Connally. The Adventures of Big Bad John.
New York: William Morrow, 1974. Illustrated. ix + 305 pages, 12mo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. New York: William Morrow, 1974. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
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The Politics of Southwestern Water
El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1984. a few maps. 50pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1984. More
The Galveston that Was.
New York: Macmillan, 1966. Illustrated with many fine photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson & Ezra Stoller. 224pp., 4to, brown cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Macmillan and Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1967). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Pioneer Preacher.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1948). More
San Juan de Ulua, ou, Relation de L'Expedition Francaise au Mexique, sour les Ordres de M. Le Contre- Amiral Baudin ...
Paris: Gide, 1839. Suivi de Notes et Documents et d'un Apercu General sur L'Etate Actuel du Texas, par M.E. Maissin. 17 India-proof plates, text illus. vii, 591pp. 4to, orig. cloth-backed boards; (lacks plate no. 16, slight foxing affecting some plates, spine worn). Paris: Gide, 1839. First Edition. "Admiral Baudin's French fleet, returning from the reduction of Vera Cruz, touched at Velasco, and thence sailed to Galveston." Baudin and his aide-de-camp Maissin travelled to Houston where they visited President Lamar. "Admiral..... More
A Charge to Keep
New York: William Morrow, 1999. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: William Morrow, (1999). Very good. More
The Trail to Ogallala.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Texas Christian UP, (1985). A Novel. vg. More
The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877
Texas: A&M University Press, 2003. Illustrated in black and white. xiv, 177 pages. Tall, slim 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (sunned at spine, rear upper corner bumped). College Station: Texas A&M University Press, (2003). First Edition. Corner lightly bumped, otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrative
New York: Sol Lewis; Liveright, 1975. Illustrated in black and white. 288 pages. 8vo, navy cloth, d.w. (chipped, yellowed, price clipped). New York: Sol Lewis; Liveright, 1975. A very good(+) copy-- pages yellowed-- in a very good dust wrapper. More
Doomed Road of Empire; The Spanish Trail of Conquest.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. Illus. 408pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and chipped. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1963). The American Trail Series. More
The Wide, Wide World of Texas Cooking.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Bonanza, n.d. vg. More
Botany of Western Texas.; A Manual of the Phanerogams and Pteridophytes of Western Texas.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Illustrated with 3 plates. 588 pages + 201 leaves. 8vo, re-backed in burgundy cloth; hinges reinforced. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891-94. First Edition. Very good. A pioneer study, of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Botany, being Volume 2 of Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium. In this copy there has been bound in at the end about 200 ruled leaves, apparently for the purposes of annotation. Only a few leaves have been utilized..... More
Tenting On The Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas.
illus. 702pp. 8vo, modern crude cloth-backed boards; (half-title loose, Frontis. dampstained). N.Y.: Webster, 1891. Eberstadt 105:101. More
The Alamo, Long Barrack Museum; Convento, Fortress, Museum
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1986. Illus., some in color. 64pp. 4to, pictorial boards. Dallas: Taylor Publishing, (1986). Very good. More
Big Country: Texas.
8vo, cloth. N.Y., (1947). More
The Architecture of O'Neil Ford: Celebrating Place
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. xiv + 158 pages. Square 4to, black cloth, d.w. Austin: University of Texas Press, (1999). First edition. Single, trace bump to top fore-corner of front cover; otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest
Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1952. Illustrated with black and white etchings throughout. 111 pages. 8vo, yellow cloth, dust wrapper, spine heavily sunned and front flap falling off. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, (1943). A near fine copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest with a Few Observations
Austin: The University of Texas, 1943. Illustrated. 111 pages, 8vo, yellow pictorial cloth; lightly rubbed, bookplate pasted to inside front cover. Austin: The University of Texas Press, (1943). A very good copy. More
The Mustangs
Boston: Little Brown, 1952. Color frontis, and illustrations by Charles Banks Wilson. xvii +376 pages, 8vo, decorative blue and yellow cloth. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1952). First edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Wild, Woolly & Wicked; The History of the Kansas Cow Towns and the Texas Cattle Trade.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1960. 8vo, original brown cloth, d.w. slightly chipped, ex-lib, edges of corners worn. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1960). More
The Southwest of John H. Slaughter, 1841-1922; Pioneer Cattleman and Trail-driver of Texas, the Pecos, and Arizona and Sheriff of Tombstone.
folding map, illus. 368pp. 8vo, cloth; (uncut). Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1965. First Edition. vg "It is the first, and a long-needed book on the famous John Slaughter and shows much research. ... The book deals with many incidents in the life of Tombstone and tells about many of the outlaws and gunmen...and recounts the OK Corral fight." Adams, Six-Guns, 682. More
Farewell: A Memoir of a Texas Childhood
New York: Scribner, 1999. Illustrated. 287 pages, 8vo, 1/2 purple cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Scribner, (1999). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Camels to California; A Chapter in Western Transportation.
illus., folding map. 93pp. 8vo, pr. wrs.; (tear to back wr.). (Ann Arbor: Univ. Microfilms, 1970). A xeroxed facsimile. More
All three of the most important contemporary accounts of the Champ d'Asile colony sold together
Paris: various, 1819. The titles are: (1.) (L'Heritier, Louis Francois). Le Champ-D'Asile, Tableau Topographique et Historique du Texas...folding map of Texas and Louisiana. viii, 247 pages, 8vo, handsomely rebound in new full blue morocco; (some light foxing). Paris: Ladvocat, 1819. Second Edition. (2.) Le Champ-D'Asile au Texas. Par C.D. folding plate of colony. 107 pages, 18mo, handsomely rebound in new full blue morocco, uncut. Paris: Tiger, no date, (circa 1820). (3.). Hartmann, (L.). et Millard, Le Texas, ou Notice Historique..... More
Reluctant Empire.
8vo, cloth. Garden City, 1957. More