Walnut Creek, CA: Preservation Press, (1983). First edition - Striking black and white photographs of the landscape, buildings and people of California taken during the 1950s and 1960s by Challiss Gore, arranged topically. Included are groupings on trees, the Gold Country, Death Valley, architecture, missions and more. Hand numbered #214 (no limitation stated) 68 pp. ISBN: 0-961101601.

Fresno, California: Word Dancer Press, (1995.). "The Saga of California's Most Mysterious Stagecoach Robber and the Men Who Sought to Capture Him." Biography of the legendary robber Black Bart, who plagued Wells Fargo & Co. and was responsible for at least 28 stagecoach robberies in California's gold country - robberies conducted on foot and with an unloaded shotgun. Meanwhile he was leading a double life in San Francisco, where he was known as the very polite Charles Boles, until he disappeared without a trace in 1888. Illustrated with vintage photographs, bibliography, index. 168 pp. ISBN: 1-884995055.

Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in a small town in the California Sierra foothills. Each book in this series focuses on a different woman in a tight knit group of friends,and so these books are about friendship as much as romance and they are also a love letter to life in the Gold Country! This book focuses on Roxy, the owner of a restaurant in Flynn's Crossing. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words "A taste of romance in El Dorado County! Enjoy" 273 pp. ISBN: 978-1458208163.

Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in a small town in the California Sierra foothills. Each book in this series focuses on a different woman in a tight knit group of friends,and so these books are about friendship as much as romance and they are also a love letter to life in the Gold Country! This book focuses on DK - an artist and metal sculptor. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words "A flash of romance in El Dorado County! Enjoy" 250 pp. ISBN: 978-1458206022.

Diamond Springs, CA: KE Press / Kochanowski Enterprises, (2013). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in a small town in the California Sierra foothills. Each book in this series focuses on a different woman in a tight knit group of friends,and so these books are about friendship as much as romance and they are also a love letter to life in the Gold Country! This book focuses on Tess Willowspring, a Native American woman and the owner of Buds and Blooms. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words "The spirit world stirs things up in El Dorado County! Enjoy" Includes a brief excerpt - a "sip" - from the next book in the series. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0989330510.

Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, (1991,) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel for older children set at a Victorian mansion in California's gold country. The author lives in Auburn and knows the area well. Map. 168 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Aldo Abelleira. ISBN: 0-8225-07323.

Diamond Springs, CA: Riba Communications, (1997.). First edition - Behind the clever name is a reference book with a wealth of information on places in the central Mother Lode - Amador, El Dorado, Calaveras, Placer and Nevada Counties (as well as some historic buildings in Sacramento County). Among the facilities discussed are country inns, bed-and-breakfast inns, wineries and more. Maps by J. Bradford Carpener, calendar of events, historical information and detailed information on each venue. Illustrated with drawings by Susanne Kish. Arranged geographically by county, but includes an alphabetized location index and an advertisers' index. Winner of the Sacramento Publishers' Association Silver Award for Best Book . Slightly oversized format. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-964829266.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First edition - The first novel of this Vietnamese born author. Called by Robert Olen Butler 'a brilliant exploration of the great themes of exile, loss and identity', this centers on a Vietnamese family resettling and living in the isolation of the California gold country. Published as a trade paperback original under the Mariner imprint. Review copy with glossy photograph of author laid in, 231 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Third book in this award winning series featuring deaf journalist and amateur sleuth, Connor Westphal, set in California's gold rush country where Connor runs a weekly newspaper. SIGNED on the title page. 267 pp. ISBN: 1-568659881.