"…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.
Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Company, 1970. Later printing. [8.5x5.5]; 56 pp., images throughout; Gray paper covers with red lettering on front and illustration of miner and mule, advertisements on back, two staple binding; Some wear and soiling to covers with small stain spot and prior owners name on front. Item #13340
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1940. Very Good. First Edition. Mallette Dean. [8x10.75in]; [1], ix, 55 pp., [1] colophon, [4], 25 songs with music and sources, 15 vignettes by Mallette Dean; Dark blue paper on stiff cardboard covers with yellow cloth back strip spine, bordered gold ink lettering on covers..... Item #13490
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; 1930; First Edition [5.75x8.5”]; Bright green cloth binding with red lettering, device and rules on spine, top edge stained red; Dark yellow dust jacket with deep red lettering and wrap around illustration of mining..... Item #12998
New York: Charles Bragin [Frank Tousey, original publisher], 1945. Good. Reprint. Albert Berghaus. [11.5x8in] 32 pp.; Paper cover with red, black and yellow lettering on front cover, color illustrations of sledging in the snow with four portrait insets, publisher advertisement on back cover with black lettering, two staple binding; Aged..... Item #14088
![Item #13339 Wet Plates and Dry Gulches; [Wild & Woolly West Series #8]. Gilbert Campbell](https://davidspilmanfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13339.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1544676639)
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. 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
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
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1949. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press; 1949; First Edition [5.75x8.75”]; Pale yellow binding with yellow lettering on red decorative field, map of central California on front and back endpapers; Dark red dust jacket with illustration of miner and..... Item #13036
Cleveland, OH: The Williams Publishing Company, 1888. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo [9x6.5in]; xviii, [1], 9-507 pp. [irregular pagination], frontispiece illustrations of California scenes, two portraits of author, 27 illustrations; Dark brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine with stamped black inked floral design at top and..... Item #13342
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Very Good. First Edition. Limited to 550 copies, [11x7.75`in]; [3], xiv, 45 pp., [1] colophon, [3], color frontispiece and two full page lithographs, fifteen reproductions of maps, two fold out, broadsides, letter paper and lithographs on colored paper; Burgundy paper boards with burgundy cloth..... Item #13548
NA: NA [G. W. Bertron], 1897. Very Good. First Edition. [8.25x6.5in]; xi, [1] [image plate and foldout black-white map], 17-566 pp., Frontispiece plate illustration of fording a river and overland route, 30 black-white images on 15 plates, 32 illustrations in text, includes "A Practical Engineer's Experience" chapter not listed in..... Item #13435
Chicago: Monroe Book Company [J. R. Jones copyright], 1897. Near Fine. Second Edition. [8.25x6.5in]; [2], plate, fold out color map, iii-xi, [1], image plate and fold out black-white map, 17-556 pp., [4], 16 plates including frontispiece recto verso plate illustrations of fording a river and overland route, 30 recto verso..... Item #14016
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket 2nd Printing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1923; First Edition, Second Printing [7x9.75”]; Dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine; Mustard yellow dust jacket with black lettering on spine, yellow lettering on field of black and illustration..... Item #12991
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1959. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North; 1959; First Edition [6.5x9.75”]; Dark gray covers with gilt lettering on cover and spine, images of stock certificates on front and back endpapers; Cream dust jacket with black and red lettering on front cover and spine..... Item #12986
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
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1975. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company; 1975; First Edition [American Trails Series X, 1644 copies] [6.5x10”]; Bright red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine top edge trimmed other edges untrimmed, white endpapers;..... Item #13005
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
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. New York: Minton, Balch & Company; 1925; First Edition [5.25x7.75”]; 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
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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Very Good. First Edition. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press; 1933; First Edition in two volumes 1851 [Number 5, Rare America Series] and 1852 [Number 6, Rare American Series] [6x9”]; Gray-blue paper boards with dark blue lettering and line designs, dark blue half cloth on..... Item #13029
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