CONQUER AND COLONIZE: Stevenson's Regiment and California By Donald C. Biggs San Rafael, California: Presidio Press, (1977). First edition, first printing. Enhanced with eleven illustrations and maps on quality black-and-white plates. A well-researched history of the Stevenson Regiment begun by President Polk during the Mexican War, in 1847, in order to occupy Mexican Territory, and colonize the land as the doctrine of Manifest Destiny had decreed. Biggs chronicles the Stevenson men from their beginnings in New York to their travel West, their military service, their experiences in the gold rush period, and their various pursuits, a few of which soiled the regiment's name by engaging in criminal activities. Lower corner tips lightly bumped, else near fine in brown linen over tweed boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a slightly rubbed near fine dust jacket with a short tear and attendant creases to the upper edge of the rear panel and with a lightly age-toned spine panel; original $12.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Nice presentable. Octavo; 263 pages; introduction; bibliographical essay; index. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!