ALKALI TRAILS or Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier 1846-1900
Dallas, Texas: The Southwest Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Holden to Gordon B. Dunlap, manager of the Clasa-Mohme exchange in San Antonio, Texas, on the dedication page, with an autograph letter signed (ALS) from Holden to Dunlap laid in. The author's first book, which revered historian Walter Prescott Webb described as "indispensable to students of Texas history and invaluable to those interested in the general social aspects of the vast subhumid region of the United States." Octavo: [x], 253, [1, blank] pp. Original cream cloth binding, with orange-stamped titles. A few tiny stains to the spine; else very good or better. Very good. Item #78085
Price: $100.00