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The Conquest of New Mexico and California: An Historical and Personal Narrative
Published by Biobooks, Oakland, CA, 1952
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 600 copies. Original publisher's red cloth binding. 6 3/4" x 10." 165 pages, complete. Four plates in color, complete. Fold-out map showing part of Lt. Colonel Cooke's march from Santa Fe to the Pacific Coast from 1846-1847 also included. Only one slight indentation on front cover. Handsome edition of an important book, reprinted from the New York, 1878 first edition. March of the Mormon Battalion from Santa Fe to San Diego, laying out the road. Found in Howes, C738; Flake, no. 2498; Cowan, Page 142; Graff, no. 869; Munk (Alliot), Page 54; Wheat, Trans-Mississippi, no. 505; and Rittenhouse SFT, 129.
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The Conquest of New Mexico and California: A Historical & Personal Narrative
Published by Biobooks, 1952
Seller: Amatoria Fine Art Books, IOBA, CALIBA, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
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Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First California Edition. Very Good, SIGNED, one of 600 copies, 8vo, 10" x 7." Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Covers have slight wear to edges and tips and slight fading to lettering, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages have occasional foxing and light to moderate age toning, else pristine and intact. SIGNED by Joseph A. Sullivan in blue pen on front free endpaper: "To [--?], with affection, 5/21/52, Joe." Illustrations and one black-and-white folding map in back included. Illustrations are mostly black-and-white with faint printed decorative coloring. x, [1]-165, including illustrations, + map. Autobiographical account by Philip St. George Cooke (1809-1895), a United States Army cavalry officer and Union General who served during the Civil War. Cooke writes about his experiences and historical events that took place in New Mexico and California during the Mexican-American War. During the war, Cooke led the Mormon Battalion from Santa Fe to California. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. Back colophon: "Six hundred copies of this book have been printed at the Times-Star Press, Alameda, California by Ben Kennedy and William R. Morrison; Bound by Commercial Book Bindery; First California Edition." Also listed as "California Relations XXXIII" on front copyright page. Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping. Signed.
