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MARRYAT, Francis S.
Mountains and Molehills or Recollections of a Burnt Journal.
"Excellent narrative of experiences in the diggings ." (Wheat). "Howell calls this one of the best descriptions of life in the mines. In the summer and fall of 1851, the author engaged in quartz mining in the Tuttletown, Tuolumne County, region. Marryat penned vivid descriptions of saloons, fires, claim jumpers, bears, fleas, mining techniques, mining camps, Chinese, transportation, theatres, and señoritas . Marryat wrote that his journal and drawings had been destroyed in one of San Francisco's fires, resulting in his tongue-in-cheek subtitle .
- Published
- London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855.
- References
- Howes M299; Bobins 56.
- Plates
- 8
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855.
- Ref
- 5368
Octavo, title, preface, contents, 18 woodcut engravings set in text, eight chromolithographed plates, red half morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt to spine, marbled edges, good condition. Bookplate of 'Norman R Bobins' to front pastedown. This is the story of the recollections of a well-to-do but slightly eccentric British adventurer who traveled to the Americas in 1850, hoping to find and record whatever his British audience would find exotic and exciting. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Where the Gold comes from. 2. High and Dry. 3. Chagres River. 4. The Winter of 1849. 5. The Bar of a Gambling Saloon. 6. Horse Market - Sonora. 7. A Fireman's Funeral. 8. Crossing the Isthmus.
