PUT'S ORIGINAL CALIFORNIA SONGSTER, Giving in a few words what would occupy volumes, detailing the hopes, trials and joys of a miner's life
by [Stone, John A.]
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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About This Item
San Francisco: D.E. Appleton & Co, 1868. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. First issued in 1854, the imprint is stated as 4th Edition, 18thThousand on the title page, but as 5th Edition, 25th Thousand on the front panel. 16mo: 64 p. Original printed purple paper wrappers. Near fine.
A popular Gold Rush songster, with lyrics to several dozen California mining songs, including "The Fools of '49"; "Joaquin the Horse Thief"; "Away Up on the Yuba"; "California As It Is and Was"; "The Lousy Miner"; "The Sonora Filibusters"; "When I Went Off to Prospect"; "California Bloomer"; and "Coming Around the Horn".
A popular Gold Rush songster, with lyrics to several dozen California mining songs, including "The Fools of '49"; "Joaquin the Horse Thief"; "Away Up on the Yuba"; "California As It Is and Was"; "The Lousy Miner"; "The Sonora Filibusters"; "When I Went Off to Prospect"; "California Bloomer"; and "Coming Around the Horn".
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74633
- Title
- PUT'S ORIGINAL CALIFORNIA SONGSTER, Giving in a few words what would occupy volumes, detailing the hopes, trials and joys of a miner's life
- Author
- [Stone, John A.]
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D.E. Appleton & Co
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1868
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Gold Rush, Songsters, Music, Joaquin Murrieta, Ephemera
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