HEAP, Gwin Harris

Central Route to the Pacific

Item #38270

HEAP, Gwin Harris. Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale...in 1853. Philadelphia, 1854. 136pp. plus 13 handsome lithographed plates (some tinted), and 32pp. of ads. Lacks the folding map. Half title. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Cloth sunned, worn at spine ends and corners. Ex-lib., with blindstamp on titlepage the only indication. Very good.$1,500.00 Howes H-378. Cowan, p. 273. Mintz 562. Sabin 31175. Wagner-Camp 235. Flake 3934. Rittenhouse 290. Wheat Transmississippi 808. Beale and Heap were greatly influenced by Senator Benton in their choice of a route across Colorado and Nevada. This book is one of the first detailed examinations of the route, and a basic piece of Western Americana. The rare map, issued with only a few copies, is not present here.

Price: $1,500.00