Ralstons Ring California Plunders (41 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by REBOLI, JOE COVER ART (illustrator). 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".

Hardcover. 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.

Hardcover. 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.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Excellent condition. Dust jacket is missing. Cover wear commensurate with age. Clean pages.

Condition: 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.

Hardcover. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Red cloth. VG.

Hardcover. 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, discovered 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".

Hardcover. 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 bright, 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. In brown cloth. No jacket.

Hardcover. 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.".

Hard 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.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Paperback, pocket book size, stiff illustrated paper cover, 306 pages. Pages yellowed, light general wear. Good+.

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Hardcover. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. 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 around 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.

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, otherwise Text and images unmarked. Dj quite shelf worn with scuffs, creases, chipping, toning & large tears repaired with tape. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UNCLIPPED DJ, "A" & COLOPHON PRESENT, CLEAN COPY.

Hardcover. 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. Biography 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edge wear to uncommon jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographs, Drawings (illustrator). 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.

Condition: 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.

Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 368 pps.

Hardcover. 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.

Hardcover. 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.

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author on half title page.

1st 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.

12327 LYMAN G. D. 1950 RALSTON'S RING. CALIFORNIA PLUNDERS THE COMSTOCK LODE. 368PP. ILLUSTRATED HARD COVER NO DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD CONDITION. (BS-348).