Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 400 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press. 34 pp.; folio; black cloth back with paper spine label, marbled paper over boards. With folding map frontis. In later custom slipcase. Rubbing to two leading corner tips.
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 400 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners rubbed and some toning along the edges of the panels. Text unmarked. Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Foldout map intact. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press, San Francisco. 4to. xii, 34pp.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarter black cloth with spine label and marbled paper-covered boards, 4to., xii, 34, (1) pages, large folding map and one inserted illustration. One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorns on Ingres paper for the Colt Press. Wear to board edges, else a clean, near fine copy.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$47.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: hardback book in near fine condition,introduction by JANE GRABHORN,limited to four hundred copies printed by Edwin Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press 1953,slight wear at corners,plastic wrap
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 30.5 x 22 cm, xii, 34, colophon pp., folding map of the Valley of the Sacremento with the gold region colored yellow, fancy gilt initial for each of five letters, reproduction of broadside "Account of the Discovery of Gold" in collection of Edward Grabhorn, contents, introduction by Jane Grabhorn, 400 copies printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press. [GB 544] [BCC 84] In the Introduction by Jane Grabhorn, she describes Bidwell and Sutter as "the two most important figures in this classic drama". Contents include: Map -- The Valley of the Sacramento; Letter One -- J. A. Sutter to John Bidwell; Letter Two -- John Bidwell to Captain J. A. Sutter; Letter Three -- James W. Marshall to John Bidwell; Broadside -- Account of the Discovery of Gold; etc. Original prospectus laid in. Black and white marbled paper over borda, black cloth spine, printed paper label. Fine except for substantial bumping to two corners
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Original black cloth and marbled boards, quarto (9.25 x 12.5 inches), pp xii, 34. Large folding frontispiece map, facsimile broadside. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press. Limited to 400 copies. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Black cloth quarter-bound to spine over black and white marbled paper on boards. White paper title label on spine. Book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of any markings or flaws inside and out. Printed on Van Gelder paper from Holland. Includes a reproduction of a rare early broadside honoring James W. Marshall, and one of a map of the gold fields based on surveys made by John Bidwell, first published in 1843. Laid-in is the original ad from the publisher stating this was the first book printed for the Book Club of California. Limited Edition - one of just 400 copies printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press, San Francisco. 34 pp.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.00 + shipping
Description: Book Club of California Publication No. 84. Grabhorn 544. Rocq 6545. Edition limited to 400 copies. A selection of five letters dated from 1850 to 1881 concerning the principals in the discovery of gold at Coloma. frontispiece (colored folding map), 1 facsimile. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in lightly soiled dust jacket (in mylar). 34 pps.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Folio. 35 pp. Very Good. Hard Covers. Marbled boards. Minor toning to right edge. Pages fine, with gilt design on drop caps, and letterpress printing. Illustration plates laid in. Folded printed color Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region laid in. Prospectus laid in. Five letters and one broadside. One of 400 printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 400 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press. Introduction by Jane Grabhorn. Pp. xii, 34. Illustrated with facsimiles of a broadside and folding map. Cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper spine label. A very fine, pristine copy with original plain white dust jacket. Correspondence documenting the early years of the Gold Rush by 3 individuals in the center of events. Includes a color reproduction of a map of the gold region; a reproduction of a broadside containing an account of the discovery of gold; and the text of letters from Sutter to Bidwell, Bidwell to Sutter, Marshall to Bidwell, Sutter to Mrs. Bidwell, and Bidwell to Captain W. F. Swasey. [Grabhorn: 544].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.