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.4TH EDITION, 18TH THOUSAND.
San Francisco: D.E. Appleton & Co. 508 & 510 Montgomery St. 1868. 16mo, 64pp. Original printed and pictorial wrappers [spine worn, wraps loosening]. Stitched, blank lower forecorner spotted, else Very Good.
Quite scarce. Greenwood [attributing authorship to Stone, who entered the copyright on this edition] and Eberstadt record printings [from the 1850's] of 'Put's Golden Songster' but not any issue of the 'Original California Songster.' Stone dedicates the Songster to "the Miners of California, those hardy builders of California's prosperity and greatness." A former miner himself, Stone includes many songs with a mining theme, commencing with 'The Fools of '49.'
Not in Sabin, Cowan, Drury, Rocq, Eberstadt, Decker, Soliday, Graff. Item #23690
Price: $250.00