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George Wilkins Kendall Texan Santa Fe Expedition

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Cultures & Ethnicities Start Price:575.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
George Wilkins Kendall Texan Santa Fe Expedition
<B>George Wilkins Kendall: </B></I><B><I>Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition</B></I></B></I>, <I>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 Texans, and Their March, as Prisoners, to the City of Mexico. With Illustrations and a Map.</B></I> By Geo. Wilkins Kendall. In Two Volumes. (New-York: Harper and Brothers, 1844). First edition. Two octavo volumes, signed in sixes (7.75" x 5"). Illustrated with engraved plates and a folding map: <I>Texas and Part of Mexico & The United States, showing the Route of The First Santa Fe Expedition</B></I> (16" x 11"). "The best account of the Santa Fe Expedition [and] one of the best campaign narratives ever written," with folding map of Texas and five tissue-guarded plates (<I>Basic Texas Books</B></I>, 116). "Kendall's experiences represent practically every element of adventure and peril that could have befallen men on the southwestern frontier. Through his skillful organization and superb narrative and descriptive ability, he produced one of the classics of western Americana. Kendall founded the New Orleans Picayune in 1837 and became one of the leading trupeters for Texas. In 1841, learning of Texas plans to Conquer Santa Fe, he set out for Texas and joined the expedition. Travelling through a new and hostile environment, and improperly equipped, the expedition nearly starved, surviving on hippophagy. The members straggled almost to Santa Fe and were gulled into surrendering without a fight. The captives were taken to Mexico and imprisoned for nearly two years, some longer." (<I>Basic Texas Books</B></I>). <BR><BR>Publisher's brown ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Both volumes expertly rebacked, preserving the original spine. Spine of volume II slightly dulled and rubbed, previous owner's signatures to endpapers and title pages. Sheets and plates moderately foxed and browned and with occasional faint dampstains in volume II. Two leaves in volume II with clean tears from the fore-edge to the gutter margin. All in all, still a very good handsome set of a scarce book. Housed in a board slipcase. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I> <BR><BR><B>Reference: </B></I>Sabin 37360. Wagner-Camp 110:1. Graff 2304. Streeter <I>Texas</B></I> 1515. Field 818. Howes K75. Basic Texas Books 116.<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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