New York: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin), (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A rhymed account of the rise and fall of Rhyolite, a town in the Amargosa desert of southwestern Nevada, just outside Death Valley - a town which grew from one gold claim to a town of 10,000 people, then, just 6 years later, was almost deserted In a few more years it became only a ghost town with coyotes roaming the street. Illustrated with woodcuts by David Frampton. Author's historical note at the back. Large format. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-618096736.

Helena, MT: Montana Magazine and American & World Geographic Publishing . (1993). First edition - A look at this gold rush era town in Montana, including its history of vigilantes (Sheriff Henry Plummer was actually the leader of the stagecoach robbers), illustrated throughout with color photographs. Maps, timeline, suggestions for further reader, index. 64 pp. ISBN: 1560370416.

Prineville, OR: Bonanza Publishing, (1990.). First edition - Stories based on personal interviews and research in journals, diaries, logs, letters, newspapers and books, most with an Oregon or Northwest connection. Illustrated by Don Gray. 58 pp. ISBN: 0-945134-096.

Prineville, OR: Bonanza Publishing, (1990.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on title page. Stories based on personal interviews and research in journals, diaries, logs, letters, newspapers and books, most with an Oregon or Northwest connection. Illustrated by Don Gray. 58 pp. ISBN: 0-945134-096.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of Gold Rush-era Chinese prostitutes, which looks at these women as complex human beings rather than as commodities, as working women and objects of anti-Chinese sentiment. Based on census schedules, newspapers, government documents, literary sources, missionary records. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of drawings. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. xix, 300 pp,. ISBN: 0-806126531.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this award-winning author set during the mid-nineteenth century gold rush in New Zealand. In 1983, Tremain was one of 20 writers chosen as the "Best of Young British Novelists." 382 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-374126054.

Chicago, Illinois: Homer Harisun & Co., (1908.). Hardcover - A collection of 7 stories about the Western frontier from Texas to Calaveras County in gold rush California - titles include The Fiddlin' Kid, The Two Samurai, A Delayed Verdict, The King of Calaveras, Next Christmas,etc. 346 pp

Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Recounts the rise of the Native American horse culture among the Cheyenne and other tribes, the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains, and the bitter conflict that ensued, culminating in the massacre at Sand Creek and the Indian wars of the 1860s. SIGNED on the title page Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. xxiv, 422 pp. ISBN: 0-7006-08915.

Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Recounts the rise of the Native American horse culture among the Cheyenne and other tribes, the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains, and the bitter conflict that ensued, culminating in the massacre at Sand Creek and the Indian wars of the 1860s. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. Laid in is a brief typed, signed letter from West to Owens. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. xxiv, 422 pp. ISBN: 0-7006-08915.

Rancho Murieta, CA: Bridge House Books (1996.). SIGNED - SIGNED by author on the title page. A historical novel of California from 1844 through the early gold rush years, set on what used to be known as Rancho Sacayak on the edge of the Cosumnes River - this was land where the Miwoks had had a village for centuries; the first non-indigenous woman to live on this land was Elitha Donner, a 14 year old survivor of the Donner Party. Winner of the Best Fiction and Gold Award: Best Book - 1997, Sacramento Publishers Association. Maps. Endnotes about the historical characters who appear in the book. 626 pp. ISBN: 0-9653487-25.

Rancho Murieta, CA: Bridge House Books (1996.). SIGNED - SIGNED and dated by author on the title page. A historical novel of California from 1844 through the early gold rush years, set on what used to be known as Rancho Sacayak on the edge of the Cosumnes River - this was land where the Miwoks had had a village for centuries; the first non-indigenous woman to live on this land was Elitha Donner, a 14 year old survivor of the Donner Party. Winner of the Best Fiction and Gold Award: Best Book - 1997, Sacramento Publishers Association. Maps. Endnotes about the historical characters who appear in the book. 626 pp. ISBN: 0-9653487-25.

Rancho Murieta, CA: Bridge House Books (1996.). SIGNED - SIGNED by author on the title page. A historical novel of California from 1844 through the early gold rush years, set on what used to be known as Rancho Sacayak on the edge of the Cosumnes River - this was land where the Miwoks had had a village for centuries; the first non-indigenous woman to live on this land was Elitha Donner, a 14 year old survivor of the Donner Party. Winner of the Best Fiction and Gold Award: Best Book - 1997, Sacramento Publishers Association. Maps. Endnotes about the historical characters who appear in the book. 626 pp. ISBN: 0-9653487-25.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel (his first won the PEN/Faulkner award) - Set during the Alaskan gold rush in the 1890's this brings together a diverse group of people - Eskimos, Irish, Japanese and North American. 291 pp. ISBN: -394568566.

New York: Addison-Wesley, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Beginning with the accidental introduction of wild oats by the Spanish, Wyatt uses catastrophic happenings to analyze the history of California: the gold rush, the 1906 earthquake, the post-WWII defense-industry boom, and the 1965 Watts riot. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. 288 pages. ISBN: 0-201-144794.