A History Of The Precious Metals From The Earliest Periods To The Present Time With Directions For

by J L M D Comstock

$575 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

First edition

Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1849. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt title at spine. 222 pp., 4 pp. of advertisements. CONDITION: Good, front and back covers with some spotting and staining, head of spine chipped; contents good, small ink stamp consisting of two letters reading “pr” below date on title page, moderate foxing; a nice, tight copy. First edition. A history of mining throughout the world,

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