Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, During the Years 1850, '51, '52, and '53

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. First Edition. Two volume set. 506,624pp. Octavo [23 cm] Brown cloth with the titles stamped on the backstrip. About very good. Backstrip of vol. 2 chipped at head and foot. Backstrips of both volumes sunned. Corners bumped. 15 of 16 plates present. Lacks 'City of Hermosillo.' Large fold-out map present and laid in. Bartlett was the Commissioner of the Mexican Boundary Survey after the Mexican-American War, and his book is a cornerstone work of southwestern travel and exploration. His narrative remains one of the most readable and entertaining accounts of the American Southwest for the period, and the illustrations, engraved after Bartlett's sketches, are some of the most competent depiction's of the area. Basic Texas Books 12. Best of the West 131. Cowan(II) p.36. Eberstadt 103:18. Enduring Desert p.20. Graff 198. Howes B201. Radar 287. Sabin 3746. Wagner/Camp 234. Wheat 798.