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First edition. Not in CBC. $50.00 646. DANIELS, A. Pat. Texas Avenue at Main Street: The Chronological History of a City Block in Houston, the Most Significant Block in the State of Texas; An Informal but Factual History of the Block Now Occupied by the Rice Hotel, Site of the Capitol Building of the Republic of Texas when Sam Houston was President. Houston: Allen Press, 1964. [2] vi, 88 pp., photographic illustrations, facsimiles. 8vo, original light grey pictorial wrappers. Fine. Not in CBC. TC 937. Lower wrap reproduces Tom Lea’s drawing which appeared on Sam Houston 5 cent commemorative postage stamp (also shown in photograph, p. 58) $45.00 647. DAY, W.C. (compiler and publisher). History of the San Jacinto Campaign. Lynchburg, 1923. 36 pp., frontispiece portrait of author, maps. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Fine aside from a little browning and wear to wraps and light uniform age-toning of text. Second edition. Not in CBC. $85.00 648. [DOBIE, J. FRANK]. Three pamphlets on San Jacinto, two of which have ownership inscriptions of J. Frank Dobie, together with mailing envelope addressed to J. Frank Dobie: DAY, W.C. (compiler and publisher). History of the San Jacinto Campaign. Lynchburg, 1923. Another copy (see previous item in this catalogue). Wraps browned, a bit soiled, and lightly worn, small dog-ears and a little scattered insect damage, overall good. HOUSTON, Andrew Jackson. The San Jacinto Campaign. From Volume I of “The Texan Revolution”. N.p., 1925. [54] pp. 8vo, original cream printed wrappers, Stapled. Wraps lightly worn and browned, with slight insect damage, title page browned from news clipping tipped onto upper wrap, rust stains from staples to interior, overall very good. Ink ownership inscription of J. Frank Dobie and his notes on upper wrap, interior with notes in pencil. Not in CBC. KITTRELL, Norman G. The Battle-Field of San Jacinto: An Historical Sketch. Houston, Cumming & Sons, Printers, n.d. 44 pp., illustrations. 12mo, original gilt-lettered blue wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly worn, browned, and with insect damage to edges, flyleaves foxed, overall good. Related news clipping tipped onto front flyleaf. Ink ownership inscription of J. Frank Dobie, Houston, Texas, Jan. 4, 1925. Not in CBC. $150.00 649. EMBREE, E.D. & Thomas B. Eaton (editors). The Flying Owls: Rice Institute from the Air. N.p., 1921. [4] pp., 12 gelatin silver prints attached at corners to slits in album leaves, printed tissue guards. Oblong 8vo, original slate blue pictorial wrappers tied with blue cord. Wraps moderately browned and spotted, some yellowing to prints, occasional fox-marks and a few dog-ears to tissue guards, overall very good. Not in CBC. OCLC locates only one copy, at Rice University. The Newsletter of The Rice Historical Society, Fall 2000: “The November 25, 1921, Thresher reported that Tom Eaton and Elisha Embree, two Rice students, have joined forces in producing a work of art entitled ‘The Flying Owls’ containing a series of photographs of the campus taken from an airplane…Eaton and Embree rented the airplane November 11, the day of the A & M game. Embree flew it and Eaton took the pictures. Considering the comparative inexperience of the students in this line of work, the results they achieved are surprising.” $500.00 650. FARBAR, Jerome H. Houston “Where Seventeen Railroads Meet the Sea”: A Descriptive View Book in Colors. Denver: H.H. Tammen & Fred Harvey, n.d. [26] pp., 23 full-page color views of Houston architecture and landmarks. Oblong 12mo, original brown pictorial wrappers, stapled. One leaf detached, otherwise very good, in original mailing envelope. Cf. CBC 2319. $165.00 651. FARRAR, R.M. The Story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel. Houston: Chamber of Commerce, [1926]. [32] pp., large folding map tipped onto lower wrap, photographic illustrations, facsimile. Oblong 8vo, original cream printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly worn with a few marks to lower wrap, ink stamp compliments of Union National Bank on title page, a few small stains to p. [32] and map, map lightly browned, overall very good. First edition. CBC 2231. $100.00 652. FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT. WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION. AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES. Houston: A History and Guide. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1942. xii, 363 pp., maps, 48 plates, illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original pink pictorial cloth. Light shelf-wear to binding, very slight foxing adjacent to plates, otherwise very good in d.j. (browned and lightly worn with a small amount of scattered insect damage). First edition. CBC 2196. Brewer 792. TC 901. $45.00 653. FLETCHER, Herbert (editor). Harris County, Republic of Texas, 1839-45. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1950. [4] 7-30 pp. 8vo, original white printed wrappers, stapled. Fine in tattered glassine envelope. Signed and dated 2/15/52 by editor on front cover. First edition. CBC 2232. $35.00 654. FLETCHER, Herbert (editor). Harris County, Republic of Texas, 1839-45. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1950. Another copy. Fine aside from light wear to wraps and foxing to edges. Signed by editor and dated 10/30/51 on title page. $30.00 655. FLETCHER, Herbert (editor). Harris County, Republic of Texas, 1839-45. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1950. Another copy, not signed. Fine aside from slight soiling to wraps and foxing to edges. $25.00 656. FUERMANN, George. Houston: Land of the Big Rich. Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. 255 [1, blank] pp., double-page illustrated title, three inserted double page illustrations, and endpaper illustrations by Lowell Collins. 8vo, original grey cloth. Binding slightly shelf-worn with a few small spots, corners lightly bumped, a little foxing to edges, otherwise very good in lightly worn d.j. (spine sunned). First edition. CBC 2237. TC 902. $10.00 657. FUERMANN, George. Houston: The Feast Years. An Illustrated Essay. Houston: Premier Printing, 1962. [2] 50 pp., woodcut illustrations by Lowell Collins, photographs by Owen Johnson, historical photographs. 8vo, original beige pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine aside from slight wear and browning to wraps. First edition. CBC 2236. TC 897. $5.00 658. FUERMANN, George. Reluctant Empire. Garden City: Doubleday, 1957. 284 pp., text illustrations and illustrated endpapers by E.M. Schiwetz. 8vo, original grey cloth. Slight shelf wear and sunning to extremities of spine, edges lightly foxed, endpapers browned, otherwise near fine in slightly browned d.j. First edition. CBC 2238. $10.00 659. FUERMANN, George. The Face of Houston. Houston: Premier Printing, 1963. [2] 60 [2] pp., map, photographic illustrations by Owen Johnson, illustrated endpapers by E.M. Schiwetz. Small 4to, original buff cloth. Fine in rubbed and lightly edge-worn d.j. First edition. CBC 2235. $10.00 660. HILL, George A., Jr. Houston: The Capital of the Republic. An Address by Geo. A. Hill, Jr. of Houston, Texas, August 30, 1935, Founder’s Day Celebration, Ninety-ninth Anniversary of Houston, at the Rice Hotel (Site of the Former Capitol of the Republic of Texas). Houston: Rein Company, 1935. 15 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original white printed wrappers, stapled. Fine aside from slight wear to wraps and a few notes in ink and pencil. Author’s signed inscription to J. Frank Dobie inside upper wrap. First edition. CBC 2252. TC 893. $40.00 661. HILL, George A., Jr. Houston: The Capital of the Republic.... Houston: Rein Company, 1935. Another copy, not signed. Wraps lightly worn, soiled, and foxed, otherwise near fine. First edition. CBC 2252. $25.00 662. HILL, George A., Jr. & James Monroe Hill. The Centennial Celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto. Address Delivered by George A. Hill, Jr. before the Kiwanis Club of Houston, Tex., on the Eve of the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto, Together with a Written Description of the Battle by James Monroe Hill, a Participant Therein [wrapper title]. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1936. 19 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original white printed wrappers, stapled. Near fine: a little scattered foxing to wraps and first and last leaves, pamphlet lightly creased vertically. First edition. Not in CBC. 74th Congress, 2nd Session, Document No. 253. $30.00
Limited edition (#627 of 712 copies). Reprint of 1894 edition (Houston: Akehurst Publishing Co.). Not in CBC. TC 918. TLH, p. 35. $25.00 664. HOUSTON CHRONICLE. Booster Guide Book 1924...Houston, Galveston, and Vicinity [wrapper title]. Houston, ca. 1924. [70] pp., illustrations, ads, maps on lower wrap. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers printed in color with brown cloth backstrip. Wraps browned and lightly worn, a little insect damage to wraps and edges, uniform age toning to text, overall good. Not in CBC. $55.00 665. HOUSTON FOUNDATION. Report of the Houston Foundation. Houston, 1917. 103 [1] pp., illustrations (mostly photographic). 8vo, original black wrappers lettered in red. Light wear to fragile wraps, small tear at foot of spine, upper wrap pulling free from title page (but holding), title page foxed, insect damage to blank margins of title page and final three leaves, overall good condition. First edition. Not in CBC. $50.00 666. HOUSTON POST. The Houston Post Almanac, 1897 [wrapper title]. Houston: Houston Printing, 1897. 416 pp., tables. 12mo, original white pictorial wrappers. Wraps worn and browned with scattered insect damage. 3.5 cm chip nearly detached at head of spine, text browned, wraps coming unglued from text block (but holding), overall good. Rare in commerce. $300.00 667. JUSTMAN, Dorothy E. German Colonists and Their Descendants in Houston, including Usener and Allied Families. Quanah and Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1974. [3] xi, 352 [1, blank] pp., maps, photographic illustrations, facsimiles. 4to, original green cloth gilt. Fine in d.j. (rubbed, spine browned, one short tear). First edition. TC 876. Cf. TLH, p. 35. $30.00 668. KEMP, L.W. & Ed Kilman. The Battle of San Jacinto and the San Jacinto Campaign. N.p., 1947. 43 [1] pp., frontispiece, illustrations. 12mo, original beige pictorial wrappers, stapled. Upper wrap stained, small stains on blank recto of frontispiece, slight insect damage to blank margin of p. 23, otherwise good. Signed by both authors on title page, inscribed by L.W. Kemp to Walter P. Webb, April 10, 1947, on title page verso. Not in CBC. $75.00 669. KEMP, L.W. & Ed Kilman. The Battle of San Jacinto and the San Jacinto Campaign. N.p., 1947. Another copy, not signed. Staples rusted, scattered foxing to interior, else very good. $65.00 670. [LA PORTE, TEXAS]. HISTORICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (compilers). Historical Brochure: A Record of the Celebration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Founding of La Porte, Texas, May 17-24, 1964. N.p., 1964. [36] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. 4to, original beige pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps browned and slightly worn, otherwise near fine. First edition. $25.00 671. LOOSCAN, Adele B. The Beginnings of Houston: An Extract from “Harris County 1822-1845”. [Austin]: Texas State Historical Association, n.d. 31 [1, blank] pp. [bound with] JONES, Anson C. Early History of Harris County, Texas [wrapper title]. Houston: Union National Bank, n.d. 15 [1, blank] pp. [bound with] Houston and Galveston in the Years 1837-8 [wrapper title]. Houston: Union National Bank, n.d. 35 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, Black cloth gilt over original cream printed wrappers. Slight shelf wear to binding, upper hinge starting, endpapers browned, bookplate of Harris County Historical Society on front pastedown, several ink ownership inscriptions present, including J.C. Ingram (historical society president), newspaper clippings tipped onto verso of front free endpaper, occasional scattered foxing to interior, small void in corner of lower wrap of last item, overall very good. Tiny Texas flag laid in. Three separate reprint items in wrappers bound together in cloth binding. Last item reprinted from the Hesperian, or Western Magazine (Columbus, Ohio, 1838). Jones item is CBC 2270, reprinted from 1879 Burke’s Texas Almanac, other items not in CBC. $55.00 672. LOOSCAN, Adele B. Harris County, 1822-1845 [wrapper title]. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, [1915]. 78 pp., folding map. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers. Wraps lightly worn with small tears to extremities of spine, otherwise very good. Inscribed “Compliments of Mrs. A.B. Looscan” on upper wrap, ink correction in same hand to p. 37. First separate edition. Reprinted from The Southwestern Historical Quarterly XVIII:2-4, XIX:1. CBC 2277. $25.00 673. LOOSCAN, Adele B. Harris County, 1822-1845 [wrapper title]. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, [1915]. Another copy, bound with BRISCOE, P. The First Railroad in Texas [wrapper title]. Houston: Union National Bank, 1928. 8 pp. 8vo, green cloth gilt over original tan and beige printed wrappers. Gilt dull, Tejas Club library stamp on front free endpaper, small abrasion and pen mark to lower pastedown, wraps of second item a bit creased and soiled, evidence of removal of rear flyleaf, overall very good. Second item reprinted from The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, not in CBC. $45.00 674. McCOMB, David G. Houston: The Bayou City. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1969. [12] 315 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, map, 8 plates. 8vo, original orange cloth gilt. Light shelf wear to extremities of spine, edges foxed, a few fox-marks to text, otherwise very good in d.j. (slight insect damage). First edition. TC 891. $20.00 675. McCOMB, David G. Houston: A History. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1981. [12] 288 pp., maps, 14 plates. 8vo, original navy blue cloth. Fine aside from slight foxing to edges, in lightly rubbed and foxed d.j. First edition thus. Revised and expanded edition of Houston: The Bayou City (see previous item). TC 892. TLH, p. 35. $40.00 676. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY THROUGH EDUCATION OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Report of an Investigation: Houston, Texas: A Study of Factors Related to Educational Unrest in a Large School System. Washington, D.C.: National Education Association, 1954. 62 [2] pp. 8vo, original white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Light wear, browning, and a few fox-marks to wrappers, otherwise near fine. First edition. Report documents the George Ebey case, in which the Deputy Superintendent of the Houston Public Schools was fired in an apparent case of McCarthy-era anti-Communist hysteria. $30.00 677. ROUSSEL, Hubert. Aunt Fanny’s History of Houston, or, Life in the Raw. Houston: Carlsrue Press, 1932. 38 [2] pp., linocut illustrations. 8vo, original grey wrappers. Wraps browned and lightly worn, title page browned and pulling free of staples, otherwise very good. Signed by author and dated May 2, 1932 on title page. Publisher’s advertisement for book laid in. First edition. CBC 2304. $85.00 678. ROUSSEL, Hubert. The Houston Symphony Orchestra, 1913-1971. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1972. x, 247 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of Ima Hogg on half-title verso, 16 plates. 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt. Gilt dull, otherwise fine in slightly worn and browned price-clipped d.j. First edition. TC 914. TLH, p. 35. $15.00 679. SAN JACINTO MUSEUM OF HISTORY ASSOCIATION (publisher). A Picture Book Introduction to the San Jacinto Museum of History, Outlining its Scope by Illustrations Drawn from its Exhibits & Collections. Houston, 1947. [72] pp., many photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white and green pictorial wrappers. Wraps lightly rubbed with a few fox-marks, otherwise near fine. First edition. Planned and designed by Gerry Doyle. $20.00 680. SCHIWETZ, E[dward] M[ugge]. Houston Past and Present: Drawings by E.M. Schiwetz [cover title]. Houston: The Little Gallery, n.d. [7] folios with reproductions of 6 drawings by Schiwetz of Houston architecture and printed key to illustrations. Unbound folio sheets in grey pictorial stiff paper portfolio. Portfolio browned, chipped, and worn with a few small stains, plate 6 foxed, leaf with key to plates browned and foxed. Subjects include: Judge Palmer Homestead, William M. Rice Homestead, C.S. Loncope Homestead, Main and Prairie with Rice Hotel in background, Rice Institute Main Building, and Fine Arts Museum. $35.00 681. SIBLEY, Marilyn McAdams. The Port of Houston: A History. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1968. xvi, 246 pp., frontispiece, maps, 32 plates. 8vo, original blue cloth. Fine in lightly rubbed d.j. with a little insect damage. First edition. TC 930. TLH, p. 35. $10.00 682. VAN DEMARK, Harry. “What’s Happening in Houston: Bayou City Has Outstripped Every City of Comparable Size in the Country in Building” in The Texas Monthly III:5 (May, 1929). Pp. 598-608. 8vo, original orange printed wrappers. Wraps lightly worn, spine light, p. I slightly foxed, else fine. Issue also includes article by Fred DeArmond, “A Story of Copper: El Paso as a Copper Center.” $25.00 683. YOUNG. S.O. A Thumb-nail History of the City of Houston, Texas from its Founding in 1836 to the Year 1912. Houston: Rein & Sons, 1912. 184 pp., frontispiece portrait of Sam Houston, 16 plates, endpapers decorated in gold ink. 8vo, original navy blue cloth gilt, edges marbled. Binding lightly shelf-worn, corners bumped, foxing to frontispiece, plates, and adjacent leaves, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 2320. Rader 3778. TC 939. $85.00 684. YOUNG, S.O. True Stories of Old Houston and Houstonians: Historical and Personal Sketches. Galveston: Oscar Springer, 1913. 244 pp. 8vo, navy blue buckram over original blue pictorial wrappers. Wraps lightly worn with a few fox-marks, spine browned, water stain to head of spine, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and p. [1], text lightly browned, otherwise very good, pages uncut. First edition. CBC 2321. Guns 2469: “Scarce.... Has some information on Billy the Kid, Bel Thompson, Billy Thompson, King Fisher, and other noted gunmen.” Rader 3779. $75.00 Harrison County 685. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, MARSHALL, TEXAS. Centennial Edition: First Methodist Church, Marshall, Texas, 1845-1945 [wrapper title]. Marshall, Texas, [1945]. [36] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. First edition. CBC 2329. $25.00 Haskell County 686. Felker, Rex A. Haskell: Haskell County and Its Pioneers. Quanah: Nortex, 1975. x, 323 [5] pp., photographic illustrations, endpaper map. 4to, original black cloth lettered in silver. Edges foxed, else near fine. First edition. TC 959. TLH, p. 36. $85.00 687. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Haskell Co. [left below map] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office, do hereby certify, that the above Map of Haskell County 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. [right below map] Copyright 1879, W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land office of the State of Texas. [lower right corner] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process. St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 61.7 x 45.6 cm. Map sheet with light scattered insect damage and a few small spots, lower blank margin soiled. $400.00 Hays County 688. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN. The Heritage of Hays County [wrapper title]. N.p.: American Association of University Women, 1975. [28] pp., illustrations by Ken Litchfield and Sam Gonzales. 4to, original white self-wrappers, stapled. Fine. Calendar with monthly illustrations of Hays County architecture and historic sites. $10.00 689. Brown, William F., et al. Emphasis Upon Excellence. San Marcos: Southwest Texas State College Press, 1964. [6] 148 pp., graphs and charts. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers. Wrappers foxed and stained, upper fore-edge lightly foxed, interior near fine, overall very good. Inscribed by John G. Flowers, one of the authors. The College Bulletin, Vol. XXX, No. 1, May 1964. Authors in addition to Brown include Leland E. Derrick, John G. Flowers, Ernest B. Jackson, Clem C. Jones, Patrick H. Norwood, Floyd L. Martine, J. Lloyd Rogers, Marjorie O. Stewart, and Joe H. Wilson. $15.00 690. CAPE, Clara Louise. A Century with St Mark’s: An Informal History. San Marcos, 1971. iv, 1-7, 9-39, 41-42 folios, [10] pp., 2 plates, text illustrations (some full-page, mostly photographic, included in pagination). 4to, original brown wrappers, black cloth back strip, stapled. Fine. Signed by author. $35.00 691. CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE ON HISTORY. A Century of Growth: Centennial Year History, The First Methodist Church, San Marcos, Texas, 1847-1947 [wrapper title]. San Marcos, n.d. [24] pp. 8vo, original white printed wrappers, stapled. Staples rusted, light shelf wear, else fine. Not in CBC. $10.00 692. DOBIE, Dudley R. A Brief History of Hays County and San Marcos Texas. San Marcos, 1948. 71 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustration, facsimile. 8vo, original tan wrappers, stapled. Very fine. Inscribed by author to Dan Ferguson. First edition. CBC 2362. TC 960. $40.00 693. DOBIE, Dudley R. A Brief History of Hays County and San Marcos Texas. San Marcos, 1948. Another copy, unsigned. Slight insect damage and stains to lower wrap, else very good. First edition. CBC 2362. TC 960. $30.00 694. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. First National Bank of San Marcos Seventy-Fifth Anniversary [wrapper title]. San Marcos: San Marcos Record, 1954. [20] pp., photographic and text illustrations. 8vo, original cream wrappers, stapled. Fine. CBC 2364. $10.00 695. HARWELL, T.F. (comp). Confederate Biography, Members Camp Ben M’Culloch, U.V.C., and Others. Kyle, 1923. [4] 88 pp. (page 88 mis-numbered as 58), photographic illustration. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly stained (not affecting text), staples rusted, edges foxed, with light insect damage. Good. Not in CBC. $55.00 696. HARWELL, Thomas Fletcher. Eighty Years Under the Stars and Bars, Including Biographical Sketches of “100 Confederate Soldiers I Have Known”.... Kyle, 1947. 108 [2] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, pictorial wrappers, map on wrappers. Other than lightly bumped corners, a near fine copy. Not in CBC. $45.00 Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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