Lot 253: REVERE, JOSEPH WARREN. 1812-1880. A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region and an account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; ... New York: C.S. Francis; Boston: J.H. Francis, 1849.

A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region and an account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; ... New York: C.S. Francis; Boston: J.H. Francis, 1849.
[4], VI, [2], 305, [1], [6] pp. Folding map and 6 lithographed plates. 12mo. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. A few leaves sprung, light shelfwear, tears to joints, head and tail of spine rubbed.

FIRST EDITION. Joseph Revere, grandson of Paul Revere, served as a naval officer in the Mexican American War and was assigned to California in 1845. He went back to California during the dawn of the Gold Rush as an agent for naval timber land. J. Gregg Layne considers this "one of the outstanding authorities on the period of Conquest, and his descriptions of California and the gold regions are of the best" (Zamorano 80). Cowan p 530; Graff 3474; Howes R222; Kurutz 529a; Sabin 70182; Zamorano 80 63
Provenance: ownership inscription of S.H. Lloyd on front free endpaper.
Acquisition: Laird Park sale, Sotheby's New York, Nov 29, 2000, lot 300, $1,200.