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TEN MOST WANTED: The New Western Literature.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York & London: Routledge, 1998. First edition - A fresh look at the 'literature of the west' - fiction, non-fiction and in film - with chapters on the only black cowboy to have left an autobiography, a memoir by one of Brigham Young's wives, the story of a boy in an Oregon logging camp who claimed to be a French aristocrat, the California Mother Lode and more. Photographs, notes, index. 222 pages. ISBN: 0-415-914639.
Condition: Fine in glossy, stiff wrappers.
Book ID: 13091More details Price: $18.00 -
49ER IRISH: One Irish Family in the California Mines
Edition: First printing.
Hicksville, New York: Exposition Press, 1977. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of Irish immigrant Michael McGuire who headed to the California gold fields in 1849, shortly after his arrival in the United States; after finding a rich placer lode near what is now Grass Valley, he returned East for his wife and son, resettling permanently there. An entertaining account written by a grandson of Michael and Mary McGuire. Frontispiece map of the Grass Valley mining district. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-682487929.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (some sunning to the spine of the dj.)
Book ID: 34133More details Price: $28.00 -
49ER IRISH: One Irish Family in the California Mines
Edition: First printing.
Hicksville, New York: Exposition Press, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of Irish immigrant Michael McGuire who headed to the California gold fields in 1849, shortly after his arrival in the United States; after finding a rich placer lode near what is now Grass Valley, he returned East for his wife and son, resettling permanently there. An entertaining account written by a grandson of Michael and Mary McGuire. Frontispiece map of the Grass Valley mining district. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-682487929.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (some sunning to the spine of the dj.)
Book ID: 52337More details Price: $18.00 -
LEGENDS OF THE NORTHERN MINES.
Edition: Slim chapbook.
Volcano, CA: California Traveler, n.d. (circa 1965.). Stories of gold rush towns in California's Mother Lode - many of them now only ghost towns (or almost so) - towns like Chicago Park, Washington City, Downieville and more. Illustrated with vintage photographs and maps. Lots of local advertisements. 32 pp.
Condition: Very good in printed pale green wrappers.
Book ID: 54378More details Price: $18.00 -
OH GLITTERING PROMISE! A Novel of the California Gold Rush.
Edition: First printing.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1949.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel spanning the years from 1849 to 1865, set mostly in the Southern Mother Lode in Columbia and Tuttletown and Fremont's place at Bear Valley, etc. SIGNED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication - the centennial of the gold rush. 294 pp.
Condition: Very good in blue cloth with gold lettering (lettering rubbed on spine), lacking the dust jacket.
Book ID: 55287More details Price: $15.00 -
LAUGHTER OUT OF THE GROUND: A Novel in Cadence.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with gold panels on front cover and spine, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 76054More details Price: $13.50 -
LAUGHTER OUT OF THE GROUND: A Novel in Cadence.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Very good in a poor dust jacket with edgewear, chips and creasing. Newspaper review laid in.
Book ID: 48416More details Price: $20.00 -
LAUGHTER OUT OF THE GROUND: A Novel in Cadence.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine gold foil dust jacket (name hidden by dj flap) Not an uncommon book, but this is much better condition than usually found.
Book ID: 68762More details Price: $35.00 -
LAUGHTER OUT OF THE GROUND: A Novel in Cadence.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket with some large chips to the side of the spine, other edgewear. price-clipped.
Book ID: 76152More details Price: $25.00 -
LAUGHTER OUT OF THE GROUND: A Novel in Cadence.
Edition: Limited, signed edition.
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.
Condition: Fine in blue cloth with a cream spine, gilt lettering and bands, in a somewhat torn original glassine wrapper and a near fine black slipcase (some discoloration to the label on the slipcase.) An attractive production.
Book ID: 40275More details Price: $50.00 -
DEATH VALLEY IN '49: An Important Chapter of California Pioneer History.
Edition: Reprint.
Condition: Fine in brown leather with gilt lettering, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in.
Book ID: 55073More details Price: $18.00 -
THE GOLD RUSH DIARY OF RAMON GIL NAVARRO.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (corners slightly bumped).
Book ID: 38014More details Price: $45.00 -
BALLADS OF THE SIERRAS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
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.
Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated white wrappers (small peeled spot on back cover from sticker removal.)
Book ID: 40457More details Price: $11.50 -
SIGN OF FOUL PLAY: A Connor Westphal Mystery.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Bantam, (1998.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery set in a small town in the California Gold Country (where we are located!) INSCRIBED on the title page. 275 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 0-553-575872.
Condition: Very near fine (usual light toning to the pages - no creases)
Book ID: 55156More details Price: $10.00
