1874 History of Texas 1st ed by Morphis | Davy Crockett Alamo & Exploration

1874 History of Texas 1^st ed by Morphis | Davy Crockett Alamo & Exploration

J.M. Morphis’s “History of Texas” is a rare and highly valuable history of Texas. This work, first published in 1874, is a comprehensive narrative that covers the entirety of Texas’s history from its earliest European explorers into the 19^th-century.

Morphis focuses primarily on early settlements in Texas with accounts of Spanish and French explorers as well as the Texas Revolution and ultimate independence. It also includes details on Texas’s role in the American Civil War. Notable names covered, as might be expected, in this book include Stephen F Austin, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett and his role at the Alamo!

Note the large folding map of Texas.

Item number: #28496

Price: $950

MORPHIS, J.M.

History of Texas from the discovery and settlement

New York: United States Publishing Co., 1874. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • viii, 9-591, [5]
  • 11 engravings
  • Includes large color folding map of Texas
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
  • Brown cloth
• Size: ~8.5in X 6in (21.5cm x 15cm)
• VERY rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $2,000

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