TEXAS, THE MARVELLOUS: The State of the Six Flags. Including Accounts of the Spanish Settlement and Establishment of the Indian Missions; the Unfortunate Expedition and Death of La Salle; the Romance of its Early Settlement and Stories of its Hardy Pioneers; the Nine-year Republic of Texas; Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston; "Remember the Alamo"; the Development of the Cattle Ranches; the Great Ranches and a Visit to a Million-acre Ranch; the Growing Cities; the Rehabilitation of Galveston; Along the Troublesome Mexican Border; the Uttermost Corner of Texas; the Wonderful Gulf Coast; the Panhandle; the Black Waxy Belt; the Timber Region; the Llano Estacada, the Disappearing Desert, and the General Development of this Marvellous State
by Winter, Nevin O
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1930. Third Impression. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A volume in the See America First series. Tall octavo: xii, 343 p. with 53 plates (5 color) and a folding map. Original dark green cloth binding, with pictorial gilt, blue, white, and kelly green (go birds) stamping. Partially unopened. An exceptionally fine example in the uncommon dust jacket, which is nearly fine with some light creasing. Housed in the scarce publisher's two-part box, which has been mended with silk tape in a few places.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76917
- Title
- TEXAS, THE MARVELLOUS: The State of the Six Flags. Including Accounts of the Spanish Settlement and Establishment of the Indian Missions; the Unfortunate Expedition and Death of La Salle; the Romance of its Early Settlement and Stories of its Hardy Pioneers; the Nine-year Republic of Texas; Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston; "Remember the Alamo"; the Development of the Cattle Ranches; the Great Ranches and a Visit to a Million-acre Ranch; the Growing Cities; the Rehabilitation of Galveston; Along the Troublesome Mexican Border; the Uttermost Corner of Texas; the Wonderful Gulf Coast; the Panhandle; the Black Waxy Belt; the Timber Region; the Llano Estacada, the Disappearing Desert, and the General Development of this Marvellous State
- Author
- Winter, Nevin O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Publisher
- L.C. Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Western Americana, Texas, See America First, Booster Literature, Travel, Tourism
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Unopened
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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