Diplomacy and the Borderlands; the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. 262 pages, index. bibliography. Not just a study of a treaty but an important examination of Spanish diplomacy during the critical years from the Napoleonic wars to 1821. The issue was the control of the Florida's and the border between the growing United States and Spanish possessions from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. An essential study. A near fine copy bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, small rub mark to lower joint, in a very good unclipped dust jacket lettered in dark blue, short closed edge tear to front panel some toning or scattered foxing, and a small stain near the middle of the jacket's spine. (Inventory #: 027037)