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Our publishing
firm was borne out of a love for books, more specifically old ones. All
members of our team have been affiliated with the rare book trade in
one form or another before coming to CBP. We've seen hundreds of thousands and know that 95% of them weren't worthy of
the paper on which they were printed. The remaining 5%, though, are
books that were marketable and useful when they were first published....and
are marketable and useful today. Fortunately for us, a good number of Texas history books fall into that slim margin.
After years in the
rare book business, we tired of seeing these useful books, especially
valuable bits of Texas history, remain unavailable for decades. So we
decided to bring them back. All books that we publish are designed by
folks who know about book design and who are also passionate about all
things Texana. We are very selective in what we choose to bring to the
market and even more selective in how we choose to present our
publications.
Finally, a note on the logo. If you've never fished on, birded around
or simply wondered at the beauty of the most handsome bay in Texas
(Copano Bay, of course), you are perhaps unfamiliar with the windswept
oak trees along our shorelines. That "thing" in our logo seeks to be a
representation of one of our "leaning" live oaks. Some people think it
looks like a couple of dolphins playing leapfrog with an upside-down
Portuguese man-o-war. The truth is, it doesn't matter how you interpret
it - so long as you remember it.
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