Dorothy Sloan -- Rare Books

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Printed Catalogues

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Online Catalogues
	Bernhardt Wall
	Texas County and Local History
	Ranching Catalogue Part 1 (A-C) [sold]
	Ranching Catalogue Part 2 (D-G) [sold]

Online Exhibits
	Bernhardt Wall
	California Pictorial Letter Sheets
	José Guadalupe Posada

IMPORTANT:
	Documents Missing from the Texas State Library
	RBMS Security Committee

Two Upcoming Auctions Stephen F. Austin’s 1836 map of Texas, the cornerstone for a collection of Texas maps Click for full description with images
“The first drawings of Maya architecture to be published” (Wauchope). Lithographs on India Proof Paper Click for full description with images	Dates To Be Announced Auction 23 Americana: The Usual Suspects--High Spots of Texas, the West, Mexico & the Borderlands Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photography, Prints & Ephemera Click for Auction 23 Online Catalogue: Abstracts, Detailed Item Descriptions, and Illustrations Search Auction 23 Catalogue: Tip: To search for an exact phrase, put your search terms in “double quotes.” The J. Dudley Thompson Collection on the Mexican-American War Rare Books, Broadsides, Maps, Prints & Ephemera How to Buy and Bid How to Sell	Robinson's California Gold Rush guide with map showing the various routes. Wheat, “One of the best of the earliest books on California printed for sale to intending goldseekers.” Enlarge \| Zoom
Bullock in Original Boards, Untrimmed. Early Aquatints of Mexican Scenes Click for full description with images		Fine, Fresh Copy of Catherwood’s Maya Portfolio, Tinted Issue Click for full description with images
Alternate Version of Trost’s Iconic Spindletop Photo Click for full description with images	Earliest lithograph bird's-eye view of Laredo listed by Reps. Enlarge \| Zoom	Peter Maverick�s Very Rare Pocket Map Version of Garc�a Conde�s Mexico City A Superb Copy in Original Full Color Click for full description with images
Pagès in Original Boards Click for full description with images	“The most beautiful & generally interesting of Humboldt’s works” (Sabin) With the Magnificent Chimborazo Plate after Humboldt’s 1802 Drawing Click for full description with images	The Rarest Edition of Bullock’s Mexico, with Two Added Plates Click for full description with images
Rare British Edition of Linati’s Masterpiece, with Very Fresh Plates Click for full description with images	First Publication of Fifteenth-Century Migration Maps of the Chichimeca Click for full description with images	Monumental Americana Kingsborough’s Antiquities of America Click for full description with images
“Charney was the first to undertake serious excavation work in the Mexican Archaeological zones”—Palmquist. “An important pioneer of archaeological photography” Click for full description with images	“Classic Book on Mexico” (Streeter, Texas 1104). Aquatints & Lithos after Lady Emily Elizabeth Swinburne Ward’s Art Work Click for full description with images	The Most Spectacular of All Maps of Mexico City A Grand City on a Grand Scale Click for full description with images

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