New York: Duffield & Company, 1910. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this prolific author, born in New York, who was brought to the West as a child, and the daughter of a noted author and editor in early Califonia.. The story of those who traveled on a wagon train leaving Missouri in 1848, before word of the discovery of gold had arrived, and one which ends in the 'promised land' - that is, in the early placer mining years on the American River, but one which focuses more on the two very different men who loved Susan. Illustrated with a color frontispiece by John Rae. 496 pp.

Newcastle, CA: Goldridge Press, (1987). SIGNED first edition - Here are stories of those who came to California in search of gold - or just a better life. Among them were the Dorer family of Humbug Canyon, Madame Dumont of Nevada City, Snowshoe Thompson, the 'Gentleman Bandit' Milton Sharp, the Chinese laborers, the drivers of the Wells Fargo statecoaches and many others. Illustrated with vintage photographs. SIGNED by the author on the dedication page. Bibliography. viii, 164 pp. ISBN: 0-961867809.

Boston: Meador Publishing Co, 1938. dj. The "heart" of this empire is central California, especially the San Joaquin Delta and Stockton. This begins with a history of Mexican exploration of the area, and continues with the career of Charles M. Weber, the discovery of gold, and gold mining, the development of mail service with Wells Fargo - and Black Bart's last holdup - and includes a final chapter on the bridges of the San Francisco Bay. Illustrated with 20 plates, including one folding map. Edited by James A. Metcalf with the Spanish terms, phrases and translations edited by Marie Aldazabal. INSCRIBED on the title page with the comment that this copy is one of 300 from the first run of the first printing, and dated in 1939. Bibliography. 319 pp.

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. 504 pp. Wraparound dust jacket painting by the author. ISBN: 0-918466-13x.

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.

Los Angeles: Maxit Publishing, Inc, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the author's California Chronicles. "In 1849, San Francisco"s gold fever sparked an unprecedented maelstrom of opportunity that drew the eccentric, corrupt, powerful and cunning from every corner of the known world. In the eye of this Midas storm comes an unusual woman form the South" - Mary Ellen Pleasant, born into slavery, but in San Francisco she achieved political and financial power and used that to support the cause of abolition. INSCRIBED on the title page. Illustrated. Includes author's afterword, a timeline of California history, bibliography and a preview of the second book in the series. 588 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Book of the Year Award Winner, Foreword Magazine, sticker on front cover. ISBN: 0-970017413.

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.

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.

New York: Random House, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of America's boisterous coming of age in the middle of the 19th century - in 1848 it won its war of manifest destiny against Mexico, gold is discovered in California and revolutions sweep across Europe leads to a new wave of immigration. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 617 pp. ISBN: 978-03755047300.

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. 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: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel set during the years of Alaska's gold rushes -"In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska to the new gold fields at Cape Nome." Author's note. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-688-174728.

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.

Menlo Park: Lane Book Company, (1963). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hardcover edition of this classic history for older children on the history of the stagecoaches in gold rush California, and in the West. Illustrated by Randy Steffen. Large format (10 1/2 by 8 inches), maps, glossary, brief bibliography and index. 64 pages. This copy is SIGNED on the front endpaper by both authors and also by the illustrator with a drawing of a horse's head. Uncommon thus.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

New York: HarperCollins, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical novel of a young woman who leaves Chile for the California gold fields in 1848. SIGNED on the half title page. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-06-019491x.

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.

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.

Lake Forest, CA: The Westbound Stage,
(2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Gold Dust, Slaves, And A Sing-song Girl." Historical novel which follows the adventures of Reef Atherton from his days as a slave-trading ship owner to California during the Gold Rush, where he signs on as "Messenger Twelve" for Wells Fargo. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-967875909.