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Verlag: San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971
Anbieter: Peter Scott, Portslade, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. 86pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Publication 138 of the Book Club of California. Light brown cloth/gilt. V.g.
Verlag: The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1960
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Limited to 450 copies. 12mo. 86pp. Owner's bookplate laid on front pastedown, some pages unopened, else near fine. "A Short Description of California and the Dangers Which Threaten the Immigrant Along with the Story of the Sad Fate of a German Immigrant." Publication 138 of the Book Club of California.
Verlag: Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1960
Anbieter: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First This. 12mo. Pp. 86. Illustrated with engravings. Tan cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, gold endpapers. Anthony Knight translation of the 1849 Das Goldland Californien. Edited and introduced by Ferol Egan. Club publication number 138, designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Edition limited to 450. Light stains to covers, else near fine with leaves uncut/unopened. A most unusual "guide" to California and the gold fields, at once threatening and tempting. With an introduction to its context. A well-preserved copy.
Verlag: The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1971
Anbieter: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Tan cloth stamped in gilt, deckle edges. Publication 138 of the Book Club of California. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kenedy. No date but 1971 is pencilled to CP. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 86 pages.
Verlag: Book Club of California, San Francisco
Anbieter: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, USA
Buch
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Light brown cloth, large 12mo., (iii), 86 pages. Printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy. A couple faint smudges to the covers, else a near fine copy.
Verlag: San Francisco: Book Club of California [1971]., 1971
Anbieter: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
86 pp w/notes. Near fine in gilt-stamped full cloth with a light smudge to the front cover. One of 450 copies. Trannslated from the original German by Anthony Knight. Edited by Ferol Egan. Dated (December 6, 1971) and INSCRIBED by Egan on the second leaf. Prospectus laid in. First printing of this edition (originally published in 1850).
Verlag: The Book Club of California., San Francisco., 1970
Anbieter: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Unopened. 86 pps.
Verlag: San Francisco, Calif.: Book Club of California., 1971
Anbieter: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Zustand: Good. Prospectus. 8vo. One folded sheet. [This is a prospectus, not a book]. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Subtitled "A short description of California and the dangers which threaten the immigrant along with the sad fate of a German immigrant". Intended to discourage German immifgration to California in 1850.
Verlag: The Book Club of California. Circa 1971, San Francisco, 1971
Anbieter: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, USA
Buch
Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good. Cloth. Illustrations. 450 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Page sides are uncut. In the Introduction, Ferol Egan describes publications which were available in Germany that encouraged or discouraged Germans about immigrating to the Unite d States in search of gold. One particular publication by J. Muller has been translated from the German and is reprinted in this book and describes the horrible things that will happen to immigrants coming to America.
Verlag: Book Club of California, San Francisco
Anbieter: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, USA
Buch
Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good. Undated, one of 450 copies printed, note explains that this is a variant issue. The original was issued in 1971 and "Recently, a few were discoverejd and are bound in a different colored cloth for distribution to new members." A printed sheet in this copy presents it to a Board member. Fine, unopened copy. A negative account of the Gold Rush subtitled "A short description of California and the dangers which threaten the immigrant along with the story of the sad fate of a German immigrant. Adapted for young adults by J. Muller." The introduction concludes that he was probably a paid propagandist.
Verlag: The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1971
Erstausgabe
Cloth. Zustand: Fine. First Thus. 86 pp. Adapted for young adults. Prospectus laid in. Edited and with an introduction by Ferol Egan. Illustrated. Margin decorations. Many unopened pages. 5" x 7". Brown cloth with gilt cover and spine titling. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Translation by Anthony Knight of the 1849 first edition which was in German. The subtitle tells it all. The purpose of the book was to dissuade young German boys from traveling to the gold fields. Limited to 450 copies. Kurutz 456b; BCC # 138. A FINE copy, now in a custom, clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.
Verlag: The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1971
Anbieter: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, USA
One of 450 copies designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Translated from the German by Anthony Knight. Edited and with an introduction by Ferol Egan. 12mo. [6], 86pp. Title-page reproduction, three illustrations. Publisher's mustard cloth, gilt. A very fine copy. "Müller began with a business-like look at California history, the gold discovery, mining life, equipment, weather conditions, and routes to California. The second portion is the pitiful story of Friedrich Berwick, a master joiner from Germany, and his unfortunate experiences as a gold seeker" (Kurutz). [Kurutz: 456-b].
Anbieter: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
(CALIFORNIA). MULLER, J. California, Land of Gold or Stay at Home and Work Hard. A Short Description of California and the Dangers Which Threaten the Immigrant Along With the Story of the Sad Fate of a German Immigrant. Adapted for Young Adults. San Francisco: Book Club of California, n.d. Illus. 86pp. Fine in orig. cloth. Limited to 450 copies.
Verlag: Book Club of California, 1971
Anbieter: Deeside Books, Ballater, Vereinigtes Königreich
Buch Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover in tan cloth covered boards with gilt titles, some roughcut pages, some uncut, Fine condition. First edition, pp 86, b&w illustrations, includes the original receipt. Scarce in UK.