Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 295

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(SOUTH DAKOTA.) Curley, Edwin A. Glittering Gold: The True Story of the Black Hills. Folding colored map as front endpapers, numerous text illustrations. 128, xii pages plus printed endpapers. 8vo, original illustrated wrappers, moderate wear, front joint partially separated; minor soiling to title page, two short archival repairs to map. Chicago, 1876

Additional Details

first edition. Curley was a British journalist, and produced this lively guide for miners and armchair tourists alike. Graff 953; Howes C959 ("b"); O'Keefe, Custer 635; O'Harra, Black Hills 107. 8 in OCLC, and none traced at auction.