[TEXAS.]
[The Texas Almanac for 1857, 1858, and 1859.]
THREE TEXAS ALMANACS BOUND TOGETHER
An excellent sammelband collecting the first three years of the Texas Almanac.
“The Richardson almanacs comprise one of the finest research sources for virtually every aspect of 19th century Texas history. Particularly in the pre-war issues, there are literally dozens of memoirs, biographies, and historical essays of great value. Most of these articles were written from interviews with participants, or by the participants themselves. Much of our surviving eyewitness information on the Texas Revolution and Republic of Texas appears in the Richardson almanacs, as well as a vast amount of economic and statistical data” (Jenkins). He notes that some copies of the 1858 issue are found with a folding map, this isn’t one of those copies.
Raines adds that “no collection of Texana [is] complete without Richardson’s Texas Almanacs.” The Texas Almanac was published annually until 1873.
Howes T-138; Jenkins Basic Texas Books 172, 172A & 172B; Raines, p. 174.
