The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
by Glen Dawson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
University of Oklahoma, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Hardcover. In very good condition, DJ has been price clipped and shows edgewear, in mylar cover now. The Diamond Mine Swindle consisted of salting down a mine and then taking investor's money. They netted $600,000 on an investment of $35,000. And that was in the 1870's!.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Faerie (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017905
- Title
- The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending
- Author
- Glen Dawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- DIAMOND MINE SWINDLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana - Outlaws Lawmen Vigilantes Soiled Doves;
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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