Ferol Egan Editor (5 results)
Published by Book Club of California, San Francisco
- Hardcover
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: 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.
Published by The Book Club of California. Circa 1971, San Francisco, 1971
- Hardcover
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: 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 par…ticular 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.
California, Land of Gold or Stay at Home and Work Hard.
Muller, J. Knight, Anthony (translator), Egan, Ferol (editor/intro)
Language: English
Published by Book Club of California, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United KingdomDeeside Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
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Hardcover. Condition: 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.
More imagesPublished by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1971
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hardy Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.Hardy Books
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Custom Clear Mylar. 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.
Language: English
Published by Lewis Osborne, 1975
- Hardcover
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Maxwell's House of Books
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A beautiful, crisp, clean hardcover in fine condition. DJ in very good condition with mild sunning to spine and title "Fremont" neatly written in ink at head.
