348 + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with 16 wood-engraved plates included in the pagination. 7¼x4¾, original blindstamped cloth, spine decorated & lettered in gilt. First Edition. Methodist minister, Taylor arrived in San Francisco by sea on September 21, 1849, and spent several years preaching among the miners. He describes in detail everyday life in the tent cities, gambling halls, hotels, and the social life and "moral condition" of the miners. The wood engravings include interesting views of San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento. Carl I. Wheat, in his description of Taylor's Seven Years' Street Preaching in San Francisco, notes the author as "a strong character who recorded his observations in graphic detail." Cowan p.632; Kurutz 621a; Rocq 12246.
348 + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with 16 wood-engraved plates included in the pagination. 7¼x4¾, original blindstamped cloth, spine decorated & lettered in gilt. First Edition. Methodist minister, Taylor arrived in San Francisco by sea on September 21, 1849, and spent several years preaching among the miners. He describes in detail everyday life in the tent cities, gambling halls, hotels, and the social life and "moral condition" of the miners. The wood engravings include interesting views of San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento. Carl I. Wheat, in his description of Taylor's Seven Years' Street Preaching in San Francisco, notes the author as "a strong character who recorded his observations in graphic detail." Cowan p.632; Kurutz 621a; Rocq 12246.
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