AUSTIN AND COMMODORE PERRY - SIGNED FIRST EDITION 1956

By A. Garland Adair and E. H. Perry, Sr., Collaborator

Published by Texas Heritage Foundation, Inc., Austin, Texas, 1956. First Edition.

SIGNED by author A. Garland Adair on the front free endpaper in blue ink: "Cordially yours A. Garland Adair".

234 pages. Hardcover. Original orange cloth boards with black lettering. Illustrated frontispiece of the Texas Capitol and rear board with radio tower/Austin skyline. No dust jacket was issued for this title.

DEDICATION: "To the memory of Lutie Pryor Perry, wife of E. H. Perry, Sr."

CONDITION: Very Good. Light shelf wear to spine ends and corners. Small surface tear to top right front cover. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges, typical of age. Small corner crease to signature page. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean with no markings. Please see photos for exact condition.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Scarce Texas history title. A. Garland Adair was Executive Director of the Texas Heritage Foundation and curator of the Texas Memorial Museum. E. H. Perry, Sr. built the famous Commodore Perry Estate in Austin, now a luxury Auberge resort.

NO ISBN: Published in 1956, prior to the use of ISBN numbers.

This is the original 1956 edition, NOT the modern reprint.