Portland: Champoeg Press, 1962. First Edition. 148pp. Octavo [27 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. While awaiting the opportunity to fight for his country after 1849, or possibly as a reaction to events in his homeland, Cipriani made..... More
North Salt Lake City: Granite Mountain Publishing Company, 2010. Second Edition. 435pp. Quarto [29 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. The present work tries to identify individuals involved in the gold rush and piece together their lives and interactions..... More
Georgetown: Talisman Press, 1964. First Edition. 258pp. Quarto [29 cm] Tan cloth with the title on the backstrip. Both the jacket and book are about very good with heavy age-toning to jacket and boards. Head of jacket has few small chips. Internally clean. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Etienne Derbec, a...... More
Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1948. 272pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] 1/2 gray cloth over green boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Better than very good. Large fold-out map present at the rear. Illustrated endsheets and pastedowns. Merrill J. Mattes points out that this privately printed book is Johnston's field journal..... More
Little Rock, AR: August House, 1986. First Edition. 271pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheet and pastedowns. This volume attempts to assemble all the known records of the Arkansas gold seekers. It especially makes use of the contemporary Arkansas..... More
Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 2006. First Edition. 399pp. Octavo [26 cm] Tan cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the author on the title page. According to Dale Morgan, McIlhany was eighty-one when he produced these..... More
Iowa City, IA: Prairie Press, 1966. First Edition. 26pp. Duodecimo [20.5 cm] 1/2 brown cloth over olive decorative boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Name in ink on the front free endsheet. Zirkle Robinson, with his brother, Joseph, and his brother-in-law, Wesley Rosenberger, all..... More
Danville, CA: Pine Park Publishing, 2012. First Edition. 539pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Ink note on the rear free endsheet. Very good/Very good. Inscribed by the author on the half-title to fellow historian Will Bagley. During the first week of November..... More
Turlock, CA: Robert Merritt Publishing / The Society of California Pioneers, 1996. Second Edition. 138pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark blue buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Inscribed by the publisher to historian Will Bagley on the front free endsheet. On February 14..... More
[Los Angeles]: Ward Ritchie Press, 1970. First Edition. 184pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Housed in publisher's gray slipcase, which is better than very good. Townsend's diary begins on November 22, 1851, with his assignment to the..... More
Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1937. 528pp. Quarto [26 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Spine of jacket sunned. Former owner's blind stamp on the endsheets. "When one not inordinately addicted to discoursing of himself begins..... More