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Remember the Alamo! (Landmark Books, 79)
by WARREN, Robert Penn
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition in a later state dust jacket with no price and states "Young Readers of America Selection." Illustrated by William Moyers. Mint green cloth with red and gray stamping. Edges modestly rubbed, else fine in a near fine slightly rubbed dust jacket with spine lightly sunned. Laid in is a typed and Signed letter from Robert Penn Warren addressed to "Dear Young Reader
Synopsis
Remember the Alamo! is the acclaimed classic accounts of one of the most thrilling moments in the history of the United States frontier. The battle for the Alamo was an epic event in the fight for Texas independence from Mexico. Davy Crockett, Colonel Jim Bowie, Colonel and Buck Travis are just three of the legendary and colorful heroes whose courageous and doomed defense of the Alamo against an overwhelming Mexican army led by General Santa Anna earned them immortality. Their valiant stand and death inspired the rallying cry, “Remember the Alamo!” that inspired Texans to continue their struggle and ultimate win their independence from Mexico.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 584076
- Title
- Remember the Alamo! (Landmark Books, 79)
- Author
- WARREN, Robert Penn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- SouthernAuthor/Interest, AmerLit20thCent, Americana, AssociationCopy, Children'sBook, Letters(ALS/TLS)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Sunned
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- Later State
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