Pioneers of the Ponderosa: How Washoe Valley Rescued the Comstock
by Ratay, Myra Sauer
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
Sparks, NV: Western Printing & Publishing (1973).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Map endpapers. xiii, 470 pages. Illustrated. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Price-clipped dust jacket. Contents clean and tight. Scarce.
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- Title
- Pioneers of the Ponderosa: How Washoe Valley Rescued the Comstock
- Author
- Ratay, Myra Sauer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Western Printing & Publishing (1973).
- Place of Publication
- Sparks, NV
- Keywords
- 0912814021, Nevada History, 19th Century, Washoe Valley, Bowers Mansion, Winters Ranch, Comstock, Mining, Virginia City
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Arrivals; Nevada;
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