Dorothy Sloan -- Rare Books

Pocket maps, with a few case maps thrown in. Click for listing of maps in Auction 23
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	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.”	The Cartographical Beginnings of Manifest Destiny Very Fresh Copy With Original Brilliant Hand Coloring Click for full description with images
Earliest Bird’s-Eye View of Laredo listed by Reps “The Gateway to and from Mexico” Click for full description with images		“Considered the first encyclopedia of the Americas”—Schwartz & Ehrenberg Click for full description with images
Phillips’ Mexico Illustrated Issue on Tinted Grounds, Plates Exceptionally Fine Click for full description with images	Lyon’s Sketch Book of Mexico with Lithographs on India Proof Paper. Early English Lithography by Hullmandel Click for full description with images	Fine, Fresh Copy of Catherwood’s Maya Portfolio, Tinted Issue Click for full description with images
First Publication of Fifteenth-Century Migration Maps of the Chichimeca 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	“A magnificent map”—Streeter “The map was apparently quite popular and seems to have been used roughly, for few copies have survived”—Graff Exceedingly Rare Large-Scale Map of the Western Mining Frontier Click for full description with images
Original Preliminary Art Work for Phillips’ Mexico Illustrated 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	Alternate Version of Trost’s Iconic Spindletop Photo 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	Author’s Copy of a Seminal Mexican Law Treatise. In a Fine Mexican Binding Click for full description with images	Pagès in Original Boards Click for full description with images

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