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  • CALIFORNIA GOLD DAYS. by Bauer, Helen.
    Bauer, Helen.
    CALIFORNIA GOLD DAYS.

    Edition: Reprint.

    Sacramento: California State Department of Education, 1957. Hardcover - Illustrated story of the discovery of gold, and the history of gold mining in California, used as a school text. Bound in green cloth with black map of California on front cover, black lettering. Index. 128 pp.

    Condition: Good condition - some wear to the covers and bumping to corners, but binding is sturdy, contents clean.

    Book ID: 16887
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  • DREAMS OF EL DORADO: A History of the American West. by Brands, H. W.
    Brands, H. W.
    DREAMS OF EL DORADO: A History of the American West.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Basic Books (HarperCollins), (2019). SIGNED first edition - A history of the settling of the settling of the American West from "John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush." An account which focuses on how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance - and "how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East." SIGNED on…

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    New York: Basic Books (HarperCollins), (2019). SIGNED first edition - A history of the settling of the settling of the American West from "John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush." An account which focuses on how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance - and "how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East." SIGNED on the title page. Photographs, maps, notes. xvi, 506 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81199
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  • BACON, BEANS, AND GALANTINES: Food and Foodways on the Western Mining Frontier. by Conlin, Joseph R.
    Conlin, Joseph R.
    BACON, BEANS, AND GALANTINES: Food and Foodways on the Western Mining Frontier.

    Edition: First printing.

    Reno & Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating, entertaining and scholarly look at this important, but often neglected, aspect of social history. While the book focuses on the California gold rush of 49 and the Nevada mines in the early 1900's much more is covered - including nutrition on the Overland trail, restaurants in the mining towns, etc. Much of the material is based on early diaries. Profusely illustrated. Index, bibliography. 246 pages.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15703
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  • THE LAST CALIFORNIAN: An Historical Novel of the Rancheria Massacre. by Guthrie, Feliz.
    Guthrie, Feliz.
    THE LAST CALIFORNIAN: An Historical Novel of the Rancheria Massacre.

    Edition: First printing.

    Amador City: Quintessence Publications, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A vivid story of the conflicts between the original Spanish settlers and those who came to California in the 1849 gold rush, set in Amador County in the Sierra foothills. Illustrated by the author. SIGNED opposite the title page. ISBN: 0-918466-13x.

    Condition: Also INSCRIBED on the dedication page and dated in 1989. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 27197
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  • Harte, Bret.
    SNOWBOUND AT EAGLE'S: A Phyllis of the Sierras, A Drift from Redwood Camp, A Gentleman of La Porte.

    Edition: First thus.

    London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. Hardcover first edition - Although the title novella was originally published separately in both the US and the UK in 1886, this edition includes another novella, 'A Phyllis of the Sierras' and 2 other short storiesof the California gold rush. 236 pp.

    Condition: Very good- condition in dark green cloth with gold lettering (staining to the endpapers from the binder's glue, one corner bumped, some toning to pages, but binding tight, contents clean.

    Book ID: 27290
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  • DIANTHA'S QUEST: A Tale of the Argonauts of '49. by Knipe, Emilie Benson and Knipe, Alden Arthur.
    Knipe, Emilie Benson and Knipe, Alden Arthur.
    DIANTHA'S QUEST: A Tale of the Argonauts of '49.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1940. dj. Hardcover - Historical novel for children, first printed in 1921. An original review described this as follows: 'the present tale deals with the gold rush of 1849 and tells the adventures of a little girl and her mother crossing the country in search of the child's father. A boy of the backwoods takes these educated people under his wing and helps them as much as they 'fairygodmother' him. There is a real plot to the story with a mysterious map and thefts to build it up, but the story is not at all the lurid type.. it is wholesome, interesting and informative'. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 6 other glossy plates by Emilie Benson Knipe. 295 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in royal blue cloth with black lettering in a good dust jacket (price-clipped, chips on the bottom edge of the front cover and the top of the spine, but still attractive.) Rather uncommon, especially in a dustjacket.

    Book ID: 28057
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  • FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD. by Levy, JoAnn.
    Levy, JoAnn.
    FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historically accurate novel which tells the story of the Gold Rush through the eyes of a reluctant 49er - a woman who accompanied her husband, but whose focus was on the survival of her children and her family, first on the overland journey, then in Sacramento and Nevada CIty. The author won the 1999 Women Writing the West Willa Literary Award. SIGNED on the title page Preface by the author. x, 268 pp. ISBN: 0-87081-5660.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 67142
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  • THEY SAW THE ELEPHANT: Women In The California Gold Rush. by Levy, JoAnn.
    Levy, JoAnn.
    THEY SAW THE ELEPHANT: Women In The California Gold Rush.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. SIGNED - Based on many previously little known diaries, this tells of women who came West seeking the 'elephant' alone, as well as with their families. The women whose stories are told ranged from innkeepers to prostitutes to school teachers to gamblers--there's even a Wells Fargo & Co. stagecoach driver. INSCRIBED on the title page. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography, index. 265 pp.

    Condition: Very good (some soiling to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 68907
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  • FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD. by Levy, JoAnn.
    Levy, JoAnn.
    FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historically accurate novel which tells the story of the Gold Rush through the eyes of a reluctant 49er - a woman who accompanied her husband, but whose focus was on the survival of her children and her family, first on the overland journey, then in Sacramento and Nevada CIty. The author won the 1999 Women Writing the West Willa Literary Award. INSCRIBED on the title page Preface by the author. x, 268 pp. ISBN: 0-87081-5660.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 73358
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  • GHOST TOWN GLIMPSES. by MacDonald, Craig.
    MacDonald, Craig.
    GHOST TOWN GLIMPSES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    San Francisco: Anthelion Press, Inc. (1975.). First edition - Stories of the California gold mining towns in the Mother Lode country of the Sierra foothills - both their colorful past, and the often picturesque remains. Among the towns written about are Drytown, Copperopolis, Volcano, Fiddletown, Placerville and more - and the characters include bandits like Murieta and Black Bart, the first baby born at the diggings, as well as the miners themselves. Photographs. 100 pages. ISBN: 0-89185-0058.

    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 17597
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  • (Megquier, Mary Jane.) Cleland, Robert Glass, editor.
    APRON FULL OF GOLD: The Letters of Mary Jane Megquier from San Francisco, 1949-1856.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1949. dj. Hardcover first edition - According to family tradition, Mary Jane Megquier was the first white woman to cross the Isthmus of Panama during the Gold Rush, She left her home in Winthrop, Maine to accompany her husband, a physician, to San Francisco. Illustrations. 99 pages. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press.

    Condition: Fine in a slightly edgeworn dustjacket (price-clipped, a few small chips missing)

    Book ID: 15097
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  • (Megquier, Mary Jane.) Cleland, Robert Glass, editor.
    APRON FULL OF GOLD: The Letters of Mary Jane Megquier from San Francisco, 1949-1856.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1949. dj. Hardcover first edition - According to family tradition, Mary Jane Megquier was the first white woman to cross the Isthmus of Panama during the Gold Rush, She left her home in Winthrop, Maine to accompany her husband, a physician, to San Francisco. Illustrations. 99 pages. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press.

    Condition: Very good+ in a good+ dustjacket (prev owner's name stamp on front endpaper, peeled spot on spine on dj, chip on front.)

    Book ID: 18331
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  • BALLADS OF THE SIERRAS. by Richardson, Rick.
    Richardson, Rick.
    BALLADS OF THE SIERRAS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    n.p. By the author, n.d. (ca 1999.). SIGNED - A collection of ten narrative poems about the gold rush era and the early miners in California - including Daniel Dancer, Rough & Ready, Niel Tecter, Irish Sam, Annie Jams, Sinbad Mine, Golden Guests, Alleghany Lu, John Gomes and Fanny. "From Mariposa and Chinese Slough north to Weaverwille/ The fabric of a thousand towns was weaved with threads of gold... / Gravel gold from the Rubicon, quartz gold from Mokelumne Hill/ Gold in the dreams of the timid, gold in the schemes of the bold." Illustrated throughout with drawings by Larry Schuman. SIGNED and dated by the author inside the front cover. 59 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated white wrappers (small peeled spot on back cover from sticker removal.)

    Book ID: 40457
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  • THE ARGONAUTS. by Schoell, Yvonne.
    Schoell, Yvonne.
    THE ARGONAUTS.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Prentice-Hall, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by many plays written in collaboration with her husband Edwin Schoell), set in 1849 as gold fever sweeps the nation - follows the stories of 5 young people as they come to California as part of the great gold rush. 436 pp. Map endpapers with the ithmus route in the front and the overland route in the back. ISBN: 0-13-0458724.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53512
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  • [Stewart, William Morris, 1825-1909] Hermann, Ruth.
    GOLD AND SILVER COLOSSUS: William Morris Stewart and His Southern Bride

    Edition: First printing.

    Sparks, Nevada: Dave's Printing & Publishing, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of Nevada's first U.S.Senator and even more, a study of the development of the two Western states of Nevada and California. Stewart, a miner and mining attorney, was also strongly influenced by his wife's antebellum family: the house he built for his bride in Nevada City, California, in 1855-56 (still known as the Stewart mansion) was a replica of her family's Mississippi plantation house. Chronicles the history of the Gold Rush country of California through the heyday of Nevada's Comstock Lode and into the early years of the 20th century; illustrated with numerous vintage photographs Includes an appendix with a detailed genealogy of Annie Elizabeth…

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    Sparks, Nevada: Dave's Printing & Publishing, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of Nevada's first U.S.Senator and even more, a study of the development of the two Western states of Nevada and California. Stewart, a miner and mining attorney, was also strongly influenced by his wife's antebellum family: the house he built for his bride in Nevada City, California, in 1855-56 (still known as the Stewart mansion) was a replica of her family's Mississippi plantation house. Chronicles the history of the Gold Rush country of California through the heyday of Nevada's Comstock Lode and into the early years of the 20th century; illustrated with numerous vintage photographs Includes an appendix with a detailed genealogy of Annie Elizabeth Foote and her Southern family. Notes, Bibliography, Index. 430 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 32689
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  • GOLD RUSH COUNTRY: Guide to California's Mother Lode & Northern Mines. by Sunset editors; Foreword by Oscar Lewis.
    Sunset editors; Foreword by Oscar Lewis.
    GOLD RUSH COUNTRY: Guide to California's Mother Lode & Northern Mines.

    Edition: First printing.

    Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Company, (1957.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The history and lore of the region in the Sierra foothills, which sparked the 49er gold rush, and which is still full of the remains of the mines from those days. profusely illustrated with photographs and maps, including one fold-out map which spans 5 pages. Endorsed by the California Historical Society. Although this has been reissued many times - mostly in paper covers, the hardcover first edition is rather uncommon. A classic book on the area. Large format, measuring 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Bound in orange buckram with dark brown spine and orange lettering illustrated endpapers. 101 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (some overall edgewear to dj, a few small chips, original price of 3.50 still present)

    Book ID: 84242
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