American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

About 16 Arizona geology and mining publications. Miami, Bisbee, Tombstone, Yuma, Pinal, Virgin and Beaver Dam Mountains etc. Miami papers have condit

"The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California" by J. D. Whitney, 1880 first edition, Cambridge University Press. 24 plates, ...

Three sets of Book Club of California's Limited Edition Keepsake series, includes: 1. The California Mining Towns. Oscar Lewis. 1933-34. Rare ea...

"California Gold Book, First Nugget, Its Discovery and Discoverers and Some of the Results Proceeding Therefrom," W.W. Allen and R.B. Aver...

1971 reprint Hunting for Gold by Downie, 1954 One Way to Eldorado by Noble-foxing and water stain on first few pages, 1900 The Writing of Bret Harte V

California Mining Town Newspapers, 1850-1880. A bibliography compiled by Helen S. Giffen. 1954. Rare, first edition. Some of the newspapers covered ar

"Coulterville Chronicle. The Annals of a Mother Lode Mining Town." Catherine Coffin Phillips. 1942, The Grabhorn Press, SF. Limited to 500...

"Dredging for Gold in California" book by D'arcy Weatherbe, a member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. First Edition 1907. 1...

(2) Professional papers from the Department of the Interior U.S Geological Survey: "The Tertiary Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California&quo...

(2) Books by Waldemar Lindgren: "The Gold Quartz Veins of Nevada City and Grass Valley Districts, California" 1896. 262 pages, many fold o...

The Natural Wealth of California, by Titus Fey Cronise, c1868. 696 pp. hardback, embossed cloth, gilt binding, with illustrations. Taped front hinge,

"The Southern Mines of California, Early Development of the Sonora Mining Region" Roberta Evelyn Holmes, Grabhorn Press, SF, 1930. 250 cop...

A collection of six Colorado Gold Rush books: "Nelly's Silver Mine," by H.H. (Helen Hunt), 1878. "A Story of Colorado Life."...

"Prospecting for Gold and Silver in North America," Arthur Lakes, 1896, second edition. 287 pp. 5" x 8". Upper corner bumps, oth...

Millennium 2000. Paperback booklet: Rush to the Rockies "Pikes Peak or Bust! by Nora A. Slifer, Curator. Published by the Denver Public Lib...

A collection of four books on the Dakota Territory, Wyoming, and mining in the region. Includes: 1. "The Hand-book of Wyoming and Guide to the ...

Aberdeen 1909; Alexandria 1903; Belle Forche 1909; Central Black Hills 1925; De Smet 1904; Edgemont 1904; Elk Point 1908; Huron 1904; Mitchell 1903; N

250pp leather bound journal of an Oregon gold miner. It is an unusual diary of sorts, with daily entries on what was done and by whom, how many hours

Explosives is the common theme in these two publications. included is History of the Explosives Industry in America by Arthur Pine Van Gelder & ...

(2) Assays on Explosives. "Blasting, A handbook for the use of engineers and others engaged in mining tunneling, quarrying, etc." by Oscar...

(3) Books on the Mining Stock Market: "The Mining Stock Market or 'How They Do It' an inside and outside view of the manipulations of t...

"The Copper Handbook: A Manual of the Copper Industry of the World." Three Volumes. Good variety for research. Vols. IV & IX Compiled ...

"Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines," Vol. 2 "K-Z," fourth ed., c1853. 998 pp., includes all categories, "mining,&...

"United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel - Mining Industry," 1870. James D. Hague, with geological contributions by ...

Hardcover, 640 pages, rebound. "De Re Metallica," Georgius Agricola" translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 by Herbert Clark...

1912 Hydraulic and Placer Mining by Eugene B Wilson, 355pp with index. Geology, placer mining evolution, dredges, North Carolina etc. Gilt binding. Bi

"The Metallic Wealth of the United States" by J. D. Whitney, published in 1854 in Philadelphia. Complete with lists of woodcut and lithogr...

"The Mine and Smelter Supply Company, Assayers and Chemists Supplies, Scientific Instruments," Catalog No. 54. 1920. Rare. Massco Service ...

Eight titles, including one important American classic. The classic is Prospecting for Gold and Silver in North America by Arthur Lakes, the namesake

Hardcover, two volumes; 705 pages, 845 pages. "The Mining West: A Bibliography & Guide to the History & Literature of Mining in the Ame...

Essay on "The New General and Mining Telegraph Code" by C. Algernon Moreing and Thomas Neal, "for use of the mining companies, mining...

Ore Deposits of the United States by James Kemp, copyright 1895. There are 345 pages and 20 more of advertising. There is bump damage to the boards.

"The Practical Miners Guide" by John Budge, published in 1845 in London for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row. Bound by...

Rare "Quartz Operators Hand Book"by Wheeler & Randall, 1865. Book autographed by James D. Hague, a highly published American Geologist...

1915 Romance of Mining by Archibald Williams. Ancient mines, flumes, hydraulic mining, Comstock Load, Leadville etc. Attractive gilt binding, 402pp. S

Hardcover, 541 pages. "Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals," by S. F. Emmons and G. F. Becker. Washington Government Printing...

"Testing & Working Silver Ores," C.H. Aaron, 1876. Rare book on working with silver ores, with illustrations. 114 pp. 5" x 7"...

"Practical Information on the Geological Structure of Tonopah Goldfields, Nevada and of California, Illustrated for Prosecutors" by John D...

Treasures of the Earth by William Jones F.S.A. 404 pages. Stories of mines and miners from all over the world. Book has the copyright covered by a new

First edition of "The Assayer's Guide or, practical directions to assayers, miners and smelters,for the tests and assays, by heat and wet p...

(2) Assay pieces on gold and silver: "Parting Gold and Silver in California" by T. Egleston, 1880. 12 pages. Good condition. 6x9 inches. ...

(2) Assays on silver metallurgy; First edition of "The Metallurgy of Silver", a practical treatise on silver ores, by M. Eissler, complete...

"Elements of the Art of Assaying Metals. In Two Parts. The First containing The Theory, The Second The Practice of the said Art. The Whole Dedu...

Assaying group. 1888 Practical Metallurgy and Assaying by Hiorns, 471pp with index. Foxing, binding and corner wear, spine faded. 1893 The Assayers Gu

"De Re Metallica," Georgius Agricola, 1950, translated from the first Latin edition of 1556, by author Herbert Clark Hoover and publisher ...

This is a collection of eight copies of The London Chronicle, with the following years: 1761 (3), 1765 (2), 1766 (1), and 1769 (2). Copies include inf

1943-44? modern facsimile printing of the 1757 first edition, a classic of California literature in Spanish about the history of Jesuit led Spanish co

A library containing nine books related to Father Kino, (Eusebio Francisco Kino), an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, m

1928 edition, #565/1275. Heinrich Kramer's Malleus Maleficarum was a medieval treatise on witchcraft, describing the nature of witchcraft and th...

2 oldies with vellum binding and dual laces. 1765 Enchiridion Canonico-Morale de Confessario. Father Vilaplana was a Franciscan before coming to Ameri