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Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas...
by Kendall, Geo. Wilkins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New-York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 12mo. xii, (13)-405; xii, (11)-406pp. Black T-grain cloth, spine title and vignette in gilt; upper and lower boards blocked in blind. Illustrated with four full-page plates as well as a folding map showing the route of the first Sante Fe Expedition through Texas and parts of Mexico and the United States. Texblock and illustrations lightly foxed and paper toned from age. Volume I has a bookplate of a Vermont library (no other library markings) with a discard notice dated 1940. The map has a closed stress tear across one of the panels else is in very nice condition. Volume 1 is second state with '1845' at base of spine; Volune 2 is first state.
Wagner-Camp 110; Howes, K-75.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21895
- Title
- Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas...
- Author
- Kendall, Geo. Wilkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New-York
- Date Published
- 1844
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
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Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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