When Dallas became a City, Letters of John Milton McCoy, 1870-1881. [Signed Limited Edition]
by Elizabeth York Enstam, editor
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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[Dallas:] Dallas Historical Society, 1982. 176pp. Oblong Sm. Folio. Quarter leatherette and cloth. Near fine in cloth slipcase.
Limited to 100 copies in special binding with slipcase, signed by the editor and by Millicent Hume McCoy, who wrote the book's foreword, and by book designer Steve Schuster. The transformation of Dallas "from a Southern country market town into a boom town" as revealed in the letters of attorney John Milton McCoy who came to town in 1870 to join the law firm of his uncle, Dallas' first practicing attorney. An important primary source. With an illustrated prospectus for the book laid in.
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- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
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- When Dallas became a City, Letters of John Milton McCoy, 1870-1881. [Signed Limited Edition]
- Author
- Elizabeth York Enstam, editor
- Book Condition
- Used
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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