Anyone interested in Texas history will find Jenkins's bibliography indispensable. After fourteen years of research into the more than 100,000 books published on Texas since Cabeza de Vaca's Relaci???n of 1542, Jenkins, formerly an Austin rare book dealer, author, and bibliophile, selected 224 books that he considered essential for any Texas library. The entry on each book provides a substantial critical essay and full bibliographical details on every printing and issue. An additional 1,017 books are discussed and ...
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Anyone interested in Texas history will find Jenkins's bibliography indispensable. After fourteen years of research into the more than 100,000 books published on Texas since Cabeza de Vaca's Relaci???n of 1542, Jenkins, formerly an Austin rare book dealer, author, and bibliophile, selected 224 books that he considered essential for any Texas library. The entry on each book provides a substantial critical essay and full bibliographical details on every printing and issue. An additional 1,017 books are discussed and appraised, and an annotated guide to 217 Texas bibliographies is included. This revised edition, now available at a new low price, includes more than 100 changes and additions to the 1983 edition. "I cannot imagine a book collector, or any Texas scholar, without a copy . . . of Basic Texas Books." -- Dorman H. Winfrey , former director, Texas State Library
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very Good. Size: 7x2x10; Hardcover and dust jacket. Wear/tear to dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xii, 648 p. : ill.; 26 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Fine in Fair jacket. 648 pages. Dust jacket shows a two inch, mostly closed, tear from the lower edge over the top cover, as well as a couple of other very small closed tears from upper edges. Jacket is otherwise bright and clean, and is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping.
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Near Fine in very good + jacket. "Revised edition, " 1988. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 648 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, some soiling to the page-edges, a bit of age-toning to the dust jacket, some wear to the edges of the dust jacket including a bit of creasing and tearing. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Revised edition. Near Fine in a Very Good Minus dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with trace shelfwear. Solid binding. Unmarked. Jacket with short tears and short creases along edges-primarily at corners and spine-ends. 647 pages.
