WHEAT, Carl Irving (1892-1966). Mapping the Transmississippi West. San Francisco: [Grabhorn Press for] The Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-1963. 

5 parts in 6 volumes, large folio. Titles printed in red and black, color-printed frontispieces in 5 of 6 volumes, numerous facsimile maps, many folding. Original green cloth-backed linen boards, gilt-lettered spines. Provenance: Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale, CA (bookplate and institutional stamps).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 1000 copies, each designed by the Grabhorn Press. A monumental work that details our expanding knowledge of the American West from the first Spanish forays to the US Government sponsored surveys of the 1860s.