Description: The Sazerac Lying Club: A Nevada Book [Leon O. Whitsell's Copy] Author: Hart, Fred H. Title: The Sazerac Lying Club: A Nevada Book [Leon O. Whitsell's Copy] Publication: San Francisco: Henry Keller & Co., 1878 Edition: Second Editon (stated) Description: Hardcover. Small quarto in green gilt-4 preliminary leaves, [7]-240 pages, 3 leaves: illustrations; 22.9 cm. Endpapers lacking; boards scuffed and worn; some leaves, stained and/or chipped; all in all an about good(-) extremely well-loved copy with some pencil marks. Bookplate of Leon O Whitsell of The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus (ECV), presumably with his pencil marks intermittenlty throughout text block. / Contents: Frontier sketches. Indians and Chinese. Life in a mining town. Old dad. Origin of the Sazerac lying club. Stub. Some lies and otherwise. Uncle John. Clamper Leon O. Whitsell's copy, with his book plate and owner name stamp. "As the mining industry faded towards the end of the 19th century, ECV started to fade as well. It was revitalized in 1931 by Wheat and his friends G. Ezra Dane and Leon O. Whitsell. They were contacted by Adam Lee Moore, one of the surviving leaders of the original ECV, who passed on all that he could remember of the organization's rites and legends. The three founded a new chapter, Yerba Buena Number 1, or the "Capitulus Redivivus." Wheat described E Clampus Vitus as "the comic strip on the page of California history."—Wikipedia.Wesstern American Humor & Wit. Fiction, Humour, Romans, humor, Seller ID: 102988 Subject: Fiction BIBLIOPE by CALVELLO BOOKS Fine & Unusual Books, Art & Collectibles. Since 1987. Terms All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 77 USD
Location: Oakland, California
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Author: Hart, Fred H
Publisher: Henry Keller & Co
Year Printed: 1878
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: Americana
