[MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR] -- POLK, James K. (1795-1849) Messages of the President of the United States with the Correspondence therewith Communicated, between the Secretary of War and other Officers of the Government, on the Subject of the Mexican War. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. 8vo (228 x 147 mm). (Some light spotting.) Contemporary half brown calf, marbled boards, smooth spine gilt (some light wear, hinges starting). FIRST EDITION, "perhaps the most important collection of material we have for the history of the Mexican War" (Sabin). Sabin 48114.