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Early Times in Texas
by J.C. Duval
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Austin, TX : H.P.H. Gammel & Co., Publishers, 1892 H.P.H. Gammel & Co., Publishers, Austin, TX. 1892. Hardcover. First Edition. Contemporary professional rebind with tape repairs to pages and additions glued to missing page corners and fragments. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light wear to head, tail, and tips; pages 195-198 have a corner fold; repairs and additions to pages are very tastefully done. No DJ. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine 253 pp 12mo. The author was a participant in the events of early Texas beginning in 1835 as a volunteer to fight for Texas independence from Mexico and was later taken captive by the Mexican Army. The second part of the book is The Young Explorers which is a quasi-fictional book for young boys that involves Duval's return to Texas after independence where he visits the Alamo and heads to the plains and Indian confrontations on the Llano. The appendix contains a list of all the men under the command of COL J.W. Fannin in 1835-36 at the Battle of Encinal del Perdido and the Battle of the Mission del Refugio. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015263
- Title
- Early Times in Texas
- Author
- J.C. Duval
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- H.P.H. Gammel & Co., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Texas independence, the Alamo, Santa Anna, Goliad, Mexican Army, Battle of Refugio, Early Texas history, Indian Wars, Comanche Indians, Choctaw Indians.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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