SUNG AT THE ALAMO.
William Hugh. Calkins
Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937. [104]pp. Text illustrations. Purple cloth. Title in gilt on the cover and spine, with gilt image of the Alamo on the front cover. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author to his aunt. Externally, faint bit of fading to the perimeter, overall, bright and very good+ or better. Internally, tanning to the prelims and offsetting to two pages, probably from a newspaper clipping. Except as noted very good. The printed dust jacket has a circular ring to the front cover, edgewear, and chipping to the spine ends, overall, good+. Arranged in nine sections, this lengthy poem is written from the perspective of a soldier who fought at the Alamo. Scarce.