Scarce First Edition “Put’s Golden Songster,” 1858

Very scarce early California Gold Rush publication with 29 songs, including “Sweet Betsy from Pike:” Put’s Golden Songster: Containing the largest and most popular collection of California Songs ever Published, by the author of Put’s California Songster, &c. (“Old Put”). A rare opportunity to own this antiquarian treasure in exquisite condition. Published by D.E. Appleton & Co., San Francisco. Sextodecimo, illustrated wrapper. Cover price: 25 cents. 65 pages. Well preserved with only a minute tear on the front wrapper, as shown. Very light foxing, most notable on endpapers. Otherwise, pages are free of tears, marks, folds, or creases. 

~15cm x 10cm

scarcity rating: 4