Earl Vandale on the Trail of Texas Books
1965 · Canyon, TX
by Haley, J. Evetts
Canyon, TX: Palo Duro Press, 1965. First edition, 1/500 copies designed and printed by Carl Herzog. 8vo. 44 pp. Illustrated with plates, portrait frontispiece, title page facsimiles; 4-page prospectus laid in. Biography and bibliographical tales centering around a collector of Texana. "Wright Howes's simple appraisal [after his death in 1952]: 'He was one of the great natural book collectors of our time.' The Vandale Collection at Austin, Texas, is ample proof, as well as a fitting monument to his memory." Very good. Gilt-stamped rust cloth. (#8216). (Inventory #: 61276)