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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COMMUNICATING...A REPORT AND MAP OF THE EXAMINATION OF NEW...

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COMMUNICATING...A REPORT AND MAP OF THE EXAMINATION OF NEW MEXICO, MADE BY LIEUTENANT J.W. ABERT...[caption title].

[Abert, James W.]:

Washington. 1848. 132pp. plus twenty-four lithographed plates. Lacks the folding map. Later pebbled cloth, printed paper label. Scattered foxing. Three plates with small chips at edges, not affecting image. Good. One of the great southwestern government-sponsored explorations, here in its earliest form, according to Wagner-Camp. The lithographed plates, attributed to...

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MANIFESTACION. Francisco de Arrangoiz y. Berzabal

MANIFESTACION....

Arrangoiz y Berzabal, Francisco de:

[New York]. 1855. 80pp. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt leather label. Minor shelf wear. Scattered soiling. Very good. Very scarce work regarding unresolved financial issues as a result of the Mexican-American War. After the war Arrangoiz was commissioned by Santa Anna to act as a "special agent," filling orders and accounts...

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THE GUERILLA-BRIDE; A POEM. Henry Barnes

THE GUERILLA-BRIDE; A POEM.

Barnes, Henry:

Bellefontaine, Oh. Hubbard & Brother, 1858. 176pp. Original blindstamped cloth. Some scattered foxing, else very good. "Private Edition Published by the Author." A galloping epic in seven cantos, much of it relating to events on the border, fights with the Apaches, and similar stuff. Two of the cantos relate to...

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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM H.M. BRACKENRIDGE TO RICHARD S. COXE]. Henry M. Brackenridge

[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM H.M. BRACKENRIDGE TO RICHARD S. COXE].

Brackenridge, Henry M.:

Tarentum, [Pa]. Jan. 5, 1848. [3]pp. written on folded folio sheet, addressed on verso. Small burn hole in lower left corner not affecting text. Very good. Brackenridge is best known for his first book, VIEWS OF LOUISIANA... (Pittsburgh, 1814). Richard Coxe, to whom he addresses this letter, was a distinguished...

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A CORRECT MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR IN MEXICO. BEING A COPY OF GEN'L ARISTA'S MAP, TAKEN AT RESACA...

A CORRECT MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR IN MEXICO. BEING A COPY OF GEN'L ARISTA'S MAP, TAKEN AT RESACA DE LA PALMA WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS....

[Bruff, J.G.]:

New York: J. Disturnell, 1847. Folding map, 29 1/2 x 24 inches. In a 12mo. contemporary cloth folder, gilt-stamped front board. Boards with minor soiling. Ownership inscription at verso left margin and on rear pastedown. Several separations along folds, some discoloration where tipped into covers. Printed color bright and clean...

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HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF EL DORADO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES...

HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF EL DORADO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ITS PROMINENT MEN & PIONEERS.

[California]:

Oakland: Paolo Sioli, 1883. [8],272pp. plus forty-nine plates, including illustrated titlepage (fourteen of them affixed to full-sheet sheets, the rest printed on the full-sheet). Quarto. Original half pebbled leather and cloth boards, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt, edges marbled. Spine leather rubbed and faded, neatly recased. Two ownership...

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THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ITS DUTIES TO ITSELF, AND ITS RESPONSIBLE RELATIONS...

THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ITS DUTIES TO ITSELF, AND ITS RESPONSIBLE RELATIONS TO OTHER COUNTRIES. EMBRACING ALSO A REVIEW OF THE LATE WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO; ITS CAUSES AND RESULTS....

[Capen, Nahum]:

New York. 1848. xii,322pp. Original cloth. Front board lacking, rear hinge broken, spine chipped, scattered foxing, bottom of titlepage clipped, number stamp. Fair only. "A series of quotations, with no references to their sources. Treats Texas annexation as the cause of war. Scores of side effects are examined. Appendices contain...

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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME; COMPRISING ALSO A FULL DESCRIPTION...

HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME; COMPRISING ALSO A FULL DESCRIPTION OF ITS CLIMATE, SURFACE, SOIL, RIVERS, TOWNS, BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, STATE OF ITS SOCIETY, AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, MINES, MINING, &c. WITH A JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK VIA NICARAGUA, TO SAN FRANCISCO AND BACK, VIA PANAMA.

Capron, Elisha S.:

Boston. 1854. xi,356pp. plus large folding color map. Original gilt cloth. Spine rubbed, chipped at head of spine, two light stains on front board. Contemporary ownership signatures on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally clean, with the map in lovely condition. Very good. Capron went to California in the...

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1846 - 1882. THE FIRST REGIMENT OF NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS COMMANDED BY COL. JONATHAN D. STEVENSON,...

1846 - 1882. THE FIRST REGIMENT OF NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS COMMANDED BY COL. JONATHAN D. STEVENSON, IN THE MEXICAN WAR. NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT DURING ITS TERM OF SERVICE IN UPPER AND LOWER CALIFORNIA, 1847-48....

Clark, Francis D.:

New York. 1882. 94pp. Portraits. Original gilt cloth. Extremities rubbed, neat bookplate, inner front hinge starting. Good. The later appendix (dated August 1, 1883) which is found in many copies, including the Graff copy, is not present here, indicating this copy is of the earliest issue. A list of survivors...

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THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA. Walter Colton, Rev

THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA.

Colton, Walter, Rev.:

New York. 1850. 456pp. plus plates, folding facsimile, and map. Portrait. Original cloth, rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Bookplate removed. Light dampstaining affecting several leaves at upper foredge corner. Else good. First edition of this popular and often reprinted narrative, which Howes calls both "interesting and valuable." Colton arrived...

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WAR WITH MEXICO, 1836 - 1847. DONIPHAN'S EXPEDITION AND THE CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO AND...

WAR WITH MEXICO, 1836 - 1847. DONIPHAN'S EXPEDITION AND THE CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.

Connelley, William E.:

Topeka. 1907. xvi,670pp. including illustrations, plus maps (one folding). Portrait. Gilt cloth, pictorial onlay. Very good. "Valuable and well-documented sourcebook..." - Tutorow. Contains official rosters of various units of the Army of the West, and several appendices.

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THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO, BY THE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE YEARS 1846...

THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO, BY THE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE YEARS 1846 & 1847.

Cutts, James Madison:

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1847. 264pp. including four plans. Frontispiece portrait. Engraved title. 12mo. Original blue blindstamped cloth, rebacked in later blue cloth, retaining original title label and publisher's information on spine. Cloth faded, worn at corners; rear hinge almost broken. Clean internally. Good overall. One of the principal sources...

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FORTY YEARS A GAMBLER ON THE MISSISSIPPI. George H. Devol

FORTY YEARS A GAMBLER ON THE MISSISSIPPI....

Devol, George H.:

Cincinnati: Devol & Haines, 1887. 300pp. plus five plates (including frontispiece portrait). Original gilt pictorial blue cloth, spine gilt. Spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a bit worn, rear hinge cracked but still holding firmly. Very good. The true first edition of this classic memoir of the notorious 19th-...

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EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE JOURNAL-LETTERS OF CAPTAIN S.F. DuPONT, WHILE IN COMMAND OF THE CYANE,...

EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE JOURNAL-LETTERS OF CAPTAIN S.F. DuPONT, WHILE IN COMMAND OF THE CYANE, DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO, 1846 - 1848. PRINTED FOR HIS FAMILY.

DuPont, Samuel F.:

Wilmington: Ferris Bros., Printers and Binders, 1885. [6],444pp. Original three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Front hinge expertly repaired, else a near fine copy. "These extracts from DuPont's journal and letters, privately printed for his family by his wife after his death, are a valuable and almost unknown account...

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OFFICIAL DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF REAR ADMIRAL DU PONT, U.S. NAVY. 1846-48. 1861-63. Samuel F....

OFFICIAL DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF REAR ADMIRAL DU PONT, U.S. NAVY. 1846-48. 1861-63.

[DuPont, Samuel F.]:

Wilmington, De. 1883. [2],531pp. Original purple cloth, spine gilt. Cloth speckled, else near fine. Both this work and DuPont's EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE JOURNAL-LETTERS... were issued in privately printed editions of only fifty copies for private distribution, and are exceedingly rare. Eberstadt states that the present volume is even rarer than...

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A CAMPAIGN IN NEW MEXICO WITH COLONEL DONIPHAN...WITH A MAP OF THE ROUTE, AND A TABLE OF THE...

A CAMPAIGN IN NEW MEXICO WITH COLONEL DONIPHAN...WITH A MAP OF THE ROUTE, AND A TABLE OF THE DISTANCES TRAVERSED.

Edwards, Frank S.:

Philadelphia. 1847. 184pp. plus folding map. Half title. Modern cloth, gilt leather label. Bookplate on front pastedown. A few scattered stains; older library ink stamp on titlepage and several text leaves. Still, a good, solid copy. The first edition of the work which Wagner considered one of the most interesting...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF A SOLDIER OF THREE WARS, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. James...

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF A SOLDIER OF THREE WARS, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Elderkin, James:

Detroit. 1899. [4],202pp. plus frontispiece portrait and three plates. Half morocco and pictorial boards. Boards lightly worn and faded, some scuffing, corners worn. Internally clean. About very good. Autobiography of a career soldier, spanning the 19th century. "The Florida, the Mexican War and the Great Rebellion, together with sketches of...

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NOTES TAKEN IN SIXTY YEARS. Richard Smith Elliott

NOTES TAKEN IN SIXTY YEARS.

Elliott, Richard Smith:

St. Louis. 1883. 336pp. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Front inner hinge cracked but holding. Extremities worn. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. A few leaves with minor chips at edge. About good. "Elliott was an Indian agent at Council Bluffs in the thirties and went on Doniphan's...

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NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN...

NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE ARKANSAS, DEL NORTE, AND GILA RIVERS.

Emory, William H.:

New York: Published by H. Long & Brother, 1848. [6],230pp. plus thirty-nine (of forty) plates, large folding map and three plans. Lacks (and probably never had) "Head of the Mountain Goat Female" plate. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Slightest fraying at extremities, scattered foxing. Large map (in rear pocket) with...

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NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN...

NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE ARKANSAS, DEL NORTE, AND GILA RIVERS.

Emory, William H.:

Washington. 1848. 416pp. plus 42 plates and large folding map (laid in). Modern green buckram, gilt leather label. Light foxing and soiling. About very good. One of several issues of the Senate version (with Emory's rank given as Lieut. Col.), of one of the most important government reports on overland...

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NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN...

NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE ARKANSAS, DEL NORTE, AND GILA RIVERS.

Emory, William H.:

Washington. 1848. 416pp. plus forty plates (fourteen of botanical specimens) and three plans. Large folding map. Original brown cloth, paper label on spine. Worn at spine ends, label rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Upper outer corner of front free endpaper torn. A few fox marks, but on the whole a very...

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MEXICO: ITS GEOGRAPHY - ITS PEOPLE - AND ITS INSTITUTIONS: WITH A MAP, CONTAINING THE RESULT OF...

MEXICO: ITS GEOGRAPHY - ITS PEOPLE - AND ITS INSTITUTIONS: WITH A MAP, CONTAINING THE RESULT OF THE LATEST EXPLORATIONS OF FREMONT, WILKES, AND OTHERS.

Farnham, Thomas J.:

New York. [1846]. 80pp. plus folding colored map and plate. Lacks the "Map of Central Mexico." Engraved titlepage vignette. Original printed wrappers, bound into modern half cloth and paper boards, paper spine label. Wrappers soiled. Contemporary ownership signature on front wrapper. Scattered foxing. Good plus. The expanded edition of Farnham's...

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SPEECH OF HON. H. S. FOOTE, OF MISSISSIPPI, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 16,...

SPEECH OF HON. H. S. FOOTE, OF MISSISSIPPI, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 16, 1848, ON THE RESOLUTION OF THANKS TO GENERAL TAYLOR.

Foote, H.S.:

[Washington]. 1848. 7pp. Dbd. First leaf removed, stab holes in gutter. Tanned at extremities. A good reading copy. In his speech Foote criticizes a New Hampshire senator for voting against the Resolution of Thanks to Gen. Taylor for Taylor's service to the nation in the Mexican- American War. Foote argues...

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TEXAS AND THE TEXANS; OR, ADVANCE OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS TO THE SOUTH-WEST; INCLUDING A HISTORY...

TEXAS AND THE TEXANS; OR, ADVANCE OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS TO THE SOUTH-WEST; INCLUDING A HISTORY OF LEADING EVENTS IN MEXICO, FROM THE CONQUEST BY FERNANDO CORTES TO THE TERMINATION OF THE TEXAN REVOLUTION.

Foote, Henry Stuart:

Philadelphia. 1841. Two volumes. viii,13-314; 403pp. plus 24pp. publisher's catalogue bound at end first volume. Original green cloth, covers stamped in blind, spines gilt. Contemporary bookplate of Thomas V. Brundige on front pastedowns. Contemporary drawing of eagle of front flyleaf of first volume. Original yellow front and rear endpapers lacking...

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NOTES OF TRAVEL IN CALIFORNIA; COMPRISING THE PROMINENT GEOGRAPHICAL, AGRICULTURAL, GEOLOGICAL,...

NOTES OF TRAVEL IN CALIFORNIA; COMPRISING THE PROMINENT GEOGRAPHICAL, AGRICULTURAL, GEOLOGICAL, MINERALOGICAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY; ALSO, THE ROUTE FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE ARKANSAS, DEL NORTE, AND GILA RIVERS.

Fremont, John C., and William H. Emory.

New York & Philadelphia. 1849. 29; 83; 186pp. plus two maps (one folding) and 6pp. of advertisements. Text printed in double-column format. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine richly gilt. Two bookplates on front pastedown. A touch of foxing on map and offsetting on titlepage. Near fine. This volume...

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