Gold. Its Properties, Modes of Extraction, Value, &c, &c. With an introduction by Neal Harlow.
Vancouver, British Columbia: Robert Reid and Takao Tanabe, 1958. One of 275 copies printed on handmade paper. This is the second book published by Reid at his private press, and the second in a series pertaining to the history of British Columbia. Reid’s books are significant because they are the first sustained body of work from a Canadian that truly fit in the private press tradition established in the United Kingdom and the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Reid's work was also influential to a more contemporary press from Vancouver, Heavenly Monkey. With a facsimile of the original title tipped in. Type ornaments on title-page, beginnings of chapters, and colophon in green. A fine copy. Broadside laid in from the original pamphlet published in 1871. Quarter brown Oasis niger over marbled boards, gilt red leather spine label. Tall octavo. 44 pp. Item #17249
Claudet was Superintendent of the Government Assay Office in British Columbia, so named by the Master of the Royal Mint at the behest of James Douglas.
Price: $250.00