NEW MEXICO IN 1850 - A MILITARY VIEW by McCall, Col. George Archibald - 1968

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Stated First Edition. FINE IN FINE, PRICE-LCIPPED DUST JACKET. NO WRITING OR NAMES. EDited and with an Introduction by Robert W. Frazer.

Norman: U. Of Ok., 1968. D.j., 322 pp., iIlus., map, index. McCall, a Major in the Third U.S. Infantry, was sent to Santa Fe in March 1850 with instructions to urge the people of New Mexico to seek & prepare for statehood & to inspect the military installations. . 1st.. Fine/Near Fine.

Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, 1968 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1968. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); small puncture on rear panel at the gutter. Brown cloth boards and spine with brown lettering on the spine; yellow Zia in spine shadowbox. Gold endpapers. 222 pp 8vo. This book is comprised of the reports that COL George McCall sent to the Secretary of War about the state of military readiness that state was in, in 1850. To say the least, it was dismal. There was no civil government, the U.S. military was understaffed, and the Indians could raid at will both civilian and military cantonments. His inspection reports and those of the defensive needs of the Territory are the core of this book. The editing by Frazer has added fresh and valuable background material. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1968]., 1968. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in brown and yellow on the spine, yellow front & rear endpapers, xi [blank], 222 pp., preface, illustrated, map, appendices, bibliography, index. Edited and with an introduction by Robert W. Frazer. McCall's record of the sad state of military affairs in New Mexico in 1850 and problems with the Indians through his inspection reports to the Secretary of War from a visit to New Mexico in 1850. A fine, bright, unread copy in dust jacket.