[San Antonio: Herald Office, mid-March 1861]. Letterpress broadside, 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, on purple satin, printed in five columns surrounded by an ornamental border. Old folds, creases, and resultant wrinkling. Small ink stain above "CAUSES" in the title. A handful of tiny holes, mostly marginal, but with four.....
[Gonzales County, Tx.]. October 18, 1851. [2]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, a few ink smudges. Very good. An original manuscript agreement setting the terms of a horse race in Texas in 1851. The document is signed by the principal parties to the contest, Byrd Smith and Richard.....
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1967. 382,[1]pp. including illustrations, maps, and advertisement. Frontis. Red cloth, gilt. Minor soiling at head of spine. Overall very good. The eleventh volume in the "Spain and the West" series.
Philadelphia. 1847. 32pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Titlepage a bit foxed, slight stains. A very good copy of the text. This copy lacks the nine folding maps. An important and rare account of a mission undertaken during the Mexican-American War to determine the feasibility of opening steamboat communications.....
Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion, 1765. Copper-engraved map with full original color. Sheet size: 16 x 19 inches. In excellent condition. A very attractive and map of the American Southwest and Baja California, by a respected Amsterdam cartographer. This highly detailed map, with beautiful full original color, embraces the area from what.....
[Sioux City, Ia. Haley & Lang Company, ca. 1875]. Small chromolithograph broadside, 8 x 6 inches. Vellum, elaborately adorned with gilt. Near fine. A small vellum cover to a cigar box, adorned with the striking color portrait of Gen. Juan Almonte, the noted Mexican minister plenipotentiary to Washington, compatriot of.....
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, [ 1926]. xi,[3],270,[2]pp. including advertisements, plus illustrations. Frontis. Green cloth. Spine slightly sunned, else very good. Remnants of the dust jacket laid in. Richard B. Townshend, an Englishman turned rancher, wrote two other books about his ranching life in Colorado and New Mexico.....
New York. 1926. 270pp. Frontis. Photos. Original cloth. Very good. Townshend, an Englishman turned rancher, wrote two other books about his ranching life in Colorado and New Mexico.
London. [ 1923]. xiii,282pp. plus plates and advertisements. Half title. Frontis. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Very good. First British edition of the first of Townshend's three works regarding his experiences as a rancher in Colorado and New Mexico. "The pleasantly written recollections of an English rancher...all are good reading".....
Mexico: Imprenta de I. Cumplido, 1848. 55pp., printed on facing pages in parallel Spanish and English. Original printed wrappers bound into modern Mexican calf, spine gilt, gilt inner dentelles. A few light fox marks, else near fine. The official Mexican printing of the final text of the landmark Treaty of.....
[Washington. 1848]. 384pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards, gilt leather label. Occasional minor foxing and some toning. Very good. The first American printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War and adding California and much of the Southwest to the United States. The treaty between the.....
[Washington. 1848]. 74pp. Dbd. Very good. The U.S. Congressional printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the House issue, ending the Mexican War and giving the United States all of the present Southwest.
Denver. 1909. 394pp. Plates. Original gilt cloth, pictorial onlay. Very minor light dampstaining to foredge margin of most leaves. Else very good. An important work of New Mexico history for the Mexican War period throught the establishment of a regular Territorial government.
[N.p. ca. 1923]. 63pp. including illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. Very good.
[Np. 1944]. 147pp. Frontis. Illus. Quarto. Pictorial cloth. Fine. In torn dust jacket. Number 7 in the Indian Handcraft series, nicely illustrated.
[Mexico. 1840]. [4]pp., printed in double-column format in parallel English and Spanish. Folio. Folded sheet. Fine. This treaty marks a major step in the development of U.S.- Mexican relations before the Mexican War. It deals with the claims of U.S. citizens on Mexico, which were such a major cause of.....
[Mexico. 1832]. 5pp., printed in double columns in parallel English and Spanish. Folio. Red morocco in antique style. Minor worming to front fly leaves, not affecting text. Minor foxing to first leaf. Very good. This document reprints the 1828 "treaty of limits" between the United States and Mexico, which set.....
Mexico. 1936. 315pp. Printed wrappers. Faint foxing to prelims and terminals blanks, else fine. A detailed biographical account of Santa Anna's career, focusing largely on the conflict between Texas and Mexico.
New York. 1886. 233pp. Cloth. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine, otherwise very good. The first of this author's lyrical and interesting books on California and the Southwest, this one almost wholly enthusiastic about the area.
Paris. 1767. Three volumes. xxii,360pp. plus folding map; viii,375; viii,354,[2]pp. Half titles. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spines gilt extra, leather labels. Front free endsheet in first and second volumes excised, an occasional trace of foxing, first several leaves in first volume dampstained in margin. Else a very nice, crisp set. The.....
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1929. 350pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Spine slightly worn. About very good. Salvatierra was instrumental in the founding of the first missions in California, now located south of the Mexican border, and helped Spain gain a foothold on the California peninsula.....
London. 1759. Two volumes. [20],455pp. plus folding map and two plates including frontispiece; [8],387pp. plus two plates including frontispiece. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. An occasional hint of light foxing or tanning, but quite a nice set, in very good condition. The first English edition.....
London. 1759. Two volumes. [20],455pp. plus folding map and two plates, including frontispiece; [8],387pp. plus two plates, including frontispiece. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards and spines, spine titles partially rubbed away, spine heads a bit chipped. Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys.....
New York. 1946. 50pp. Map. Illus. Color pictorial wrappers. Small chip along top edge. Very good. Excellent concise account of the history and route of the Santa Fe Trail.
[Mexico City. March 26, 1840]. Broadside, 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches. Faint horizontal crease line through center, minute edge wear. Very good. The present broadside establishes two squadrons of troops for the Department of Durango "to take care of the security of the frontier" in light of Indian hostility.....
