Texas Technological College Library Copy · Lubbock, Texas

No personal presentation inscription, bookplate, or earlier private owner has been identified in the supplied photographs.

RepositoryTexas Tech University Libraries, Rare Books

LocationLubbock, Texas

Shelfmark / Call NumberPJ1531 .R5 P4 ↗

BindingLater full brown buckram institutional binding with gilt title. A ticket identifies Texas Book Bindery, Inc., Dallas, as the binder. This is not an original brown-and-gold publisher binding.

Edition EvidenceThe illustrated contents and repository examination identify the first edition; the card catalogue’s ‘1857?’ date conflicts with the book.

Ownership EvidenceThe front pastedown bears the bookplate of the Texas Technological College Library, the institution’s name before it became Texas Tech University in 1969. The card catalog repeats the same shelfmark and records 139 pages.

Presentation / Association

No personal presentation inscription, bookplate, or earlier private owner has been identified in the supplied photographs.

Provenance Chain

Unresolved early ownership → Texas Technological College Library → later rebinding by Texas Book Bindery, Dallas → Texas Tech University Libraries

Unexamined Acquisition Source

The donor and acquisition date are unrecorded.

Sources and Documentation

Texas Tech University Libraries repository correspondence and ten copy-specific photographs. Six photographs are reproduced here, documenting the later binding, Texas Technological College bookplate and shelfmark, illustrated contents, Texas Book Bindery ticket, and legacy card-catalog entry.