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Hunt & Randel, Guide to the Republic of Texas

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:1,050.00 USD Estimated At:1,750.00 - 2,500.00 USD
Hunt & Randel, Guide to the Republic of Texas
<B>Hunt, Richard S., and Jesse F. Randel, </B></I><B><I>Guide to the Republic of Texas: Consisting of a Brief Outline of the History of its Settlement, A General View of the Surface of the Country; It's Climate, Soils, Productions ...</B></I></B></I>, (New York: J. H. Colton, 1839), 63,[1]pp. plus advertisement leaf, 16mo; 6" x 4". Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Lacks the map, as is often the case. Housed in a handsome custom quarter green morocco over green cloth clamshell case, the spine in compartments with five raised bands and lettered in gilt.<BR><BR>According to Streeter, this is "the first general guide to Texas...It must have been a useful book for intending settlers, and its contemporary account of existing conditions makes it a valuable book now." A basic work of the Republic period, here in the first edition, although without the map. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Reference:</B></I> Streeter <I>Texas</B></I> 1348. Graff 2017. Streeter Sale 368. Clark I:183. Howes H809. Raines, p.122.<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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