Dorothy Sloan -- Rare Books

Stephen F. Austin’s 1836 map of Texas, the cornerstone for a collection of Texas maps Click for full description with images
Illustrations of Some of the Foremost Surviving Mesoamerican Pictorial Codices Click for full description with images	Americana: High Spots of Texas, the West, Mexico & the Borderlands Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photography, Prints & Ephemera Auction 23 Prices Realized Auction Schedule: Thursday, April 4, 2013: Session 1: 10:00 a.m. CDT, Lots 1-150 Session 2: 2:00 p.m. CDT, Lots 151-300 Friday, April 5, 2013: Session 3: 10:00 a.m. CDT, Lots 301-450 Session 4: 2:00 p.m. CDT, Lots 451-end Exhibition: Tuesday & Wednesday, April 2 & 3, 2013 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST 102 W. Tarrant Street Llano, Texas 78643 Click for Auction 23 Abstracts, Detailed Item Descriptions, and Illustrations Auction 23 Flipbook Download complete catalogue: [ PDF] [Microsoft Word] Download abstracts: [PDF] Search Auction 23 Catalogue: Tip: To search for an exact phrase, put your search terms in “double quotes.”	Pocket Map * Mitchell's Map of Mexico, including Yucatan & Upper California, the 1847 issue, the most extensive of this series of Mexican-American War maps. Click for full description with images
“Goddard’s remarkable and beautifully designed production can properly be deemed the capstone of the gold region cartography” (Wheat) Click for full description with images		México y sus alrededores “The most important work illustrating Mexico City in the nineteenth century” (Mathes) Seven individual albums: introductory essay with images
The Scientific Discovery of Mexico & the American Southwest With a Grand Map Selected by Streeter as One of the Six Most Desirable Maps for a Texas Collection Click for full description with images	Peter Maverick’s Very Rare Pocket Map Version of García Conde’s Mexico City A Superb Copy in Original Full Color Click for full description with images	Arrowsmith’s Cornerstone Map of Mexico, Texas & the Transmississippi West Grandiose Case Map, Sectioned & Mounted, “As Issued” Condition Click for full description with images
Transit of Venus-1769. Early Scientific Expedition to California Click for full description with images	“Probably the outstanding book on the early Gold Rush in California.”. Early Lithos of San Francisco, Sacramento, Monterey & Mining Sites Click for full description with images	Floods and Flood Control in the Valley of Mexico—1748. With a Superb Map by Sigüenza y Góngora Click for full description with images
Count Waldeck's Voyage Pittoresque et archéologique dans la province d’Yucatan (Paris & London, 1838), a Mesoamerican classic, with an important map of Yucatan. 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	Lady Emily Elizabeth Swinburne Ward’s Rare Plate Book Click for full description with images
The English Venegas “The first book in English completely devoted to California”—Hill Click for full description with images	Very Rare Immigration Map of British Canada with Strong Political Implications 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

AUCTION 23 * April 4 & 5, 2013 * Llano, Texas