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[TEXAS]. [ANONYMOUS]. A Visit to Texas: Being the Journal of a Traveller through those parts most Interesting to American Settlers. With Descriptions of Scenery, Habits, etc. New York: Goodrich & Wiley, 1834.
12mo, original diamond-textured plum cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title, quarter dark red morocco slipcase. (Small chip repaired at top of spine, slight wear at extremities; 5-inch tear to map (repaired from verso). Engraved folding "Map of the State of Coahila and Texas" by W. Hooker (handcolored), and 4 engraved plates of Texas scenes, three by J.T. Hammond ("Shooting a deer on the prairie," "Lazooing a horse on the prairie," "Mr. McNeil's estate, near Brazoria" and "Road through a Cane Break."
FIRST EDITION of an early illustrated account of Texas, with a significant map (see Streeter, Bibliography, 1136 for details on the several states). Graff 1336; Howes T145; Phillips, Sporting Books p.388; Raines, p.210 ("a readable sketch of Texas"); Sabin 95133; Streeter, Bibliography of Texas 1155 ("The account gives a fresh and interesting picture of life in Texas at that time...The plates which are present only in the first edition are well designed and perhaps are the earliest of sporting scenes in the West"); Streeter sale I,330.
12mo, original diamond-textured plum cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title, quarter dark red morocco slipcase. (Small chip repaired at top of spine, slight wear at extremities; 5-inch tear to map (repaired from verso). Engraved folding "Map of the State of Coahila and Texas" by W. Hooker (handcolored), and 4 engraved plates of Texas scenes, three by J.T. Hammond ("Shooting a deer on the prairie," "Lazooing a horse on the prairie," "Mr. McNeil's estate, near Brazoria" and "Road through a Cane Break."
FIRST EDITION of an early illustrated account of Texas, with a significant map (see Streeter, Bibliography, 1136 for details on the several states). Graff 1336; Howes T145; Phillips, Sporting Books p.388; Raines, p.210 ("a readable sketch of Texas"); Sabin 95133; Streeter, Bibliography of Texas 1155 ("The account gives a fresh and interesting picture of life in Texas at that time...The plates which are present only in the first edition are well designed and perhaps are the earliest of sporting scenes in the West"); Streeter sale I,330.