GEOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR upon Upper California in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California: Newly Reprinted from the Edition of 1848 with Introductions by Allan Nevins and Dale L. Morgan and a Reproduction of the Map

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1964. Hardcover. Near fine. Limited to 425 copies. The memoir and map, originally published as a U.S. Senate document, are reprinted here in their entirety for the first time with significant introductions. Designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher and printed at the Stanford University Press. Small quarto: xxxi, [1], 65, [2] pp. with a portrait, a fascimile of the 1848 title page, and the folding map (rear pocket). Bound in gray decorative paper-covered boards, which reproduce a portion of Frémont's map. Some light edgewear; else near fine in the original plain paper dust jacket. The Two Hundredth Book 116. (Inventory #: 78615)