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215DoyleWorks A. Conan Doyle. Collected Works of A. Conan Doyle, One Volume Edition. 1920, Walter J. Black. SHERLOCK HOLMES. USED. VG Condition/ No DJ as issued. 1020 pages. Rare in nice condition like this one. 5 ¾ X 8 3/8.

Beebe, Lucius. Comstock Commotion: The Story of The Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News. Copyright 1954, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. Used. VG Condition/ No DJ included. A nice copy. USED. 129 pages 6 ¼ X 9 5/8. California Gold Rush, Mining, Comstock Lode, Virginia City Nevada. Journalism. History of California. 19th Century.

William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.

Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X

Beebe, Lucius. Legends of the Comstock Lode. Paperback. 1954, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. By Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. First Edition Thus. USED. VG Condition/ None as issued. 82 pages, indexed. 6 X 9 1/8. Comstock Lode, California Gold Rush, Mining, History of California.

703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."

Swinnerton, Frank. Nocturne. Copyright 1917 by George H. Doran Company. First Edition. Used. Good/NO DJ. Red boards with Gilt Celtic knot design on spine, gilting is still fairly bright. 250 pages. Bright pages. Plot summary: Summary: Jenny and Emmy are two sisters, who live with their 'Pa', now unable to work due to health problems. Jenny works in millinery, augmenting Pa's pension with her low wage and longing for more from life. She is a dreamer, her disappointment in Emmy's bland evening meals causing her to wish for better. Emmy, meanwhile, sees Jenny's escape from the "small houses of Kennington Park" as an adventure in itself... This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.

Jack London. Young Wolf: The Early Adventure Stories of Jack London. Edited by Howard Lachtman. 1994 Capra Press. Softcover. ISBN0884962105. 258 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 ½. Short Story Anthology. Summary: "As a footloose adventurer, London sought gold and tall tales in the Klondike, where many of these stories were born."USED. Good Condition. Softcover.