James Mason Hutchings, 1818 1902 / MINER'S TEN COMMANDMENTS By J M Hutchings 1st

Description: The MINER'S TEN COMMANDMENTS (By J. M. Hutchings) Author: Hutchings, James Mason [1818 - 1902] Title: The MINER'S TEN COMMANDMENTS (By J. M. Hutchings) Publication: San Francisco [but Oakland]: J. M. Hutchings [by Pacific Press Publishing House], (1887) Edition: 1st edition thus (Cowan II, p. 300; Kruska HUTCHINGS, 100) Description: 8 pp. 16mo. 6-1/8" x 4-1/8". Printed cards stock covers, red string tie with tassel. Images to front & rear wrappers, with the rear wrapper image that of Hutching's In The Heart of the Sierras, published, the year prior and to great aclaim, by Oakland's Pacific Press Publishing House. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. General wear, with spine paper splitting along lower portion. Very Good. "Thou shalt have no other claim than one." "Thou shalt not go prospecting before thy claim gives out." "Thou shalt not steal a pick, or a shovel, or a pan, from thy fellow miner; ..." "Thou shalt not tell any false tales about 'good diggings in the mountains' to thy neighbor ..." "Thou shalt not commit unsuitable matrimony.." So declares 'The Miner's Ten Commandments.' These divine rules of the California Gold Rush came about in the early 1850s, when keeping the Sabbath became a point of issue in Placerville [and other mining regions]. Such religious observance was favored by James Hutchings, but not so by many other residents. Their lack of spiritual reverence was lampooned, along with many other shady miner practices, by Hutchings in this famous, and subsequently oft-imitated, parody of the Ten Commandants. The work was first published 4 June 1853 in the Placerville Herald, with the first separate publication coming shortly thereafter as a letter sheet.Here, Hutchings republishes, with minor emendations, his Ten Commandments "at the request of many old friends", using the opportunity to puff his "Heart of the Sierras" on the rear cover. Given this latter aspect, we ascribe the printing of this little booklet to the Oakland Pacific Press house, where the rear advert advises the advertised book is available directly from Hutchings or Pacific Press in Oakland.While RBH shows a few copies of the 1850s lettersheet coming on the market during the last 2 decades, no copies of this later republishing are noted.Definitely uncommon in the trade. Seller ID: 46961 Subject: Americana Tavistock Books, ABAA Reno, NV Established in 1989, Tavistock Books has recently moved from its former long-time Alameda CA location to Reno NV. We are a general antiquarian business, with material ranging from Aviation to Zoology, from the 16th C to the 21st. We have specialties in Dickens, History of Nursing, Children's Serial Fiction & Western Americana. Visits may be arranged by appointment, generally 10 am to 3 pm, Pacific Time. Guarantee We guarantee everything we sell and any item may be returned for any reason within 30 days of receipt. If the return is due to an error on our part, we will reimburse you the cost of your return. Please do exercise the same care in packaging, as we do in shipping all items purchased from us. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), and the International Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Shipping We are happy to ship to buyers outside of the United States. Please contact us for an exact shipping quote. All books shipped to US destinations are usually sent US Post Office Media Mail, with despatch usually within 72 hours of payment receipt. Delivery typically takes a week, but may be longer, especially during the holidays. Faster shipping is available, please contact us for a price quote. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time. We prefer PayPal. Feedback We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. If you are unhappy with any aspect of a transaction with us, please contact us immediately. We work hard to keep buyers happy and to promptly resolve the rare problem that may arise.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 1725 USD

Location: Reno, Nevada

End Time: 2025-01-17T02:46:26.000Z

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