NARRATIVE OF THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPEDITION
by Kendall, George Wilkins: [Quaife, Milo Milton, introduction]
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About This Item
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).
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- William Reese Company
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- WRCAM57850
- Title
- NARRATIVE OF THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPEDITION
- Author
- Kendall, George Wilkins: [Quaife, Milo Milton, introduction]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1929.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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