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Tragic Cavalier: Governor Manuel Salcedo of Texas, 1808-1813
by Felix D. Almaraz, Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 029270139X
- ISBN 13
- 9780292701397
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Very good plus first edition, which would be fine except for the previous (large) owner's name blacked out on first free end paper. Blue cloth boards with silver title stamping on spine. Gray end papers. In a very good, original, unclipped dust jacket with tiny price sticker. Dust jacket shows minor loss in an otherwise closed small tear on rear jacket. vii, 206 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 8 3/4 inches tall.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 680
- Title
- Tragic Cavalier: Governor Manuel Salcedo of Texas, 1808-1813
- Author
- Felix D. Almaraz, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 029270139X
- ISBN 13
- 9780292701397
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- mexico, Spain, Texas, history, united states, America
- Bookseller catalogs
- California & the West;
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Uncommon Works
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