Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents

Austin, Texas: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. SIGNED. 158 pp. Quarto [26.2 cm]. 1/4 orange cloth over illustrated paper over boards. Title gild on the back strip. Toning on the back strip and 1" of upper portion of cloth on both boards. No dust jacket as intended. One of seventy copies specially bound and signed by the author, unnumbered. Letterpress printed. "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." from the publisher.