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NV - Nye County,Southern Nevada Information Books - Gil Schmidtmann Collection

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NV - Nye County,Southern Nevada Information Books - Gil Schmidtmann Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 8. Altogether weigh 4.5 pounds. Three books are about the ghost town of Rhyolite. The first is Rhyolite, Death Valley’s Ghost City of Golden Dreams by Harold and Lucile Weight. The Calico Press, Twenty-nine Palms, CA. Eleventh edition. 1988. Yellow cover. 5 ½”x 8 ½”. Almost no wear, except for a crease on the binding. Provides a brief history of the town and includes several historical photos. The second is Babysitting a Ghost Town, The Whimsical Romp Thru Rhyolite by Suzy McCoy. Boss Publishing, Pahrump. First Edition. 1998. Black cover. 5”x 7 ¼”. The cover is detached and slight wear is visible on the bottom edge of the cover. Signed by author on the first page reads “To Gil, Enjoy. Suzy McCoy. Enjoyed working with you.” The book is about McCoy’s personal account of spending a summer in the ghost town of Rhyolite. Third is Rhyolite’s Demise and the Rise and Fall of Pioneer and Springdale by Alan H. Patera. Published by Western Places. Volume 7. No. 4. Lake Grove, OR. 2004. White cover. 8 ¾”x 11”. The book has a slight curve on the right side, Slight wear on the bottom and left edge. Provides a history of Rhyolite. The other five books provide information on the area around Rhyolite. Your Guide to Southern Nevada by Maryellen V. Sadovich. Part of the Nevada Historical Society Guide Books Series. SPO, Carson City. 1976. 8 ½”x 11.” The book is bent slightly on the right side, wear in the sides of the cover and a brown mark is present on the top right edge of the cover. It’s a guide book that points out famous and historical sites of Southern, Nevada. Includes historical facts, stories and photographs. From the US Department of the Interior, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District, Nevada by F. L. Ransome, W,H. Emmons and G.H. Garrey. Produced in Washington, D.C. By the GPO in 1910. Grey cover, and measures 6”x 9”. Watermarks are present on the front cover along with tears on the lower left side. The back cover is completely detached from the rest of the book. Next is a small grey book titled By Buckboard to Beatty. The California - Nevada Desert 1886 by Anthony L. Lehman. Los Angeles. Dawson’s Books Shop. 1970. Hardcover, measures 5 ½”x 7 ¾”. Almost no wear. A collection of first hand accounts of people of visited the area around Betty. The last two were written Robert D. McCracken and Published by Nye County Press. Both measure 5 ¾”x 9”. A History of Amargosa Valley Nevada published in 1990. Hardcover, wear on the right edge and a mark of a removed sticker on the front cover. Provides a history of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. A History of Beatty Nevada published in 1992. Hardcover book, with slight wear marks on the left side of the cover.