Translated Compiled Julius Behnke (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by editor on front free endpaper. Red marbled paper and faux-leather covers. Front cover detached but present. Gold lettering to spine. Portion of spine missing, not affecting lettering. Few ink marks on page margins. General wear to covers. Text block is tight. All plates are present. The life of this California pioneer is presented through his letters and diary entries. Signed by editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st EditionINSCRIBED LAID IN PHOTOGRAPH OF TRANSLATOR ON ENDPAPER; octavo; 355 pp (plus black & white plates); no dustjacket; Good+ gilt stamped and decorated green cloth; sunned spine with creases and welts, shallow frayed edgewear top and tail of spine and corners, bumped corners, rubbed, sunned panel edges, spotting, starting at rear hinge; else clean tight copy of scarce title about a California pioneer and the Gold Rush Hardcover.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition, First Printing. A vivid German-American overland and Gold-Rush narrative documenting Frank Lecouvreur's 18511853 journey from East Prussia to the mines of northern California. Green cloth binding with gilt vignette. Bindings square and tight. Front hinge firm but has some open spots Text clean with a few minor spots of foxing. Minor fading to spine. Light shelf handling. First Edition. xiii, [14]-355 pp. With black-and-white plates throughout. 23 by 15 cm (9 x 6inches), Green cloth, gilt vignette on front panel. Double page map of the area of the Feather and Yuba Rivers. Portrait frontispiece and 22 illustrations. Frank Lecouvreur's manuscript journal offers one of the more unusual immigrant narratives from the Gold-Rush era: a Prussian traveler arriving in California in 1851 who chronicled, in meticulous detail, the people, places, and conflicts he encountered. His accounts of the Yuba and Feather River mining districts, the Los Angeles Vigilance Committee, early agricultural commerce, interactions with Native Californians, and the 1871 Chinese Massacre form a valuable record of the state's volatile early decades. This work remains an essential primary source for California historians, Gold-Rush collectors, Western Americana, and scholars of trans-Atlantic migration. Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific Coast; Ethnic groups in California; Mines and mineral resourcesCalifornia; AgricultureCalifornia; BusinessCalifornia; CaliforniaDescription and travel; Los Angeles history; Yuba & Feather River regions. Ref: OCLC 816489039; CSL B L468l; LC F865 .L46; Howes L177.