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Items in Sale # 319 The Library of Ford Mitchell: Early Americana, Texas & the West Date: 10/20/2005
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Part I: Americana, primarily East of the Mississippi (including signed Presidential material) - Lots 1-178 - 10:00 a.m.
Part II: Texas & the West, primarily West of the Mississippi, Lots 179-570 - 1:00 p.m.
PART I STARTS AT 10:00 A.M. PACIFIC TIME
PART II STARTS AT 1:00 P.M. PACIFIC TIME
An important collection of books, manuscripts, autograph material and related items gathered over many decades. Milford G. "Ford" Mitchell, a dedicated scholar as well as astute collector, put together a superb library featuring manuscripts by George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Houston, Stephen F. Austin and many others, as well as books vital to the history of Texas and the United States.

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  Lot # Heading Author Title Place Date Estimate
381   Kendall, George W.  Narrative of an Expedition Across the Greath South-Western Prairies, from Texas to Santa Fé; With an Account of the Disasters Which Befel the Expedition from Want of Food and the Attacks of Hostile Indians, The Final Capture of the Texans and Their Sufferings on a March of Two Thousand Miles as Prisoners of War, and in the Prisons and Lazarettos of Mexico  London  1845  400/700 
382   Kennedy, William  Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospect of the Republic of Texas. In One Volume  Fort Worth  1925  150/250 
383   Lea, Tom  The King Ranch  Boston  [1957]  200/300 
384   Lea, Tom  The Wonderful Country  Boston  1952  300/500 
385 (Leadville, Colorado)  (Tabor, "Baby Doe")  Tin serving tray with printed color image of "Baby Doe" Tabor  [Colorado]  c.1900  250/350 
386   Lehmann, Herman  Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians  Austin  [1927]  150/250 
387   Lesley, Lewis B., editor  Uncle Sam's Camels: The Journal of May Humphreys Stacey Supplemented by the Report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1857-1858)  Cambridge  1929  200/300 
388 (Los Angeles Miscellany)  **  Lot of 13 volumes in the Los Angeles Miscellany series from Dawson's Book Shop  Los Angeles  Various dates  500/800 
389   Lubbock, Francis Richard  Six Decades in Texas, or Memoirs of Francis Richard Lubbock, Governor of Texas in Wartime, 1861-63. A Personal Experience in Business, War, and Politics  Austin  1900  400/700 
390 (Mackenzie, Ranald S.)  Wallace, Ernest  Ranald S. Mackenzie on the Frontier plus two volumes of his official correspondence  Lubbock, Texas  1964-1968  250/350 
391 (Map)  Emory, William H.  Map of Texas and the Countries Adjacent...  [Washington]  1844  1000/1500 
392 (Map)  Emory, W[illiam] H  Map of the United States and Their Territories Between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico....  [Washington]  1857-8  200/300 
393 (Map)  Hall, James & J.P. Lesley  Map Illustrating the General Geological features of the Country West of the Mississippi River. Compiled from the surveys of W.H. Emory and from the Pacific Railroad Surveys & other sources  [Washington]  [1857]  300/500 
394 (Map)  Johnson & Ward  Johnson's New Map of the State of Texas  New York  c.1864  200/300 
395 (Map)  Wheeler, George M.  Atlas Sheet No. 67. Parts of Northern & North Western Arizona & Southern Utah. (Two versions)  Washington  c.1875  300/500 
396 (Maps)  Marcy, R[andolph] B[arnes] and Capt. G.B. McClellan  Two lithographed maps from Captain Marcy's Report  New York  [1852-54]  400/600 
397 (Maps)  Wheeler, George M.  Two lithographed maps of Central Colorado  Washington  c.1880  250/350 
398 (Maps)  Wheeler, Geroge M.  Two lithographed maps of Northern New Mexico  Washington  c.1880  400/600 
399   Marcy, Randolph B.  The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions, with Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific  New York  1859  600/900 
400   Marcy, R[andolph] B.  Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border; Comprising Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains, Explorations of New Territories; A Trip Across the Rocky Mountains in the Winter; Descriptions of the Habits of Different Animals Found in the West, and the Methods of Hunting Them; With Incidents in the Life of Different Frontier Men, &c., &c.  New York  1866  300/500 
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