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ROBINSON, W.D. Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution

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ROBINSON, W.D. Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution
<B>William Davis Robinson: </B></I><B><I>Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution:</B></I></B></I> <I>Including a Narrative of the Expedition of General Xavier Mina. With Some Observations on the Practicability of Opening a Commerce between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, through the Mexican Isthmus in the Province of Oaxaca, and at the Lake of Nicaragua; and on the Future Importance of Such Commerce to the Civilized World, and More Especially to the United States....</B></I> (London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Lepard, Finsbury Square. Printed by Macdonald and Son, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London. 1821.) First London edition in two volumes. Another edition [of entry No. 1080] printed in London; By William Davis Robinson. Vol. I: 328 pp. with frontispiece (portrait). Vol. II: 389 pp. with one page of advertisements and frontispiece (folding map). Octavo. Both volumes are bound in full calf with black leather label on the spine stamped in gilt: <I>Robinson's Mexican Revolution Vol. I/Vol.II</B></I>. <BR><BR>Portrait: <I>General Xavier Mina, from the Original Picture Painted a few Weeks before he left England, in the Possession of Thos Broadwood, Esqe Jas Harrison, Pinxt Thos Wright, Sculpt London, Pubd by Lackington, Hughes & Co Feby 20, 1821.</B></I> Map: <I>Map of Part of New Spain; Shewing the Track of General Mina: with the proposed Places for Uniting the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans. Compiled from the best Authorities. 1821. B.R. Baker Lithogr Printed by C. Hullman del.</B></I> 13.75" x 13.75". No graphic scale, but about 150 miles to the inch. <BR><BR>Being an account of General Xavier Mina's expedition from Galveston Island to Soto la Marina, a few miles inland from the Mexican coast, as well as his later march into Mexico where he met his doom. Author Robinson obtained data on Mina and his expedition in part from the journal of an Englishman who accompanied Mina from England to Mexico and is believed to have escaped. This is the second and more desirable edition of a rare Texas and Latin American book. As reported in Howes R380, it is the: "Chief contemporary authority on the audacious filibustering expedition against Mexico under Mina, launched with a handful of men, through Texas in 1817. Notable also for its advocacy of a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific via Nicaragua." Raines (p. 176) calls it "One of the standard histories of the Mexican Revolution." <BR><BR>Robinson's <I>Memoirs</B></I> is also one of the few contemporary sources for the Mexican experiences of Samuel Bangs, the first Texas printer, who accompanied Mina and created the first Texas imprints during this expedition. The 1821 London edition seems to be the most desirable, due to its fine engraving of General Mina, its map, and its extensive index. Some later repairs to Vol I spine, but overall in fine condition. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Reference: </B></I>Streeter 1080A. Sabin 72203. Howes R380. Palau 271093. Raines, p. 176. Sabin also lists a Dutch edition and a German edition (Sabin 72205, 72206).<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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