JOHN FALCONER. CRYPTOMENYSIS PATEFACTA: OR, THE ART OF SECRET INFORMATION DISCLOSED, WITHOUT A KEY

by [Falconer, Thomas]:

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[London. 1866].. 25pp. Tall octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Front and rear wrapper dust soiled, a few manuscript editorial corrections. Good. [with:] 15pp. proof copy of the same pamphlet. Self-wrappers. Wrappers dust soiled, bit tanned. Good, with ink notes. [with:] 4pp. a.l.s. Undated. Folded. Good. The only edition of this scarce pamphlet, captioned "[A few copies only privately printed.]" on the first page of text. This work was compiled by Judge Falconer, best known for his participation in the Texas Santa Fe Expedition of 1842 and his account of that expedition which was appended to the seventh edition of Kendall's famous NARRATIVE OF THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPEDITION. He also represented Canada in 1850 in arbitrations regarding the boundary between New Brunswick and Canada, was the colonial secretary of Western Australia, and the author of many books. The present pamphlets list publications by the various Falconers, issued to 1866. The NUC locates only one copy, at the NYPL. The a.l.s. included here was written by Alexander Falconer to his sister, Henrietta, and concerns politics, Thomas Falconer and family matters, and the theatre.