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Lot 286
Sale 5046 - Fine Book Sale
Jan 25, 2007
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2 vols. 2 vols.
Houston, (Matilda C.) Texas and The Gulf of Mexico; or, Yachting in The New World. London: John Murray, 1844. First edition. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines; light edge wear, slightly cocked, spines fading to green. With 10 lithographic plates. Scattered light foxing. 16 pp. adverts at end. Slightly shaken.
Detailed, sympathetic view of the Galveston-Houston area by an aristocratic English lady. Contains early pictorial litho view of Houston.
Basic Texas Books 97; Sabin 33202; Streeter TX 1500
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