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Basic Texas Books
Anyone interested in Texas history will find Jenkins's bibliography indispensable. After fourteen years of research into the more than 100,000 books published on Texas since Cabeza de Vaca's Relación of 1542, Jenkins, formerly an Austin rare book dealer, author, and bibliophile, selected 224 books that he considered essential for any Texas library. The entry on each book provides a substantial critical essay and full bibliographical details on every printing and issue. An additional 1,017 books are discussed and appraised, and an annotated guide to 217 Texas bibliographies is included.
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- title.officialtitle
- Basic Texas Books: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works for a Research Library
- title.seriestitle
- Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series
- creator
- Jenkins, John Holmes
- publisher
- Texas State Historical Association
- date
- 1988
- language
- eng
- description.content
- Annotated bibliography of 224 books about Texas history prior to 1940, including bibliographic details and critical discussion points for each, such as the author's opinions, the opinions of other critics, background on the author and writing of the book, strengths and weaknesses of the text, representative quotations, and references to other books. It also contains an appendix of additional bibliographies to Texas history. Index starts on page 617.
- description.physical
- xii, 648 p. : ill.
- subject.LCSH
- Texas -- History -- Bibliography.
- subject.LCSH
- Texas -- Bibliography.
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Places - United States - Texas
- subject.KWD
- annotated bibliographies
- subject.KWD
- research tools
- subject.KWD
- Texana books
- subject.KWD
- history literature
- subject.KWD
- histories
- coverage.placeName
- United States - Texas
- coverage.timePeriod
- eur-tex
- coverage.timePeriod
- span-tex
- coverage.timePeriod
- mex-tex
- coverage.timePeriod
- tex-rev
- coverage.timePeriod
- rep-tex
- coverage.timePeriod
- annex
- coverage.timePeriod
- slav
- coverage.timePeriod
- tex-fron
- coverage.timePeriod
- civ-war
- coverage.timePeriod
- cat-bom
- coverage.timePeriod
- new-sou
- coverage.sDate
- 1500~
- coverage.eDate
- 1940
- collection
- TSHAM
- institution
- TSHA
- resourceType
- text_book
- format
- text
- identifier.OCLC
- 16523651
- identifier.ISBN
- 0876110863
- identifier.LCCN
- 87-22899
- identifier.LOCAL-CONT-NO
- TSHA_0062
- identifier.UNTCAT
- b1409918
- identifier.CALL-NO
- Z1339.J39 1988
- note
- "Revised Edition."

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