(WEST TEXAS) Henderson Yoakum History of Texas from its Fir

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(WEST--TEXAS.) Henderson Yoakum. History of Texas from its First Settlement. 5 maps and plans, 6 plates including the facsimile document. 482, 4; 576 pages including 2 publisher's ad leaves. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth, moderate wear, tastefully rebacked with portion of original backstrip laid down; first folding map with full separations at folds but complete, otherwise minimal wear and light toning; inked and embossed library stamps from defunct college on titles and final pages and elsewhere (but not plates), later bookplates of Paul Steinbrecher on front pastedowns. In modern cloth slipcase. New York, 1855

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First edition of an important history which relied upon manuscripts no longer extant. "This was the first scholarly history of Texas written after annexation, and remains one of the most important sources on Texas colonization, revolution, and republic. . . . Most copies of this printing were destroyed by fire soon after publication"--Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 224. Howes Y10 ("b"); Larned, Literature of American History 2077. Jenkins calls for 3 maps and Howes for 4; the plan of San Antonio found here after page II:26 may not appear in all copies.