Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 112
THOMPSON, Waddy (1798?1868). Recollections of Mexico. New Y...
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THOMPSON, Waddy (1798?1868). Recollections of Mexico. New York and London: Wiley Putnam, 1846. 8vo. 4 pp. publisher?s advertisements at rear. Publisher?s brown bind?stamped cloth, spine stamped in gilt (light rubbing at ends and upper joint, occasional browning or spotting generally concentrated to preliminary and terminal quires). Provenance: Cromwell Whipple, son of Thomas Whipple (contemporary signature on ffep dated June 18th, 1846). FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE with dedication leaf. A collection of sketches of Mexican life and culture including cockfighting, bull fighting, relations with Texas and the possibly annexation of California. Graff 4137 (1847 edition); Raines p. 204; Sabin 95537.
