Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 322

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(WEST.) Gilpin, William. The Central Gold Region: The Grain, Pastoral, and Gold Regions of North America. 6 folding maps, 4 of them hand-colored. [iii]-194 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, worn, rebacked with boards bound in upside down; minor wear to two maps, a spot of dampstaining on top edge, a few early pencil notes; early owners' inscriptions on endpapers, flyleaf, and title page. Philadelphia, 1860
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first edition. A discussion of the proposed transcontinental railway, gold mining and more by a member of Frémont's 1843 expedition. Howes G192; Sabin 27468; Wagner-Camp 358.