A DAY IN THE LIFE OF LON TINKLE

Dallas: Friends of the Dallas Public Library, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is copy number 442 SIGNED with editor's presentation. Designed and produced by Willaim R. Chiles, printed by off-set lithography on 80# Tweedweave Text, and printed recto. Tipped-in sepia portrait by Tom Lea, color photographs by the editor tipped-in. Folio crash linen boards and blue cloth spine. Proceeds to benefit the Dallas Public Library. Blue endpapers no names, clean vinyl dj. 10 x 13 in. Copy of the book review by Lee Milazzon from DMN laid-in.

Tinkle was Book Critic of the Dallas Monrning News, teacher at SMU and the author of Thirteen Days to Glory, one of the first full Alamo histories and still highly thought of. He was also author of the first full biography of J. Frank Dobie, An American Original. "Over the years Tinkle received many awards and tributes, but surely one of the highlights of his career came on February 27, 1977, for on that day Tinkle was honored by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library at the ranch of philanthropist extraordinaire Margaret McDermott. The proceedings were recorded by Dr. Robert S. Sparkman, Dallas physician and bibliophile, who subsequently edited the speeches and remarks into book form." -Dallas Morning News.