Lot is for a hardcover, third printing of the book HALF INTEREST IN A SILVER DOLLAR: THE SAGA OF CHARLES E. CONRAD, by James Murphy, published by Mountain Press. HC/DJ; 321 pages, illustrated.
The life of Charles E. Conrad and the history of Fort Benton, Montana
Territory, are so intertwined that the story of one cannot be told
independently of the other. At the time Conrad came to Fort Benton, the
tiny settlement was in its infancy. Charles Conrad and his brother
William soon developed the most extensive merchandising and supply
transportation system in all the west. As river transportation died
out with the coming of the railroad, Conrad moved from Fort Benton to
Kalispell. It took him 34 years to build his fortune and his empire, yet
in less than 20 years it was gone.
Original
price clipped from dust jacket and has some spine/front cover sun fading (not bleached out). Binding is tight; pages are clean overall. Small water stain on the back board near the spine. No other marking or writing noted in book. Boards are
straight with minor edge rub. Dust jacket has slight creases and
chipping to top edges. Some rippling of the dust jacket on the back from the water stain. See photos.