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Notes: Easton Press Leather-Bound Nautical Library edition. Signed by Weems on title page in black ink. Presentation copy to Warren Roberts from Weems: "for the Warren Roberts,/with best wishes/dating from early days/of the U.T. Press in the 1950s/to the present and/on into the far future./Eddie Weems/Waco, Texas/April 16, 1991". Also includes Easton Press ephemera related to the book.Easton Press bookplate affixed to front free end paper is left blank. From the Briscoe Center for American History website: John Edward “Eddie” Weems was a historian, author, and journalist. He was born in Grand Prairie, TX in 1924. He received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Journalism from the University of Texas in 1948 and 1949, respectively. He later received a Master of Arts degree in Library Science from Florida State University in 1954. Weems had a diverse career and served in the Navy, worked at several Texas newspapers, was an assistant professor in journalism at Baylor University, University of Alabama, and professor of English at Baylor University. Weems also had a prolific career as a writer and published many books and articles about Texas and Southwest history. This presentation copy is inscribed to his friend Warren Roberts. From the Texas State Historical Website: Warren Roberts played an integral role in developing the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, HRHRC, and from 1962 to his retirement in 1978, he served as its director. During the time of his involvement with the HRHRC, Roberts became a friend and associate of many important Texas figures in the fields of literature, bibliography, and printing, including J. Frank Dobie , Carl Hertzog , Al Lowman , and Tom Lea . |