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  • Burton, Gabrielle.
    IMPATIENT WITH DESIRE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion / Voice, (2010.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. Novel based on the tragedy of the Donner Party, caught by snow in the Sierras in 1846, with some of the survivors resorting to cannibalism to avoid dying from hunger. Using Tamsen Donner's letters and imagined journal entries, this is also the story of a deep love. Double page map, illustrations, author's note and brief bibliography. Publisher's letter bound in. 246 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new .)

    Book ID: 45646
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  • ADVENTURERS AND PROPHETS: American Autobiographers in Mexican California, 1828-1847. by Churchill, Charles B.
    Churchill, Charles B.
    ADVENTURERS AND PROPHETS: American Autobiographers in Mexican California, 1828-1847.

    Edition: First printing.

    Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Co. , 1995. Hardcover first edition - An introduction to the lives and memoirs of 11 early American travelers and settlers in California, and of the role the books which these men wrote played in promoting California to Americans back east. The Merchant & Traders included Alfred Robinson, William Heath Davis, and William Dana Phelps; those who came ' Before the Mast' included Richard Henry Dana, and William Henry Thomes; the Mountain Men included James Pattie, Kit Carson, Zenas Leonard and others, and finally the 'Exponents of Empire' included Thomas Jefferson Farnham and Henry Augustus Wise. Volume 24 in the Western Frontiersmen Series. 5 pages of portraits and plates. Bibliography and index. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-87062-2285.

    Condition: Fine in red cloth, no dj as issued.

    Book ID: 25293
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  • GPH: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and his Era in the Bancroft Library. by [Hammond, George P.] Morgan, Dale L.; Agapito Rey, Charles L. Camp, Robert Becker, Warren R. Howell, Susanna Bryant Dakin, J. S. Holliday and others, contributors.
    [Hammond, George P.] Morgan, Dale L.; Agapito Rey, Charles L. Camp, Robert Becker, Warren R. Howell, Susanna Bryant Dakin, J. S. Holliday and others, contributors.
    GPH: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and his Era in the Bancroft Library.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1965. Hardcover first edition - Published to as a celebration of Hammond's nineteen-year tenure as Director of the Bancroft Library at the University of California. Contributors include Dale L. Morgan, Agapito Rey, Charles L Camp, Robert H. Becker, Warren R. Howell, Robert E. Burke, J. S. Holliday and others..Includes a bibliography of George P. Hammond's writings and as well as reprinting his first published work. Frontispiece portrait, 10 additional sepia-toned pages of reproductions, plates and portraits. Keepsake Number 13, designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. xiii, 119 pp.

    Condition: Fine in rust-colored cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, and a facsimile of GPH's initials on the front cover (some pages still unopened.)

    Book ID: 33813
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  • THE DONNER PARTY. by Keithley, George.
    Keithley, George.
    THE DONNER PARTY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: George Braziller, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long narrative poem, which tells the tragic story of the Donner Party - a group of families from Illinois, under the leadership of George Donner, who set out by wagon train in 1846 for California - only to find themselves trapped by early snows in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and in desperation resorting to cannibalism to survive. 254 pp. Dust jacket design by Jeanyee Wong.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some spotting to the topstain)

    Book ID: 84745
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  • A MEDIC FORTYNINER: Life and Letters of Dr. Reuben Knox 1849-51 by (Knox, Reuben) Turner, Charles W., editor
    (Knox, Reuben) Turner, Charles W., editor
    A MEDIC FORTYNINER: Life and Letters of Dr. Reuben Knox 1849-51

    Edition: First printing.

    np: McClure Press, 1974. Hardcover first edition - From the introduction: "These letters tell the story of a doctor of Raleigh, NC and St; Louis, MO, who had tired of his medical practice and sought fortune in the California gold rush... accompanied by three sons... His wife remained with her family in Raleigh and most of the letters are to her describing the trip and his life in the West." Despite the title, the bulk of this book deals with the wagon train journey in interesting detail. Dr Knox was able to use his medical knowledge on the trip - but not very much in California - as he said "there is not sickness enough in a circuit of…

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    np: McClure Press, 1974. Hardcover first edition - From the introduction: "These letters tell the story of a doctor of Raleigh, NC and St; Louis, MO, who had tired of his medical practice and sought fortune in the California gold rush... accompanied by three sons... His wife remained with her family in Raleigh and most of the letters are to her describing the trip and his life in the West." Despite the title, the bulk of this book deals with the wagon train journey in interesting detail. Dr Knox was able to use his medical knowledge on the trip - but not very much in California - as he said "there is not sickness enough in a circuit of 20 miles to afford salt for our bread." Knox was willing to try all avenues to make his fortune - at the mines, as a shopkeeper and on a ranch at Novato in what is now Marin County. 86 pgs including index.

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    Condition: Fine in blue cloth with silver lettering. No dustjacket as issued.

    Book ID: 9135
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  • Montgomery, Jean.
    PASSAGE TO DRAKES BAY.

    Edition: First printing.

    NY: Morrow, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel based on the voyage of Sir Francis Drake, his discovery of the Northern California coast in 1579, and interaction between Europeans and American Indians.Jacket and frontispiece by Anne Siberell. ISBN: 0-688-20001X.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust- jacket.( Slightly worn from age,price-clipped, one very small open tear on top of spine,one small closed tear on top of spine. Peeled spot on front from sticker being pulled off.)

    Book ID: 27794
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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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  • Wilson, Neil C.
    400 CALIFORNIA STREET: A Century Plus Five.

    Edition: Second edition. An updated edition of a book originally published in 1964.

    San Francisco: Bank of California, 1969. Hardcover - The story of the oldest incorporated commercial bank in the West and its first 105 years in the financial development of the Pacific Coast. Much of the history of the bank, founded by William Ralston, which had D. O. Mills as its first president, is the history of the growth of California during the gold rush era, the beginnings of the transcontinental railroads. Profusely illustrated with photographs. An attractive publication, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 106 pages.

    Condition: Fine in mustard-colored cloth with gold lettering in a clear acrylic jacket.

    Book ID: 15259
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  • 400 CALIFORNIA STREET: A Century Plus Five. by Wilson, Neil C.
    Wilson, Neil C.
    400 CALIFORNIA STREET: A Century Plus Five.

    Edition: Second edition. An updated edition of a book originally published in 1964.

    San Francisco: Bank of California, 1969. Hardcover - The story of the oldest incorporated commercial bank in the West and its first 105 years in the financial development of the Pacific Coast. Much of the history of the bank, founded by William Ralston, which had D. O. Mills as its first president, is the history of the growth of California during the gold rush era, the beginnings of the transcontinental railroads. Profusely illustrated with photographs. An attractive publication, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 106 pages.

    Condition: Very near fine in mustard-colored cloth with gold lettering (crease to lower corner of the first page.).

    Book ID: 59177
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  • Wilson, Neill C.
    400 CALIFORNIA STREET: The Story of the Bank of California.

    Edition: First trade printing.

    San Francisco: Bank of California, 1964. Hardcover first edition - The story of the Bank of California, National Association and its first 100 years in the financial development of the Pacific Coast. Much of the history of the bank, founded by William Ralston, which had D. O. Mills as its first president, is the history of the growth of California during the gold rush era, the beginnings of the transcontinental railroads. Profusely illustrated with photographs. An attractive publication, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 87 pages.

    Condition: Near fine in dark blue cloth with gold lettering in a clear acrylic jacket.

    Book ID: 15258
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  • CALIFORNIA GOLD: Story of the Rush to Riches. by Zauner, Phyllis and Lou.
    Zauner, Phyllis and Lou.
    CALIFORNIA GOLD: Story of the Rush to Riches.

    Edition: Paperback original , not issued in hardcover.

    Sonoma, CA: Zanel Publications, 1980. Large format (approx 11 x 8 1/2 inches) in stapled wrappers and illustrated with many vintage photographs. A title in the mini-history series. The story of the Gold Rush towns of the Motherlode in the Sierra foothills - contrasts the towns then and now. Included are Coloma, Auburn, Sutter Creek, Murphys, Volcano, Jamestown, Grass Valley and more. Map. Several pages of advertisements. 64 pages. ISBN: 0-936914-009.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 24298
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