"…with golden visions bright before them…"
Pardon Dexter Tiffany, in a letter to his wife, May 1849
The mid-19th century, western gold rushes were the largest voluntary migration of people and the primary force in shaping the west in North America.
Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1958. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition, 2nd Printing. 8vo [10.5x7in]; [2], 126 pp., Aqua blue cloth covers with black lettering on front and spine, illustration of river steamboat on front, illustrations and maps on end papers, all edges trimmed; light blue dust jacket..... Item #13319
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Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 1970. Very Good. First Edition. [8.5x5.5in]; iv, 60 pp., illustrations throughout; Tan paper covers with black lettering on front, wrap around illustration of miners panning for gold on front and back, 2 staple binding; Minor shelf and surface wear to covers, light water stain spot..... Item #13339
Palo Alto, CA: James Ladd Delkin, 1947. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. , California Centennial Classic [8.25x5.5in]; xxiii, [1], 192 pp. [1], frontispiece map of northern gold mining counties; Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Pale yellow dust jacket with pale blue map illustration on..... Item #11749
Palo Alto, CA: James Ladd Delkin, 1947. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. , California Centennial Classic [5.5x8.25”]; Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Pale yellow dust jacket with pale blue map illustration on front, brown lettering on front and spine, brown lettering and illustration on..... Item #13353
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1949. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [Special Publication No. 1, Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association] [6.75x10.25”]; [6], 111 pp. [1]; Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine; Light brown dust jacket with black lettering on front, back..... Item #13000
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Very Good. First Edition. limited to 500, in two volumes 1851 [Number 5, Rare America Series] and 1852 [Number 6, Rare American Series], 8vo, [9x6in]; Vol. I - [2], xviii, [1], 142, [6], [2], Vol. II - [2], xviii, [1], 143, [6], [3], 24..... Item #13029
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. limited to 500, in two volumes 1851 [Number 5, Rare America Series] and 1852 [Number 6, Rare American Series], 8vo, [9x6in]; Vol. I - [2], xviii, [1], 142, [6], [2], Vol. II - [2], xviii, [1]..... Item #13637
Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1949. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [5.75x8.75”]; [1], x, 189 pp.,[1], 19 black/white illustrations including frontispiece; Pale yellow binding with yellow lettering on red decorative field, map of central California on front and back end papers; Dark red dust jacket with illustration..... Item #13036
Victor, CO: Pollux Press, 1983. Very Good. First Edition. Signed [10.75x8.25]; [9], 10- 159 pp., many illustrations and images of mining in the Cripple Creek and Victor areas; Black paper wrappers with gilt and white lettering on front and red lettering on spine, authors narrative on back; Some shelf wear..... Item #13322
NA: NA [G. W. Bertron copyright], 1897. Very Good. Second Edition, Later Printing. [8.25x6.5in]; [0], [color fold out map not present], xi, [1] [image plate and foldout black-white map], 17-566 pp., [2], Frontispiece double plate illustration of fording a river and overland route, 30 black-white images on 15 plates, 32..... Item #13435
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1949. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket Second Edition. Centennial issue, [9.5x6.5in]; xviii, 340 pp., many illustrations throughout with maps of sections of the California Trail; Tan cloth cover with green lettering and device on cover and spine; Cream dust jacket with black and red..... Item #12984
New York: Alfred A. Knopf [Borzoi Books], 1949. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition, 2nd Printing. [8.5x6in]; xiv, [1], 286 pp., index i - viii, [1], [1 fold out facsimile map of the Gold Regions], 39 illustrations; Blue-gray linen cloth covers with gilt lettering, sextant, and rules on..... Item #13128
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Edward Shenton, Illustrator. 8vo [8.25x5.75in]; vi. 187 pp.; Blue-green cloth covers with gilt lettering and lines on spine, all edges trimmed, dark green end papers with white illustration of ship, bird and island; Cream dust jacket..... Item #13316
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Edward Shenton, Illustrator. 8vo [8.25x5.75in]; vi. 187 pp.; Blue-green cloth covers with gilt lettering and lines on spine, all edges trimmed, dark green end papers with white illustration of ship, bird and island; Cream dust jacket..... Item #13667
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1944. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket Later Edition. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; 1944; Later Edition [6x9”]; Blue cloth binding with gold debossed lettering on front and spine and illustration of Virginia City, Nevada Territory, birds eye view and notable buildings on front and..... Item #12983
Fairbanks: Epicenter Press, 1998. Near Fine in Fear Fine dust-jacket First Edition. [9.25x6.25in]; 351 pp., Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed, image of Dawson on end papers; Deep red dust jacket with white and gold lettering on front and spine, black floral patterns..... Item #13320
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1967. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition, 1st Printing. E.A. Hegg, Photographer. [8.75x10.25in]; Light olive cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and diagonal gilt illustration of miners walking up Chilkoot Pass [representative of photograph on page 56], illustrative endpapers of map..... Item #13136
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [7.75x5.25in];127 pp., six plates of images and illustrations including frontispiece; Half mustard cloth with light brown/black marble paper boards, dark brown lettering and device on spine; Dark yellow dust jacket with black lettering and cityscape..... Item #12993
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [5.25x7.75”];127 pp., six plates of images and illustrations including frontispiece; Half mustard cloth with light brown/black marble paper boards, dark brown lettering and device on spine; Some shelf wear to edges and bumped corners, slightly..... Item #13406
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1972. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [6x9.5in]; Dark brown cloth cover with gilt lettering and pick, shovel, pan on spine, blind stamped device and Indiana on lower front, brown ink map of Alaska and Yukon on front and rear endpapers, all edges..... Item #14103
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1978. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [9.5x6.25in]; 298 pp., frontispiece image of Jenkins, six illustrations and charts [one fold out], appendices, bibliography and index; Ligith blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Cream dust jacket with..... Item #13335
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1969. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. [9.5x6.5in]; 236 pp., frontispiece image of page in diary, 64 images of pencil illustrations by Christendorff, extensive notes and index; Grayish-Beige cloth covers with black lettering on spine and field of yellow with ruled border, illustration of..... Item #13106