(TEXAS) Willis J The Texas Quick Step as Performed by the Mi

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(TEXAS.) Willis, J. The Texas Quick Step, as Performed by the Military Bands. 3 pages on two detached leaves, with lithograph illustration on title, 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches; inked page numbers in upper corners, pencil notes on music. New York: Hewitt & Jaques, 1841

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The cover depicts a bayonet-wielding soldier on the march to Texas, with a long line of others in the background behind him. Three variant issues have been traced, with other copies naming Willis as publisher on the title page (priority undetermined); a Firth and Hall imprint appears to be later. Streeter, Texas 1402. None traced at auction, and 4 in OCLC of the two early issues.