[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of "Six Months in the [California] Gold Mines" Philadelphia: 1850

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(CALIFORNIA) Buffum, Edward Gould. SIX MONTHS IN THE GOLD MINES: from a Journal of Three Years Residence in Upper and Lower California 1847-8-9. Philadelphia: Lean and Blanchard. 1850. First edition. 12mo. 172pp. Plus (44)pp. publisher's ads. Orig. blind stamped brown cloth, gilt. Corners worn & 1/2" chips at head & foot of spine. Later front free endpaper. Rubber stamp initials on title page.	$250.00 (trade discount allowed)
Buffum (1820-1867) was a New York journalist and lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers in the Mexican War that secured California for the United States. This is a vivid account of his time as a gold seeker in the mines and placers, and includes a chapter on the "New Towns of California." Howes, B936. Kurutz #97.


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