San Elizario: a History
by Porter, Eugene O
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Austin, Texas: Jenkins Publishing Company. Fine. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. An account of one of the oldest villages in Texas. Brown cloth boards with an illustrated pastedown. Two sheets of publisher's prospectuses laid in. Personally inscribed by the illustrator Jose Cisneros on the half title page. A building restoration led to the book research into the San Elizario, Texas, the original county seat of El Paso County in a region claimed by Don Juan de Onate in 1598 and settled by the Spanish in the late 1700s. ; B&W Illustrations; 10 1/4" x 10 1/4"; 86 pp; Signed by Illustrator .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011494bt
- Title
- San Elizario: a History
- Author
- Porter, Eugene O
- Illustrator
- Jose Cisneros
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jenkins Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Austin, Texas
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- San Elizario, Texas
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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