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Gold Rush List
Last updated January 14, 2008
1. Bagley, Will. ROAD
FROM EL DORADO, THE 1848 TRAIL JOURNAL OF EPHRAIM GREEN. Salt
Lake City, Prairie Dog Press: 1991. 58 pages. Dust jacket has some a small tear
to the top edge. Limited and signed edition. $40.00
2. Barnes, Joseph W. THE
GOLD RUSH JOURNAL OF THOMAS EVERSHED: ENGINEER, ARTIST & ROCHESTERIAN. Rochester,
NY, Rochester Public Library: 1977. Some shelf wear. Softbound stapled-bound
covers. $10.00
3. Bigler, David L. THE
GOLD DISCOVERY JOURNAL OF AZARIAH SMITH. Salt Lake
City, University of Utah: 1990. $15.00
4. Bishop, M. Guy. HENRY
WILLIAM BIGLER: SOLDIER, GOLD MINER. MISSIONARY, CHRONICLER, 1815-1900. Logan,
Utah, Utah State University: 1998. $35.00
5. Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. THE
JOURNALS OF ALFRED DOTEN, 1849-1903. Set of 3 volumes. Reno,
Nevada, University of Nevada: 1973. Complete set of 3 volumes. All volumes in
very good condition. Heavy books. Postage extra. $70.00
6. Crampton, C. Gregory. THE
MARIPOSA INDIAN WAR, 1850-1851. DIARIES OF ROBERT ECCLESTON. CALIFORNIA GOLD
RUSH, YOSEMITE, & THE HIGH SIERRA. Salt Lake
City, University of Utah: 1957. . Slight shelf wear. Scarce first edition,
limited to 500 copies. $40.00
7. Gardiner, Howard C. IN
PURSUIT OF THE GOLDEN DREAM: REMINISCENCES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN MINES, 1839-1857. Stoughton, Mass.,
Western Hemisphere Inc.: 1970. Some shelf wear, else VG. Large red gilt covers. An
excellent reference book on the California Gold Rush. $11.45
8. Koenig, George. BEYOND
THIS PLACE THERE BE DRAGONS. The Routes of the Tragic Trek of the Death Valley
1849ers through Nevada, Death Valley... Glendale,
California, Arthur H. Clark: 1984. . 263 is pages. Some shelf wear. Dust jacket
has light wear. Excellent California Gold Rush and Death Valley history. $38.00
9. MacDonald, Alexander. IN SEARCH OF EL DORADO: A WANDERER'S EXPERIENCES. London, T. Fisher Unwin: 1906. . Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Ex-library stamp inside cover and on a few pages. No external marks. Excellent personal narrative of the Alaska Gold Rush. $30.00
10. Manly, William Lewis. DEATH
VALLEY IN '49: AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA PIONEER HISTORY. New
York, Wallace Hebberd: 1929. Some shelf wear. Corners slightly bumped. Clean and
tightly bound. $20.00
11. Morgan, Dale L.-editor (Gardiner,
Howard C). IN PURSUIT OF THE GOLDEN DREAM:
REMINISCENCES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MINES, 1849-1857. Stoughton,
Mass., Western Hemisphere: 1970. Some shelf wear, else VG. $11.50
12. Sherwin, Sterling. SONGS
OF THE GOLD MINERS: A GOLDEN COLLECTION OF SONGS. New
York, Carl Fischer: 1932. Beautiful pictorial illustrated softbound covers. Some
wear to covers. Overall very nice. $25.00
13. Tyler, S. Lyman. THE
MONTANA GOLD RUSH DIARY OF KATE DUNLAP. Denver,
Colorado, Old West Publishing Co.: 1969. Some shelf wear, else VG. $22.00
14. Tyler, S. Lyman-editor. THE
MONTANA GOLD RUSH DIARY OF KATE DUNLAP. Denver,
Old West Publishing Co.: 1969. . Slight shelf wear. Oversized book with numerous
maps, illustrations and photographs. $33.00
15. Wiltsee, Ernest A. THE
PIONEER MINER AND THE PACK MULE EXPRESS. Lawrence,
Massachusetts, Quarterman Publications: 1976. 112 pages. Slight shelf wear to
book and d.j. Jacket has slight soiling. $72.50