Dorothy Sloan -- Rare Books

Very Rare First Printing of the First Official Map of Texas as a State On a Large Scale & Signed by De Cordova in Ink & with His Rubric Click for full description with images
Alternate Version of Trost’s Iconic Spindletop Photo 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 Rare First Issue of the First Printed Map to Accurately Delineate the Mississippi River “One of the most definitive maps of the time, as well as the most influential in the later cartography of North America”—Streeter Click for full description with images
Very Fine Copy in Original Cloth of Folsom’sMexico in 1842 With an Unusual Map of the Republic of Texas Click for full description with images		The First Book of Mexican Authorship Printed in Europe, with Superb Engravings 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	The English Venegas “The first book in English completely devoted to California”—Hill 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
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	“Classic Book on Mexico” (Streeter, Texas 1104). Aquatints & Lithos after Lady Emily Elizabeth Swinburne Ward’s Art Work Click for full description with images	Monumental Americana Kingsborough’s Antiquities of America Click for full description with images
Major Scientific Publication in New Spain. With Illustrated Xochicalco Supplement Click for full description with images	A Wonderful, Fresh Copy of the Disturnell Treaty Map Click for full description with images	Pagès in Original Boards 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	“Milestones in the mapping of the American West”—Wheat Boots on the Ground & Maps in the Gun Barrels Click for full description with images	“The very best American battle scenes in existence” (Bennett) Click for full description with images

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