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<B>John T. Hughes: </B></I><B><I>Doniphan's Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney's Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan's Campaign against the Navajos; His Unparalleled March upon Chihuahua and Durango;</B></I></B></I> <B><I>and the Operations of General Price at Santa Fe: </B></I></B></I><I>With a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan... </B></I>(Cincinnati: J.A. & U.P. James, 1850). Second edition, third issue, the "book issue", revised and enlarged (the first edition came out in pamphlet form in 1847; the second edition adds the portrait of Price and the list of Illustrations as specified in Howes). Octavo (7.5" x 4.5"). 407 pages. Frontispiece portraits of Doniphan and General Price. Illustrations, three single-page plans: <I>Plan of Santa Fe and Its Environs, Plan of the Battle of Brazito, and Plan of the Battle of Sacramento</B></I>; engraved map: <I>A New Map of Mexico, California and Oregon</B></I> (12" x 9.25"). Original blindstamped brown cloth. Binding a bit faded on spine and slightly worn, occasional mild to moderate foxing to the text, map age-toned. Altogether, a very good, desirable copy. Cowan, page 115. Edwards, <I>The Enduring Desert</B></I>, page 122. Hamilton, <I>Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, </B></I>999a (Maclean) and page 214 (tisdale). Hill, page 452. Howes H769: "Doniphan's and Kearney's conquests gave the U.S. its claim to New Mexico and Arizona." <I>Plains & Rockies</B></I> IV: 134:5: "Recounts the adventures of the First Regiment of Missouri Cavalry in New Mexico and Chihuahua.... Hughes' brightly-written account of the regiment proved popular; by 1851 the Jameses reported more than 14,000 copies, and it remained in print for many years thereafter. Despite the quantity, and the many printings, it is now rare and avidly sought." Rittenhouse 311: "A classic work." Wheat, <I>Transmississippi West</B></I> 546.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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