Wheeler Brigadier (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN BLUE CLOTH HARDCOVERS WITH GREEN BACKSTRIP AND CLEAR BLACK TITLES TO FRONT BOARD, THIS DATED 1955 FIRST EDITION IS VG. 4to 315pp WITH THREE COLOURED MAPS IN POCKET AT END. FOREWORD AND PREFACE BY BRIGADIER WHEELER THE EDITOR AND SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1941-46., WITH 12 CHAPTERS, INDEX AND GLOSSARY, 9 X PLATES AND 13 TABLES.MAPS COVER HIND, SATPURA MOUNTAINS AND BARODA. CONDITION ALL VG.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. New edition. Scale: 1:4250000 1 inch to 67.08 miles. Sheet Size: 104.8cm x 84.2cm. Covers slightly dusty and marked with a faint ink name and bookseller's stamp. Original fold lines into 32 sections with minor age toning and marks. 6cm closed tear to one fold line. Minor wear to a few fold intersections with a very small amount of loss. Reverse is blank with minor age toning and marks. In very good indeed, original and unrestored condition. Scarce.

4to., (11 4/8 x 9 2/8 inches). Heliotype frontispiece and 6 plates, 6 tinted lithographs including one folding (some marginal spotting throughout). Original grey paper wrappers, printed on the spine (worn with loss to the backstrip). Provenance: Presentation copy from Lieut. George M. Wheeler, with his compliments slip tipped-in to the inside front wrapper; probably to Lieut. Charles William Whipple (1846-1916), son of the explorer Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818 - 1863), his sale his sale Doyle New York, 23rd April 2012, lot 115. First edition of Volume III of an eventual seven. Following the famous 1871 survey of California, Nevada, and Arizona, the first survey after the Civil War in the tradition of the former Corps of Topographical Engineers, Wheeler developed a "comprehensive plan to map west of the 100th meridian, "the main object of this exploration to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the country traversed." Officially designated the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, the "Wheeler Survey" became one of four great federal surveys after the Civil War. While Clarence King was just completing his 1867-1872 fieldwork for the chief of engineers, Interior Department surveys under Ferdinand V. Hayden and Powell remained active. The other surveys had no military presence, but army officers commanded Wheeler's parties and performed much of the astronomy required for detailed surveying. Civilian topographers performed most mapping for Wheeler, and civilian scientists did pioneering studies in geology, botany, paleontology, and archaeology. Topographic emphasis also differentiated Wheeler from the other surveys' concentration on geology" (Peter L. Guth for ANB).

4to., (11 4/8 x 9 inches). Fine chromolithographed folding "Skeleton map of the Territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River." and 5 full-page tinted lithographed plates (some insignificant spotting and one or two marginal thumb prints). Original grey printed paper wrappers (a bit creased and lightly soiled). Provenance: Presentation copy from Lieut. George M. Wheeler, with his compliments slip tipped-in to the inside front wrapper; to Lieut. Charles William Whipple (1846-1916), son of the explorer Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818 - 1863), inscribed by him at the head of the front cover; his sale his sale Doyle New York, 23rd April 2012, lot 115. Following the famous 1871 survey of California, Nevada, and Arizona, the first survey after the Civil War in the tradition of the former Corps of Topographical Engineers, Wheeler developed a "comprehensive plan to map west of the 100th meridian, "the main object of this exploration to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the country traversed." Officially designated the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, the "Wheeler Survey" became one of four great federal surveys after the Civil War. While Clarence King was just completing his 1867-1872 fieldwork for the chief of engineers, Interior Department surveys under Ferdinand V. Hayden and Powell remained active. The other surveys had no military presence, but army officers commanded Wheeler's parties and performed much of the astronomy required for detailed surveying. Civilian topographers performed most mapping for Wheeler, and civilian scientists did pioneering studies in geology, botany, paleontology, and archaeology. Topographic emphasis also differentiated Wheeler from the other surveys' concentration on geology" (Peter L. Guth for ANB).

4to., (11 4/8 x 9 2/8 inches). Large folding engraved map "Explorations and surveys south of Central Pacific R.R. War Department Preliminary Topographical map ." (short tear near mount). Original brown cloth, gilt (extremities worn with minor loss). First official exploration of this area, including southern Nevada, the Mojave Desert and Death Valley. Includes much on the mining districts of Nevada and eastern California. "Wheeler conducted the first official explorations of southern Nevada's interior area. His corps of engineers contributed to the report concerning the climate, geology, wildlife, the Indians and white settlement of southern Nevada in 1871. The map contains dozens of place names and is in itself a significant record. A valuable report." (Paher). Wheat, Transmississippi West 1237 & V(2), pp. 338-39; Edwards Enduring Desert p.256; Howes W321; Paher 2135.