Perry Vilamala Carmen (2 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 4th printing. xxix, 202 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : facsimiles ; 23 cm. ; goldenrod cloth ; dj in mylar. Jenkins BTB 39a: "Written by an intelligent and perceptive Mexican staff officer, this is one of the most important eye-witness records of the Texas Revolution, and especially of the Siege of the Alamo." The controversial private diary kept by Lt. Col. de la Peña during the Texian Revolution, recounting the fortunes of the Mexican army under Gral. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and including the disputed account of David Crockett's execution after the battle of the Alamo. (Personal view: I think de la Peña told truth about Crockett; who lies to his own private diary that no one else is ever meant to read, and why?).…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. xxix, 202 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : facsimiles ; 23 cm. ; goldenrod cloth ; dj in mylar. Some spotting to dj spine. Jenkins BTB 39a: "Written by an intelligent and perceptive Mexican staff officer, this is one of the most important eye-witness records of the Texas Revolution, and especially of the Siege of the Alamo." The controversial private diary kept by Lt. Col. de la Peña during the Texian Revolution, recounting the fortunes of the Mexican army under Gral. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and including the disputed account of David Crockett's execution after the battle of the Alamo. (Personal view: I think de la Peña told truth about Crockett; who lies to his own private diary that no one else is ever meant to read, and why?).…