first edition Hardcover
1912 · (San Antonio, Tex
by CORNELIUS, John (pseudonym of Martha Caroline Shook)
(San Antonio, Tex: Press of Maverick-Clarke Litho Co, 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Thick octavo. [8], 506pp., illustrated with plates. Publisher's maroon cloth over boards, lettered in gold on the front board and spine. Modest tarnishing to the gold lettering, near fine in very good original printed dust jacket lettered in black on the front panel and spine, with a few modest chips and tears to the jacket corners and top edge of the back panel. A handsome copy of thi9s uncommon novel about the early histroy of Texas, and very scarce in jacket. (Inventory #: 301418)