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(TEXAS & THE MEXICAN WAR.) Kendall, George Wilkins. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition.

(TEXAS & THE MEXICAN WAR.) Kendall, George Wilkins. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition. Folding map (with tear along gutter extending slightly into image), 5 plates. 2 volumes. 12mo, publisher's cloth, chipping on backstrip; foxing throughout, two related clippings tipped in to rear of Volume II; bookplates on front pastedowns. New York, 1844

  • Notes: first edition, first issue, with "1844" at foot of backstrip. "Kendall's book is the best first-hand story of the ill-fated invasion of New Mexico in 1841, an unsuccessful effort to extend the western border of the Republic of Texas to the Rio Grande"--Wagner-Camp 110:1. Graff 2304, Howes K75, Jenkins Basic Texas Books 116, Sabin 37360.
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