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  • Andersen, Kurt:  Heyday.  New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 622 pages of text.
    TB21894  $25.00



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    Bidwell, John:  Echoes of the Past About California & In Camp and Cabin.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1928. First thus. Good in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block and with the cloth on the spine faded and rubbed at its ends. The end sheets are foxed and there is a slight lean to the spine. The fold-out map which precedes page xv is present and in fine condition. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1928. In Camp and Cabin was authored by John Steele. Both books were combined and edited by Milo Milton Qauife. This is the first year that the Lakeside Press changed the binding color to denote the end of the first 25 books in the series.
    TB33187  $40.00



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    Brands, H. W.:  The Age of Gold The California Gold Rush and The New American Dream.  New York: Doubleday, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black and yellow paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and map end papers. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with minute hints of foxing to the top edge of the text block. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 547 pages including an index, bibliography, sources, text and illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs of contemporary works of art and portraits.
    TB20121  $20.00



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    Dietz, Arthur Arnold:  Mad Rush For Gold In Frozen North.  Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Priting and Binding House, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Very good in the publisher's original, decorated light blue cloth covered boards with the remnants of bold gilt text stamping on the spine and red, white and gilt text and decorations on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5 1/4" with a prior owner's name faintly written on the first free end page. The cloth at the head and heel of the cloth are rubbed and worn as is the upper edge of the front board. Simply signed by the author - "Arthur A. Dietz | 1916" on the first free end page. 281 pages illustrated with line drawings from photographs by W. A. Sharp.
    TB26701  $200.00



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    Downie, Major William:  Hunting For Gold Reminisences Of Personal Experience And Research In The Early Days Of The Pacific Coast From Alaska To Panama.  San Francisco: The California Publishing Co., 1893. . Good+ in its original 1/2 black, pebbled leather and black cloth covered boards with gilt text and blind stamping on the spine and gilt text on the front board. An octavo o 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the leather at the head and heel of the spine chipped in several areas down to the edge of the text block and the leather rubbed and worn through over the tips of the boards. The hinges and joints are tight, strong and show no signs of weakness. The contents are clean and save for a few pages are generally free of foxing and tanning. 407 pages which includes tables of contents at the rear of the book. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and with engravings and reproductions of photographs throughout. A native of Scotland, the author heard about the discovery of gold in California while in Buffalo, He shipped around Cape Horn and arrived in San Francisco on June 27th 1849 and subsequently worked mines around the Sacramento area. He discovered gold on the Yuba River at a place now named Downieville. He continued to hunt for gold in Canada, Alaska and Panama. (Kurutz, 203) Howe's in U.S. Iania states of this title: "Unassuming but valuable reminiscences of an inveterate miner and pioneer." Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". (Howes, D-448, Cowan, p179)
    TB29640  $225.00




  • Gaer, Joseph:  Bibliography of California Literature Fiction, Drama and Poetry of the Gold-Rush Period.  New York: Burt Franklin, (1970) c.1935. 1970 Reprint. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket. 123 pages. A facsimile reprint of the original edition published in 1935.
    TB29860  $15.00




  • Gardiner, Howard C. and Dale L. Morgan (Editor:  In Pursuit Of The Golden Dream Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857.  Stoughton, Mass.: Western hemisphere, Inc., 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11" by 9". Without a dust jacket as issued. Although a modern publication this is an important first person narrative of mines and mining during the California Gold Rush. 390 pages including an index followed by a tipped-on map at the rear pastedown. Illustrated with maps, line drawings and black and white photographs. This copy has been unread as all of the pages are uncut. A fine, tight and beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Kurutz, 262)
    TB29859  $75.00



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    Garner, William Robert:  Letters from California 1846-1847.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. These letters (originally sent under the identity of only "W. G." were sent to newspapers on the east coast just before the Gold Rush. They describe in great detail the customs, events and landscape of the area around Monterey and San Francisco Bay. Edited, with a sketch of the life and times of the author of these letters. 262 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps, one section of black and white photographs and reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB26456  $25.00



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    Geiger, Vincent, and Wakeman Bryarly:  Trail To California The Overland Journal Of Vincent Geiger And Wakeman Bryarly.  New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the cloth over the tips of the boards. There is modest wear to the fore edge of the fold-out map. Without a dust jacket. 266 pages including an index, a fold-out map, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Bryarly and the aforesaid map. Volume XX of the Yale Historical Publications Manuscripts And Edited Texts. (Kurutz, 265; Wheat, Books of the Gold Rush, 80)
    TB29520  $40.00



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    Hannon, Jessie Gould:  The Boston-Newton Company Venture From Massachusetts to California in 1849.  Lincoldn, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, (1969). First Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches. In a good+, price clipped dust jacket several closed tears and rubbing and wear, but no major chips. 224 pages including notes on sources and text. Illustrated with 7 maps.
    TB30831  $15.00




  • Harte, Bret:  Tales of the Argonauts, and Other Sketches.  Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First edition, second state. Very good in decorated red-brown cloth covered boards with blind embossing on the front and rear boards, gilt text stampings on the spine which is slightly rolled, the remnants of a book plate removed from the front end paper, a prior owner's book plate on the second free end paper. The end papers are brown coated. (BAL, 7280)
    TB15305  $20.00




  • Howe, Octavius Thorndike:  Argonauts of '49 History and Adventures of the Emigrant Companies from Massachusetts 1849-1850.  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1923. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 dark blue cloth and blue-gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The exterior areas of the boards are slightly faded and there is a prior owner's name written in pencil with a date of "1923" on the first free end paper. Without a dust jacket. 221 pages including a bibliography, appendix, text and illustrated with photographs of ship models and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB19069  $75.00




  • Jochum, Helen Parker:  Alaskan Journey.  no city stated: Self Published, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author provides an historical account of her father's venture to Alaska during the gold rush of 1899 to assist in the development of a bank to safeguard the gold found by the miners. 153 pages including a bibliography, text, reproductions of contemporary photographs & illustrations by Janet K. Monteith.
    TB13511  $45.50



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    Kurutz, Gary F.:  The California Gold Rush: A descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853..  San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Fine in royal blue buckram cloth with a large gilt on black title label on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 3/8 by 6 3/4 inches containing 771 pages including an index, a list of references consulted with 705 titles. Without its issued plain white dust jacket. One of only 1,000 copies printed.
    TB27350  $150.00



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    Letts, J. M.:  California Illustrated: Including A Description Of The Panama And Nicarauga Routes.  New York: R. T Young, 1853. Reprint of 1853. Very good in it original light brown, gilt decorated and blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text and images on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine. There is an early prior owner's name and date of 1859 in pencil on the first free end page. 224 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 plates even though 48 are called for. Considered "quite scarce" by Howes. (Howes, H-300) Howes also states: ""Number of plates vary in copies of all issued but 48 is the proper complement."
    TB28324  $195.00



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    Lewis, Oscar:  Sutter's Fort Gateway to the Gold Fields.  Englewood: Prentice-Hall, 1966. First Edition. Fine in black and tan cloth covered boards with gilt tool work on the front and rear boards. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with map end sheets. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears and very small chips from the upper edge of the front panel and light wear to the ends of the spine area. The third volume in the American Forts series which deals with "Captain John A. Sutter's California Empire". 222 pages including an index.
    TB33121  $35.00



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    Lewis, Oscar:  Sea Routes To The Gold Fields The Migration By Water To California in 1849-1852.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine with the cloth at . the extreme lower edge of the front board worn through; else, near fine. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chipping to the upper edge of the spine area and numerous shallow chips to the fold to the front flap. 286 pages including a bibliography followed by an index and a fold-out map showing the gold regions of California from a broadside of 1850.
    TB28469  $15.00



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    McGinty, Brian:  Archy Lees Struggle for Freedom: The True Story of California Gold, the Nation's Tragic March Toward Civil War, and a Young Black Man's Fight for Liberty.  Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, (2020). First Edition. Fin in full, gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 228 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, chronology and text. Illustrated with a section of 16 pages of images from black and white photographs and earlier works of art.
    TB32201  $30.00



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    Murphy, Claire Rudolf and Jane G. Haigh:  Gold Rush Women.  Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, (1997). Third Printing of 1998. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 7 inches with "jSmithsonian and the date 2/16/99 at the upper fore corner of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket as issued. 126 pages of text and illustrated throughout from black and white photographs.
    TB30465  $5.00



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    Nusbaumer, Louis:  Valley of Salt, Memories of Wine A Journal of Death Valley, 1849.  Berkeley, Calif.: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1967. First Edition. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/4 by 7 inches with a bump to the heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 68 pages of text followed by a fold-out map at the rear. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates.
    TB31854  $35.00



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    Quaife, Milo Milton:  Pictures of Gold Rush California.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1949. First thus. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board and with gilt to the top edge of the text block. The gilt text stamping on the spine is bright and untarnished. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1949. Laid-in at the front of the book is a Compliments of the Season card from Thomas E. Donnelley. A collection of contemporary accounts which highlight the perils of overland travel to the gold fields of California. 383 pages including and index. A clean, handsome and tight copy.
    TB33005  $50.00



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    Richards, Benjamin B. (Editor):  California Gold Rush Merchant The Journal of Stephen Chapin Davis.  San Marino, Calif.: The Huntingon Library, 1956. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brick red cloth and striped paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a paper dust jacket as issued, but protected by an acetate covering. Signed and inscribed to "my fishing buddy, Bill" by the author on the first free end page. 124 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a facsimile copy of a map of "the Gold Region of California" drawn by Robert H. Ellis in 1850.
    TB27751  $60.00



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    Robinson, Zirkle D.:  The Robinson-Rosenberger Journey To The Gold Fields Of California 1849-1850 The Diary of Zirkle D. Robinson.  Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1966. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8" by 6". In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket, with two short closed tears at the upper edges of the front panel at the folds to the spine area and the front flap. Edited with an introduction by Francis Coleman Rosenberger. 26 pages of text preceded by 15 pages of introduction.
    TB25860  $40.00



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    Sargent, Shirley (Editor):  Seeking the Elephant, 1849 James Mason Hutchins' Journal of his Overland Trek to California.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" with the ghost of a 4" by 1 3/4" label on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. One of only 750 copies printed of the first edition. The full title page reads: "Seeking the Elephant, 1849 James Mason Hutchins' Journal of his Overland Trek to California Including his Voyage to America, 1848 and Letters from the Mother Lode." 209 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and a photographic reproduction of Hutchings" first issue of California Magazine. This is the 12th volume in the American Trails Series by The Arthur H. Clark Company.
    TB26375  $65.00




  • Scamehorn, Howard L.:  The Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush.  Athens: Ohio University Pres, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt and black text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with a modest amount of wear at the spine ends with 1/4" closed tear and light flecking. The edited extracts from the diaries of two members of the cooperative band of men from Ohio, known as the Buckeye Rovers, who traveled west to the California mine fields in the spring of 1849.
    TB05550  $17.50




  • Smith, Dwight L.:  John D. Young and the Colorado Gold Rush.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1969. First thus. Fine with top edge gilt and with the boards covered with dark blue cloth with gilt text stamping on spine. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1969. From an unpublished manuscript titled: "A Trip to the gold regions of the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1860" by John D. Young. Edited by Dwight L. Smith.
    TB33167  $20.00



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    Spencer, Arthur C. and Charles Will Wright:  The Juneau Gold Belt, Alaska and A Reconnaissance Of Admiralty Island, Alaska with maps (original publication).  Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1906. First Edition. Very good in heavy, printed paper wraps over a sewn binding. A small quarto of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with much of the spine covering in tatters and the edges of the rear cover worn and with small chips around the edges. Without a dust jacket as issued. A separate envelope contains two, large fold-out, color maps the first being the Geological Map of the Juneau Gold Belt, Alaska and the second being the Topographic Map of the Juneau Gold Belt, Alaska both dated 1905 and both being in fine condition. 159 pages of text including an index followed by 11 (XI) pages of lists of publications of geological survey publications on Alaska. Illustrated with maps, charts, line drawings and images from black and white photographs. This is an original copy not a print-on-demand photocopy.
    TB32087  $175.00



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    Taylor, Robert L.:  The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.  Franklin Center: Franklin Press, 1979. Franklin Edition. Fine in decorated full red-brown leather covered boards with two raised bands on the spine and with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and on the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and all edges of the text block are gilt. A Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1959 and one of the volumes in the Franklin Press' series of books of Pulitzer Prize winners. A fascinating novel of a father and son's cross country trip to the California gold fields in 1849. 478 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Hamrick.
    TB26739  $80.00



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    Watson, Douglas S.:  The Life of Johann August Sutter.  San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in heavy light brown printed paper wraps with a thread sewn binding. A folio measuring 14" by 9 1/4" with minor creasing at the lower fore corner and with a dent through the wrapper and all the pages measuring approximately 1/8" in diameter which is about 3/4" from the lower edge and 1 1/2" in from the fore edge. This dent (tear) does not impact the text on any page. 5 pages of text. Printed by The Grabhorn Press in 1933 for the "Members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco." This is not one of the print-on-demand, facsimile copies.
    TB24487  $125.00



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    Wienpahl, Robert W. (Editor):  A Gold Rush Voyage on the Bark Orion from Boston around Cape Horn to San Francisco, 1849-1850.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1978. First Edition. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with a remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with a small closed tear to the front panel over the gutter of the book. 298 including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Foster Hooker Jenkins (one of the authors of the four journals consulted), and four maps, one of which is a fold-out chart of the voyage).
    TB27933  $30.00






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