77/ 891 [America]. Kendall, G.W. Narrative of the Texan Sante Fé Expedition. Comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas, and across the Great Southwestern Prairies (...) with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food (...) and final Capture of Texas (...). London, Wiley & Putnam, 1844, 1st Engl. ed., 2 vols., (2),XII,13-405; XII,13-406p., 2 diff. steelengr. frontisp., fold. engr. map of Texas and 3 plates, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. gilt supralibros of the Society of Writers of the Signet and 2 red mor. letterpieces.

- Vol. 1 closed tear in map; 6 leaves w. receding inkstain in text (max. Ø 8 mm); occas. sl. foxed; both vols. shelf no. ticket on upper pastedown. Frontcover of the first vol. loose; both vols. foot of spine chipped and binding worn along extremities.

= The rare first English edition, published in the same year as the first American edition. The 'Texan Santa Fe Expedition' was a commercial and military expedition to secure the Republic of Texas's claims to parts of Northern New Mexico for Texas in 1841. Sabin 37360; Howes K75; Palau 127837.