(MEXICAN WAR) Kendall George Wilkins Narrative of the Texan

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"ONE OF THE BEST CAMPAIGN NARRATIVES EVER WRITTEN"--JENKINS (MEXICAN WAR.) Kendall, George Wilkins. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition. Folding map, 5 plates. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary 1/2 morocco, minor wear; minor foxing; small bookplates on front pastedowns. New York, 1844

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first edition. "The best first-hand story of the ill-fated invasion of New Mexico in 1841, an unsuccessful effort to extend the western border of the Republic of Texas to the Rio Grande"--Wagner-Camp 110:1. Clark, Old South III:189; Graff 2304; Howes K75 ("aa"); Jenkins Basic Texas Books 116; Sabin 37360; Streeter, Texas 1515.