Houston, Andrew Jackson. Texas Independence. Anson Jones Press, Houston, TX, 1938.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Limited Edition of 500 copies, of which this is no. 265. Signed on the limitations page by the author, Andrew Jackson Houston, son of Sam Houston. Bound in full brown leather and including all 11 of the original folding maps in a pocket at the rear. Fair condition only. Edges of boards are worn. Splitting at front and rear joints of spine, though still intact. Triangular-shaped chip at head of spine, measuring one inch at widest point and .75 inches at deepest point. The pocket at the back was reinforced long ago with tape, which has browned, and in some cases come off. Ten of the eleven folding maps with a few small chips and short tears along the folds. One of the maps (Siege of the Alamo) with a very lengthy tear along one of the folds. 300 pages.

Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.