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A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn Author: Revere, Joseph Warren Place Published: New York Publisher: C. S. Francis & Co. Date Published: 1849 Description: [4], vi, [2], 305 + [6] ad pp. Illustrated with 6 lithographed plates, including frontispiece; tissue guards; folding map of the San Francisco Bay Area. (8vo) 19x12 cm (7½x4½"), rebound in full leather, spine decorated and lettered in gilt; gilt dentelles; original spine laid down on blank at rear. First Edition. Early and important observations of California during the Gold Rush and the period preceding it. The Zamorano 80 notes that "Lieutenant Revere was a graduate of Annapolis and a grandson of Paul Revere His Tour of Duty is one of the outstanding authorities on the period of the Conquest, and his descriptions of California and the gold regions are of the best. The book contains valuable chapters on land law and land titles, as well as the complete report of Col. Mason on the gold fields." Streeter says that "this is one of the most important books on the Gold Rush and figures on most selected lists." Cowan p.530; Graff 3474; Howes R222; Kurutz 529a; Sabin 70182; Streeter 2592; Wheat Gold Rush 165; Zamorano 80 #63. Condition: Wear to extremities especially joints; textblock cracked at spine, first few pages coming loose; very good. Item#: 353193 Headline: Joseph Revere A Tour of Duty in California 1849