[Rarebooks] FS: Nine on Texas

[Clare Murphy]

1.  ADAMS, JOHN. QUINCY.  SPEECH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . . . UPON THE 
RIGHT OF PEOPLE . . . TO PETITION ON THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEBATE 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . . . ON THE RESOLUTIONS OF SEVEN 
STATE LEGISLATURES . . . RELATING TO THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS. 
DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE, 16 JUNE-7 JULY 1838. Washington: Gales and 
Seaton, 1838. Wraps. [131 pgs] Very good. Disbound from a bound 
collection. Foxing and repairs to bottom edges of first two pages. 
Complete.

"This speech against annexation...was followed by defeat in the House 
of a resolution in favor of 're-annexing Texas,' whenever that could 
be done `consistently with the public faith and treaty stipulations 
of the United States."  Streeter 1305. "These were the legislatures 
of Rhode Island, Vermont, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York and 
Pennsylvania, all hostile to the admission of Texas to the Union. The 
Massachusetts legislature went so far as to declare that 'no act done 
or compact made for such purpose by the government of the United 
States will be binding on the States or the people.' Mr. Adams 
supported these resolutions with his usual zeal and ability when 
expounding states rights." (Raines Texas p. 3).  $450.00 {73369}

2.  ARCHER, (WILLIAM S.).  REPORT . . . ON THE SUBJECT OF THE 
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS AND ALSO SUNDRY INSTRUCTIONS OF STATE 
LEGISLATURES, AND MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT. SENATE 
79, FEB. 1845. Washington., Feb. 4, 1845. Wraps. [23 pgs] Very good. 
28th Congress, 2nd Session. Disbound from a bound collection. 
Complete. "The historic case in which Texas was all but kicked into 
the waiting arms of Great Britain." Anderson 1686. "Apparently the 
report was trying to say that the House resolution calling for 
annexation was unconstitutional and its terms unsatisfactory . . . 
Long, abstract, circumlocutory and involved." This Archer shot an 
arrow from his Senate lair; it fell to earth, but Lord knows where." 
Eberstadt. Streeter 1617.  $325.00 {73371}

3.  DOUGLAS, C. L.  CATTLE KINGS OF TEXAS. Dallas, TX: Cecil Baugh, 
1939. Illustrated by many photos, drawings and maps. Second printing 
edition. Pictorial front board and spine showing a cowboy, in silver 
on dark brown cloth. Very good/Poor. Rubbed at top and bottom of 
spine. Laid-in the battered dust jacket. Also laid-in is a souvenir 
from the Texas Centennial Expostion 1936. ADAMS HERD 719. ADAMS 
SIX-GUNS 619. HOWES D434.  $75.00 {72215}

4.  FEATHERSTONHAUGH, GEORGE. W. 1780-1866.  EXCURSION THROUGH THE 
SLAVE STATES. London: John Murray, 1844. Illustrated by a large 
folding map of  the US and 2 lithographed frontispieces, plus several 
other engravings. All called-for. First edition. 2 volumes. Original 
cloth. [[30] 358; [10] 395 7 16adv. p. map pgs] Very good. Previous 
owner's bookplate and traces of a former bookplate to pastedown. Map 
has a five inch closed tear which has been "repaired" with tape. 
Includes the ads at rear, which are tipped-in.

Featherstonhaugh's "writings on statistical and political subjects 
were clear and vigorous, and his geological memoirs merited the 
approval of his friends Buckland and Murchison. His publications 
include a translation of Cicero's " Republic " (New York, 1828); " 
Geological Report of the Elevated Country between the Missouri and 
Red Rivers " (Washington, 1835); " Geological Reconnoissance in 1835 
from Green Bay to Coteau de Prairie" (1836); "Observations on the 
Ashburton Treaty " (London, 1842); '" Excursion through the Slave 
States " (New York, 1844); and "Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor " 
Virtual American Biographies. (2 vols., London, 1847). Howes F68; 
Raines p. 80; ClarkIII, 40,; Coleman 3352,.  $1250.00 {72217}

5.  MATTHEWS, SALLIE. REYNOLDS.  INTERWOVEN, A PIONEER CHRONICLE. El 
Paso: Carl Hartzog, 1958. New edition. Limited to 1500 copies. 
Inscribed by Sallie R. Matthews Rudd "My mother's book". [xiv [4], 
226 pgs] Very good. Adds photographs, drawings and new intro. J. 
Frank Dobie said of it: "Interwoven, more than any other ranch 
chronicle that I know, reveals the family life of old-time ranchers." 
HOWES M42, JENKINS. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 139.  $295.00 {73319}

6.  OLMSTEAD, FREDERICK. LAW.  JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS; OR A 
SADDLE-TRIP ON THE SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER. New York: Dix, Edwards & 
Co, 1857. Illustrated by a frontis showing author's camp on a river 
and a folding map of Texas. First edition. Brown embossed and 
patterned cloth with gilt titling at spine. 8vo. [[2], xxiv, 516 pgs] 
Very good. Harriet Beecher Stowe said that this book is "the most 
thorough expose of the economical view of this subject which has ever 
appeared." At the rear are examples of newspaper ads re. runaway 
slaves etc. Scattered mild foxing. Howes O-79; Graff #3097; Jenkins. 
Basic Texas Books 157.  $325.00 {72214}

7.  POLK, JAMES K[NOX] (1795--1849).  HOSTILITIES BY MEXICO. MESSAGE 
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, RELATIVE TO AN INVASION AND 
COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES BY MEXICO. MAY 11, 1846. Washington., May 
11, 1846. Wraps. [120 pgs] Very good. Disbound from bound collection. 
29th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 196. Ho. of Reps. Executive. A 
basic source for the diplomatic and military events that preceded the 
declaration of war between the United States and Mexico. It contains 
Polk's message asking for the Congress to provide the means "to 
vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of 
our country," as well as many of the official documents relating to 
the crisis in United States-Mexican relations from September, 1845 to 
Zachary Taylor's dispatch of April 26, 1846, advising that 
hostilities had commenced. Sabin 48493.  $450.00 {73374}

8.  RICHARDSON, RUPERT. NORVAL.  THE COMANCHE BARRIER TO SOUTH PLAINS 
SETTLEMENT, A CENTURY AND A HALF OF SAVAGE RESISTANCE TO THE 
ADVANCING WHITE FRONTIER. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 
1933. Illustrated by 12 illustrations of territory maps, tissue 
protected photos of Comanches and captives. First edition. 8vo. [424 
pgs] Very good. A classic account of the conflict on the southern 
Plains between white encroachment and Comanche resistance.  It is 
recounted in a scholarly and impartial manner, and the book has long 
been considered a classic in frontier literature. (A.H. Clark Co., 
Bibliography and History).  Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to 
the spine, top edge trim, other edges untrimmed, 1012 copies printed. 
Scarce. Howes R256.  $350.00 {73367}

9.  TEXAS. SECESSION CONVENTION (JAN. 28-MAR. 5, 1861).  JOURNAL OF 
THE SECESSION CONVENTION OF TEXAS. Austin, Texas: Austin Printing 
Co., 1912. Edited by Ernest William Winkler. Wraps. [Errata plus 469 
pgs] Very good. Front panel of wrapper is detached but present 
(tattered).  Two notations in pen on title. Basic Texas Books 69n. 
Greene, The Fifty Best Books on Texas, p. 38: "The most tragic 
document in Texas history, and the most dramatic." Tate, The Indians 
of Texas 2759: "Indicates how U.S. failure to stop Indian attacks on 
Texas contributed to that state's secession ordinance." The preface 
states: "This Journal appeared in newspapers at the time the 
Convention was in session, but on account of an empty treasury, it 
was not printed in book form.".  $150.00 {73372}

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