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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

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