About the Author

Michael Vinson is a rare book dealer specializing in Texas and the West. He has appraised rare books for the Antiques Road Show and has been interviewed by the New York Times about rare book thefts. He is the author of Edward Eberstadt & Sons: Rare Booksellers of Western Americana. William Reese (1955-2018) was a renowned antiquarian bookseller and an expert on prominent American bookdealers. He was the author of Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books and America Pictured to the Life: Illustrated Works from the Paul Mellon Bequest.