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[CALIFORNIA]. REVERE, Joseph Warren (1777–1868). A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn. New York and Boston: C.S. Francis & Co.; J.H. Francis, 1849.
8vo. 6 lithographed plates, folding map of the San Francisco Bay Area. Original blind–stamped brown cloth, gilt–lettered spine (spine slightly skewed, light wear to extreme ends). Provenance: John Howell (early booksellers’ ticket).
FIRST EDITION of “one of the most important books on the Gold Rush and figures on most selected lists” (Streeter). Authored by the son of Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere. Cowan, p. 530; Graff 3474; Howes R222; Kurutz 529a; Sabin 70182; Streeter 2592; Wheat, Gold Rush 165; Zamorano Eighty, 63.