Local History Dorothy Sloan-Rare Books, Inc
Download 2.53 Mb.
|
|
Limited edition (un-numbered copy of 300). Format designed by Carl Hertzog, typography by Camille, printed by Fritz Popper. $85.00 475. THOMLINSON, M.H. The Garrison of Fort Bliss, 1849-1916. El Paso: Hertzog & Resler, Printers, 1945. xv [1, blank] 39 [3] pp., frontispiece, map, illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original off-white cloth. Binding lightly foxed and a bit shelf-worn, endpapers browned from contact with d.j., otherwise very good in rubbed and soiled d.j. with a few small tears. First edition. CBC 1593. Lowman 33: “This project was undertaken as a commercial job, but through care, and the enthusiasm of Col. Thomlinson, a good looking book resulted. The edition consisted of 1000 copies.” TC 599. $75.00 476. WHITE, Owen. Out of the Desert: The Historical Romance of El Paso. El Paso: McMath, 1923. [12] 442 [4] pp., 9 photographic plates, photographic text illustrations. 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt. Slight shelf wear, spine lightly sunned, bottom corners bumped, tape stains to endpapers, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 1600. Guns 2384: “Rare.... Mr. White’s first book and perhaps his best. It contains much material on the lawlessness of El Paso”. Howes W364. Rader 3640. White was at work on this book when Hertzog arrived at McMath in 1923. White’s office was in McMath’s building. $100.00 477. WHITE, Owen. Out of the Desert: The Historical Romance of El Paso. El Paso: McMath, 1924. 345 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original maroon cloth with paper labels on spine and upper cover. Bottom edge of binding abraded with boards exposed, label on upper cover and edges lightly foxed, text browned, otherwise very good in chipped and browned d.j. Signed by author on half-title and dated El Paso, 1925. Second edition of preceding item. Guns 2384: “Reprinted in 1924 with the same imprint in 345 pages, omitting the biographical and newspaper section.” Howes W364. TC 612. $65.00 478. WHITE, Owen P. Them Was the Days: From El Paso to Prohibition. New York: Minton, Balch, 1925. [8] 235 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece and illustrations by Ross Santee. 8vo, original red pictorial cloth, top edge dyed green. Binding rubbed and soiled, with slight insect damage, edges and endpapers foxed, upper hinge and text block cracked in a few places (but holding), occasional soiling and marginal notes in pencil and ink to text, overall good condition. First edition. Not in CBC. Guns 2386. Herd 2510. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Santee) 64. Kid 100. TC 625. $10.00 Ellis County 479. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK. A History of Waxahachie, Texas and Citizens National Bank. Waxahachie, 1968. 48 pp., illustrations. Oblong 4to, original cream pictorial wrappers printed in purple and green. Fine aside from a few fox marks to lower wrap and last two leaves. $15.00 480. TEXAS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE. The Larkspur Volume III. Milford, 1910. 127 [1] pp., illustrations (mostly photographic), ads. Narrow small folio, original blind-stamped green suede with suede tie. Covers worn, browned, 8x4 cm stain on upper cover, stains to endpapers, light browning to top margin of text, overall good. College yearbook, “Published Annually by the Senior Class of Texas Presbyterian College, Milford, Texas”. $65.00 Erath County 481. DAVIS, Edward Everett. The White Scourge. San Antonio: Naylor, 1940. x [2] 196 pp., illustrations by Warren Hunter. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth, top edge dyed red. Lightly shelf-worn, binding, edges, and last page lightly foxed, otherwise very good in rubbed d.j. with several short tears. First edition. CBC 1610. $10.00 482. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Erath Co. Texas. [lower left] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office, do hereby certify that this Map of Erath County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office compiled from official data [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh Commissioner. [lower left above neat line] Lithographed by A. Gast Co’s New Process. [lower right above neat line] Copyright 1879. W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the Genl. Land Office of the State of Texas. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 63.6 x 55.4 cm; overall sheet size: 70 x 57.5 cm. Light stains to borders, small tear to lower right hand corner (not affecting image). $425.00 483. SCHUETZ, Arden Jean & Wilma Jean Schuetz. People-Events and Erath County, Texas. Stephensville, 1972. 201 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original black cloth gilt. Fine aside from browning to front endpapers and gift inscription on front free endpaper, in browned d.j. with a few chips, stains, and marks in ink, address labels affixed to flaps. News clipping laid in. “First Revised Edition.” TC 635 (refers to 1970 edition with different pagination). $40.00 484. STEPHEN, Homer. The Frontier Postmasters. Dublin: Dublin Progress, 1952. 102 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps browned with small spot on upper wrap, first and final leaves browned, otherwise fine. Signed by author and dated 10/2/1952 on title page. First edition. Not in CBC. TC 631. Biographical sketches of the postmasters of Erath County and vicinity. $45.00 485. STEPHEN, Homer. The Frontier Postmasters. Dublin: Dublin Progress, 1952. Another copy, not signed. Wraps lightly browned and appear to have been re-stapled, first and last leaves browned, otherwise fine. $35.00 486. STEPHEN, Homer. History of Erath County, Compiled and Published for the Benefit of Future Generations. Dublin: Dublin Progress, 1950. 48 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps browned with slight insect damage, title and last page foxed, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 1626. TC 633. $95.00 487. [STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS]. “Mine Eyes Have Seen”. Stephenville Centennial and Fall Fair, Stephenville, Tex. October 27-31 [wrapper title]. N.p., 1954. 60 pp., photographic illustrations, ads. 4to, original white pictorial wrappers printed in red, green, and black, stapled. Slight foxing to wraps, first and last pages browned, otherwise fine. $20.00 Falls County 488. ST. ROMAIN, Lillian Schiller. Western Falls County. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1951. ix [1, blank], 160 pp., frontispiece portrait on half title verso, maps, including folding map. 8vo, original grey cloth. Fine other than slight shelf wear and light foxing to endpapers, in lightly worn and foxed d.j. First edition. CBC 1655. TC 644. $70.00 Fannin County 489. BONHAM HIGH SCHOOL. A History of Bonham, Texas. A Research Paper by American History Class of 1927-1928, Bonham High School, Revised and Enlarged by Class of 1928-1929. Dallas & Richardson: Harben-Spotts Co., [1929]. 83 [1] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers. Light wear to fragile wraps, one corner bumped, otherwise fine. First edition. CBC 1665. $30.00 490. CARTER, W.A. History of Fannin County, Texas. History, Statistics, and Biographies. Business Cards, Etc. Bonham, Texas, 1885. [5] 10-128 [16, ads] pp. 8vo, original brown cloth gilt and decorated in blind. Binding rubbed and spotted, corners bumped, title page in facsimile, text browned with occasional soiling, dog-earing and small tears, scattered notes in ink and pencil. First edition. CBC 1661. Howes C199. TC 654, TLH, p. 26. (both referring to 1975 reprint). $1,000.00 491. HAY, Kenneth M. The Life and Influence of Charles Carlton, 1821-1902. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1939). 95 [3] pp. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver. Fine. Not in CBC. Reprinting of author’s M.A. thesis. $25.00 492. HAY, Kenneth M. The Life and Influence of Charles Carlton, 1821-1902. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1939). Another copy, variant binding. 8vo, original red cloth. Spine slightly sunned, top corners bumped, otherwise near fine. $25.00 493. HODGE, Floyd Crandall. A History of Fannin County, Featuring Pioneer Families. Hereford: Pioneer Publishers, 1966. 267 [1] pp., map, photographs, drawings. 4to, original green pictorial cloth gilt. Fine aside from slight shelf wear. First edition. TC 653. $65.00 494. LUSK, R.M. Constantine Lodge No. 13. Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons. Bonham: News Job Office, 1897. 84 [2] pp. 12mo, original tan printed wrappers. Wraps browned, with a few fox-marks and small stains, and lightly worn (small chips at extremities of spine), a few fox-marks and one tiny chip to title page, otherwise near fine. Contemporary ink gift inscription dated 7-24-97 from A.R. Caldwell to B.A. McKinney on title page. Not in CBC. History of Bonham, Texas Masonic lodge. $50.00 495. SAM RAYBURN LIBRARY. The Sam Rayburn Library, Bonham, Texas, Dedicated October 9, 1957. N.p., n.d. Folded pamphlet with photographic illustrations: Folded: 22.8 x 11.5 cm; Open: 22.8 x 46 cm. Fine aside from light, scattered foxing. Small pamphlet describing the Sam Rayburn Library, in Bonham, Texas. $5.00 Fayette County 496. APPELT, Alton A. The Story of the Kreische Family, 1849-1952. Yoakum: Yoakum Herald-Times, 1967. 52 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original yellow pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps sunned and lightly worn, a little foxing to edges and text, otherwise very good. $35.00 497. DUEWALL, L.A. The Story of Monument Hill. La Grange: La Grange Journal, 1956. 34 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original cream pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps very lightly worn and soiled, otherwise fine. First edition, second printing. CBC 1675. TC 680 (first printing), 681 (third printing). $15.00 498. GIESBER, Ruth. The Hanging Rope [wrapper title]. La Grange: La Grange Journal, 1969. [14] 7 [1, blank pp.], photographic illustrations, diagram of scaffold, facsimile. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers stapled. Fine aside from rusting to staples. $20.00 499. KAPIK, Jane. Schulenberg: 100 Years on the Road, 1873-1973, with Brief Histories of Old Lyons and High Hill. Schulenberg: Schulenberg Centennial Committee, 1973. vii [1, blank], 161 [53] pp., map, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original red pictorial cloth. Very fine in d.j. (spine sunned). First edition. TC 678. TLH, p. 27. $40.00 500. LOTTO, F. Fayette County, Her History and Her People. Schulenberg, Texas, 1902. xvi, 424 pp., frontispiece (included in pagination), illustrations (mostly photographic), ads. 8vo, original green cloth gilt. Light wear to binding, endpapers browned and foxed, moisture damage to text and some mildew stains to inner blank margin, overall fair condition only. First edition. CBC 1687. Howes L484. TC 667. TLH, p. 27 (referring to 1978 reprint). $125.00 501. LOTTO, F. Fayette County, Her History and Her People. Schulenberg, Texas, 1902. Another copy, wrappers issue. 8vo, original green printed wrappers. Wraps lightly worn, a little foxing and spotting to edges, first and last leaves foxed, otherwise very good. $200.00 502. LOTTO, F. Fayette County, Her History and Her People. Schulenberg, Texas, 1902. Another copy, variant wrappers. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers. Wraps lightly worn and foxed with chips and splits to extremities of spine, upper wrap and first few leaves creased, edges and first and last few leaves with light foxing, otherwise good. $150.00 503. POLK, Mary. I Remember.... N.p., n.d. 89 [1, blank] pp., map, facsimile, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original cream pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps browned, former owner’s ink stamp on upper wrap, tiny stain on lower wrap, “NOV 1971” stamped in red ink on title page, overall very good. $25.00 504. ROBERTS, H.H. Brief Notes on the Geologic Formations of Fayette County and on the Evidence of the Presence of Oil and Gas, with Map of Part of the Gulf Coastal Plain Texas [wrapper title]. San Antonio, 1927. [12] pp., map. Square 8vo, original red printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps and text lightly creased and a bit rumpled in appearance, author’s name written in ink on upper wrap, otherwise very good. Not in CBC. $35.00 505. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas. No. 75. Fayette County (Lagrange). Fayette County, Texas, 1940. [6] 167 [1, blank] pp., map, plans of courthouse, chart of governmental organization. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Fine aside from a little foxing to edges. First edition. CBC 1679. $15.00 506. WADE, Houston. David Wade: A Texas Pioneer. La Grange: La Grange Journal, 1943. [6] 33 [1, blank] pp., photographic portrait. 8vo, original cream printed wrappers, stapled. Fine other than a few tiny fox-marks to wraps and slight wear to wraps and text. First edition. Not in CBC. David Wade (b. 1779 Virginia-1861) came to Texas from Kentucky in 1833 and settled permanently at San Felipe in present Fayette County and engaged in the transportation business. $35.00 507. WADE, Houston. The Dawson Men of Fayette County [wrapper title]. Houston, 1932. 85 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, black cloth gilt over original white printed wrappers. Binding lightly shelf-worn, bottom corners and right edge bumped, edges foxed, endpapers browned and foxed, damp stain and foxing to upper wrap and first few leaves, overall good condition. Signed by author on typed dedication to J.C. Ingram, president Harris County Historical Society, tipped onto p. [1], and Ingram’s ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Name “Norman Miles Wells” written in ink at bottom of p. [3]. First edition. CBC 1700. TC 664. Documentation of the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the men who fought in the engagement against Woll’s reinvasion of Texas. See Handbook of Texas Online: Dawson Massacre. $40.00 508. WADE, Houston. The Dawson Men of Fayette County [wrapper title]. Houston, 1932. Another copy, not signed. 8vo, original white printed wrappers. A little foxing and light browning to wraps, otherwise fine. $40.00 509. WADE, Houston (compiler). Thumb Nail History of Fayette County. La Grange: Chamber of Commerce, 1941. [4] pp., photographic illustrations. Folio, one folded sheet of newsprint, unbound. Paper browned, creased where formerly folded embossed stamp of the Sons of the Republic of Texas on p. [1], otherwise fine. Signed by compiler on upper left margin of p. [1]. Cf. CBC 1701. $15.00 510. WEYAND, Leonie Rummel & Houston Wade. An Early History of Fayette County. LaGrange: LaGrange Journal, 1936. [4] 383 [1, blank] pp., 1 plate. 8vo, original green buckram gilt. Upper margin of front cover sunned, endpapers browned, otherwise fine. Co-author Houston Wade’s signed presentation inscription to J. Frank Dobie on front free endpaper. First edition, author’s special cloth-bound issue. CBC 1704. TC 665. TLH, p. 27 (referring to 1977 reprint). Excellent source on early Anglo Texas and the Republic era, Fayette County being one of Austin’s original colonies. The men of Fayette fought in every major military expedition of the era. $200.00 511. WEYAND, Leonie Rummel & Houston Wade. An Early History of Fayette County. LaGrange: LaGrange Journal, 1936. Another copy, variant binding. 8vo, original dark green cloth. Binding lightly shelf-worn, corners bumped, endpapers browned, otherwise near fine. Co-author Houston Wade’s signed presentation inscription to M.H. Dowell, dated July 1, 1936, on front free endpaper. $200.00 512. WEYAND, Leonie Rummel & Houston Wade. An Early History of Fayette County. LaGrange: LaGrange Journal, 1936. Another copy, wrappers issue. 8vo, original white printed wrappers. Fragile wraps browned and lightly worn with small chip at base of spine, otherwise near fine. $125.00 Fisher County 513. BAIRD, Delila M. and Josie M. Baird. Early Fisher County Families: Biographical History, 1876-1910. Rotan: Published by the authors, 1976. vii [1, blank], 277 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original off-white cloth gilt. Light shelf-wear, bottom corners bumped, otherwise fine. Limited edition (copy #371 of unstated number). TC 684. $75.00 514. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Fisher Co [left below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office, State of Texas, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct Copy of the Original Map now in use in this Office, Compiled from official data. [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh, Commissioner. [below title at right] Copyright 1880 W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas. [bottom center] Lithographed By A. Gast & Co’s New Process St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1880. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 57.4 x 45.2 cm. Map browned, with a few tears, chips, small stains, and scattered insect damage. $400.00
515. HALL, Claude V. The Early History of Floyd County. Canyon: Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1947. 147 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original dark blue pictorial cloth. Slight shelf wear to extremities, a little shelf-slanted, otherwise near fine. First edition. CBC 1723. Herd 972: “First issued as Volume XX of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Association’s Review. Some volumes were bound in cloth in book form.” TC 688. TLH, p. 27. $100.00 Foard County 516. PHELPS, Bailey. They Loved the Land: Foard County History. Quanah: Quanah Tribune-Chief and Foard County Historical Survey Committee, 1969. [10] 106 [2] pp., many illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original brown pictorial cloth. Fine. First edition. TC 692. TLH, p. 28 (shows imprint as Burnet, Texas, 1969). $100.00
517. FORT BEND COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION. Fort Bend County Sesquicentennial, 1822-1972. Richmond, Texas, 1972. 72 pp., photographic illustrations, facsimiles. 4to, original tan pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light wear to fragile wraps, otherwise very good. Folding sesquicentennial program and publishers’ ad from Fort Bend County Museum Association laid in. First edition. TC 695. TLH, P. 28. $30.00 518. McMILLAN, S.A. (compiler). The Book of Fort Bend County, Texas.... N.p., 1926. vi, 264 pp., folding map, ads. 8vo, original pink pictorial wrappers. Wraps foxed and lightly worn, a few small chips to spine, overall very good. First edition. CBC 1742. TC 693. $65.00 519. WHARTON, Clarence R[ay]. Wharton’s History of Fort Bend County. San Antonio: Naylor, 1939. xi [1, blank], 250 pp., frontispiece portrait, 2 maps (1 folding), 38 plates. 8vo, original blue cloth, top edge dyed blue. Binding lightly shelf-worn and foxed, light foxing to endpapers and adjacent to plates, upper hinge cracked (but holding), otherwise very good in chipped, rubbed, and browned price-clipped d.j. First edition. CBC 1748. Guns 2374: “Scarce.... Contains an account of the Jaybird-Woodpecker feud and other lawlessness.” TC 701. $125.00 520. WHARTON, Clarence R. Wharton’s History of Fort Bend County. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1950. [8] 250 pp., 2 maps, facsimile, endpapers with photographic portraits and map. 8vo, original grey cloth. Blank margin of pp. 97-98 wormed (not affecting text), otherwise near fine. Reprint edition of preceding item. CBC 1748a. $85.00 Franklin County 521. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Franklin County. [below map] Copyright 1879. Wm C Walsh, Comm Gen Land Office, State of Texas [bottom left] Lithographed by August Gast & CoS New Process. St. Louis [bottom right] I, Wm C Walsh, Commissioner of General Land Office State of Texas, certify this to be a true and correct copy of the map now in use in this office and compiled from official data. Austin December, 1879 [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 55.8 x 25 cm. Map browned, likely trimmed, includes contemporary hand-written label “Franklin” in lower right of margin. $350.00 522. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 80. Franklin County, August 20, 1875-August 2, 1939. San Antonio, State-wide Records Project, 1940. [4] pp, 26 folios, map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Fine. First edition. CBC 1752. TC 702 (referring to recent reprint). $15.00 Frio County 523. FRIO COUNTY JAIL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION. Frio County, Texas: A History. Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1979. 152 pp., photographic illustrations, color photographic endpapers. 4to, original brown leatherette cloth gilt. Corners lightly bumped, otherwise fine. $40.00 524. JONES, J. Otis, Mrs. Ora C. Littleton, Mrs. T.E. Terry & Mrs. J.E. Fargason. Historical Sketch of Moore, Texas [wrapper title]. N.p., 1971. 127 [5] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original white printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Near fine. TC 710. $30.00 525. ROBERTS, Mrs. W.A. A Brief History of Frio County [caption title]. N.p., n.d. 5 mimeographed sheets of thin letter-sized paper, printed on rectos only. Stains from paper clip in upper left corner, sheets uniformly age-toned, otherwise near fine. Cf. CBC 1781, TC 706. $15.00 Gaines County 526. GAINES COUNTY HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE (compilers). The Gaines County Story: A History of Gaines County, Texas. Seagraves: Pioneer Book Publishers, 1974. viii, 536 pp., maps, brands, drawn and photographic illustrations. 4to, original red pictorial cloth gilt. Binding lightly rubbed, spine light, gilt dull, text browned, otherwise very good. First edition. TC 711. TLH, p. 29. $35.00 Galveston County 527. CAMPBELL, Collier A. & Susie L. Moncla. Texas City: Images of the Twentieth Century. Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1999. 160 pp., many color and black & white photographic illustrations. 4to, original navy blue pictorial cloth gilt. Fine in d.j. (creased and lightly rubbed). $10.00 528. CLARKE & COURTS (publisher). The Texas: A Southern-Built Battleship [wrapper title]. Galveston, n.d. [12] pp., illustrations. Oblong 16mo, original white pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light foxing, darkening, and wear to wraps, pamphlet creased where formerly folded, overall very good. Complimentary souvenir pamphlet issued by Clarke & Courts, manufacturing stationers, Galveston. $25.00 529. COULTER, John (editor). The Complete Story of the Galveston Horror.... N.p.: United Publishers of America, 1900. [6] 386 pp., frontispiece, 46 plates (included in pagination). 8vo, original brown cloth gilt with tipped-on halftone illustration. Binding rubbed and a bit soiled and spotted, corners bumped, upper hinge cracked (but holding), text block cracked in a few places (but holding), text browned, occasional foxing to plates. Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
|