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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé expedition. Containing a description of a tour through Texas. With an account of the capture of the Texans and their march, as prisoners, to the City of Mexico.

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Kessinger Publishing, USA, 2008. Reprint. Hardcover. As New. Reprint. Book is in as new condition. Cover may have some minor wear from storage. Text appears to be clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 1436661188. ISBN/EAN: 9781436661188. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561041872. . 9781436661188

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1929. F/. 1st edition, 1st printing. Historical introduction by Milo Milton Quaife. Book has minor wear at edges. No dust jacket, as issued.

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Chicago: The Lakeside Classics, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo. Frontispiece & Map. A superb copy with only a very slight bump to the lower front cover corner, else fine. We guarantee our books.

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Chicago: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1929.. xxiv,585pp. plus folding map. Frontis. 12mo. Original dark red cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt- stamped publisher's logo, t.e.g. Slight fading to spine, minor shelf wear. Interior clean and unmarked with light toning to the endpapers. Near fine. The Lakeside Classics presentation of Kendall's 1844 first-hand account of the Texan attempt to invade New Mexico and extend the western border of the Republic of Texas to the Rio Grande. R.R. Donnelley, in an attempt to save money and present the most interesting portions of Kendall's narrative, includes the entirety of volume 1 and the first chapter of volume 2 from the 1844 issue. This is number twenty-seven in the Lakeside Classics Series. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 116. WAGNER-CAMP 110:10 (note).

Chicago: Lakeside Press, R.R Donnelley & Sons, 1929. 1st Ed Thus, 1st Ptg. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's uncle on front free end paper: " Frederic A. Delano, Washington, D.C., from Ted Donnelley, Christmas, 1929". Front pasted down paper has Delano's book plate. Tight and clean with some pages uncut. Dark red cloth boards with gilt edging, print and Lakeside graphic on front. Spine is slightly sunned and gilt is somewhat dulled. Corners have light wear and spine ends have slight bumping. No dust jacket. Now in mylar protective cover.

The Degolyer Library Of Southern Methodist University, Dallas.. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 2004. First Degolyer Library Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1929531079 . Originally published in two volumes by Harper and Brothers in 1844. A classic of Western Americana that recounts the adventures and suffering of a small group of Texans who set out across the plains in 1841 to seize neighboring New Mexico. The Degolyer edition is handsomely bound in two volumes and designed by Bradley Hutchinson, printed on acid free paper and indexed. This edition is limited to 500. Laid in the book is a facsimile map (16.75 x 11.75 inches) of the route of the first Santa Fe expedition. The map originally engraved by W. Kemble is reproduced from the original engraving in the 1844 edition of the book. Shown on the map are the routes of earlier explorers Pike and Gregg, as well as rivers, trails, and even the location of "herds of buffalo" north of Austin. Both volumes issued without dust… Read More

Texas: The Steck Company, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Pp. Vol I: xii, [1], 14-405. Vol II: xii, [1], 12-406. Frontis. Vol I: Black & white illustration captioned "A Scamper among the Buffalo." Vol II: black & white illustration captioned "Puente Nacional, or National Bridge." Includes a few black & white illustrations. Includes a fold-out map in Vol I. Bound in forest-green cloth with gilt lettering printed on spine. Both volumes have some wear to covers, especially spines; slight wear to head of Vol. I spine. Cool book tag of "New Mexico Book Store Albuquerque," in shape of the state, on rear pastedowns. Facsimile of the original 1844 edition. See HOWES, K-75.

Austin, TX: The Steck Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Facsimile. Hardcover. Text is clean. Ex-library copy with library marks on endpapers and title pages. Minimal library marks. Green gloth with gilt spine lettering. Cover shows normal wear, small tear to cloth along bottom edge of volume 2. Cloth freying along top of spine of both volumes. Call number inked into spine. Unfortunate beverage rings to volume 2. ; Ex-Library .

Harper and Brothers, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable. Harper and Brothers, 1844. Poor/No DJ. Rare 1st edition in full leather. 8x5x1. 2 volumes. Missing the illustrations and maps. Has musty odor. Vol 1 front hinge has come loose and is missing the frontispiece. Many pages loose but present. Foxed pages. Vol 2 spine and hinges are intact. Again, missing illustrations and maps. Foxed pages and a half-dollar size black stain on front cover. Edge worn and scuffed. Brown full leather with black spine labels with gold gilt text. 'comprising a description of a tour through Texas, and across the great Southwestern prairies, the Camanche and Caygua hunting-grounds, with an account of the sufferings from want of food, losses from hostile Indians, and final capture of the Texas, and their march, as prisoners, to the city of Mexico.' digital photos available upon request

Austin, TX: The Steck Company. Very Good with no dust jacket;. 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Series: Texas History and Adventures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 811 pages; 1935 facsimile of the1844 Edition, 2-volume set of Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, Compromising a Description of A Tour Through Texas, and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygua Hunting-Grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians, and Final Capture of the Texans, and Their March, as Prisoners to the City of Mexico by Geo. Wilkins Kendall. Published by The Steck Company in Austin, 1935. This is a facsimile of the original 1844 edition with fold-out map in Vol 1. Bindings are sound and pages are unmarked with the exception of previous owner's bookplates affixed inside the front covers. Green hardcover boards show only minor shelf wear with light scuffing to edges. .

2 volumes. xii-[13]-405 pages with frontispiece, folding map and one lithographic plate; xii-[11]-406 pages with frontispiece and two lithographic plates. Octavo ( 8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth and blind-stamped gilt titles to spine. and blind stamped pictorial design to covers. (Best of the West 84; Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 116; Graff 2304; Howes K75 "aa"; Wagner-Camp 110:1; Rittenhouse 347; Sabin 37360; Streeter, Texas 1515) First edition, second issue binding with 1845 imprinted on spine.George Wilkins Kendall, journalist and pioneer Texas sheepman. In 1841 at Austin Kendall joined the Texan Santa Fe expedition, launched by Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Near Tucumcari, New Mexico, the expedition, suffering hardships and confusion, surrendered to the Mexican army. Kendall marched as a prisoner to Mexico City, where he and others were imprisoned for a time in a leper colony. The Picayune published twenty-three of his letters (June 17, 1841-April 30, 1842) detailing… Read More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. Hardcover. Good+. First edition in first state binding, with 1844 date at base of spine. Vol. I: 405 pp, with 2 lithograph plates and folding map (Texas and Part of Mexico and the United States showing the Route of the First Santa Fe Expedition); Vol. 2: 406 pp, with three lithograph plates. Chipping to head of spine on Volume I, both volumes with light foxing, mild spine lean, a few signatures spring, early ownership markings of W.C. and C.C. Bulkley; good or better. The Texan Santa Fe Expedition was a commercial and military expedition to secure the Republic of Texas's claims to parts of Northern New Mexico for Texas in 1841. According to Jenkins (Basic Texas Books, 116), "not only is this the best account of the Santa Fe Expedition, it is one of the best campaign narratives ever written. Rupert Richardson said Kendell's experiences 'represent practically every element of adventure and peril that could have befallen men on the southwestern frontier.'...George… Read More