Auburn, CA: Placer County Historical Society, [1978.]. Hardcover - A very well done and high quality facsimile reprint of the original edition published by Thompson & West in Oakland in 1882. Includes several chapters on mining and the early mining history of the area, on the railroad, wagon roads, towns, on the criminal record (which includes a long account of the notorious outlaw Richard Barter, alias 'Rattlesnake Dick'), on agriculture, and on destruction by fire, on journalism, churches and societies, and one chapter devoted to reminiscences of Illinoistown, Also includes many biographical sketches and photographs of early pioneers. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of engravings, including two large fold-out sketches (of the Baker Divide Mining Co and of G. Griffith's Granite Quarry in Penryn.) Patron's directory. Large format, measuring 11 inches tall by 9 inches wide, 416 pp; issued without dust jacket.

Cincinnati: Ohio: Cincinnati Times-Star, 1929. SIGNED - In historic downtown Cincinnati, Central Parkway is a landmark avenue, noted for its width. "But under the parkway was once the Miami & Erie Canal, which connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River. Completed in 1845, the canal was a vital means of transportation of goods through the state. Railroads put the canal out of business, but it remained a waterway through Cincinnati well into the twentieth century. As Cincinnati burgeoned into a modern urban metropolis, the canal became a playing ground for the city's daring youth and adults." A book compiled by Charles Ludwig, a Cincinnati Times-Star reporter and a canal swimmer himself,upon the end of the Canal, one which gathers together stories and vignettes celebrating the canal's recreational past. A presentation copy warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Illustrated with many vintage photographs, reproductions of newspaper clippings. 160 pp.