A TOUR OF DUTY IN CALIFORNIA; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias
Revere, Joseph Warren
Published by C.S.Francis & Company, New York, 1849
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12mo. 7 3/4 x 5". 305pp. plus 6pp.ads. Original green embossed cloth. Lithograph frontispiece, wood engraved "Design for the Arms of California", and 5 lithograph plates after Revere's sketches, folding lithographed map "Harbour of San Francisco." Pencil signature on front pastedown: "Rush R. Sloane.". Cloth has spotting and spine is browned and rubbed at ends. Considerable foxing to the first few and last few pages, occasional spot within. Map is in nice condition, except for a couple spots. Kurutz, The California Gold Rush 529a; Zamorano 63. "Revere was the grandson of American revolutionary Paul Revere. His book is one of the outstanding authorities on the period of the conquest, and his descriptions of Californai and the gold regions are among the best. The book contains valuable chapters on land law and land titles, as well as the complete report of Colonel Mason on the gold fields."Hill. Seller Inventory # 12045
Bibliographic Details
Title: A TOUR OF DUTY IN CALIFORNIA; Including a ...
Publisher: C.S.Francis & Company, New York
Publication Date: 1849
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First edition.