Preliminary Report concerning Explorations and Surveys principally in Nevada and Arizona

by Andrew A. Humphreys, George M. Wheeler

$300 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. Large folding map. 96pp. Large 4to. Contemporary green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, minor wear and spotting, front hinge starting. Wheat Transmississippi 1237; Howes W321. Item #369470 Wheeler, a veteran explorer and cartographer of the Nevada Territory, was sent back there in 1871 to explore the area extending into Arizona. The large map shows an unusually large portion of the

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