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Buffum's Six Months in the Gold Mines London ed.

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Buffum's Six Months in the Gold Mines London ed.

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Author: Buffum, E. Gould
Title: Six Months in the Gold Mines: from a Journal of Three Year's Residence in Upper and Lower California, 1847-8-9
Place Published: London
Publisher:Richard Bently
Date Published: 1850
Description: xi, [1], 244 pp. (12mo) 16.5x10 cm (6½x4"), modern quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. First British Edition.An officer in the New York Volunteers, Buffum headed for the hills following the discovery of gold, and observed the Gold Rush from its beginnings. Besides the details of mining, Buffum "recounted every facet of life including the tremendous non-mining potential of California and the formation of government" - Kurutz, who also quotes Bancroft as calling the book "one of the most important contributions to the history of California." Cowan p.83; Graff 472; Howes B943; Kurutz 97a; Wheat Books 28.

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Slight chipping to outer leaves, minimal toning; near fine.

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Buffum's Six Months in the Gold Mines London ed.

Name: Buffum's Six Months in the Gold Mines London ed.
SKU: 175553510
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