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Not in CBC. Many photographic and drawn illustrations of the 1900 hurricane and its aftermath. $25.00 530. DYER, Joseph O. The Early History of Galveston...Centenary Edition, Part I [wrapper title]. Galveston: Oscar Springer Print, 1916. [2] 30 pp. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. First edition. CBC 1807. Rader 1251. $75.00 531. E.S. LEVY & CO. (publisher). Galveston, Treasure Island of the Southwest Map. [Galveston], n.d. Folding pamphlet with maps and illustrations. Folded: 17.1 x 8.5 cm; Open: 34.2 x 34 cm. Fine. Small promotional map and guide to Galveston, distributed by E.S. Levy, “Galveston’s oldest apparel store.” $5.00 532. FIRE PREVENTION AND ENGINEERING BUREAU OF TEXAS & THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS. Texas City, Texas, Disaster, April 16, 17, 1947 [wrapper title]. Dallas & New York, n.d. 44 pp., 3 maps, photographic illustrations, many full-page. 4to, original white pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly rubbed and soiled, otherwise near fine. Not in CBC. Report on the 1947 disaster which began with the explosion of the S.S. Grandcamp, loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer, and ultimately resulted in 576 known dead and 178 missing. Includes extensive photographic documentation of the disaster and its aftermath, reports on casualties and damage, and maps of the affected area. See Handbook of Texas Online: Texas City Disaster. $20.00 533. FORNELL, Earl Wesley. The Galveston Era: The Texas Crescent on the Eve of Secession. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1962. xiv, 355 [1, blank], woodcut illustrations and endpapers by Lowell Collins. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. Fine aside from a little foxing to edges, in lightly rubbed and soiled price-clipped d.j. First edition, second printing. CBC 1810. TC 722 (referring to second printing). TLH, p. 29 (referring to 1976 printing). $30.00 534. FRANKLIN, Robert M. Battle of Galveston, January 1st, 1863. N.p., n.d. 12 photocopied letter-sized sheets, stapled in upper left corner. Fine. Photocopied facsimile of undated small stapled volume. Not in CBC. Note on verso of last sheet in pencil: “From Fred White, Jr., 16 June ‘68.” $10.00 535. Galveston, the Sea Wall City [wrapper title]. Galveston: Gust. Feist Co.; Brooklyn: The Albertype Co., 1906. [20] folios with photogravures tipped onto rectos, including folding panorama of Galveston. Oblong 8vo, original grey printed wrappers with oval gravure print tipped onto upper wrap, string tie. Fragile wraps moderately worn and chipped, cover lettering rubbed, insect damage to gravure on cover and blank margins of image on f. [1] (not affecting image). Book is in overall good condition, images mostly fine. Not in CBC. $250.00 536. GALVESTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Historic Galveston Homes [wrapper title]. Galveston: Galveston Historical Society, 1951. 48 pp., photographic illustrations. 12mo, original cream pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very fine. First edition. CBC 1824. $10.00 537. GREEN, Nathan C. (editor). “Story of the Galveston Flood.” Complete, Graphic, Authentic. Baltimore: R.H. Woodward, 1900. iv [1, blank] 366 pp., frontispiece portrait, map, 28 plates. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt. Binding shelf-worn, gilt dull, upper hinge and text block cracked in multiple places (but holding), overall good. First edition. Not in CBC. $25.00 538. HALSTEAD, Murat. Galveston: The Horrors of a Stricken City.... N.p.: American Publishers’ Association, 1900. [2] xi [1] 33-363 [5] pp., frontispiece, map, 46 plates, facsimiles. 8vo, original half black sheep over brown cloth gilt, edges marbled. Spine rubbed with large chips at extremities, binding shelf-worn and foxed, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, text browned, overall good condition. First edition, publisher’s deluxe “half morocco” binding. Not in CBC. Rader 1751. TC 719. $20.00 539. HALSTEAD, Murat. Galveston: The Horrors of a Stricken City.... N.p.: American Publishers’ Association, 1900. Another copy, cloth binding. 8vo, original red pictorial cloth gilt. Spine light and spotted, binding shelf-worn, with moderate insect damage, gilt dull, text browned, plates foxed, overall fair condition only. $10.00 540. HALSTEAD, Murat. Galveston: The Horrors of a Stricken City.... N.p.: American Publishers’ Association, 1900. [2] 7-13, 15-22, 61-63, 101-113, 124-127, 141-145, 301-303, 321-323, 331-334, 401-411 [1] pp., 32 plates, ads, 8 pages of lined ledger sheets inserted after text with six orders recorded in pencil. 8vo, original red pictorial cloth gilt. Fair condition only: Binding rubbed and stained, spine light, hinges cracked (but holding), child’s scribbles in pencil and crayon to endpapers and a few plates, text browned, final ledger sheet torn. Salesman’s dummy of preceding item, with orders for six customers in Tennessee recorded in pencil. Includes advertisement for deluxe “Half Morocco Style” binding (see item #538 in this catalogue). $40.00 541. HAYES, Charles W. Galveston: History of the Island and the City. Austin: Jenkins Garrett Press, 1974. [8] xiii [1, blank] 548 + [4] 549-1044 pp., frontispiece portrait, title pages with tipped on gilt brown paper labels. 2 vols., 8vo, original cream linen with gilt paper labels on upper covers. Gilt on cover labels rubbed, a few faint, scattered fox-marks to bindings, otherwise fine in publisher’s brown board slipcase with gilt paper label (lightly shelf-worn and sunned). Facsimile edition of the one existing set of page proofs of Hayes’ 1879 history of Galveston, never published due to a fire at the Cincinnati printing plant which destroyed the plates. BTB 88. TC 716. Includes preface by Larry J. Wygant, Archivist, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, and publisher’s notes by Jenkins Garrett, Jr. $675.00 542. LESTER, Paul. The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times.... N.p., 1900. 516 pp., frontispiece, 52 plates. 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt and decorated in blind. Binding rubbed and soiled, gilt dull, hinges cracked (but holding), contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers cracked and brittle, text and plates browned, overall good condition. Not in CBC. TC 728. $20.00 543. LEWIS, Carroll. The Treasures of Galveston Bay: The First Complete Collection of the Facts and Legends of Every Buried Treasure Known to be in the Galveston Bay Area. Waco: Texian Press, 1966. xiii [2] 59 pp., maps. 8vo, original brown cloth decorated in silver. Fine in d.j. (spine sunned, a few fox-marks). TC 736 (referring to 1977 revised edition). $35.00 544. MASON, Herbert Molloy, Jr. Death from the Sea: Our Greatest Natural Disaster, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. New York: Dial Press, 1972. [12] 260 pp., illustrations (mostly photographic). 8vo, original tan cloth. Fine in lightly worn and soiled d.j. First edition. TC 713. $25.00 545. McGINNIS, Edith B. The Promised Land: A Narrative Featuring the Life History and Adventures of Frank J. Brown, Pioneer, Buffalo Hunter, Indian Fighter, and Founder of the Quaker Settlement of Friendswood. Boerne: Toepperwein Publishing, 1947. 160 pp. 8vo, original grey cloth. Ex-library, with Boerne Public Library ink stamp on front pastedown and number in white ink on spine. Light insect damage to binding and front hinge, endpapers browned, a little light foxing to first few leaves, overall good condition. Signed by author on title page. First edition. Not in CBC. Guns 1405: “Contains previously unpublished information on Bat Masterson.” $45.00 546. MILLER, Ray. Ray Miller’s Galveston. Austin: Capital Printing, 1983. xvii [1, blank], 249 [3] pp., numerous photographic illustrations (some in color). 8vo, original grey cloth. Fine aside from a little foxing to upper cover, in rubbed d.j. First edition. $20.00 547. NATHAN, Anne & Harry I. Cohen. The Man who Stayed in Texas: The Life of Rabbi Henry Cohen. New York and London: Whittlesey House, 1941. x, 322 pp., frontispiece portrait. 8vo, original salmon cloth. Very good aside from slight insect damage to binding, in lightly worn and browned price-clipped d.j. with a little insect damage to flaps, spine sunned. First edition. Not in CBC. $25.00 548. OUSLEY, Clarence (editor). Galveston in Nineteen Hundred: The Authorized and Official Record of the Proud City of the Southwest as it Was Before and After the Hurricane of September 8, and a Logical Forecast of its Future. Atlanta: William C. Chase, 1900. 346 [4] pp., frontispiece portrait, map, photographic illustrations, ads. 8vo, original maroon pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g. Binding moderately rubbed, a few spots to edges, upper hinge cracked (but holding), overall good. First edition. Not in CBC. $85.00 549. [POST CARD] Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas [at lower left of recto]. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1920). Real photo post card, 8.8 x 25 cm. Fine. Attractive view of the Hotel Galvez, built in 1911. $15.00 550. RIGGS, Mary S. The Winnes of Galveston. Dallas: Story Book Press, 1944. [44] pp., photographic illustrations. 12mo, original tan wrappers, stapled. Very good. Not in CBC. $20.00 551. ROSENBERG LIBRARY. Henry Rosenberg: 1824-1893. Galveston: Rosenberg Library, 1918. xvi, 226 [2] pp., frontispiece portrait, 52 plates, a few text illustrations. 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt, t.e.g. Binding moderately rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, front pastedown with ink stamped date of April 15, 1919, upper hinge starting, lower hinge cracked (but holding), frontispiece with torn tissue guard and offsetting onto title page, occasional scattered foxing to interior, pp. 195-204 pp. partially and carelessly opened, overall good. Separate printed sheet requesting copies of reviews and exchange matter from other libraries laid in. Not in CBC. $40.00 552. SHERIDAN, Francis C. Galveston Island; Or, A Few Months off the Coast of Texas. The Journal of Francis C. Sheridan, 1839-1840. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1954. xvii [3] 172 pp., frontispiece. 12mo, original yellow cloth, top edge dyed green. Fine in browned d.j. Signed by editor on half-title. First edition. CBC 1854. TC 725. Edited by Willis W. Pratt. $25.00 553. SHERIDAN, Francis C. Galveston Island.... Austin: University of Texas Press, 1954. Another copy, not signed. Fine in lightly browned d.j. $20.00 554. SMITH, Ashbel. Yellow Fever in Galveston, Republic of Texas, 1839. An Account of the Great Epidemic.... Austin: University of Texas Press, 1951. xvii, [3] 135 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait. 8vo, original brown cloth, top edge dyed yellow. Edges and endpapers a bit foxed, otherwise fine in edge-worn and sunned d.j. Reprint edition (originally published in Galveston, 1839). Not in CBC. TC 740. Edited by Chauncey D. Leake. $30.00 555. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT GALVESTON. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: A Seventy-five Year History by the Faculty and Staff. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1967. xxii, [2] 435 [1, blank] pp., color frontispiece, 1 color plate, photographic illustrations. 4to, original white cloth gilt. Upper cover mildew-stained, otherwise very good in somewhat worn dj (small tears to margin, upper panel abraded). First edition. TC 740. TLH, p. 30. $15.00 556. WEEMS, John Edward. A Weekend in September. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957. x, 180 pp., 16 plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original green cloth. Lightly shelf-worn, corners bumped, edges and endpapers foxed, small stain to blank margin of title page and adjacent leaves, otherwise very good in worn and sunned price-clipped d.j. First edition. Not in CBC. TC 739. TLH 30 (referring to 1980 reprint). $5.00 557. WHEATON, Elizabeth Lee. Texas City Remembers. San Antonio: Naylor, 1948. xvi, 109 pp., 8 plates. 4to, original turquoise cloth. Binding lightly foxed, a few spots to top edge (not affecting text), lower hinge cracked (but holding), otherwise very good in rubbed and lightly foxed d.j. with a few short tears and a little insect damage. First edition. Not in CBC. $85.00 Garza County 558. EAVES, Charles Dudley & C.A. Hutchinson. Post City, Texas: C.W. Post’s Colonizing Activities in West Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1952. xiii [1, blank], 171 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait, 4 maps, 9 plates. 8vo, original brick red pictorial cloth gilt. Gilt dull, otherwise fine in chipped and torn d.j. with sunned spine and a little insect damage. First edition. CBC 1877. Herd 740. TC 742. $25.00 559. GARZA COUNTY HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE (compilers). Wagon Wheels: A History of Garza County. Seagraves: Pioneer Book Publishers, 1973. x, 340 pp., map, illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original brown pictorial cloth. Spine a bit light, otherwise fine. First edition. TC 743. TLH, p. 30. $50.00 Gillespie County 560. BIGGERS, Don H. German Pioneers in Texas: A Brief History of their Hardships, Struggles, and Achievements, Compiled for the Fredericksburger Wochenblatt and Fredericksburg Standard. Fredericksburg: Press of the Fredericksburg Publishing Co., 1925. [6] 230 pp., 16 plates [included in pagination]. 8vo, original blue cloth. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, front hinge cracked (but holding), overall very good. First edition. CBC 1886. Guns 207. Herd 259. TC 750 (1983 reprint). $50.00 561. [CATTLE BRANDS]. Printed brand registration certificate, completed in manuscript, commencing “The State of Texas, County of Gillespie. I H. Bierschwale, Clerk of the County Court of said county do hereby certify, that the following brand and mark was this day duly registered in my office for and in the name of George Zoeller residing in Kendall County, Texas.... Given under my hand and seal of office at Fredericksburg this 27th day of January A.D. 1883....” 17.9 x 21.8 cm. Browned, creased where formerly folded, short splits at folds (one affecting text), otherwise very good, with embossed seal of Gillespie County Court. $50.00 562. CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, HARPER, TEXAS. Here’s Harper: 1863-1963. Fredericksburg: Radio Post, 1963. [8] 162 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt. Gilt dull, a little cellotape residue on front cover, otherwise near fine. First edition, Second Printing. Not in CBC. $65.00 563. EDWARDS, Walter F. The Story of Fredericksburg: Its Past, Present, Points of Interest, and Annual Events. Fredericksburg: Chamber of Commerce, 1969. 64 pp., illustrations (mostly photographic), ads. 8vo, original yellow pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition. $10.00 564. ESTILL, Julia. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: His Heritage and Training. Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Publishing, 1942. [12] pp., photographic illustrations. 12mo, original white pictorial wrappers, stapled. A little browning to wraps, otherwise fine. Not in CBC. Reprint of article appearing December 25, 1941 in The Fredericksburg Standard. $10.00 565. [ESTILL, Julia]. Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country [wrapper title]. Fredericksburg: Chamber of Commerce, n.d. (early to mid 1940s). [24] pp., map, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original black and white pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine aside from slight wear and foxing to wraps. Promotional booklet. Shares much of the same text and images as the following item (CBC 1890), but text indicates that this version was issued during WWII and prior to Fredericksburg’s centennial in 1946. $10.00 566. ESTILL, Julia. Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country [wrapper title]. Fredericksburg: Chamber of Commerce, [1946]. [36] pp., map, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original color pictorial wrappers with Fredericksburg 1946 centennial seal in lower right-hand corner, stapled. Wraps a bit rubbed and soiled with a little insect damage in spine area, light foxing to first and last pages, overall very good. CBC 1890. TC 746. See previous item. $10.00 567. [FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS]. Tours of Fredericksburg’s Historic Spots during the Centennial Celebration, May 5, 6, 7, 8, 1946.... [cover title]. N.p., 1946. [4] pp., map. 8vo, unbound folded sheet. Very good aside from light wear, browning, and a few spots and stains. $10.00 568. FREDERICKSBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Fredericksburg “A Town You’ll Like” [wrapper title]. Fredericksburg: Chamber of Commerce, [1925]. [16] pp., photographic illustrations. 16mo, original printed dark grey wrappers, stapled. Fine aside from light wear to wraps. First edition. CBC 1893. Photo-illustrated promotional pamphlet. $35.00 569. [GILLESPIE COUNTY FAIR]. Catalog and Prize List, 80th Annual Gillespie County Fair, Fredericksburg, Texas, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 23, 24, 25, 1968. N.p., 1968. 193 [3] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers printed in red and blue. Fine aside from a few fox-marks to edges and blank margins of title page. $30.00 570. [GILLESPIE COUNTY FAIR]. Catalog and Prize List, 85th Annual Gillespie County Fair, Fredericksburg, Texas, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 24, 25, 26, 1973. N.p., 1973. 200 pp., photographic illustrations, ads. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers printed in blue, black, and gold. Light wear to wraps, else very good. $30.00 571. LINDIG, Otto. 100 Years: Historical Recollections of Gillespie County. Stonewall, Texas, n.d. (ca. 1970). 138 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth gilt. Remnant adhesive stain from dynaco label on spine, binding lightly rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, gilt dull, otherwise very good. TC 756. $125.00 572. MUELLER, Esther. “Sunday Houses of Fredericksburg: An Account of a Unique Institution in One of the Most Interesting Parts of Texas” in Texas Monthly V:3 (April 1930). Pp. 346-349. 8vo, original orange printed wrappers. Light wear to wraps, spine sunned, one corner bumped, notes in ink and pencil to upper wrap and table of contents, overall very good. Also includes an article entitled “Texas County Names” by Harry Van Demark (pp. 309-315). $25.00 573. [STONEWALL, TEXAS]. Stonewall Trade Days, All Star Flea Market. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1970). Small folding pamphlet with illustrations and map. Folded: 14 x 8.9 cm; Open: 17.7 x 27.8 cm. Fine. $5.00 574. STONEWALL CENTENNIAL HISTORY COMMITTEE. The History of Stonewall, Texas, 1860-1960. Stonewall, 1960. 65 [1, blank] pp., map, illustrations (mostly photographic). 8vo, original peach pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light wear and a little browning to wraps, else fine. Not in CBC. TC 752. $30.00 575. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas. No. 86. Gillespie County (Fredericksburg). Gillespie County, Texas, 1941. xii, 149 [2, blank] pp., frontispiece, maps, plans of courthouse. 4to, original blue cloth. Aside from a little wear and one tiny spot to spine, fine. First edition. CBC 1908. $15.00 576. WISSEMAN, C.L. (translator). Fredericksburg, Texas... The First Fifty Years. Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Publishing, 1971. 122 [6] pp., map, photographic illustrations, facsimiles, ads. 4to, original mustard pictorial cloth. Fine aside from small stain from envelope clasp on back cover and a tiny amount of foxing to binding. Signed and dated 4-28-71 by translator on front free endpaper. First edition thus. TC 747. TLH, p. 30. Translation of Penniger Robert (ed.), Fest-ausgabe zum 50-jaehrigan jubilaeum der gruendung der Stadt Fredericksburg...., Fredericksburg, 1896 (CBC 1921), with appendix containing facsimiles from the original publication, plus additional related material. $65.00 577. WISSEMAN, C.L. (translator). Fredericksburg, Texas... The First Fifty Years. Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Publishing, 1971. Another copy, not signed. A little faint foxing to binding, edges, and endpapers, otherwise fine. $55.00 Goliad County 578. ATKINSON, Mary Jourdan. La BahiaThe Ghostplace (Goliad) [wrapper title]. Houston: W.M. MorrisonTexas Books, 1955. 16 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original light grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly rubbed and soiled, otherwise near fine. First edition, limited edition (unstated number of copies). CBC 1937. TC 769. $25.00
First edition. CBC 1939. TC 761. $25.00 580. FRIEDRICHS, Irene Hohmann. History of Goliad. Victoria: Regal Printers, 1967. 80 [2] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Light crease in upper wrap, tape stains on flyleaves, otherwise near fine. Signed by Author on title page. Second edition. CBC 1946 (referring to 1961 first edition). TC 768. $35.00 581. FRIEDRICHS, Irene Hohmann. History of Goliad. Victoria: Regal Printers, 1967. Another copy, not signed. Fine. $30.00 582. GOLIAD JUNIOR CHAPTER OF TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. “Remember Goliad!”. Goliad, n.d. [4] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, single folded sheet, not bound. Browned, a few creases and small dog-ears, overall very good. Not in CBC. $10.00 583. [GOLIAD MONUMENT]. The People of Texas and of the Several Other States of the Union whose Sons Died at Goliad are Invited to Attend the Dedicatory Ceremonies, Sunday June 4, 1939, of the Goliad Monument.... [caption title]. N.p., 1939. [4] pp, map. 8vo, unbound folded sheet. Date underlined in ink, a little light wear, otherwise near fine. $10.00 584. GOLIAD STATE PARK COMMISSION. Goliad [caption title]. [Goliad]: Goliad State Park Commission, n.d. [4] pp., photographic illustration. 8vo, single folded sheet, not bound. Browned, otherwise fine. Small pamphlet. $10.00 585. GOLIAD STATE PARK COMMISSION. Goliad State Park and Historic Environs. Goliad: Goliad State Park Commission, 1937. Folding pamphlet with map, illustration, and guide. Folded: 23.9 x 10.3 cm; Open 30.2 x 45.7 cm. Lightly browned, a little foxing to front panel, very slight insect damage, overall very good. $10.00 586. GRIMES, Roy. Goliad, 130 Years After (Refugio and Guadalupe Victoria), March 1836-1966. Victoria: Advocate Printing, 1966. [8] 157 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers. Wraps, edges, and front flyleaf foxed, otherwise very good. Author’s signed inscription to Dudley Dobie, dated September 15, 1967, on front flyleaf. Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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