(lot of 4) Books: all first editions, published by The Encino Press, Austin, Texas, featuring woodcut illustrations by Barbara Mathews Whitehead, designed by Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019), including: (1) "Peter Abbiter: A Novel," by Edwin Shrake, 1973, 148 pages; (1) "Growing Up in Texas: Recollections of Childhood," with contributors Bertha McKee Dobie, Terrell Maverick Webb, Llerena Friend, Thomas Thompson, Joe B. Frantz, John Graves, A.C. Greene, John Edward Weems, Francis Abernethy, Lorece Williams, Bill Porterfield, Lee Clark, and Arnold Rosenfeld, 1972, 153 pages; (1) "Myths and Folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Texas," by Howard N. Martin, 1977, 114 pages; (1) "The Texas Wild Game Cookbook," by Judith and Richard Morehead, 1972, 81 pages; largest: approx 9.25"h, 6.25"w, 5/8"d, 3.25lbs total
**Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.**
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