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The Alamo Mission Bell. J. Evetts Haley. The Encino Press, Austin, Texas 1974 for the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas. A 30-page signed copy by Haley (12/25/91) in a cream colored softcover book in interesting illustrated wraps with a small tear at the right upper edge. Pages are clean and unmarked. Very Good

Encino Press, TX, 1974. First edition first printing hardcover. SIGNED BY BILL WITTLIFF THE DESIGNER AND PUBLISHER ON THE COLOPHON PAGE IN BACK for the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library. Fine in rust cloth with brown cloth spine and gold print

Austin: The Encino Press, 1974. Hardback. Very Good. E.M. Buck Schiwetz. Maroon and red cloth with paper label on front board, gilt lettering on spine. Slight lean to spine. Boards rubbed.

Austin: Encino Press. Near Fine. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. A history of the Alamo and its fall by J. Evetts Haley written because 5 Texans bought the Mission Bell of the Alamo (that had been cast in 1722) from a collector in Tennessee and brought it back to Texas. Specifically, to the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library in Midland. Typesetting by G&S Typesetters, printing by Capital Printing Company, paper supplied by Lone Star Paper company, binding by Custom Bookbinders, design by William D. Wittliff. Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed and loose. Minimal edge wear. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. No dust jacket. Protected in archival cover. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 30 pages .

Austin: The Encino Press, 1974., 1974. First edition. First edition. 8vo. One of 250 specially bound copies, numbered and signed by the author. This is copy 180. This copy also inscribed to noted collector Lee Milazzo: "For Lee Milazzo / who too belongs to the / traditions and ideals of / the Alamo." Publisher's quarter rawhide and burnt orange cloth with titles on a printed paper cover label and titles on the spine with embossed lettering, brownish front and rear endpapers, [8], 30 [2] pp., bronze by Melvin C. Warren and drawings by E. M. "Buck" Schiwetz. The Alamo Mission Bell was cast in 1722 for the Mission San Antonio de Valero, known as the Alamo, where it hung for many years. From there, as the story goes, it was being taken to the mission at Refugio when the cart in which it was being hauled broke down, and the bell was left beside the road near the San Antonio River. There in time some passing horseman found it a likely weight for staking his mount, but the bronc… Read More