Apache Gold And Yaqui Silver

J. FRANK DOBIE

Publication: Little, Brown, and Company, 1939, Boston

First Trade edition. 8vo, Signed by Dobie on the title page and signed and dated in the year of publication by Tom Lea at the frontispiece. Original black and gilt stamped brown cloth, colored frontispiece, 12 plates (4 are in color), and numerous illustrations by Tom Lea, appendix, 366 pp. "Buried vaults stacked with gold bars, secret caches of coins and jewels plundered from the Spaniards and the Church, exposed veins of ore with nuggets the size of turkey eggs. Guarded by the bones of dead men, the legendary treasures of the Southwest still wait for those foolhardy or desperate enough to seek them. A collection of tales, introducing the reader to Pedro Loco, General Mexhuira's ghost, the German, and a colorful group of odd fellows driven to roam the hills in an eternal quest for the hidden entrance, the blazed tree, the box canyon, for fabulous wealth glimpsed, lost, and never forgotten." SIX GUNS 599 says "Fascinating book on lost mines...." Former owner's inked name at top of front pastedown sheet, a few pages carelessly opened have created tiny nicks and chips to fore-edges else this is the nicest copy of the trade edition that we have handled in several years. The copy is bright and tight and the dust jacket is fine and bright. A handsome copy!

Inventory Number: 53381