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Narrative of an Expedition Across the Great South-Western Prairies, from Texas to Santa Fé (In Two Volumes)
by KENDALL, George W. [Wilkins]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: David Bogue, 1845. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo. Pp. xii, 13-432; viii, 13-436. Illustrated with a fold-out map tipped in to vol. 1. Recased in dark red simulated leather cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spines, blind-stamped borders, by Anthony's Bindery, Seattle. New endpapers. Map with split folds and repairs; both volumes moderately shaken with a few loose leaves, spine lean. Based in part on Kendall's letters written from a Mexico City prison after the 1841 Texan Santa Fé Expedition suffered defeat, and published in the New Orleans Picayune which he had co-founded in 1837.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7545
- Title
- Narrative of an Expedition Across the Great South-Western Prairies, from Texas to Santa Fé (In Two Volumes)
- Author
- KENDALL, George W. [Wilkins]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- David Bogue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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