The Entrance to the 2006 GRBF with the new Banner

The Stollery's informal party before the Booksellers Banquet


The Fosters and Henrys and others at the Banquet


     The Booksellers Banquet at historic Masonic Hall in Nevada City


Printer/Attorney Harold Berliner and Library Legend Madelyn Helling

Honored Guest Bookseller Michael Ginsberg wowed the GRBF dealers with his thoughtful insights into the past and future of bookselling.

John Hardy presents Michael Ginsberg with his plaque as the 2006 Honored Guest Bookseller, "For ethical leadership and scholarship in American bookselling".

"The Pros from Dover": Honored Guest Booksellers Mike Ginsberg and Michael Heaston at the 2006 GRBF

Customers at Argus Books and Lost Horse Books

The Venue

Marianne at the Admin desk had lots of raffle business

Steve Blackmer from Chanticleer Books in Sonoma CA

Stockton's Bill and Wendy Maxwell of Maxwell's Bookmark

GRBF stalwart Robert Gavora of Talent, Oregon visited by Modesto bookseller   S. Howlett-West

A Quiet Corner For Books and The Bookery

The magnificently hirsute Modesto bookseller Dan Glaeser in his welcoming booth.

First-time GRBF dealer Austin Fine Books (Mary Lou Sullivan with Maribess Johnson) from Truckee, CA

The respected and revered Vincent Losito represented both The Book Club of California and the Sacramento Book Collectors Club

David Meeker from Nick Adams & Company displayed his beautiful Modern First Editions

Guy Bryant of Bryant's Rare Books & Documents of Truckee, CA displayed some worthy treasures.

              Longtime GRBF supporter T. Cadman WW2 Books of Carmichael, CA

Lucy Cohen of The Book Club of California

David Thornton of Discovery Bay Old Books swapping booktales with Nadya Henry of B. W. Henry, Bookseller

Chuck Baker mans the booth for Booktown Books & Tomes, the Grass Valley, CA co-operative.

Loyal Gold Rush Book Fair pioneers Michael and Sandra Good of Michael Good - Books of Woodacre, CA

W. R. (Bill) Slater of W.R. Slater Books traveled from Grants Pass, OR

First-time GRBF booksellers Books On Main of Sacramento displayed some terrific material.

Tom Dunham covered the booth of the Friends of the Nevada County Libraries

George and Mary Foster of Foster Enterprises, Minden, Nevada, have attended every Gold Rush Book Fair from its inception.

Brian Lucas from Old Roseville Bookshop displayed some great books at his first Gold Rush Book Fair

Nevada County's legendary bookman Eric Tomb held sway at his Tomes (Grass Valley) booth.

        Many nice things at the booth of Barbarossa Books (Larry Ewing) of Bainbridge Island, WA

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B. W. (Bill) Henry came from Florence, OR with his Frontier Military and Western Americana material

Peter Siegel amid his wondrous Western Americana and historic cookbooks.

Gary Decker of Geiger's Books of Scotts Valley,
CA

Marilyn and Tom Tubbs of Main Street Books & Antiques, Nevada City, in their attractive booth.

Rachael Frothingham of San Francisco's PBA Galleries advised the crowd as tp the mysteries of the auction world.

Past Honored Guest Bookseller Michael Heaston of Austin,Texas
brought some scarce Western Americana

First time GRBF attendee Robert Haines of San Francisco's Argonaut Book Shop conversed with Steve Blackmer (Chanticleer Books) of Sonoma

Argus Books' Bill Ewald of Auburn and Grass Valley held forth at his double booth filled with great Western Americana

Charles Parkhurst of Scottsdale, Arizona showed some of his beautiful material to Dave Meeker of Nick Adams & Company

Stephanie Howlett-West of S. Howlett-West Books, Modesto (http://www.showlettwestbooks.com) in her very attractive booth.

John Fletcher and Irene Nicolas in their Moonshine Books booth.

Another shot of A Quiet Corner For Books from Diamond Springs, CA

Lew and Debra Dobbins from Lost Horse Books, one of the Co-op members of Booktown Books & Tomes, Grass Valley

Susie Hardy hard at work at the Hardy Books (Nevada City) booth

Chris Volk and Shep Iiams at the very nice booth of Bookfever.com

Melissa Sanders and her father Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books, Salt Lake City, UT

Book and ephemera expert Christina Geiger held forth at Bonhams & Butterfields' booth which featured some rare items from their upcoming Western Americana auction.

Leonard Berardi of Mountain House Books, Nevada City with his fine Western Americana material

The always ebullient Lori Hughes of The Cookbook Lady, El Sobrante with a booth full of gourmet browsers

Door-security stalwart Steve Ford is also an enthusiastic bibliophile

Caterer Carol Herschleb kept hungry book hunters supplied with fresh food and drink.

2006 Honored Guest Bookseller Michael Ginsberg and 2004 Honored Guest Bookseller Michael Heaston join GRBF producers John & Susie Hardy for post-Fair dinner at the New Moon in Nevada City.

See you next year!

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