Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. Phoenixiana : a collection of the burlesques & sketches of John Phoenix, alias John P. Squibob, who was, in fact Lieutenant George H. Derby, U.S.A. / edited by Francis P. Farquhar. San Francisco : Grabhorn Press, 1937.

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861 Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and burlesques.  By John Phoenix "pseud."  New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1856.

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. Plan of proposed routes for a wagon road between San Diego and Fort Yuma, Cal. : prepared by order of Maj. Gen’l. Wool, Com’dg. Pac. Div. / by Geo. H. Derby, Lieut. Top’g. Engineers, April 6, 1855. 1855.

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. Reconnaissance of the Tulares Valley : made by order of Brev. Brig. Gen. Riley, commanding 10th. Mil. Dept. / by Lieut. G.H. Derby, Topl. Engrs. ; drawn by Lieut. Derby.

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. The Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek / surveyed & drawn by order of Genl. Riley, commandg. 10th Military Dept. by Lieut. Derby, Topl. Engrs., September & October, 1849. [Washington, D.C.? : s.n.], 1849.

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. Survey of San Diego River and its vicinity : with a view to the construction of a levee and canal to turn the river from its present course, by order of Col. J.J. Albert, Chief of U.S. T. Engrs. / by George H. Derby, Lt. T. Engrs. ; assisted by C.H. Poole, C.E. New York : J. Ackerman, lith., 1853.

Tyson, Philip Thomas, 1799-1877. Geology and industrial resources of California: by Philip T. Tyson. To which is added, the official reports of Genls. Persifer F. Smith and B. Riley—including the reports of Lieuts. Talbot, Ord, Derby and Williamson, of their explorations in California and Oregon; and also of their examinations of routes for rail road communication eastward from those countries. Baltimore, W. Minifie & Co., 1851.

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a reconnoissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado River by Lieutenant Derby. [Washington, D.C.? : s.n.], 1852.

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. Riley, Bennett, 1787-1853. Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883. Sketch of General Riley's route through the mining districts : [of California] July and Aug. 1849 / Copied from the original sketch by Lt. Derby in the Office of the 10t. Military Dept. by J.M. Hollingsworth Asst. [Washington, D.C. : U.S. Congress, 1850?] (N[ew] Y[ork] : Ackermans's Lithogr.)

Stewart, George Rippey, 1895- John Phoenix, esq., the veritable Squibob, a life of Captain George H. Derby, U. S. A. / New York, H. Holt and company [c1937].