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Published by William P. Wreden, 1968
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 55 pages. Introduction by Richard Brautigan. Illustrations by Patricia Oberhaus. Typographic design by Jack Werner Stauffacher, the Greenwood Press, San Francisco. Francl, a native of Bohemia, in the Czech republic, was an early pioneer in the American west (he is credited - online - with being the first Czech in Nebraska as well as the Gold Country). This book is based on his diary. Edition limited to just 540 copies. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine plain white dust jacket. Dust jacket has mild scuffing. With publisher's illustrated prospectus for the publication, one sheet folded, 10 x 7.25 inches when folded, with B/W illustration of front, with typed addressed ordering envelope from publisher. With one illustrated sheet, 10 x 7.25 inches, inviting the recipient to the book launch on Monday 6 January, 1969.
Published by San Francisco: William P. Wreden, 1968
Seller: Heaven Haven Books, Bellevue, KY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small 4to, pictorial coarse papered boards, 55pp. Top corner of front board bumped, else minimal wear to extremis, mint interior with sound binding. The narrative text of the first Bohemian to cross the plains to the California gold fields , with illustrations by Patricia Oberhaus and an introduction by Richard Brautigan. A superb copy of a scarce Brautigan item.