The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948 Page: 262
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the company because he has been regular in attendance since
his first visit.
It may be that Herbert Fletcher has done something which
will live longer than the Association itself, or the book auction
about which he writes. I am not too well versed in the literature
on book auctions, but I venture to assert that Herbert Fletcher
has written the best description of one that has ever been penned.
It should go far in book circles, and in order that it may have
the opportunity it deserves, we are printing it as a separate
article elsewhere in this issue and are having several hundred
reprints struck off, most of which we hope to dispose of to Mr.
Fletcher.
Charles Messer Stow, antiques editor of the New York Sun,
ran the following article on the Association's latest book, El Sal
del Rey, in the October 31, 1947, edition of the paper.
If there is a historical society in the United States that publishes
handsomer books than the Texas State Historical Association, I do
not know of it. The latest is entitled El Sal del Rey, by Walace
Hawkins, and, as usual, Carl Hertzog of El Paso is the printer.
Paper, typography, binding and jacket all betoken an artist who
uses paper, ink and type as his medium.
Professor A. W. Walker, Jr., writing in the Texas Law Review,
says:
Thanks are due Walace Hawkins for writing this book, and the
Texas State Historical Association for publishing it. It is a job well
done, not only by reason of its style, content and arrangement, but
also because of the attractiveness of its printing and binding. For
the latter, credit is due Carl Hertzog, who designed and printed the
book. Worthy also of special mention are the superb maps and
illustrations of Josh Cisneros which add greatly to its beauty and
value.
The favorable comment on Carl Hertzog's typography and
bookmaking in general justifies a query as to what will become
of the plan for a University -of Texas Press. Had it been estab-
lished twenty years ago, it would by this time have made the
University much better known than it is. There is nothing that
adds more to the prestige of a university than a good press and262
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