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The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches by Francis Bret Harte. First edition published by Fields, Osgood & Co. in 1870. The short story, &q...

McKenney's Gazetteer and Directory of the Central Pacific Railroad and its branches for 1872: A guide and business directory complete in one vol...

Rare 1875 San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Bernardino, LA & San Diego Directory by L A Paulson. 535pp, some foxing on verso flyleaf ...

The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing April 1876: Embracing a General Directory of Residents and Business Directory; Also a Directory of

Very rare 1876 Historical Atlas of Santa Clara, Co by Thompson and West. First edition with new binding but original cover and corners. 21 handcolored

Recollections of Pioneer Work in California: By James Woods. Published San Francisco, Joseph Winterburn 1878, 260 pp. 7.5x4.5, original gilt-lettered

W. F. Edwards Tourists Guide and Directory on the Truckee Basin - Irons, Charles D., complier. 1883 Truckee: "Republican" Job Print, 1883....

Published by J. Dewing Publishing in 1888; this copy is partial: cover is detached and only 20 pages remain. Pages are 12 x 16 inches and illustratio

California State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1888. Volume 1 Author: Polk, R.L., San Francisco, R.L. Polk & Co. 1734 pp. (Thick 8vo) twenti...

Celebrated Criminal Cases in America by Thomas Duke, 1910. Key criminal cases, about 110. San Francisco, other West Coast and more. Signed 1925 letter

2nd quarter, rough covers. Los Angeles California

Hardcover California on Stone by Harry L Peters. 1935 first edition, #72/451. 227pp with index. A great illustrated historical California reference.

Rare, California in the Fifties by John Howell, 1936. 50 views of cities and mining towns in California and the West, originally drawn on stone by Kuc

Very rare, original copy 1949, Books of the Gold Rush by Carl Wheat, containing 241 annotated biblio entries of important Gold Rush titles, since su

A choice and rare San Francisco first person's history of San Francisco in 1850-1851. "San Francisco in the Spring of '50", aka Me...

Nevada County Directory for 1871-72: containing the names, business and location of merchants, farmers. manufacturers, professional men, miners, book-

Langley’s San Francisco Business Directory 1877-78 - Business directory 444 pp. with an additional 48 pages of advertisements in front. Bindi

Gold Districts of California, 1973, 186pp with index and pullout map. History of Placer County by Thompson & West, 1882, reprinted, 416pp, and 1...

This is a remarkable discovery - an original hand drawn MTP book found within the W & P Nichols Estate, Duth Flat bankers from the1860s to past ...

Six ledhers of the Powell family that ownd and operated the Nevada City Soda Works. They also ran an insurance company, had real estate ventures, etc.

Four original ledgers, all about 8.5 x 13", of some of the business dealings of the Birdseye Creek Mining Company in the 1870s. The company app...

Two ledgers from W & P Nicholls, major bankers at Dutch Flat. Nicholls apprenetly funded or financed many regional mines. These two ledgers trac...

250pp ledger, 127pp used. 12 x 18" The ledger starts with June 29, 1851, "people of the State of California vs Ira Faitman for "petil...

2 very rare volumes, printed by Works Progress Administration. Music of the Gold Rush Era, 212pp and A San Francisco Songster 1849-1939 208pp. San F

Scarce, Natural Wealth of California by Cronise in excellent condition. 1868, 696pp with index. Info broken down by county, many mining plates, flora,

Mountains and Molehills by Marryat, Time Life Books leather bounds 1980's reprint. Southern Trails to California in 1849 by Bieber, 1937 386pp, ...

1886 History of the City of Denver by D O Wilhelm with business directory 184pp, 1909 reprint. Also A Pioneer Denver Mint by Mumey, #142/800, signed b

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIRECTORY AND COLORADO GAZETTEER, FOR 1871. Denver: S.S. Wallihan & Co., [1870]. [7]pp. of ads, 442pp. plus [59]pp. of ads, a...

Rebound Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer, 1871. Colorado history, mining, industries etc. 442pp with appendix plus advertisements. Co

Fossett, Frank - COLORADO: HISTORICAL, DESCRIPTIVE AND STATISTICAL WORK ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLD AND SILVER MINING REGION Denver Daily Tribune Steam

Corbett & Ballenger's Denver City Directory, 1882. 675pp, John Ford (the great numismatist) bookplate in front inside cover. Tenth Annual di...

Paperback booklet: Rush to the Rockies "Pikes Peak or Bust! by Nora A. Slifer, Curator. Published by the Denver Public Library in 2000 to acc...

Very rare 1892 Colorado Hand-Book, Denver and it's Outings by W G M Stone with foldout map. Tourist info, early history and general information....

14x books/booklets on Ghost Towns and old Mining Camps in Colorado. 1.Ghost Towns of Colorado by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Pr...

Rare early Edwards' Chicago 1869-70 directory with smoke patination and slight char on page edges with spine split in half. Probably burned in t...

The Palimpsest is a historical magazine published the State Historical Society of Iowa. 52 hardcovers. Vols 1-14, 16-18, 20-21, 23-29, 31-41, 46-48,

Business Directory for the Subscribers of the New Map of Maine, with a brief history and description of the state prepared by William Willis. Publishe

The Maine Business Directory for September 1, 1867. by Briggs & Co., Boston. 280 pages plus abs, all original board is fine, slight warping of b...

The Boston Directory for the Year 1852 with an Almanac, Boston, published by George Adams, 1852. Several sections in the back. The main body is 316 pa

Boston Directory for the Year 1855, Boston, published by George Adams, 1855. 412 pages plus abs very good to fine condition, re-binding is fine, chipp

The Boston Directory for the Year Ending 1860, Adams and Sampson and Company, 1859. 549 pages plus advertisements. All original, generally very fine c

The Boston Directory, 1865. Published by Adams, Sampson, & Co. Frontispiece is separated at the spine. 560 pages plus advertisements. Excellent ...

New England Cities Business Directory, and complete index to the Mercantile manufacturing and professional interests of the cities. Briggs and Company

The Boston Directory, Volume 74, 1879 published by Adams, Sampson & Co. The title page notes the price was five dollars, which was very expensiv...

State of Michigan Gazetteer & Business Directory for 1856-1857 Complete in one volume. H. Huntington Lee & Co. & James Sutherland Publis...

Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1863--4, Embracing Historical and Descriptive Sketches of All the Cities, Towns and Villages Throu

Platte, Montague T. Michigan State Business Directory 1870--71 Detroit. Tribune Book and Job Office, 1870. 346 pages plus ads. Rear cover board is st

Helena 1899, Butte 1915, Butte 1917, Butte 1923. Varying condition. Montana

6 Montana directories. 1930 (2) 1937 (2), 1939 (2) Polks Butte city directories. Varying condition. Excellent reference material. Butte Montana

Butte 1948, Great Falls 1946 (3), Missoula 1948, Great Falls 1949 (3). Montana