The Comstock Club
C.C. Goodwin — Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Job Printing Company, 1891
A fictional account of miners on the Comstock Lode, drawn from Goodwin's years as editor of the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.
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Bibliographic Description
Octavo, 9 inches. Blue cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine, black Greek-key border to boards. Patterned endpapers. 312 pp. (of 314 pp.).
Condition
Lacking final leaf, p. 313/314. Spine tips, corners, and edges rubbed with light fading; cloth lightly soiled. Evidence of removed bookplate with damage to front pastedown, otherwise interior clean and unmarked. Binding secure and square; no cracked hinges or loose pages. Fair.
Contents
Two distinct settings of this title are recorded. Wright III 2205 (288pp., illustrated) and Paher 711 (314pp., unillustrated) conform to two separate editions; the present copy follows Paher. Priority not established. The two settings are further distinguished by binding design — Greek key (314pp.) and trellis (288pp.). Additionally, two title page states are known within the Greek-key setting: a horseshoe ornament (present copy) and a foliate ornament.
References
- Paher 711
