New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. SIGNED hardcover first edition - #123 of 260 signed numbered copies (of which 10 are for presentation.) A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp.

New York: Macmillan, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel for older children and young adults about a 14 year old Amish girl who, with her father, travels West to California, during the 1849 Gold Rush. When her father becomes ill, they are abandoned by the other travelers and left to survive - or die - in the snowy mountains near Mt Lassen. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-02-7516709.

Davis, California: Tomato Enterprises, (2005.). SIGNED first edition - 'Based on a true story, this book paints a colorful picture of daily life in San Francisco five years after the discovery of gold in California. It's drawn from newspapers, letters, diaries and many other historical documents.' In 1853 Ready Gates is a hardworking newsboys - but when he crosses the bay to watch a balloon ascension, he has an unexpected adventures. 121 pp. SIGNED by the author on the first page and dated in October 2004. ISBN: 0-9617357-91.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Based on the life of Ah Toy, a young woman who gained wealth and fame in gold rush San Francisco, and who was the first Asian woman to 'go to law' to use the American judicial system against injustice. SIGNED on the title page. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-312-865023.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on the life of Ah Toy, a young woman who gained wealth and fame in gold rush San Francisco, and who was the first Asian woman to 'go to law' to use the American judicial system against injustice. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in the month of publication at Coloma in January 1998, 150 years after the discovery of gold there. Historical afterword. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-312-865023.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on the life of Ah Toy, a young woman who gained wealth and fame in gold rush San Francisco, and who was the first Asian woman to 'go to law' to use the American judicial system against injustice. Historical afterword. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-312-865023.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Based on the life of Ah Toy, a young woman who gained wealth and fame in gold rush San Francisco, and who was the first Asian woman to 'go to law' to use the American judicial system against injustice. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page ' To Melanie, wishing you a destiny sweet as lichees.'. ISBN: 0-312-865023.

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.

Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover - A comprehensive history of the effect of the discovery of gold the southern Mother Lode from the early placer mining days to hard rock mining. A title in the Shepperson Series in History and Humanities. Maps, illustrated, extensive notes, sources, glossary, index. ix, 404 pp. ISBN: 0874175461.

Pacific Bell, (1986.). First edition - Novel based on the experiences of a young doctor and his friends during the California Gold Rush. Photographs,. 223 pp.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1868. Hardcover - A story of a voyage by packet ship from New York to San Francisco in the early 1850's. Although life on shipboard, as told from the perspective of the two children of the captain, is much idealized, this is an still interesting and enjoyable book. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 2 plates by Thomas Nast, with the frontispiece being an amusing picture of the discovery of a little black girl, a stowaway, who calls herself 'Wooly Butts.' A title in the 'Mayflower Series for Girls.' 221 pages plus 6 pages of advertisements.

New York: Crown, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this young Australian writer now living in the US - a continuation of Mark Twain's classic novel with Huck and Jim taking off for the gold rush in California. 500 pp. ISBN: 0-517-550571.

Boston: Beacon, (1988). Described as both a biographical novel and the first biography of a Chinese American pioneer woman, this is the story of Lalu Nathoy, later known as Polly Bemis, who was shipped to America as a slave in the mid-19th century and auctioned off to a Chinese saloon keeper in an Idaho mining camp. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-8070-83178.

Boston: Beacon, (1988). SIGNED - Described as both a biographical novel and the first biography of a Chinese American pioneer woman, this is the story of Lalu Nathoy, later known as Polly Bemis, who was shipped to America as a slave in the mid-19th century and auctioned off to a Chinese saloon keeper in an Idaho mining camp. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page "For .. . A pleasure meeting you." Illustrated with photographs. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-8070-83178.

Boston: Beacon, (1988). Described as both a biographical novel and the first biography of a Chinese American pioneer woman, this is the story of Lalu Nathoy, later known as Polly Bemis, who was shipped to America as a slave in the mid-19th century and auctioned off to a Chinese saloon keeper in an Idaho mining camp. Reissue in conjunction with the American Playhouse Motion Picture. Scene from the movie on the front cover, but illustrated with photographs of the real Lalu. ISBN: 0-8070-83178.

Los Angeles: Boreal Books / Red Hen Press, (2012). First edition - A "novel in poems based on the true story of Sarah Ellen Gibson, a miner's wife during the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes. Her journey began as she followed her husband to Dawson City, Yukon Territory in 1898. She stayed there three years as the town's boom and her marriage burned out. In 1903, she left her husband and sons to start over in Fairbanks, Alaska, with another man. Based on archival research and incorporating historical documents and photographs, the poems approach the past through the ghosts of correspondence." Illustrated with photographs. Notes. 143 pp. ISBN: 978-1597092289.

Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, (1968.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young Douglass Perkins traveled overland to Sacramento from Marietta, Ohio, with 5 companions, and used mules to pack his supplies, rather than wagons. He found only disappointment and death in California, but left behind an unusually full and well-written narrative, one which has also been well-edited and extensively annotated. Illustrated with drawings and maps; appendices; bibliography; index. Large format. xxv, 206 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Western suspense novel by this author best known for his mysteries, set in the Yukon during the gold rush. 180 pp.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of the recently discovered diary of Bernard J. Reid, which describes his day to day difficulties and the trying hardships the first commercial wagon train to attempt to cross the plains on the Overland Trail. They advertised a swift journey of only 60 days for $200. This diary is the richest account of the Pioneer Line and one of the best gold rush diaries. Illustrated with photographs, maps. Editor's afterword and an extensive notes section, and bibliographical information on persons mentioned in the text. Map endpapers. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-8047-11925.

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.

Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers (2022). First edition - A romantic novel set in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, where towns boom and go bust as precious ores are discovered and run out. ". Condition: new. "Banished from Boston by her wealthy stepfather, Kathryn Walsh has come to claim an inheritance from the uncle she never knew: a defunct newspaper office on a main street overflowing with brothels and saloons, and a seemingly worthless mine. Moved by the oppression of the local miners and their families, Kathryn decides to relaunch her uncle's newspaper - and then finds herself in the middle of a maelstrom, pitted against Calvada's most powerful men." Note from author. Publisher's material laid in. 442 pp.

Seattle: Open Hand Publishing, 1991. First edition - A biography for older children - the story of a woman, born in slavery, brought to California during the days of the gold rush, where her father was able to purchase the freedom of himself and his family. After living in Placerville during the 1850's she and her husband became one of a group of about 600 African Americans who emigrated to Vancouver Island in British Columbia in 1858. Illustrated with drawings by Karen Lewis. ISBN: 0-940880-385.

Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, 1996. First edition - "Free-wheeling ladies on high-stepping horses, daring cowgirls, Wells Fargo women and adventurous schoolmarms capture the feminine side of the West brighten these pages...[this] tells of the colorful ladies who earned the respect of their male counterparts." Among them are silent movies star Nell Shipmann; Charlie Parkhurt, Jo Monaghan and Mountain Charley (3 women who lived their lives as men); road agent Pearl Hart of Arizona, and others both well-known, and almost forgotten. Lots of great photographs, bibliography. 176 pp. SIGNED on the half title page. ISBN: 0-9619088-58.

New York: Dodd, Mead, nd (ca 1980, c. 1907, 1916.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1906, this was one of the earliest and most popular collections of Service's verse - includes 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew,' 'The Cremation of Sam McGee.' 'Fighting Mac,' 'The March of the Dead,' 'The Law of the Yukon' and more. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-399-150110.