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The Manchaca Hills is an area southwest of Austin, Texas. Mrs. Carpenter grew up there in the 1870"s and 80"s. Many of her family and neighbors came to Texas in the 1830's, or earlier. She went to college, Sam Houston Normal College in 1893. She was the first woman she ever knew of who went to college. She tells her story, and the stories of her family in the most delightful way imaginable. Every single page is like a slap in the face because her hilarious turn of phrase. This book really needs to be reprinted. The book has a corner bump on the front bottom right. The dust jacket is chipped and has edgewear, especially at the top spine. There is no paper loss, though. The jacket is price clipped. Otherwise, the pages are clean and unmarked, and the binding is tight. The book is in very good condition, the jacket is listed as good.

The Hauser Press, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 9.0000 6.0000. Cover/edges have light wear. Pages are clean/intact.\r\n

New Orleans, LA: Hauser Press, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 221p octavo, illustrated A very good copy in a very good dust jacket

New Orleans: The Hauser Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gray cloth. Slight lean to spine. Boards and extremities creased and rubbed, corners bumped. Endpapers stained. Edges foxed. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled with chips and tears.

New Orleans: The Hauser Press, 1960. [xvi], 221pp [previous ownership in pencil inside front cover; edge wear to dust jacket]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by B&w and monochrome illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Orleans, LA: The Hauser Press, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scarce memoir from Mrs. Edna Turley Carpenter, a resident of the small town of Manchaca, near Austin in the Hill Country of central Texas. Signed and inscribed by both editors, as well as Mrs. Carpenter. Near fine in gray boards with former owner's sticker applied to ffep, near the inscriptions. Very good, price-clipped jacket with light wear to extremities.