Parke Bernet: The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter, 1966yr,

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 25, 1966 - October 25, 1966
Page Size: 609 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (6 JUNE 1829.) Ornanzas [sic] Municipales para el Gobierno y Manejo Interior del Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de San Antonio de Bejar. 14.2 cm. Full red morocco. Fine. Ciudad de Leona Vicario

1829

USD - 500.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (7 JUNE 1829.) Ordenanzas Municipales para el Gobierno y Manejo Interior del Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Goliad. 14 cm. Bound in quarter morocco. Fine. Leona Vicario

1829

USD - 225.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS Indice de las Ordenes y Decretos espedidos por el Honorable Congreso de este Estado, desde el ano de 1824, hasta fin de el de 1828. Caption title. Dated and signed at end: Secretaria del supremo gobierno del Estado de Coahuila y Tejas 30 de Marzo de 1829. [Leona Vicario]

[1829]

USD - 130.00
GALVESTON BAY AND TEXAS LAND COMPANY Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company [At left:] No._____[At right:] 177 186/1000 Acres. [Engraved form of certificate of right to locate one labor of land in the company's grants, the boundaries of which are described. Text begins:] This Certifies, That the [New York]

[1830]

USD - 250.00
MEXICO (VICEROYALTY.) JUNTA SUPERIOR DE SANIDAD Instruccion Formada para Ministrar la Vacuna, como unico preservativo del contagio de las viruelas, y en defecto de su fluido inocular con el pus de esta ... Reimpresa por disposicion del honorable Congreso de Coahuila y Tejas, a costa de los fondos publi Leona Vicario

1830

USD - 120.00
TEXAS GAZETTE The Texas Gazette. Vol. I, No. 22. Edited, Printed and Published, every Saturday, by Godwin B. Cotten ... Austin, May 8, 1830. 29.5 x 22 cm.

[1830]

USD - 60.00
ARKANSAS AND TEXAS LAND COMPANY Documents relating to Grants of Lands, made to Don Estevan Julian Willson and Don Richard Exter, in Texas. 21 cm. Half blue morocco. Foxed. New York

1831

USD - 500.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (22 JUNE 1827.) Ley Reglamentaria para la Administracion de Justicia en el Estado de Coahuila y Tejas, con las notas correspondientes sobre la variacion que se ha hecho a algunos de sus articulos. 15 cm. Bound in tree calf with title in gilt along spine. Foxed and worn i Leona Vicario

1831

USD - 170.00
DOMINGUEZ GRANT Dominguez' Grant. No.----- 177 136/1000 English acres. [Printed form of certificate of right to locate one labor of land in the Grant, the boundaries of which are described. Text begin:] I, John Dominguez, of the City of Mexico, Do hereby certify, That un [New York?]

[1831]

USD - 100.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (2 MAY 1832.) [Decree No. 190 of the Congreso constitucional, passed 28 April 1832, and promulgated on 2 May by Governor Letona, repealing the colonization law of 24 March 1825, and providing for colonization contracts by Mexican empresarios. Dated and signed at end:] [Leona Vicario]

[1832]

USD - 150.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) SECRETARIO Noticia de las contratas de colonizacion que han cumplido el plazo que se les concedio comforme [sic] al articulo 80. de la ley de la materia espedida por el honorable congreso del Estado en 24 de marzo de 1825, y no han tenido efecto por falta de la intr [Leona Vicario]

[1832]

USD - 130.00
ROSS COMPANY. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Ross' Concession. [Certificate of ownership, with resolution dated 22 September 1832, authorizing William Arnold to proceed to Mexico to secure confirmation of grant or property in exchange for it. Blanks accomplished in manuscript, for No. 215 and dated [Nashville?]

[1832]

USD - 200.00
BLANCO, VICTOR El Sr. D. Victor Blanco representante por el Estado de Coahuila y Tejas ... [Text of letter, published by the Secretary of the State of Coahuila and Texas, followed by a short statement dated and signed at the end:] Monclova 26 de noviembre de 1833. Jose [Monclova]

[1833]

USD - 325.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (STATE.) LAWS. (16 APRIL 1833.) [Decree No. 218 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated 16 April 1833 by Governor Veramendi, granting exclusive privilege to Francisco Madero for a term of 18 years to introduce steamboats on the Trinity River.] Dado en la ciudad de Monclova a 16 de a [Monclova]

[1833]

USD - 40.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS. LAWS. (6 MAY 1833.) [Decree authorizing the Gefe Politico of Nacogdoches to be a resident of the Department of Bexar, fixing his salary, and making more precise the boundary between the Department of Bexar and Nacogdoches.] Broadside, 21 x 15 cm. Accomplished in ms. [Monclova]

[1833]

USD - 35.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) LAWS. (12 NOVEMBER 1833.) [Decree of the Congreso general, approved on 21 November 1833, by President Santa Anna, and promulgated the same day by Carlos Garcia; repealing article 11 of the colonization law of 6 April 1830, authorizing the government to spend the necessary funds fo [Mexico]

[1833]

USD - 70.00
NEW ARKANSAS AND TEXAS LAND COMPANY New Arkansas and Texas Land Company. Documents relating to a Grant of Land made to John Charles Beales and Jose Manuel Royuela, in Texas. 22 cm. Half red morocco. New York

1833

USD - 180.00
SENDEJAS, IGNACIO Metodo Curativo de la Colera Morbo, por el Ciudadano Ignacio Sendejas, boticario y medico encargado del hospital, seminario de esta Ciudad, y dado a luz a solicitud y espensas de algunos de sus amigos en obsequio de la humanidad doliente. [Dated and signe Monclova

[1833]

USD - 80.00
TEXAS (PROPOSED MEXICAN STATE.) CONSTITUTION Constitution or Form of Government of the State of Texas. Made in General Convention, in the Town of San Felipe de Austin, in the Month of April, 1833. 19 cm. Marble paper wrappers. Half red morocco slip case. New Orleans

1833

USD - 2,100.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) GOVERNOR, 23 SEPTEMBER 1833--23 JULY 1834 (FRANCISCO VIDAURRI Y VILLASENOR.) Memoria en que el Gobernador del Estado Libre de Coahuila y Texas: Da cuenta de los Ramos de Su Administracion al Congreso del mismo Estado, comforme [sic] al art. 85 de la Constitucion leida en la sesion publica de 2 Enero de 1834. 29.7 cm. Disbound; gna Monclova

1834

USD - 200.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (6 MARCH 1834.) [Decree No. 265 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated on 6 March 1834, by Governor Vidaurri y Villasenor, establishing two municipalities, one at Matagorda and the other at San Agustin. Dated and signed at end:] Dado en la Ciudad de Monclova a 6 Mar [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - 35.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (18 MARCH 1834.) [Decree No. 270 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated on 18 March 1834, by Governor Vidaurri y Villasenor, dividing the state into seven departments, including the three departments of Bejar, Brazos, and Nacogdoches in Texas, and providing for their [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - 60.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (STATE.) LAWS. (26 MARCH 1834.) [Decree No. 271 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated 26 March 1834, by Governor Vidaurri y Villasenor, granting exclusive privilege to James Grant, for a term of ten years, for manufacturing cotton and woolen goods in the three departments of Moncl [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - 35.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (STATE.) LAWS. (26 MARCH 1834.) [Decree No. 272 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated 26 March 1834, by Governor Vidaurri y Villasenor, providing for the sale of vacant lands at public auction and listing regulations governing the sale of such land.] Dado en la ciudad de Monclova [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - Not Sold
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (17 APRIL 1834.) ... Plan para el mejor arreglo de la administracion de justica en Texas [Title, from caption of act proper, preceded by introductory paragraphs and general caption: Gobierno Supremo del Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas. Dated and signed at end:] Dado en l [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - 650.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS (26 APRIL 1834.) [Decree No. 283 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated 26 April 1834, by Governor Vidaurri y Villasenor, establishing the municipality of San Patricio with its capital in the town of that name, the municipality of Mina with its capital in the new tow [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - 45.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (6 MAY 1834.) Reglamento para la milicia civica del Estado de Coahuila y Texas. 14.5 cm. Bound in quarter morocco. Endpapers loose; text badly spotted. Monclova

1834

USD - 80.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (24 JUNE 1834.) [Decree, not in Kimball, of the standing deputation of Congress, convened with the council and other members of Congress present in the capital, promulgated on 24 June 1834, by Governor Vidaurri y Villasenor, declaring that the state does not recognize as [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - 35.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (30 AUGUST 1834.) [Decree, not in Kimball, of the standing deputation of Congress, convened with the council and other members of Congress present in the capital, promulgated 30 August 1834, saying that the present governor, Vidaurri y Villasenor, is removed from office be [Monclova]

[1834]

USD - 35.00
VISIT TO TEXAS A Visit to Texas: being the Journal of a Traveller through those parts most Interesting to American Settlers ... 19 cm. Cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Backstrip worn. New York

1834

USD - 200.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) GOVERNOR (AD INTERIM,) 27 MARCH-15 APRIL 1835 (MARCIAL BORREGO.) El Gobernador del Estado de Coahuila y Texas, a sus habitantes. [Proclamation, dated and signed at end:] Monclova 8 de abril de 1835. Marcial Borrego. Broadside, 30.6 x 21.3 cm. [Monclova]

[1835]

USD - 50.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) GOVERNOR, 15 APRIL-5 JUNE 1835 (AUGUSTIN VIESCA.) El Gobernador Constitucional de Coahuila y Texas, a sus habitantes [Inaugural address, dated and signed at end:] Monclova, 15 de abril de 1835. Agustin Viesca. J. Mariano Irala, secretario. Broadside, 30.7 x 21 cm. [Monclova]

[1835]

USD - 40.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (STATE.) LAWS. 22 APRIL 1835.) [Decree No. 300 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated 22 April 1835, by Governor Viesca, providing for the establishment of tax agencies in the departments of Rio Grande, Brazos, and Nacogdoches, independent of those of Monclova and Bexar, to which [Monclova]

[1835]

USD - 35.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (STATE.) LAWS. (25 APRIL 1835.) [Decree No. 302, of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated 25 April 1835, by Governor Viesca, accepting the proposition of Benjamin R. Milam to clear out the Colorado River and render it navigable as far as the town of Mina, in the term of three years, [Monclova]

[1835]

USD - 25.00
COAHUILA AND TEXAS (MEXICAN STATE.) LAWS. (30 APRIL 1835.) [Decree No. 308 of the Congreso constitucional, promulgated on 30 April 1835, by Governor Viesca, authorizing Samuel M. Williams to establish a bank in the department of Brazos to be called the "Commercial and Agricultural Bank." Dated and signed at end:] [Monclova]

[1835]

USD - 35.00
COAHUILTEXANUS, pseudonym. (15 APRIL 1835.) The Constitutional Governor of the State of Coahuila and Texas to its Inhabitants. [A translation of Governor Viesca's inaugural address of 15 April 1835, to which an appeal to the Texans is added on the verso to support Viesca and prevent the authorities [Monclova]

[1835]

USD - 60.00
COLUMBIA. CITIZENS Columbia Meeting. [Text begins:] At a very large and respectable meeting of the citizens of the jurisdiction of Columbia, on the 28th day of June, 1835 ... for the purpose of considering the present situation of the country, and ... the course of conduct [Brazoria]

[1835]

USD - 550.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) LAWS. (23 MAY 1835.) [Decree of the Congreso general, approved by Miguel Barragan, President ad interim, on 23 May 1835, and promulgated the same day by Jose Maria Gutierrez de Estrada, continuing Santa Anna's decree of 2 December 1834, regarding the restoration of order in C [Mexico]

[1835]

USD - 25.00
MONCLOVA. COMANDANTE MILITAR. (JOSE MARIA BERMUDEZ.) Jose Maria Bermudez Teniente Coronel efectivo de Infanteria permanente, y Comandante militar de esta Capital de Coahuila y Texas. [Proclamation issued by Bermudez on leaving Monclova for Monterey to command the troops of the Department of Nuevo Leon. Sign [Monclova]

[1835]

USD - 130.00
TEXAS REPUBLICAN The Texas Republican. Volume I, Number 21. Brazoria, Saturday, January 17, 1835. The Republican is Printed and Published by F. C. Gray. 44 cm. Torn at head without loss of text; one advert. has been cut out. Brazoria, 1835.

USD - 45.00
AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER Letter from S. F. Austin to G. Borden, Jr. [Text begins:] Mr. G. Borden Jr.: Dear Sir,---I have just received your letter of the 15th instant, informing me that great efforts are making to circulate reports and slanders, for the purpose of injuring me, at Columbia, Texas

[1836]

USD - 850.00
CHRISTY, WILLIAM H. defendant. Proceedings in the Case of the United States versus William Christy on a Charge of Having set on Foot a Military Expedition, in New-Orleans, against the Territory of Mexico, in November, 1835; containing the Evidence taken on the Examination before Judge New Orleans

1836

USD - 375.00
DAVY CROCKETT'S ALMANACK ... Davy Crockett's 18 Almanack, 37 of Wild Sports in the West, Life in the Backwoods, & Sketches of Texas. [Portrait of hunter with motto:] O Kentucky! the Hunters of Kentucky!!! At the head of title: Vol. I. "Go Ahead! No. 3. Nashville

[1836]

USD - 120.00
EDWARD, DAVID B. The History of Texas; or, The Emigrant's, Farmer's, and Politician's Guide ... from Personal Observation and Experience ... 18.5 cm. Cloth with title on printed paper label on spine. Covers lightly spotted. Internally foxed. Cincinnati

1836

USD - 100.00
FILISOLA, VICENTE Representacion dirigida al Supremo Gobierno por el General Vicente Filisola, en Defensa de Su Honor y Aclaracion de Sus Operaciones como General en Gefe del Ejercito sobre Tejas. 22.8 cm. Printed paper wrappers. Quarto leather folder. Backstrip chipped; f Mexico

1836

USD - 325.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) LAWS. (3 FEBRUARY 1836.) [Decree of the Congreso general, approved by Miguel Barragan, President ad interim, on 3 February 1836, and promulgated the same day by Jose Maria Tornel, providing for the arming of merchant vessels during the rebellion in Texas. Dated and signed at end: [Mexico]

[1836]

USD - 35.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) LAWS. (14 APRIL 1836.) [Decree of the Congreso general, approved by Jose Justo Corro, President ad interim, on 14 April 1836, and promulgated the same day by Jose Maria Tornel, substituting perpetual banishment for the death penalty in the case of certain Texan prisoners of war [Mexico]

[1836]

USD - 80.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) LAWS. (15 OCTOBER 1836.) [Decree of Jose Justo Corro, Presidente ad interim, dated 16 July 1836, is extended to cover all the ports at the north occupied by the expeditionary force against Texas. Dated and signed at the end:] Mexico Octubre 15 de 1836. Alas. With heading: Secreta [Mexico]

[1836]

USD - 80.00
MEYRICK, EDWIN The Texian Grand March, for the Piano Forte, [lithograph] Respectfully dedicated to Genl Houston and his brave Companions in Arms by Edwin Meyrick. Disbound. Foxed. New York

1836

USD - 110.00
TEXAS (PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.) GOVERNOR, 1835--1836 (HENRY SMITH Usurpation and Corruption. [Text begins:] Fellow-Citizens,---Placed on the political watch-tower by your suffrage, I consider it my duty to guard and protect your interests. ... [Signed and dated at end:] Henry Smith, Governor. San Felipe de Austin, Janua

[1836]

USD - 425.00
TEXAS (PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.) LAWS An Ordinance and Decree authorizing and commissioning Thomas Jefferson Chambers to raise an army to be called The Army of Reserve for ... Texas ... 32 x 20 cm. Small tears along folds. n.p.

1836

USD - 90.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) ARMY OF RESERVE Commandancy General; Army of Reserve for the protection of the Liberties of Texas. [Circular letter to accompany subscription lists for loans to the government of Texas. Text begins:] Sir, Being informed that you feel a lively interest for the welfare of n.p.

1836

USD - 100.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) CONSTITUTION Constitution of the Republic of Texas. To which is prefixed the Declaration of Independence, Made in Convention, March 2, 1836. 24 cm. Quarter morocco. Washington, D. C.

1836

USD - 1,300.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Unanimous Declaration of Independence, by the Delegates of the People of Texas, in General Convention, at the Town of Washington, on the Second Day of March, 1836. [Text begins:] When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of

[1836]

USD - 7,000.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) PRESIDENT, MARCH-OCTOBER 1836. (DAVID G. BURNET To the People of Texas ... Proclamation. [Text of proclamation begins:] Citizens of Texas---The Enemy are again preparing to invade our soil ... Urea [sic], the cold blooded, heartless murderer of the gallant Fannin and his noble band leads the returning [Brazoria]

[1836]

USD - 350.00
[WHARTON, WILLIAM H. Texas. A Brief Account of the Origin, Progress and Present State of the Colonial Settlements of Texas ... War with Mexico. Extracted from ... "A Geographical, Statistical and Historical account of Texas," now nearly ready for the press ... [Signed at end: Nashville

1836

USD - 800.00
[BARREIRO, MIGUEL] Resumen instructivo, que publica el Comisario de Division del Exercito de Operaciones sobre Tejas. En el se da razon del estado que guarda la Comisaria de su cargo, asi como de otros negocios relativos, que han ocurrido desde su nombramiento hasta su sepa Matamoros

1837

USD - 275.00
CHIVERS, THOMAS HOLLEY Nacoochee; or, The Beautiful Star, with Other Poems by T. H. Chivers, M. D. [Five lines, quotations from Isaiah and Epipsychidion.] 19 cm. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine: Nacoochee or The Beautiful Star. With other Poems. Covers much bubbled, soile New York

1837

USD - 80.00
[GOROSTIZA, MANUEL EDUARDO DE] Correspondencia que ha mediado entre la Legacion Extraordinaria de Mexico y el Departmento de Estado de los Estados-Unidos, sobre el Paso del Sabina por las Tropas que Mandaba el General, Gaines. 19 cm. Printed paper wrappers. Backstrip perishing. Mexico

1837

USD - 25.00
IUCHO, WILHELM When'eer I catch thy Cherished Smile. Composed & Dedicated to Miss Emily Austin of Texas by Wilhelm Iucho. Caption title. Sheet music, 34 x 35 cm. Disbound. [New York]

1837

USD - 50.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) EJERCITO DEL NORTE. COMANDANTE EN GEFE (VICENTE FILISOLA.) Vicente Filisola, General de Division de los Egercitos de la Republica Mejicana y Comandante en Gefe del de el Norte. [Proclamation forbidding contraband trade across the Rio Grande with the Texan Rebels. Dated and signed at end:] Dado en el Cuartel gener

[1837]

USD - 50.00
KERR, HUGH A Poetical Description of Texas, and Narrative of Many Interesting Events in That Country, Embracing a Period of Several Years, Interspersed with Moral and Political Impressions: also, an Appeal to Those Who Oppose the Union of Texas with the United State New York

1838

USD - 180.00
TEXAS (PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.) LAWS Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, which Assembled at Washington, March 1, 1836. By order of the Secretay [sic] of State. Disbound with portion of backstrip preserved. Foxed. Houston

1838

USD - 80.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) CONGRESS (FIRST, SECOND SESSION.) SENATE Journals of the Senate of the Republic of Texas, First Congress,---Second Session. 20.3 cm. Disbound. In cloth slipcase. Houston

1838

USD - 60.00
URREA, JOSE Diario de las Operaciones Militares de la Division que al Mando del General Jose Urrea Hizo la Campana de Tejas. Publicalo Su Autor con algunas observaciones para vindicarse ante sus conciudadanos. 20.5 cm. Half blue morocco. Victoria de Durango

1838

USD - 800.00
BUSTAMANTE, ANASTASIO Manifiesto que el ciudadano Anastasio Bustamante dirige a sus Compatriotas como general en gefe del Ejercito de Operaciones sobre Tamaulipas y demas Departamentos de Oriente. 24 cm. Half calf with title stamped in gilt on spine: Manifies General. Mexico

1839

USD - 60.00
ELLIS, SAMUEL The Emigrant's Guide to Texas, containing: a Condensation of the Laws Under Which the Titles to Land in Texas are Held; a description of the most important Bays, Rivers & Towns, with a Table of Distances; the Tariff and Revenue Laws; Proceedings in Probat New Orleans

1839

USD - 1,300.00
HUNT, RICHARD SALMON AND JESSIE F. RANDEL 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; its climate, soil, productions; rivers, counties, towns, and internal improvements; the colonization and land law New York

1839

USD - 350.00
HUNT AND RANDEL Map of Texas. Compiled from Surveys on record in the General Land Office of the Republic, to the year 1839, by Richard S. Hunt and Jesse F. Randel. 61 x 80 cm. Colored. Mounted on linen. Inset: Map of the Rio Grande and the Country west to the Pacific. Fo New York

1839

USD - 225.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) EJERCITO DEL NORTE. GENERAL EN GEFE (VALENTIN CANALIZO.) (19 AUGUST 1839.) Noticia Extraordinaria. [Report from Canalizo to the Ministry of War on operations of the Federalist forces under Canales, together with a report from Colonel Francisco Gonzalez Pavon dated 18 August 1839, both published by the Secretary of Nuevo Leon fro Monterey

1839

USD - 25.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) TREASURY DEPARTMENT Special Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. November, 1839. Printed by Order of Congress. 20 cm. Half red morocco. [Austin]

[1839]

USD - 45.00
FOURNEL, HENRI JEROME MARIE Coup d'Oeil Historique et Statistique sur le Texas par Henri Fournel. [Seven lines, quotations from Barbe-Marbois's Histoire de la Louisiane and from letter of Jefferson written in 1820.] 25 cm. Printed paper wrappers. Backstrip perished, front wrapper de Paris

1841

USD - 90.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) EJERCITO DEL NORTE. GENERAL EN GEFE (MARIANO ARISTA.) El C. Mariano Arista, general de brigada del Egercito Megicano y en gefe del cuerpo de Egercito del Norte. [Text begins:] A las tropas de mi mando y a los habitantes de la frontera de los Departamentos de Oriente ... [Proclamation defining and imposing pe n. p.

1841

USD - 30.00
[GANILH, ANTHONY] Ambrosio de Letinez, or The First Texian Novel, embracing a Description of the Countries Bordering on the Rio Bravo, with Incidents of the War of Independence. By A. T. Myrthe [pseudonym]. 2 vols. 19 cm. Plain boards, with printed paper label on cloth bac New York

1842

USD - 55.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) CONGRESS (SIXTH, REGULAR SESSION.) SENATE Journals of the Senate of the Republic of Texas: Sixth Congress---1841--1842. Published by Authority. 20 cm. This and the three following items are bound in one vol., contemporary calf, much worn and chipped. Name of "J.S. Hogg, Austin, Aug. 19, 1884" in Austin

1842

USD - 70.00
TOMA DE LA CIUDAD DE BEJAR Toma de la Ciudad de Bejar por el Valiente General D. Rafael Vasquez. [Vasquez' report to General Arista on the capture of Bexar.] Broadsheet in double columns, 31.2 x 21.5 cm. Torn across foot with loss of 17 words. Monterey

1842

USD - 55.00
DOWNS, SOLOMON W. Speech of S. W. Downs, Before a Public Meeting of the People of the Parish of Union, on the Annexation of Texas ... 19th June, 1844. 22 cm. New Orleans

[1844]

USD - 35.00
GREGG, JOSIAH Commerce of the Prairies: or The Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during eight expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a residence of nearly nine years in Northern Mexico. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings. By Josiah Gregg. In two volumes. 19 c New York

1844

USD - 190.00
KENDALL, GEORGE WILKINS Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, 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 Ind New York

1844

USD - 120.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) EJERCITO. ESTADO MAYOR Reglamento del Estado Mayor del Ejercito que debe operar sobre Tejas; formado por el Sr. General D. Lino J. Alcorta, y aprobado por el Supremo Gobierno de la Republica. 21 cm. Printed pink paper wrappers. Fine. Mexico

1844

USD - 35.00
MORGAN, THOMAS J. A Glance at Texas. Being a brief sketch of the History, Government, Population, Climate, Soil, Productions and extent of the Territory; to which are added, a Review of the Arguments against the Annexation of Texas to the United States, and a Statement of [Albany]

[1844]

USD - 190.00
TEXAS (REPUBLIC.) CONGRESS (EIGHTH.) SENATE Journals of the Senate. Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Published by Authority. 20 cm. Clumsily disbound. Houston

1844

USD - 25.00
BROWN, AARON VENABLE Texas and Oregon. Letter and Speeches of the Hon. A. V. Brown, of Tennessee, in reply to the Hon. John Quincy Adams, on the Annexation of Texas, and on the Bill for the Organization of a Territorial Government over Oregon. 23 cm. Disbound. Foxed. Washington

1845

USD - 150.00
CROCKETT'S ALMANAC ... Crockett's 18 Almanac. 46. Scenes in River Life, Feats on the Lakes, Manners in the Back Woods, Adventures in Texas, Uc, &c. [Woodcut:] Crockett's wonderful escape up the Niagara Falls, on his Pet Alligator. 19 cm. Illus. Stitched. Boston

[1845]

USD - 110.00
GUANAJUATO (MEXICAN STATE.) GOVERNOR (JUAN BAUTISTA MORALES.) Esposicion que hace el E. Sr. Gobernador del Departamento de Guanajuato, con el objeto de escitar el patriotismo y generosidad de los habitantes del mismo Departamento, a que contribuyan para los gastos que deben erogarse en la guerra contra Tejas y los E Guanajuato

1845

USD - 30.00
HUNT, RICHARD S. AND JESSE F. RANDEL A New Guide to Texas: consisting of a Brief Outline of the History of its Settlements and the Colonization and Land Laws; A General View on the Surface of the Country; Its Climate, Soil, Productions &c ... Counties, Cities, and Towns. 15 cm. Cloth, with t New York

1845

USD - 175.00
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) CONGRESO. SENADO. COMISIONES UNIDAS DE PUNTOS CONSTITUTIONALES, GOBERNACION Y GUERRA Dictamen de las Comisiones Unidas ... del Senado, sobre el acuerdo de la Camara de Diputados, Relativo a la autorizacion pedida por el gobierno para oir las propuestas que se le hacen por los tejanos, y acordar los tratados o convenios que tenga por conve Mexico

1845

USD - Not Sold
MEXICO (REPUBLIC.) LAWS. (4 JUNE 1845.) [Decree of the Congreso general, approved by Jose Joaquin de Herrera, Presidente ad interim, on 4 June 1845, and promulgated the same day by Luis G. Cuevas, providing, first, that the Mexican nation call all her sons to the defense of the national indepen [Mexico]

[1845]

USD - 60.00
SOMMER, KARL VON Bericht uber meine Reise nach Texas im Jahre 1846. Die Verhaltnisse und den Zustand dieses Landes betreffend. Nebst einer lithographirten Skizze von Galveston von G. von Sommer, Hauptmann a.D. 18 cm. Cloth. Covers lightly faded but a fine, tight copy. Bremen

1847

USD - 230.00
SUMMERFIELD, CHARLES [pseudonym.] The Desperadoes of the South-West: containing an account of the Cane-Hill Murders, the Lives of the Most Notorious Regulators and Moderators of That Region. [illustration] By Charles Summerfield. 23 cm. Marbled boards. Covers loose. A number of pages star New York

1847

USD - 200.00
NORTON, CHARLES Der Treue Fuhrer des Auswanderers nach den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America, Texas und der Mosquitokuste. ... und einem ausfuhrlichen Dolmetsch ... 20 cm., uncut. and unopened. Printed paper wrappers. Half morocco case. Regensburg

1848

USD - 120.00
HORN, MRS. SARAH ANN. [HOUSE, E.] An Authentic and Thrilling Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Horn, and her two children, with Mrs. Harris, by the Camanche Indians, and the murder of their husbands and traveling companions. 21.5 cm. Pictorial printed paper wrappers, bound in, in half mo Cincinnati

1851

USD - 210.00
[TRIPLETT, ROBERT] Roland Trevor: or, The Pilot of Human Life. Being an Autobiography of the Author. Showing How to Make and Lose a Fortune, and Then to Make Another. 19 cm. Cloth, covers spotted and text extremely foxed. Philadelphia

1853

USD - 25.00
BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE DE COLONISATION EUROPEO-AMERICAINE AU TEXAS Issues laid loose in folio cloth slipcase. Fine condition. Bruxelles

[1855--1857]

USD - 190.00
GREEN, THOMAS J. Reply of Gen. Thomas J. Green, to the Speech of General Sam Houston, in the Senate of the United States, August 1, 1854. 23 cm. Printed paper wrappers, chipped, in plain cardboard cover. n.p.

[1855]

USD - 60.00
TEXAS WESTERN RAILROAD CO. Charter ... and extracts from Reports of Col. A. B. Gray and Secretary of War on the Survey of Route, from Eastern Borders of Texas to California ... 21.5 cm. Stitched, lacks wrappers. Stained. Cincinnati

1855

USD - 180.00
PARKER, W. B. Notes Taken during the expedition Commanded by Capt. R. B. Marcy, U. S. A. Through Unexplored Texas, in the Summer and Fall of 1854. By W. B. Parker, Attached to the Expedition. 18.5 cm. Cloth, covers much spotted and backstrip worn, hinges cracking. Philadelphia

1856

USD - 55.00
KENDALL, GEORGE WILKINS Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition ... [as in 1844 edition but with addition:] Seventh Edition ... 19 cm. Full calf. New York

1856

USD - 525.00
SOUTHERN PACIFIC R. R. CO. First Annual Report to the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company chartered by the State of Texas. 22.5 cm. Boards with title printed on front cover. New York

1856

USD - 60.00
HALE, W. G. A Reply to Some Misrepresentations in the Speech of Gen. Houston delivered February 3d, 1859. Caption title. Disbound. Foxed. [Galveston]

[1859]

USD - 40.00
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