WILLIAM SANDERS OURY HISTORY-MAKER OF THE SOUTHWEST by Smith, Cornelius C. Jr - 1967

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1967 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 298 pp. Illustrations, notes, sources, index. Light spotting to top edge. Jacket has very light wear. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Tucson: U. Of Arizona Press, 1967. 298 pp., illus., index. Fought at San Jacinto, one of the last couriers from the Alamo, fought Indians at Bandera Pass, Plum Creek. Mexican War, later settled in Arizona-cattleman, Texas Ranger, stage agent, agent, newspaper editor.. 1st.. Fine/Near Fine.

University Of Arizona Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. hardcover with dustjacket. Inscribed to the previous owner and signed on the first blank page. No other names or markings. A few small dings on the dustjacket, and worn spots on the bottom of the book. ; 6 1/4"9 1/4"; 298 pages .

Very Good/Very Good. William Sanders Oury--History-Maker of the Southwest (Carbon Copy of Early Manuscript plus Holograph and Typed Notes) with 1st Edition of Same, Cornelius C. Smith, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1967. 298pp. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Typed carbon copy in red binder with manuscript working title in black ink on front and spine. Original title was "A Place of Liberty--A Biography of William Sanders Oury", 496 numbered pages with minimal edge wear and soiling. Plus 23 pages of holograph and typed material all contained in sleeves, in very good condition. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. Early carbon copy draft of Cornelius C Smith's classic biography of his great-grandfather, William Sanders Oury, published by University of Arizona Press in 1967. In addition to having a famous forebearer, Smith was a writer and illustrator on western themes. William Sanders Oury (1817-1887) came to Texas from Missouri in 1833 and was in the Alamo Brigade, only surviving… Read More