Wheat, Carl

MAPPING THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST

      San Francisco, CA: The Institute of Historical Cartography Sold as a 6 volume set. Set heavy, will require extra postage. The definitive work on the cartographic history of the West and an indispensable reference for the maps of Western America. It was designed by the Grabhorn Press and produced by several San Francisco printers, Volume I being printed by Grabhorn. Wheat analyzes all of the important extant maps by period: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase, 1540 - 1804; From Lewis and Clark to Fremont, 1804 - 1845; From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys, 1846 - 1854; From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the Onset of the Civil War, 1855 - 1860; and From the Civil War to the Geological Survey, 1857 - 1967. Profusely illustrated with facsimile reproductions of important maps. Bound in original green cloth and grey linen, with original plain paper jackets. There is a previous owner name sticker discretely placed at the bottom of the front pastedown of each volume, and a penned notation that the set was originally purchased at Dawson's Bookshop on the verso of the rear endpaper in Volume I. Original prospectus laid in. A handsome presentation. Volumes V, Parts 1 and 2 are bumped at the corners and Part 2 also bumped lightly at tail of spine. Dustjackets are plain brown with author's name, and volume written on dj spine. Volume I has slipcase. Previous owner's nameplate attached to front-paste-down of each volume. Digital pictures of the 6 volume set available upon request. . Hardcover. Very Good + Bindings/Very Good Dustjackets. Illus. by Illustrated. 14 1/2 x 10 3/8. Not Ex-Libary.