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The Texas Historical Society, publisher; Ellis Arthur Davis, editor
Published circa 1948 1,008 pages. 8” x 10.75” approx.
This beautiful and gigantic volume tackles all the major components of the history of Texas, and includes multiple chapters on the Texas oil industry, the Texas agriculture industry (highlighting cotton, rice, roses, wheat, and cattle), the major Texas universities, the cowboy, Masonry in Texas, the histories of major cities (Houston, Dallas, Galveston, Fort Worth, Tyler, San Antonio, Austin, Uvalde, Laredo, Corpus Christi, Amarillo, and more), plus detailed chapters on the counties, the men of Texas, the governors, and the biographies of representative Texans. Whew!
HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED.
A handsome copy in Near Fine condition, with a blank gold foil Texas Historical Society bookplate.
(The color “gold” not actual gold, as far as I can tell, else I’d keep it!)
Interior pages crisp & off-white.
