The Diplomacy of Annexation; Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican War
[Columbia, Missouri]: University of Missouri Press [1973], 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xiii, [3], 1-656 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering and a gold border blocked in red on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $20.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few in-text maps. A study of the United States' acquisition of territory during the 1840's, examining the methods used to annex Oregon, Texas, and the Southwest. Pletcher compares the seizures of this land to the U.S. expansion into Florida and the Mississippi Valley. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000011585
A name on the half-title; jacket has a small wrinkle on its front panel and a touch of fading to its spine panel.
Price: $75.00