Tour of Duty in California; Including a Description of the Gold

1849. REVERE, Joseph Warren. A Tour of Duty in California; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias. Edited by Joseph N. Balestier. New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1849. 1st ed. vii,305pp. Plates, folding map. Period-style calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-decorated raised spine bands, compartments in blind, black morocco spine label. Very light occasional scattered foxing, else very good or better. HOWES R-222, "aa." Graff 3474. Wheat, Gold Rush 165. Hill 1439. Zamorano 80, 63. Sabin 70812. Cowan, p.530. "One of the most valuable books of the period"--Cowan. Revere, the grandson of Paul Revere, was a U.S. naval officer with the Pacific squadron, and an observer of and participant in the events of the American military conquest of California. He later travelled in California and went to Sutter's Fort, which is illustrated in a charming lithographic frontispiece. The map illustrates the harbor at San Francisco. Revere fell in love with California and eventually acquired a rancho near Sonoma, where he finally settled. "The book contains valuable chapters on land laws and land titles, as well as the complete report of Col. Mason on the gold fields" - Zamorano 80.