Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. First Edition thus. 55 pages plus 32 page facsimile of Bidwell's Journal (From the only known copy, now in the Bancroft). Folding map showing Route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Bibliography. Blue... More about A JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA, 1841.; The Journal of John Bidwell. The First Emigrant Party to...

Oakland, California: Biobooks, 1945. California Centennial Edition. (v) (3) 163 pages. Dust jacket. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. One of 1500 un-numbered copies. Illustrations by Victor R. Anderson. White pictorial cloth. 7 3/4" x 11". Judge Thornton's account of the Donner Party tragedy, from Volume II, Harper's 1855 Edition. Includes... More about THE CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. First Edition. 290 pages. Frontis portrait of General Connor. Limited to 1000 un-numbered copies. First Edition. Illustrated from old plates. Two folding maps. Notes, Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Cloth-backed boards patterned with stars in blue. Paper spine label. Descriptive letter to prior owner from... More about Grabhorn Press) SOLDIERS OF THE OVERLAND; Being Some Account of the Services of General Patrick...

New York: Edward Eberstadt, 1926. First Edition thus. 125 (1) pages. Edited and with Historical notes and an Introduction by Edward Eberstadt. Cloth-backed boards with gold cover and spine titling. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4". Printed at The Kelmscott Press, New York. Frontis portrait of Judge Sawyer. Limited to 385... More about WAY SKETCHES CONTAINING INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL ACROSS THE PLAINS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO CALIFORNIA IN...