Audubon and other capers : confessions of a Texas bookmaker INSCRIBED

Jenkins, John H. III

Published by Pemberton Press, Austin, TX, 1976

Language: English

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120 pages : illus., facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm .; decorated mustard boards ; dj in mylar. TLS laid in from Jenkins to Margaret Waring of Comanche, Texas dated 12 February 1973 (prior to book publication) : "Dear Margaret: Thank you for your kind letter. I have tried several times to write the story of the Audubon Caper, but it always falls flat. It makes a good tale when told, especially since it grows each time in the telling, but is apparently not susceptible to being written." Signed "John". An anthology of several of Jenkins's annual Christmas "offerings" sent to friends and customers over the previous decade. The subtitle "Confessions of a Texas Bookmaker" is something of a black joke, as Jenkins was heavily implicated in the "Texfake" scandal of forged historical ephemera in the late 1980s. Seller Inventory # 000258

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Title: Audubon and other capers : confessions of a ...

Publisher: Pemberton Press, Austin, TX

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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