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San Francisco,CA - 1868 - Put's Original California Songster Pocket Book :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
San Francisco,CA - 1868 - Put's Original California Songster Pocket Book :
This is a small pocket-size booklet of songs from ""The Land of Gold," paper covered, published by D.E. Appleton & Co. Of San Francisco in 64 pgs., 4th Ed., "25th Thousand." Three vignettes of California scenes by Anthony and Baker adorn the front, captioned "Arrival of the Greenhorn." Printed below is: "Giving in a few words what would occupy volumes, detailing the hopes, trials and joys of a miner's life." "Old Put" was the pseudonym for John A. Stone, who published several of these songbooks. This a wonderful collection of songs of the Gold Rush era.