TEXAS
TEXAS
Mark
& More in
MOHAWK
—Printed by Sam
Bangs
Bible. N.T. Mark. Mohawk & English. 1829. Brant. The Gospel according to Saint Mark, translated into the Mohawk tongue by Captain Brant. As also several portions of the sacred scriptures... [Mohawk title-page reads] Ne Royadado Kengh ty Orighwadokenghty Roghyadon S. Mark.... New-York: New-York District Bible Society, M'Elrath & Bangs, Printers, 1829. 12mo. 239, [1] pp. 
The New York printing firm of M'Elrath, Bangs & Herbert is very interesting. Its principal Samuel Bangs was in the city (and with those partners) only for a short period, after his disastrous experience with the Mina Expedition and prior to moving to Texas permanently and becoming its first printer.
• Mark: Darlow & Moule 6800; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Mohawk 4; Pilling, Proof-Sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians, 439. On Sam Bangs in the printing firm of M'Elrath, Bangs & Herbert, see: Spell, Pioneer Printer, p. 63–64. Recent quarter cloth shelfback with blue-green paper sides in the style of American bindings of the period. Small pressure-stamp of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and with two different copies of its library regulations laid in. 
A very good copy of an uncommon indigenous-language item.
Texians Receive Land & IndiansDO NOT Receive Fire Arms Coahuila & Texas (Mexico). Laws, statutes, etc. 19 April 1834. Broadside. Begins, “El gobierno valiendose de los recursos del Estado reprimirá la osadia de los indios salvajes para poner á cubierto de sus agreciones las vidas y propiedades de los ciudadannos.” Monclova: no publisher/printer, 1834. Folio (30.5 cm; 12"). 1 p.
Click the image for an enlargement. Texians obtain land under this law.
• Streeter, Texas, 806. Very Good copy. Contemporary notations in lower margin. (24620)
“Tell Us About MEXICO, WhereMAXIMILIAN Now Lives” De Bussierre, Marie Théodore Renouard, vicomte de. L'empire mexicain histoire des toltèques des chichimeques des aztèques et de la conquete espagnole. Paris: Henri Plon, 1863. Small 8vo. [2] ff., 427 pp.
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the interior image for an enlargement.
The latter part of the book offers a very brief recounting of Javier Mina,
the
War
for Texas independence, and the U.S. intervention in
the 1840s and consequent loss of California, New Mexico, etc. to the U.S.
Provenance: From the collection of Alberto Pareño, with his initials at the base of the spine.
• Sabin 9561; Palau 37698; Bernal 4295. 20th-century red cloth, with original green printed wrappers bound in. Occasional light foxing. (21371)
Offering Land inTEXAS Gómez Farías, Valentín. Broadsheet, begins: “El Vice-Presidente ... en ejercicio del Supremo Poder Ejecutivo, usando la facultad que le concede la ley de 6 de Abril 1830, y penetrado de la necesidad de socorrer a la multitud de personas ...” Mexico City: no publisher/printer, 4 February 1834. Folio (29.5 cm; 11.75"). [2] pp., without integral blank leaf.
Click the image for an enlargement. Rare: We locate only the copies in the Texas State Land Office, Yale, and Texas A&M.
• Streeter, Texas, 812. Very good condition. (21744)
California
New Mexico &
Texas —
Represented in
Mexico City
the First Time Iturbide, Agustin, emperor of Mexico. [drop-title] Lista de los señores diputados designados por S.M.I. para que compongan la Junta que ha de substituir al extinguido congreso, conforme al decreto imperial de 31 del último de octubre. Mexico: Imprenta
Imperial, 1822. Folio (30.5 cm; 12"). [2] pp. .
This is the first time that the “provincias internas” would have representation in Mexico City!
Rare. We find no copy in OCLC.
• Not in Streeter, Texas; not in Sutro. Very nice copy with two short fold tears. (24528)
Over
400
SMALL-Print Pages
[Lester, Charles Edwards]. The life of Sam Houston. (The only authentic memoir of him ever published). New York: J.C. Derby, 1855. 12mo (19 cm, 7.5"). Frontis., 402, [6 (adv.)] pp.; 10 plts.
• Howes L271. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, worn and spotted; spine gilt-stamped with title and American eagle, much faded, head pulled. A very few pencil marks and some pages dog-eared; occasional spots of foxing.
Reorganizing Mexico in the Wake of theLoss of Texas Mexico. Laws, statues, etc. 30 December 1836. Broadside. Begins, “...1.o El Territorio Mexicano se divide en tantos Departamentos cuantos eran los Estados, con las variaciones siguientes.” México: no publisher/printer, 1836. Folio (29.5 cm; 11.875"). [1] p.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Streeter (rev.), Texas, 882. Very good condition. Six small worm holes in text; others in blank margins. Lacking the integral blank leaf. (24616)
Abolishing Slavery & Punishing Texas Rebels Mexico. Laws, statutes, etc. 5 April 1837. Broadside. Begins, “Queda abolida sin excepcion alguna la esclavidud en toda la república.” Mexico: no publisher/printer, 1837. Folio (30.9 cm; 12.125"). 1 p.
Click the image for an enlargement. A states' edition issued in Puebla.
• Streeter, Texas, 926.1. Very Good copy, with small holes in inner margin, and one small brown stain in lower margin. (24621)
BIG Fraud (Texas Size)!
Taylor, W. Thomas. Texfake:
An account of the theft and forgery of early Texas printed documents. Austin:
W. Thomas Taylor, 1991. 8vo. xix, [1 (blank)], 158 pp., 39 plts.
• New; publisher's quarter cloth with paper sides with a reproduction of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Updating the Treaty to
Define the Border United States. Treaties, etc., 1829–37 (Jackson). Begins, “Habiéndose concluido y firmado en la Ciudad de México a los 12 dias del mes de Enero de 1828, un tratado entre los Estado-Unidos Mexicanos y los Estados-Unidos de América ... “ Mexico: no publisher/printer, 1836. Folio (30 cm; 11.875"). [4] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. Alert readers will note that that deadline had already passed when this was printed. Those with good timelines in their heads will realize that the Texian War of Independence had just been concluded three months earlier. As Texas at the moment was declaring itself a completely independent Republic, this publication having to do with the overdue fixing of its southern border as defined by two governments neither of which it was recognizing becomes evidence of — what?
The document is headed “Primeria secretaria de estado. Departamento del Exterior.”
Rare. OCLC locates only the copy at Yale, and revised Streeter adds a copy at the University of Texas.
• Streeter, Texas, 1257A. Folded once horizontally. Manuscript at top of first page indicates this copy was promulgated by the government of Queretaro. (24619)
Convention Constitution Membership United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Convention of the United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association, held at Washington, D. C., September 4th and 5th, 1878, with the constitution and by-laws as amended thereat, and list of members of the association. Washington: Pr. by J. F. Sheiry, 1878. 16mo. 175 pp.
Mr.
Towers of Texas, for example, noted that he came from “Ft. Worth, the
largest city of its size in the United States.”
• Original printed wrappers, chipped at spine and edges and corners without loss of printing; darkened. A shallow chip or two to title and following page, shallow dog-earing and faint waterstaining to initial leaves including title-page; otherwise, clean and free of chips or tears. (21257)
Skirmish beforethe Somerville Expedition Vidaurri, Santiago. Letter Signed to the town government of Linares. Monterrey: 29 July 1842. Small 4to (22 cm; 8.5"). 1 p.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Written in a clear hand and with the integral blank leaf. Paper good and document attractive. (21767)
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