A Visit to Texas: Being the Journal of a Traveller Through Those Parts Most Interesting to American Settlers with Descriptions of Scenery, Habits, &c. &c.
New York: Goodrich & Wiley, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv, [1], 10-264, [4] pp. Contemporary sheep with the spine in five compartments, a purple label lettered in gilt on the spine, gilt rules on the spine. Howes T-145. Jenkins 209. Streeter 330. The author of this text has never been identified. Jenkins speaks highly of this travel narrative: it was published shortly after Mary Austin Holley's, and provided a contrasting style compared to hers. Holley's writings on Texas were overwhelmingly positive, but this narrative is more cynical of the then-territory. The author visited several locations in the territory and provides an informative historical narrative of the country. Fair. Item #000015050
Notable wear to the extremities, a dampstain on the textblock. Lacks the endpapers, the map and four plates.
Price: $475.00