Mapping the Transmississippi West.1540-1861

  • 1955
By Wheat, Carl
1955. San Francisco: Grabhorn et al., 1957-63.

5 volumes in 6, folio, original beige cloth with green buckram spines lettered in gilt. Illustrated throughout with facsimile maps, many of which are folding; color frontispieces. A fine set as issued.

ß Limited to 1000 sets, all designed by The Grabhorn Press. First Edition. A monumental and exceptionally thorough work detailing our expanding knowledge of the American West, unlikely to be surpassed. Vol. I was printed by the Grabhorn Press; Vols. 2-5 were printed by Taylor & Taylor & James Printing from the Grabhorn design. Vol. I: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase, 1540-1804; Vol. II: From Lewis and Clark to Fremont, 1804-1845; Vol. III: The Mexican War to the Boundary Survey, 1846-1854; Vol. IV: Pacific Railroad Surveys to the onset of the Civil War, 1855-1860; Vol. V (parts 1 & 2): Civil War to the Geological Survey. GB 590 (Vol. 1).

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Title

Mapping the Transmississippi West.1540-1861

Author

Wheat, Carl

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Date

1955


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