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vi, [2], 305 + [6] ad pp. Illustrated with 6 lithographed plates, including frontispiece; folding map of the San Francisco Bay Area. 7½x4½", original blind-stamped dark green cloth, rebacked with modern green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, hinges reinforced. 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 Eighty 63.