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HOUSES OF GOLD.
Edition: First printing.
San Diego: Howell-North Books, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at some of the historical houses in California's gold rush country from Angel's Camp to Mokelume Hill, Jackson, Sutter Creek, Placerville, Grass Valley and Nevada City and more. Foreword by Donald Biggs. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Craig Buchanan and Morley Baer (many which depict details of the houses) and maps by David Richardson. Large format. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-831071214.
Condition: Good only in brown boards in a good dust jacket (some crinkling to the fore-edge of the first few pages, scattered underlining through p 10, previous owner's name, edgewear to dj, and a loss of approx 1/2 inch on part of bottom edge of front cover)
Book ID: 88379More details Price: $18.00 -
EMMA CHIZZIT AND THE MOTHER LODE MARAUDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth in a series of mysteries featuring senior citizen Emma Chizzit, owner of a salvage company. Set in California's historic Gold Rush country. 190 pp,. ISBN: 0-802732259.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 83029More details Price: $18.50 -
MOKELUMNE HILL COMMUNITY COOKBOOK.
Collierville, TN: Fundcraft, n.d. (ca 1980). First edition - A community cookbook compiled by members of the 4-H Club from the small California gold rush town of Mokelumne Hill - a town settled in 1849 - in Calaveras County. 50 pp plus index, household hints, measurements, etc.
Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with a black comb binding.
Book ID: 81060More details Price: $15.00 -
MOKELUMNE HILL HISTORY SOCIETY OVER THE HILL GANG COOKBOOK.
n.d. (ca 1980). First edition - A community cookbook from the small gold rush town of Mokelumne Hill - a town settled in 1849 - in Calaveras County. Brief news snippets from the late 1800s are interspersed with the recipes. 49 pp.
Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with a blue comb binding.
Book ID: 81059More details Price: $15.00 -
DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL
Edition: Trade paperback.
Lincoln: iUniverse, Inc., (2004.). From the back cover: "In his first novel, Henry Harold Mottishaw describes the unique area of the Mother Lode along with the trials and tribulations of Bay Area Dot Commers moving away from the rat-race of the city to the "safety" of the Gold Country. . . Les Moore's wandering eyes, gold mines, a rags-to-riches tale, blackmail, murder, an illegitimate child, "friends," and good food [add up to] an interesting, entertaining, and a good mystery with a little humor in the mix. Who did it? Almost everyone has a motive." 208 pp. ISBN: 0-595-309038.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to corner of front cover.)
Book ID: 53838More details Price: $12.00 -
EMMA CHIZZIT AND THE MOTHER LODE MARAUDER.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Worldwide, (1996.). Fourth in a series of mysteries featuring senior citizen Emma Chizzit, owner of a salvage company. Set in California's historic Gold Rush country. 252 pp,. ISBN: 0-373-261780.
Condition: Good only (some spine slant, minor creasing.)
Book ID: 44837More details Price: $10.00 -
MOKELUMNE GOLD.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
Baltimore: Publishamerica Inc, (2004.). First edition - Historical fiction set in California's gold rush country in the mid 19th century, and highlighting the conflict between the rancheros and the gold miners. 372 pp. ISBN: 1-413730655.
Condition: Fine in illustated wrappers.
Book ID: 37842More details Price: $20.00
