PRAIRIEDOM—WITH THE MAP
242. [PAGE, Frederic B.]. Prairiedom: Rambles
and Scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura. By a
Suthron. New York: Paine & Burgess, 1845. 166 [2,
blank] [3]-18 (ads) pp., engraved folding map within ornate
border: Mexico [showing Mexico, Texas, the
borderlands, and the West (24.2 x 30.3 cm; 9-1/2 x 12
inches), with inset of the settled portions of Texas and
the coast. 12mo, original dark brown blind-stamped cloth,
spine gilt. Upper joint neatly repaired and slight shelf
wear. Unobtrusive embossed library stamp at bottom of
title-page; inkstamp of library number at foot of
dedication. Early ownership inscription on front pastedown,
bookplate removed from front pastedown, remains of library
slip on back pastedown, endsheets with some wear and
staining. Interior fine, map
excellent.
First edition. Clark, Old South III:221:
"Although the author includes some of his experiences on
the road, this work is organized as a description of Texas
rather than as a traveler’s log." Graff 3159. Howes
P9. Rader 2568. Raines, p. 167. Streeter 1604: "This is a
pleasant account of the author’s travels in Texas, for
the most part of a journey in the spring of 1839 from the
Sabine by way of Nacogdoches, Houston, Bastrop to San
Antonio and return to Houston by way of Goliad and Texana,
now Edna. It brings back to us now in charming fashion
Texas of 1839." Page was a graduate of Harvard Medical
School in 1821.
($500-1,000)