MAPS of the GOLD RUSH REGION * Carl Wheat * 1st ed, 1942 * Grabhorn Press

Description

T H E
M A P S
of the
CALIFORNIA GOLD REGION
1848 - 1857
A BIBLIO-CARTOGRAPHY OF AN IMPORTANT DECADE
By
CARL I. WHEAT
SAN FRANCISCO: THE GRABHORN PRESS
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San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1942, limited first edition of 300 copies, folio (14.5 x 9.5 inches), tan buckram boards with paper spine label, printed in red and black, [8], ix-xlii, [2], 3-152, [1] pp. Illustrated with twenty-six facsimiles of maps, sixteen of which are fold-outs, ten full page and ten colored. Exterior VG with a few spots to front and rear covers (see photos), contents in Fine condition,  binding sound and tight.
An important, scholarly work, this beautifully produced biblio-cartography of the Gold Rush decade is one of the most sought after publications of the Grabhorn Press, and was selected as "One of the Fifty Books of the Year" [GB #368].  Details of 323 maps are given, with the entries arranged chronologically - the first section deals with Background Maps (dated prior to 1848), then annually from 1848 to 1856, and then a final section on The Maps of 1857 and later.
Prices for this first edition range up to 00 on the internet. In excellent, complete condition,
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