Paden, Irene D. & Schlichtmann, Margaret E. - The BIG OAK FLAT ROAD. An Account of Freighting from Stockton to Yosemite Valley

San Francisco: , 1955. 1st edition (Rocq 5257). Limited to 1000 cc. SIGNED by the 2 authors on a preliminary blank. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. [4], vi, 356 pp (including Index). Printed by Lawton Kennedy. Frontispiece. 4 photographic images on 2 inserted plates. 7 maps (2 folding). 8vo. Splay to boards. Newspaper offset to a few pages. A VG - VG+ copy. To quote Warren Howell, "A detailed history of the old freight road from Stockton to the Southern Mines and Yosemite. An important contribution to the history of transportation, commerce, and the economic life of California in the nineteenth century." Text readily available in institutions, as well as later reprints. The 1st edition quite uncommon.