Texfake is the result of three years of investigation into the scandal surrounding the 1988 discovery of forged copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The New York Times, Texas Monthly , and The New Yorker all carried articles on the affair, but this is the definitive account of the history and impact of the Texas forger and his wares. Austin rare book dealer Taylor lays out the facts concerning the forgeries: who made them; when and how they were made; how they were discovered; and whether or not the dealers ...
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Texfake is the result of three years of investigation into the scandal surrounding the 1988 discovery of forged copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The New York Times, Texas Monthly , and The New Yorker all carried articles on the affair, but this is the definitive account of the history and impact of the Texas forger and his wares. Austin rare book dealer Taylor lays out the facts concerning the forgeries: who made them; when and how they were made; how they were discovered; and whether or not the dealers involved know what they were selling. He also reveals for the first time the devastating impact of the looting of Texas libraries by thieves in the 1960s. Taylor discusses in detail all of the printed Texas documents known to have been forged or fabricated and includes a census of every known copy, genuine or fake. The thirty-nine illustrations demonstrate how to distinguish between genuine and forged copies. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Larry McMurtry's introduction delivers on his promise to "slap on a little of the color that Tom Taylor has had to leave off." McMurtry offers an amusing but clear-eyed account of the principal dealers in the affair, Dorman David and John Jenkins, and their "top-speed stampede through the trade" from the perspective of a former employee of David's bookshop and later a dealer who knew both men.
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Fine. Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 158 pages, illustrated with 39 b&w plates. "In demonstrating how a large and not especially expert of Texas forgeries rather easily filtered into, and then flooded, the market, Tom Taylor explodes this myth, without once mentioning it." FINE HARDCOVER.
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Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Introduction by Larry McMurtry. Oversize format, 7 1/4"W X 10 1/4"H. 158 pp. including index. Tan boards with facsimile of Texas Declaration of independence on boards. Bright gilt title on brown cloth spine. Bright, crisp and clean copy with very light wear showing on spine ends.
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Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 158pp. Illustrated. Fine, without jacket as issued. "This book has been designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor in Austin, Texas. The type is Linotype Janson, with Ludlow Bodoni Black for headings, composed at G & S Typesetters by Arno Frank."
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Near Fine. No Jacket. Signed by Author Signed in name only by author on title page. There is a small chip on the upper edge of the bottom cover. Volume is otherwise fine.
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Near Fine. 0935072209. In gift giving condition. As New.; SIGNED by W. Thomas Taylor on the title page, not on a bookplate, but directly on the page (without any inscriptions to anyone); Brown cloth spine over illustrated boards, with gilt titles to spine. Issued without dustjacket. Introduction by Larry McMurtry.; Tight, clean and crisp. Two small dings to rear board's fore edge, otherwise As New. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. The book appears unread and looks New. An excellent First Printing of the First Edition. As New.; 10.38 X 7.32 X 0.71 inche; 180 pages; Signed by Author.
