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| Author: |
[Bayard, Samuel J.] |
| Title: |
A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton... |
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New York |
| Publisher: |
Derby and Jackson |
| Date: |
1856 |
| Item # : |
194517 |
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387 |
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44 |
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| Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography |
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09/11/2008 |
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1pm PST |
| Low Estimate |
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$ 200 |
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$ 300 |
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| Description: |
| 210; 131 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Stockton, with tissue-guard. 8¾x5½, original embossed dark maroon cloth, spine stamped and lettered in gilt. First Edition. |
| Robert F. Stockton was a naval officer during the War of 1812, and fought in the war with Algiers. He was also involved in suppressing piracy in the West Indies, the conveyance to the Texan government of the resolution of the American government providing for annexation, and had a major role in the Mexican War while stationed in California under John C. Fremont. Contains significant source material on both the conquest of California by the Americans and the Fremont fiasco. Cowan, p. 616; Howes B259; Wagner-Camp 271b. |
| Condition: |
| Sunning to spine and portions of covers, gilt mostly lacking, ends frayed, corners a bit bumped; light foxing, previous owner's ink signature on front free endpaper, else very good. |
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