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[Washington, DC]: (n.p.), 1842. First Edition. Ephemera. Fine. The House of Representatives prints a petition to the US Congress by the state of Kentucky to make known any information about the detention of members of the Texan-Santa Fe expedition. "It appears from authentic information that citizens of the United States, with passports from their government, duly authenticated, in going from Texas to Santa Fe, with legitimate and peaceful intentions, offering no resistance, have been arrested by a military force of Mexicans, a portion put to death in the most perfidious manner, whilst others in manacles were... driven as beasts rather than human beings from the place of their capture to the City of Mexico." This resolution exaggerates the case, but it shows how blurred the lines were between the US and the Republic of Texas, which organized the venture in an attempt to control trading routes (in Mexican territory) to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The government later reported that they were aware of only… Read More

[New Mexico]: [the author], 1990. Trade paperback. Very good. An unpublished book-length collection of poems inspired by the author's travels in India and Burma. Some of the poems appeared in literary journals in the early 1990s. Brandi is a poet who has lived and published-as Tooth of Time Press-for many years in New Mexico. 82 leaves, printed on one side (rectos) only. Photocopied typescript velobound in wrappers. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Wrappers tanned, with a few coffee spots. A few poems with notes in blue pencil, apparently connected with publication in a journal.

New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An attractive set of this collection of photographs of Hillerman's New Mexico, taken by his brother Barney. This set includes: 1) a "blad" for the book, a short excerpt issued by the publisher for promotional purposes. SIGNED by Tony on the title page. 2) A fine/fine first trade edition of the book, SIGNED by Tony. 3) A fine copy of the limited edition, bound in red cloth stamped in silver; housed in a near-fine slipcase. According to the blad, the limited edition was just 200 copies. Some copies of the limited edition were signed, but not all were (this is not). A nice set, housed in a custom clamshell box measuring roughly 14 by 10 by 4 inches.

[Washington, D.C.]: (n.p.), 1874. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A printed report on three claims to large tracts of New Mexico based on 18th century Spanish land grants: a claim from the Native Zia, Santa Ana, and Jemez pueblos and two claims by old New Mexican families, one near Santa Fe, the other in Navajo territory. Each claim includes a printed transcript of the original Spanish manuscript, an English translation of these documents, and testimony from various witnesses, almost all of whom are nuevomexicanos. This and similar 19th century land grant cases are some of the only places in the historical record where Spanish-speaking New Mexicans tell their own story. Even though the context is a constrained legal proceeding, details of their life story, occupations, literacy, and family structure are revealed. 28 pages. First edition. Bottom margin of first page dusty, else generally very good or better in original condition: stitched gatherings, never bound.