Earl Vandale On The Trail Of Texas Books

J. EVETTS HALEY

Publication: Palo Duro Press, 1965, Canyon

First edition. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by the author on a front fly leaf. Designed and printed by Carl Hertzog. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, 44 pp., frontispiece (portrait of Earl Vandale), illustrated, footnotes. The adventures of a persistent collector and book hunter of Texana and other rarities, whose collection was sold in 1948 to the University of Texas. The collection helped to establish the Barker Texas History Center. Vandale was an oilman from Amarillo, Texas. Signed on the front free fly leaf with the ownership signature of Haley's long-term executive assistant, else a fine, bright, square copy.