PRAIRIEDOM: RAMBLES AND SCRAMBLES IN TEXAS OR NEW ESTRÃMADURA. BY A SUTHRON. WITH A MAP
by [Page, Frederic B.]
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New York, 1846. [4],vi,[11]-166pp. including map. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. Ink stamps on front and rear endpapers. Light foxing on early leaves. Overall very good. Second edition, after the first of the year before. An account of Page's travels, undertaken in the spring of 1839, from the Sabine via Nacogdoches, Houston and Bastrop to San Antonio, returning to Houston by way of Texana and Goliad. "[This account] brings back to us now in a charming fashion the Texas of 1839" - Streeter. Dr. Page was a graduate of Harvard Medical School. The engraved map, which shows eastern Texas only, is different from the map in the first edition, which shows Mexico, with an inset of Texas. HOWES P9, "aa." STREETER TEXAS 1604 (note). RAINES, p.167. RADER 2568 (1st ed). CLARK III:221. SABIN 93969.
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- PRAIRIEDOM: RAMBLES AND SCRAMBLES IN TEXAS OR NEW ESTRÃMADURA. BY A SUTHRON. WITH A MAP
- Author
- [Page, Frederic B.]
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1846
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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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