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Northern Nevada Publications: includes "City of Trembling Leaves" by Walter van Tilburg Clark6400 - Northern Nevada Publications: includes "City of Trembling Leaves" by Walter van Tilburg Clark
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Lot of three, including: 1)The City of Trembling Leaves, by Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. Hardcover, 690 pages (Paher #337). Published by the Sun Dial Pr
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Reno Mayor's Wife in Playboy Magazine6401 - Reno Mayor's Wife in Playboy Magazine
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Pete Sferrazza's wife, Leslie, does a show all, tell all in Playboy Magazine. Between Playboy and Brothels, Nevada does have a unique history! ...
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26 Nevada Mining Publications6402 - 26 Nevada Mining Publications
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Includes the Following: Writings on Nevada, 1963 Russell R. Elliott and Helen J. Poulton, Paperback, 156 pg; Nevada: “That the World May Know” A Great
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"Tonopah Lady" by Zola Ross6403 - "Tonopah Lady" by Zola Ross
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By Zola Ross. Hardcover, 329 pages. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, Indianapolis & New York, 1950. The book is the "story of beautiful Judi...
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Notes on Some Mining Districts in Eastern Nevada (Book)6404 - Notes on Some Mining Districts in Eastern Nevada (Book)
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Notes on Some Mining Districts in Eastern Nevada: Bulletin 648, 1916 by James M. Hill and the Unites States Geographical Survey, 213pg paperback.
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"A Kid on the Comstock" by J. T. Waldorf6405 - "A Kid on the Comstock" by J. T. Waldorf
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A Kid on the Comstock by John Taylor Waldorf: Reminiscences of an Early Childhood. This 197pg hardcover novel is Almost New condition. It includes a d
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"Big Bonanza" by Dan DeQuille and "Comstock Mining and Miners," by Eliot Lord6406 - "Big Bonanza" by Dan DeQuille and "Comstock Mining and Miners," by Eliot Lord
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1) 1947 reprint of the Big Bonanza by Dan De Quille. De Quille was the second most famous Nevada newspaperman (behind Mark Twain) during the Comstock
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"Bonanza Queen" a novel of Virginia City6407 - "Bonanza Queen" a novel of Virginia City
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Bonanza Queen: A novel of Virginia City by Zola Ross, tells the story of Virginia City socialite Serena Courtelot. Her story is about the days of the
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"Bonanza Queen", a novel of the Comstock Lode6408 - "Bonanza Queen", a novel of the Comstock Lode
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Written by Zola Ross. Published by Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. 358 pgs. No photos. No dust jacket. Paher #1697. Scarce to rare Comstock publication. C
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"Eilley Orrum Queen of the Comstock"6409 - "Eilley Orrum Queen of the Comstock"
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Eilley Orrum: Queen of the Comstock by Swift Paine. Eilley Orrum was one of the most colorful people of the Comstock. Dubbed “The Queen of the Comstoc
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"Past All Dishonor" by James M. Cain6410 - "Past All Dishonor" by James M. Cain
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Past All Dishonor by James M. Cain- 1947 book on the west and the silver boom. (James M. Cain, best known as the author of The Postman Always Rings Tw
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"Silver on the Washoe"6411 - "Silver on the Washoe"
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Silver on the Washoe, 1961 by Irene Stone velvet paperback. City: Virginia City State: Nevada, Date: 1961 FHWAC#: 49627
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"The Mystery of the Savage Sump"6412 - "The Mystery of the Savage Sump"
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By Sam Davis, 11pg paperback, Rare. Sam Davis writes about two investors in the Comstock Lode who played the San Francisco stock market in the 1870&...
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"The Sage of the Comstock Lode: Boom Days in Virginia City"6413 - "The Sage of the Comstock Lode: Boom Days in Virginia City"
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The Saga of the Comstock Lode: Boom Days in Virginia City by George D. Lyman 1937 – A book on the classic history of the Comstock Lode in Virginia Cit
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EARLY Comstock book - "Comstock Mining and Miners" Monographs of the USGS Vol. IV6414 - EARLY Comstock book - "Comstock Mining and Miners" Monographs of the USGS Vol. IV
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Comstock Mining and Miners: Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume IV by Elliot Lord and the United States Department of the Interio
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Washoe County Historical Society periodicals6415 - Washoe County Historical Society periodicals
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If these booklets are hard to find, the Historical Society is harder! 1) Fall, 1978: Jewish history in Nevada, Matt Parrott gunsmith, history of Orr D
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"The Wedge of Gold" by C. C. Goodwin and a 1973 reprint of early cooking book6416 - "The Wedge of Gold" by C. C. Goodwin and a 1973 reprint of early cooking book
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1) "The Wedge of Gold" was written by C. C. Goodwin, a long time editor of the Territorial Enterprise. First edition, 1893 novel. 2) "...
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"Acceptance of the Statue of Patrick Anthony McCarran" 73 page pamphlet about the ceremony6417 - "Acceptance of the Statue of Patrick Anthony McCarran" 73 page pamphlet about the ceremony
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Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, 86th Congress, 1st Session. Hardcover, 73 pages with photographs. Published by the U.
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"Descriptive Geology of Nevada South of the Fortieth Parallel and Adjacent Portions of California" b6418 - "Descriptive Geology of Nevada South of the Fortieth Parallel and Adjacent Portions of California" b
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Descriptive Geology of Nevada South of the Fortieth Parallel and Adjacent Portions of California, 1903 by Josiah Edward Spurr and the Unites States Ge
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"District Courts of the United States: In and for the District of Nevada" by R.G. Withers6419 - "District Courts of the United States: In and for the District of Nevada" by R.G. Withers
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By R. G. Withers. Good condition. 301 pages. United Stated of America vs. Orr Water Ditch Co. Defendant claims. Includes cited cases and text books.
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