Remote Beyond Compare by Kessell John L., Editor - 1989: Letters of don Diego de Vargas to His Family from New Spain and New Mexico, 1675-1706

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. Vargas Series 1. John L. Kessell editor. . 596 pp. cloth. illus., maps.] 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of New Mexico Press, August 1989. Hardcover. Used - VG. Local Independent Bookstore. All Orders ship within 2 business days.

University of New Mexico Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. Third Printing. Cloth/Gilt. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book This book, originally published in 1989 and long unavailable, is reissued in conjunction with the completed multi-volume translation of the official correspondence of don Diego De Vargas, late seventeenth-century governor and re-coloniser of New Mexico. These personal letters not only illuminate their author but the history of New Mexico as don Diego experienced it. Like the Journals of don Diego de Vargas, this volume reflects years of document collection, translation, and annotation by the Vargas Project directed by John L Kessell. Slight dent to right hand edge front board.596pp.

Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1989. 53/100, First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, vi, xii, xiv, 596 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's burgundy leatherette bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Very slight wear exteriorly. Text block has mild age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. This is number 53 of 100 numbered, signed, limited copies. Limited Collector's edition. First edition. Signed by the author and four others. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1375836. FP New Rockville Stock.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1989. First printing. Leatherette. Fine in Fine Acetate Jacket. Inscribed to Roland and Peg Dickey from Editor John Kessell and Research Consultant Eleanor Adams.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Nera Fine. 8vo, 596 pp., color frontis., b/w illus. Signed by Kessell, Hendricks, Dodge and Miller. Rear pastedown has some creases (binding defect); smudges to rear endpapers. Otherwise a Fine copy.