The Gold Digger's Song Book.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1975. [Marysville Dailey Herald, 1856.]
8vo, xii, 34 pp. Quarter brown leather, map illustrated paper boards gilt lettering to backstrip. Plain dust jacket, discolored from leather, gilt lettering to backstrip. Bookplate on verso of front free endpaper. Very good.
§ Edition of 450 copies. An attractive new edition of this Gold Rush era song book, first published in 1856 with the full title "The Gold Digger's Song Book. Containing the most popular humorous & sentimental songs composed by M. Taylor and sung by his original company with unbounded applause throughout California." The introduction is written by Sister Mary Dominic Ray, founder of the American Music Research Center at the Dominican College of San Rafael. Item #126901
Price: $35.00