When an old prospector is mortally wounded in a gunfight, he reveals to his three mining partners the location of an unimaginably rich vein of gold. To ensure the men will work together, and procuring a promise to share their find with his long-lost daughter, the prospector entrusts each man with a different clue to the gold's location before he dies. But finding their fortune will stretch each man to his limit, forcing them to brave a Mexican crime lord, angry Apaches, the rigors of the desert, and their own greed. To say ...
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When an old prospector is mortally wounded in a gunfight, he reveals to his three mining partners the location of an unimaginably rich vein of gold. To ensure the men will work together, and procuring a promise to share their find with his long-lost daughter, the prospector entrusts each man with a different clue to the gold's location before he dies. But finding their fortune will stretch each man to his limit, forcing them to brave a Mexican crime lord, angry Apaches, the rigors of the desert, and their own greed. To say nothing of finding their old partner's missing daughter. Dead Man's Gold is a western adventure skillfully crafted by one of the top pulp writers of his time.
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Ralph Pallen Coleman, Illustrator. Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Book Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. Ralph Pallen Coleman, Illustrator. First Edition in clean original unclipped jacket. Clean burgundy cloth boards with orange lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner label on front fixed endpaper (return address label size). Color frontispiece by Ralph Pallen Coleman. 246 pages. Clean color illustrated jacket is not price clipped (1.50 on front inside flap), has a few very tiny edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.