(lot of 4) Books by Tom Lea and J. Frank Dobie, including: (1) "Battle Stations: a Grizzly from the Coral Sea Peleliu Landing," Tom Lea, Still Point Press, 1988, Tom Lea illustrations, 75 pages, hardcover, dustcover, approx 11.25" x 9" x 0.75"; (1) "87 Paintings & Drawings," Tom Lea, 1971, William D. Wittliff, The Encino Press, softcover, approx 6.25" x 9" x 0.25"; (1) "Tom Lea: a Selection of Paintings and Drawings from the Nineteen-Sixties," The University of Texas Institute of Texas Cultures at San Antonio, December 1969-January 1970, softcover, approx 8" x 8" x 0.25"; (1) "Coronado's Children," J. Frank Dobie, The Southwest Press, Dallas, 1930, first edition, with "A Clean Cowman'' on dedication page, illustrated by Ben Carlton Mead, a portion of the dustcover stored within the pages, "Todd" penciled at front cover page, approx 9.5" x 6.5" x 1.5"; 4lbs 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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