NARRATIVE OF THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPEDITION. by Kendall, George Wilkins - 2004

New.

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.

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.

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.