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Vol. I, No. 1. July, 1856. 48 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. 9½x6, original pictorial and printed saddle-sewn wrappers; housed in a modern marbled and brown paper covered chemise with attached interior folding paper folder.

Hutchings' California Magazine began publication in 1856 and ran for five years. Farquhar notes "...in the pages of his magazine there is preserved a good deal of material depicting the life and scenes of California in the decade following the Gold Rush -material notably lacking in Bancroft's works,- especially with respect to Yosemite, the Big Trees, and other scenic wonders...in 1860 [Hutchings] gathered together extracts from his magazine and published them in book form...Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California..." This issue with “The Yo-ham-i-te Valley, and its Water-Falls” and “The California Silk Worm.”