Under Flags by Davis M E M, First Edition (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Drawings (illustrator). First Thus. SUBTITLED : ` The Story of Texas'. A b/w map after page 60 is one of the hilights of this 187 page facsimile volume. The original appeared in 1897. LEARN more about : tangled skein, Carankawae Indians, Brazos River, La Bahia, puncheon floor, Cameron's Grant, Red Rovers, Juchereau St, Denis, Jallot, Veramendi courtyard, servant, Captain Castenado, Iturbide, Coahuila, country-house, and Manga de Clavo. B/W drawings (lots of portraits) accompany text. INDEX at back. Cond : Boards are red with black lettering and graphics.White end-papers. D.J. is white with red and blue flags - one being the fleur-de-lis. Volume is clean, tight, and bright. Name of p/o verso front board. Big tear at d.j. foot. Sticker ghost on d.j. Else crispy and collectible ! QUote (p. 56) : " Until 1824 Texas had been a province of Mexico, with her capital at San Antonio. In that year, however, the general government decreed the union of Texas with Coahuila ; and the capital of the new state was fixed at Saltillo ._._._. . " Size: Octavo.