TOURING TEXAS THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST. by Hagner, Lillie - 1967

Red cloth cover with gold lettering and design. Very nice black and white illustrations. Pictures on request

Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good DJ. 6 x 9, 396 pgs, b&w art/drawings throughout. The author's etchings reflect her travels around Texas in 1962. Signed by the author on the title page.

Texian Press. 1967. Hardcover. No additional printings. First edition. Signed by author on title page. No other writing in book. Dust jacket is torn at top and bottom by spine and worn and torn at the corners. DJ has a tear at bottom in back, a crease down spine, and is in good condition. Some upper page corners have been bent.; 396 pages .

Waco, Texas: Texian Press, 1967. First Edition . Hard Back. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 6" x 9. 396 Pages. There are 208 etchings done by the author. One warm June day in 1962 I stood on the sidewalk along Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, to do the drawing on copper for this etching of our state capitol. These are the facts I have learned about this building: The Texas pink granite, of which our capitol was built, came from the granite quarries at Granite Mountain near Marble Falls in Burnet County. The owners, G. W. Lacy, W. H. Westfall and N. L. Norton donated the granite because of their great desire to have our state capitol constructed of the finest native materials obtainable. Would it be limestone or would it be granite? There were months of discussion and argument among the authorities before it was decided that Texas pink granite would be the building material.. In 1962 I stopped near Granite Mountain that is.so great that one would never know that huge quantities of granite have been… Read More