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I am offering for your bid and consideration a rare bound book with three almanacs. The almanacs are being relisted due to the fact that my description, even though I thought I was making an accurate description, was not complete. This was brought to my attention by Dorothy Sloan of Dorothy Sloan Rare Books. She has given me permission to use her description of the almanacs which follows. After the description, you will be able to read what was missing after she looked at it. I had nothing to compare this set of almancs to and know is something was missing. Thanks to Dorothy for her professional guidance! From Dorothy: With Labadie's Controversial Account of the Battle of San Jacinto [ TEXAS ALMANACS]. RICHARDSON, [Willard & David]. Three Texas almanacs bound in one volume. Galveston , 1856, 1857, 1858. 8vo (21.3 x 14.7 cm), contemporary three-quarter black leather over marbled boards, spine lettered and rolled in gilt, edges sprinkled. Binding moderately shelf worn, boards rubbed, hinges starting, endpapers moderately darkened, monthly tables of first title slightly shaved at top, leaves of second almanac moderately foxed and browned, many leaves of third almanac with light uniform browning. The three vols. lack ads and some other materials (see below). Jenkins ( Basic Texas Books 172) comments: "The Richardson almanacs comprise one of the finest research sources for virtually every aspect of nineteenth-century Texas history. Particularly in the pre-war issues, t are literally dozens of memoirs, biographies, and historical essays of great value. Most of these articles were written from interviews with participants, or by the participants themselves. Much of our surviving eyewitness information on the Texas Revolution and Republic of Texas appears in the Richardson almanacs, as well as a vast amount of economic and statistical data. Every volume, excepting only the war issues, is a separate mine for the researcher." Discussing Texas almanacs as a rich source for the history of Texas counties, H. Bailey Carroll describes them collectively as "The Encyclopedia of Texas " ( Southwestern Historical Quarterly 45:4). The volumes in this lot are: RICHARDSON, [Willard & David]. The Texas Almanac for 1857, With Statistical, Historical and Biographical Sketches, &c., Relating to Texas . Galveston : Prepared, Printed and Published by Richardson & Co., At the News Office, Richardson & Co., 1856]. 159 [1] pp. (ads not present). With contemporary ownership inscription of Jo. F. McDonald of Owensville, Texas (now a ghost town in Robertson County ).First edition . Basic Texas Books 172 (10,000 copies printed). Howes T138. Raines, p. 174. Winkler 713. This almanac begins a series on Texas history, covering the early years up until Austin 's colony. It also includes some biographies, such as those of Branch Archer, James Bowie, David S. Burnet, and Benjamin R. Milam. Coverage of land grants and grantees in early Texas are abundant. RICHARDSON, [Willard & David]. The Texas Almanac for 1858; Giving Annual Statistics of the State, and the Progress of Improvements in Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures...Lives of Distinguished Texians, History of Texas...Never before Published. Galveston : Prepared, Printed and Published by Richardson & Co., At the News Office, Richardson & Co., 1857. 194 pp. (ads and portraits not present, nor the map which is rarely found with the book). First edition . Basic Texas Books 172 (25,000 copies printed). Howes T138. Raines, p. 174. Winkler 886. This edition continues the early history of Texas begun in the previous year, including much material on Austin 's colony. Biographies include Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Mirabeau B. Lamar, and Sidney Sherman. [RICHARDSON, Willard & David. The Texas Almanac for 1859.... Galveston : The Galveston News ...by W. & D. Richardson, 1858]. 224 [2] pp. (lacks the title page, 38 leaves of ads at end, and the rare "Notice to the Public"). First edition, first issue, with defamator... 
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