Publication: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1959, Garden City
First edition. 8vo. Full page inked gift inscription on the front free, fly leaf, signed and dated by the author, April 14, 1959. Former owner's name stamp on front pastedown sheet (covered by the dust jacket flap) and at the top of a blank preliminary page, else a near fine copy in dust jacket with light professional restoration by a master paper conservator to the spine ends, corners and extremities. The biographical novel of Harriet Moore Page Potter and Robert Potter, the first secretary of the Texas Navy. The story is based on Texas history and on the autobiography of Harriet, who seems to have truly loved the rogue Porter. An attractive copy.
Inventory Number: 45617