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Arader Galleries
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CHRIS EMMETT (1886-1971), TEXAS CAMEL TALES
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Chris Emmett (1886-1971)
Texas Camel Tales
San Antonio: Naylor Printing Company, 1932
8vo., (9 ¼ x 6 ½ inches). Four-page pamphlet listing subscribers laid inside front cover, second copy of pamphlet taped inside back cover (pale water stains to upper corner of the first few leaves). Illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout (some scattered light offsetting). Original suede cloth binding in pictorial dust jacket (professionally repaired tear along most of the length of the rear gutter).
First edition, limited issue, number 290 of 300 signed copies for subscribers. A near fine copy of an essential piece of Texana, this charmingly illustrated volume recounts the War Department’s novel experiment of using camels to travel around Texas and facilitate trade. -
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Documentation: Signed Period: 1920-1949 Styles / Movements: Americana, Traditional Incollect Reference #: 584555
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Founded in 1971, Arader Galleries is the world's leading dealer and auction house of Rare Maps, Prints, Rare Books and Watercolors of the 16th through 19th centuries. Over our forty-five year history we have grown to five magnificent locations in some of America’s most vibrant cities and are represented at the most distinguished antiques shows in the country. We are proud to buy and sell more original Audubon prints that any other firm in the United States.
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