Texas History Movies
Publication: Dallas: The Southwest Press, (n.d. but ca. 1945).
Notes: A reissue of this newspaper comic version of the history of Texas from Coronado's visit in the 1530s to the outbreak of the Civil War. Let's say the account of history is not exactly PC. The comic strip originally ran in the Dallas News in 1926 and 1927; it is reprinted here with two days' strips (eight panels) per page. In many ways, this is a proto-graphic novel.
The comics were collected in book form and republished several times, including as a premium for the Magnolia Oil Company in 1943. This edition is slightly later than that one.
217 pages. 9 by 12-1/4 inches.
Edition + Condition: A very good copy in a dust jacket that has tears, creases, and small missing chips along the edges and soiling to the rear panel. All four corners of the jacket flaps are clipped, suggesting the jacket may not have had a printed price. There is a gift inscription dated 1945 on a preliminary blank. This copy is bound in green cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board. Some copies have decorative paper labels instead.
Item No: #365248
Price: $100