Ralph Emerson Twitchell, a Santa Fe attorney and historian, published The Leading Facts of New Mexican History in five volumes from the Torch Press in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, between 1911 and 1917, and it has long been the encyclopedic reference for the territorial era. Sunstone Press of Santa Fe reissued the first two volumes as facsimiles in its Southwest Heritage Series, with a new foreword by the historian Richard Melzer.
The title pages state the source of each facsimile: Volume I reproduces number 1156 of the original 1911 edition, and Volume II the original 1912 edition. The copyright page claims only the new material, dated 2007. Note the title, too: New Mexican History, not New Mexico History.
2007 Sunstone Press facsimile, Volumes I and II
The title pages read 'Facsimile of Number 1156 of Original 1911 Edition' (Volume I) and 'Facsimile of Original 1912 Edition' (Volume II), with a new foreword by Richard Melzer, Ph.D. The copyright page reads 'New Material © 2007 by Sunstone Press,' in the Southwest Heritage Series, with hardcover ISBNs 0-86534-584-8 (v. 1) and 0-86534-585-6 (v. 2). This is a Sunstone Press book; see how Sunstone Press states its first printings.
| Author | Ralph Emerson Twitchell |
| Publisher | Sunstone Press |
| Year | 2007 (facsimile of the 1911 and 1912 volumes) |
| Edition | 2007 Sunstone Press facsimile, Volumes I and II |
| Condition | Two hardcover volumes in printed pictorial boards. |
| Topic | New Mexico territorial history |
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