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Lot 44
GRABHORN PRESS. WHEAT, CARL. 1893-1966. Mapping the Transmississippi West. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography; volume I printed by the Grabhorn Press, volumes II-V printed by Taylor & Taylor and James Printing, 1957-63.
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GRABHORN PRESS.
WHEAT, CARL. 1893-1966. Mapping the Transmississippi West. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography; volume I printed by the Grabhorn Press, volumes II-V printed by Taylor & Taylor and James Printing, 1957-63.
5 volumes bound in 6. Folio. 374 maps, as called for, five in color, 27 folding. prospectus and envelope containing obituaries of Wheat laid in at front of volume I. Publisher's gray linen boards backed with textured buckram, plain brown dust jackets with ink titling on spines. Dust jackets a bit creased and frayed, one minor corner crease to a map.
Provenance: Irving W. Robbins, Jr. (1919-1995, bookplate and inscription from author).
LIMTED EDITION, one of 1,000 copies. Front free endpaper of first volume inscribed to Irving W. Robbins, Jr. and signed by the author. This is a monumental work tracing the cartography of the American West from Coronado's "entrada" in 1540 through the U.S. Geological Survey in 1860. San Francisco lawyer Carl Wheat pursued the history of the American West as an avocation, and in the process became a respected expert in Californiana. In preparing this work, he spent years seeking out every map documenting the exploration of the American West, and the most significant and interesting specimens have been reproduced here, with discussions of their origins, accuracy, and contribution to knowledge. Noted California collector Irving W. Robbins, Jr. (1919-95) served as honorary curator of rare books and manuscripts at Stanford, and donated his Ashendene collection to the university library.
5 volumes bound in 6. Folio. 374 maps, as called for, five in color, 27 folding. prospectus and envelope containing obituaries of Wheat laid in at front of volume I. Publisher's gray linen boards backed with textured buckram, plain brown dust jackets with ink titling on spines. Dust jackets a bit creased and frayed, one minor corner crease to a map.
Provenance: Irving W. Robbins, Jr. (1919-1995, bookplate and inscription from author).
LIMTED EDITION, one of 1,000 copies. Front free endpaper of first volume inscribed to Irving W. Robbins, Jr. and signed by the author. This is a monumental work tracing the cartography of the American West from Coronado's "entrada" in 1540 through the U.S. Geological Survey in 1860. San Francisco lawyer Carl Wheat pursued the history of the American West as an avocation, and in the process became a respected expert in Californiana. In preparing this work, he spent years seeking out every map documenting the exploration of the American West, and the most significant and interesting specimens have been reproduced here, with discussions of their origins, accuracy, and contribution to knowledge. Noted California collector Irving W. Robbins, Jr. (1919-95) served as honorary curator of rare books and manuscripts at Stanford, and donated his Ashendene collection to the university library.