Edition, same dates with "A" BINDING: Hardbound in red cloth with gold lettering on the front cover and spine, 398 pages. DUST JACKET: No jacket. BOOK CONDITION: Mild even sunning to spine with lettering still br…ight, covers and interior very clean and the binding is tight. There is a brief gift note written on the reverse of the first free end paper otherwise the interior is unmarked. DESCRIPTION: Photo illustrated, including end papers.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.HPB-Emerald
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
Published by Scribners, 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. In brown cloth. No jacket.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.R Bryan Old Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Local history. First edition, A" on the copyright page. Red cloth covers rubbed corners and spine ends bumped spine faded. Interior clean and tight pages tanned endpapers foxed.".
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by NY: Scribner's, 1937., 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.Pride and Prejudice-Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Red cloth. VG.
Published by Scribner, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.MARK POST, BOOKSELLER
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. First Edition, First printing. Scribner "A" present. VERY GOOD. CLEAN BOARDS AND SPINE, WITH LIGHT SUNNING TO REAR PANEL. GILT LETTERING BRIGHT. INTERIOR CLEAN AND TIGHT, OWNER NAME. NO DUST JACKET.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Previous owner bookplate on front free page. Previous owner was William and Thelma Takacs. No DJ. No markings in book. Binding is tight.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.Blue Skye Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NYC: Scribner's, 1937. 1st edition, F/. Book has former owner name & date on dedication page, bumps to lower corners. Black & white historical illustrations (some are photos), illustrated end-papers. Includes chapter notes. A narrative history from 1864-1878, centered arou…nd the fury over investment and speculation of the mines of Nevada. The silver was in Nevada, the money was in San Francisco. Important book on the early history of both areas. Nice copy.
Language: English
Published by Scribner's, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Add to basketCondition: VERY GOOD. First edition. The story of the San Francisco financiers and the Comstock Lode - and the story of William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California and the creator of a "financial empire whose tentacles spread out across this country and into the stock markets of Europe", but only four years later…there was the inevitable,tragic crash. Illustrations, notes. 368 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Very good in red cloth binding (spine slightly faded).
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Crossroads Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Crossroads Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketCondition: near fine. First Edition, A on copyright page. from the back cover, "In 1864 the Comstock comet was blazing full blast across the Western horizon. Unmindful of her maritime past, San Francisco had become a mining city and had plunged whole heartedly into a gambling mania, the like of which had never before been known…on the coast. With millions of dollars in bullion in sight on Sun Mountain, Californians had thoughts for nothing but the stock market." DR4. hardcover, burgundy boards, DJ taped inside by top/bottom spine, 368 pages, illustrated.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Crossroads Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Crossroads Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketCondition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. from the back cover, "In 1864 the Comstock comet was blazing full blast across the Western horizon. Unmindful of her maritime past, San Francisco had become a mining city and had plunged whole heartedly into a gambling mania, the like of which had never before been known on… the coast. With millions of dollars in bullion in sight on Sun Mountain, Californians had thoughts for nothing but the stock market." DR4. hardcover, burgundy boards, DJ taped inside by top/bottom spine, 368 pages, illustrated.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's, New York, NY, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.100POCKETS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, Printing "A". HARDCOVER. Text/Near New. Red cloth boards/VG; sound w/edge & surface rubs, fraying to spine edges, and showing faint discoloration. DJ/None. PO label to fEP verso. Illustrated endpapers including panoramic view of Comstock Mines and the Sutro Tunnel. Biogr…aphy of William "Billy" Chapman Ralston (1826 - 1875), San Francisco businessman and financier, and founder of the Bank of California financed with silver garnered from Nevada's Comstock Lode. Story of Ralston along with his shrewd band of associates known as "Ralston's Ring", his conflict with Adolph Sutro (1830 - 1898) whose six-mile tunnel through Sun Mountain threatened Ralston's supremacy, through the final collapse of his empire. Illustrated with archival photos and engravings.
Published by Scribners, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edge wear to uncommon jacket.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Xii, 368 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing With The Required "A" On Copyright Page. Book Is Very Good, Light Wear, Small Fray At Lower Rear Corner Of Spine. Dj With Wear, Price Clipped, A Few Small Losses Not Affecting The Printing, 2" X 2" Area Of Red…Staining At Lower Right Corner Of Rear Panel But All Lettering Clear Beneath. Photographs, Drawings (illustrator).
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
- First Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Short gifter's inscription on front endpage. (US history, gold rush, mining).
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
- First Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Bookplate inside. Owner's name on title page. Gifter's inscription on title page. Writing inside. (Comstock Lode, California, Nevada ).
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons., New York., 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.BookMine
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 368 pps.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Magic Carpet Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.Magic Carpet Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing, with Scribner's "A." Brick-colored cloth with gilt lettering. Pictorial endpapers. xii, 368 pages. Illustrated. Small previous owner's name stamp. No dust jacket. Remains of bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. Contents solid.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons., New York., 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.BookMine
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (book plate) in very good (light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar). 368 pps.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author on half title page.
More imagesPublished by Charles Scribner's Sons., New York., 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Zephyr Books LLC, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Zephyr Books LLC
Contact seller5-star seller1st Edition, Scribner?s ?A.. The story of the financiers and speculators behind the development of the Comstock Lode. weight: 1.9 lb. Very good, ink name to endpaper, in a good plus dust jacket with moderate edgewear. 23x15.5 cm. xii, 368 pp. Red cloth, gilt titles, pictorial endpapers.
