The Great Diamond Hoax: And Other Stirring Incidents In The Life Of Asbury Harpending
Author: James H. Wilkins, (editor)
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Price: $20.00
Publisher: The James H Barry Co
Publisher Location: San Francisco
Book Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket, as issued
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1913
ISBN #:
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The James H Barry Co
Publisher Location: San Francisco
Book Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket, as issued
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1913
wear to spine tips and corners, covers rubbed, previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Octavo. Hard Cover. The diamond hoax of 1872 was a swindle in which a pair of prospectors sold a false American diamond deposit to prominent businessmen in San Francisco and New York City. It also triggered a brief diamond prospecting craze in the western USA, in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.