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Upcoming Auction


Stephen F. Austin’s 1836 map of Texas, the cornerstone for a collection of Texas maps
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Fine, Fresh Copy of Catherwood’s Maya Portfolio, Tinted Issue
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Date To Be Announced

Auction 23

Americana:  The Usual Suspects--High Spots of Texas, the West, Mexico & the Borderlands
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photography, Prints & Ephemera

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“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
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Salva's Superb Copy of  Missa Gothica seù Mozarabica
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“Milestones in the mapping of the American West”—Wheat
Boots on the Ground & Maps in the Gun Barrels
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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.
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The First Book of Mexican Authorship Printed in Europe, with Superb Engravings
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“Probably the outstanding book on the early Gold Rush in California.”. Early Lithos of San Francisco, Sacramento, Monterey & Mining Sites
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Exceedingly Rare 1849 German California Gold Rush Guide & Map
Die Flugschrift, die Strömen von Auswanderern den Weg nach Kalifornien wies
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Peter Maverick’s Very Rare Pocket Map Version of García Conde’s Mexico City
A Superb Copy in Original Full Color
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The Rarest Edition of Bullock’s Mexico, with Two Added Plates
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The Immense Natural Treasures of America Revealed and Lavishly Illustrated
“The First Scientific Expedition to New Spain”
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“Classic Book on Mexico” (Streeter, Texas 1104). Aquatints & Lithos after Lady Emily Elizabeth Swinburne Ward’s Art Work
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“Charney was the first to undertake serious excavation work in the Mexican Archaeological zones”—Palmquist. “An important pioneer of archaeological photography”
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Floods and Flood Control in the Valley of Mexico—1748. With a Superb Map by Sigüenza y Góngora
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Original Preliminary Art Work for Phillips’ Mexico Illustrated
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Palenque Lavishly Illustrated
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