A. Roman & Co., San Francisco

Anton Roman (1828-1903) was born in Bavaria. He emigrated to Northern California and worked as a miner. In 1853 he opened a bookstore in Shasta City, California. He moved his store to San Francisco in 1857. In addition to his bookstore he established a publishing business in about 1859. As the years went on Roman was well known not only as a book publisher but also as a photographic album producer. In 1868 he founded the Overland Monthly which was a very well known magazine. His firm, despite the occasional financial setback, was active until 1888.

This publishing house published four juvenile series.

The Golden Gate Series and the Inglenook Series are partially made up of books that were previously within the "Stories from Gold Land Series". These books have the second title page which indicates the series.