xxx, 601 pp. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Preface by Russell H. Chittenden. Plates from photographs, drawings, etc. 9x6, blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Inscribed by the editor, Francis P. Farquhar, to Lee L. Stopple and with the Stopple's bookplate. Brewer was the field leader of the California Geological Survey during the years 1860 through 1864. The Zamorano Eighty notes that "His keen and accurate observation, coupled with an ability to draw sound conclusions from his data, makes this a very readable volume and one of the most valuable on the California of the period." Howes B754; Zamorano Eighty 9.