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Galveston,
History of the Island and the City,
by Charles W. Hayes. Austin: Jenkins
Garrett Press, 1974. 2 vols, with slipcase.
4to
– over 9¾- 12” tall. Near Fine. Slight darkening on
backstrip of both volumes, shelf wear on bottom of slipcase. Ex-libris.
983 pp. A history from the discovery of the island in 1526 through founding
of the city in 1837 to 1879.
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Shelby’s
Expedition to Mexico, an Unwritten Leaf of the Civil War. by John N.
Edwards. Austin: Steck Company,1964.
Fine, with fine slipcase.
Facsimile reproduction of 1872 edition, with the exception of added
colored illustrations.
An account of one of the last military episodes of the war.
Some Missouri and Texas Confederates, led by Cavalry General Joseph
Shelby, preferred exile in Mexico to the humiliation of defeat following
Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.
John N. Edwards, Shelby’s adjutant, followed him to Mexico, then
became the historian of the Shelby army. |
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