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First edition. CBC 721. Herd 2504: “Scarce.” TC 311. TLH, p. 9. $55.00 Burleson County 258. ADDISON, M.H. Reminiscences of Burleson County, Texas [wrapper title]. Caldwell: Caldwell Printing Company, 1971. 48 pp. 12mo, blue printed wrappers. Fine. Second edition. Facsimile reprint. CBC 723n. $25.00 259. BURLESON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Astride the Old San Antonio Road: A History of Burleson County, Texas. Dallas: Taylor, 1979. 524 [2] pp., many photographic illustrations, endpaper maps. 4to, original gilt and embossed pictorial brown cloth. A little foxing to edges, otherwise fine. TLH, p. 10 (gives date of 1980). $50.00 Burnet County 260. DEBO, Darrell. Burnet County History: A Pioneer History, 1847-1979. Burnet: Eakin Press, 1979. x, 390 + vi, 354 pp., photographic illustrations, vol. 1 with endpaper maps. 2 vols., 4to, original red cloth gilt. Vol. 1 with one corner bumped, some foxing to edges and first few leaves, and small tear to front free endpaper. Vol. 2 with foxing to edges. Overall a fine set in d.j.’s (vol. 1 with a little wear, tiny area of insect damage, and a few small stains). First edition. TC 317. TLH, p. 10. $85.00 261. JOHNSON, A.R. Homes in Texas. Two Hundred Thousand Acres of Valuable Land for Sale.... Burnet: A.R. Johnson, n.d. 7 [1, ad.] pp. 8vo, original bluish grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly worn, browned, and with a few water spots and slight insect damage, text lightly age-toned, overall very good. Pamphlet listing land for sale in Burnet County by A.R. Johnson, general land and loan agent. $85.00 262. THE HIGHLANDER. 100 Pages of Marble Falls History, 1887-1987: Special Centennial Edition of the Highlander [wrapper title]. Marble Falls, 1987. 108 pp., photographic illustrations, ads (wrappers included in pagination). Folio, original color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly worn, browned, and sunned, text age-toned. $25.00 Caldwell County 263. BAILEY, R.E. The Newsboy Goes to Press. Luling: Luling Newsboy, 1945. 232, viii pp. 8vo, original grey cloth. Binding lightly shelf worn and foxed, small circular stain on front cover, edges and endpapers foxed, text browned due to poor quality paper, otherwise very good. Not in CBC. $45.00 264. FOREE, Kenneth, Jr. Citizen of Luling [wrapper title]. N.p.: Magnolia Petroleum Company, 1947. 12 pp. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers. Light foxing to wraps, otherwise fine. Not in CBC. Small booklet honoring Luling oilman Edgar B. Davis (see Handbook of Texas Online: Davis, Edgar Byram). $20.00 265. HUFF BRIDGES, Anne C. Do You Remember? Early Days in Luling, Texas by a Pioneer Citizen (Anne C. Huff Bridges), with Corrections and Some Additions by Her Daughter, Mary Louise Bridges Witt. N.p., 1967. 59 [3] pp. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. Signed and dated Mary Louise Bridges Witt, 1969 on title page verso. First edition thus. Originally published anonymously in serial form in The Luling Signal, 1945. TC 326. $30.00 266. HUFF BRIDGES, Anne C. Do You Remember? Early Days in Luling, Texas by a Pioneer Citizen (Anne C. Huff Bridges), with Corrections and Some Additions by Her Daughter, Mary Louise Bridges Witt. N.p., 1967. Another copy, not signed. Fine. $25.00 267. KING, Onita Gambrell. The History of the First Methodist Church, Lockhart, Texas. Lockhart: Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church, 1953. x, 50 pp, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original light blue printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps with light shelf wear and a little foxing and insect damage, flyleaf foxed, otherwise very good. Not in CBC. TC 328. $40.00 268. LOCKHART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Lockhart: A Great Place to Live [wrapper title]. Lockhart: Chamber of Commerce, n.d. (ca. 1970s). 12 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Very fine. Promotional pamphlet for Lockhart, touting its virtues as a place to live. $5.00 269. LOCKHART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Lockhart and Caldwell County, Home of the Chisolm Trail Roundup and Battle of Plum Creek. An All America City. Lockhart: Chamber of Commerce, n.d. (ca. 1980s). Map, photographic illustrations. 8vo, folding pamphlet printed in color. Very fine. Pamphlet with street map and city information. $5.00 270. Lockhart Post-Register. Thursday, November 5, 1970. 16 pp., photographic illustrations, map, ads. Folio, unbound folded sheets. Paper browned, otherwise fine. With Dudley R. Dobie’s ink annotations. Issue of newspaper focusing on the impact of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad in Lockhart. $15.00 271. LULING, TEXAS. Facts and Figures of Luling, Caldwell County, Texas, U.S.A., Where Nature is Peculiarly Generous in Natural Advantages. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1930). Folded pamphlet: Folded: 15.5 x 8 cm; Open: 15.5 x 32 cm. Map and photographic illustrations. Slight insect damage to one corner, a little browning and soiling, otherwise very good. Not in CBC. Small promotional pamphlet for Luling, Texas, including the Luling oil field and area agriculture. $25.00 272. LULING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Come to Luling, Where Nature Is Exceptionally Generous [wrapper title]. Luling: Chamber of Commerce, n.d. (ca. 1940). [16] pp., numerous photographic illustrations. Oblong 8vo, original white pictorial self-wrappers. Very fine. Not in CBC. Promotional pamphlet attempting to attract businesses to Luling. $20.00 273. LULING HIGH SCHOOL. You Are Invited to Attend the Commencement Exercises of the Luling High School, April 22nd, 1902, 8:30 p.m. N.p., 1902. [3] folios, text printed in black and red on grey paper. 16mo, original dark grey printed wrappers tied with pink silk ribbon. Fine, in original dark grey envelope matching wrappers. Includes programme and list of graduates. $55.00 274. LULING METHODIST CHURCH. Dedication and Golden Jubilee, 1880-1930, Luling Methodist Church, November Thirtieth–December Seventh, Luling, Texas. N.p., 1930. [4] pp., photographic illustration. 8vo, unbound folded sheet. A few scattered fox-marks, list of former pastors with additions in ink and pencil through 1940, otherwise very good. $25.00 275. Souvenir Edition: Luling Silver Anniversary Oil Jubilee. Luling, 1947. [32] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. Folio, unbound folded newsprint sheets. First 4 pages trimmed incorrectly and do not open, text browned, overall very good. Not in CBC. $20.00 276. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas. No. 28: Caldwell County (Lockhart). Caldwell County, Texas, 1941. xii [2] 110 pp., maps. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Fine First edition. CBC 758. $15.00 Calhoun County 277. DEVINEY, Marvin Lee. Peter Segner: Indianola Pioneer [wrapper title]. Martindale: Marvin Lee Deviney, n.d. [16] pp., facsimiles, illustrations. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly smudged, small rust stain on lower wrap, otherwise near fine. Signed and dated July 25, 1964 by author inside lower wrap. Not in CBC. $15.00 278. FRENCH, G.H. (ed). Indianola Scrap Book. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Storm of August 20, 1886. History of a City that Once was the Gateway of Commerce for this Entire Section. Victoria: Victoria Advocate, 1936. 198 pp., 16 plates, map. 8vo, original grey cloth. Binding lightly shelf-worn and soiled, two corners bumped, a few stains to joints, endpapers browned, else very good. First edition. CBC 779. Guns 767: “Contains some material on the Taylor-Sutton feud and the killing of Bill Sutton by Jim Taylor.” $175.00 279. GRAY, Lois Lucille. Old Indianola...Life in a Frontier Seaport. San Antonio: Naylor, 1950. ix [1, blank] 93 [1, blank] pp., 2 plates, inserted “Native Texan Edition” leaf with author’s signature. 8vo, original red cloth. Light shelf wear, edges foxed, otherwise very good in lightly worn and soiled d.j. Signed by author on inserted leaf and inscribed in same hand to J. Frank Dobie on front free endpaper. First edition, “Native Texan Edition.” CBC 781. TC 338. $45.00 280. MALSCH, Brownson. Indianola: The Mother of Western Texas. Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1977. xii, 300 pp., illustrations, endpaper map. 8vo, original brown over tan cloth. Pp. 49-50 dog-eared and trimmed incorrectly (not affecting text), otherwise fine in publisher’s pictorial slipcase (lightly shelf-worn). Signed by author on front free endpaper limitation statement. Gift inscription to Dudley R. Dobie from Jack Miller, Sr. on half-title. First edition, limited edition (#144 of 150). $50.00 281. McLEMORE, Jeff. Indianola and Other Poems. San Antonio: Maverick-Clarke, 1904. xii, 165 [1, blank] pp. 12mo, original brown cloth gilt. Binding rubbed with edges of boards exposed, head of spine chipped, 8 cm tear to spine along upper joint, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, title page carelessly opened along bottom edge, pp. 112-113 browned from contact with laid-in item (now absent), overall good, untrimmed. Penciled note on lower free endpaper: “De Lux Ed.” First edition. CBC 788: “History in verse.” $25.00 282. McLEMORE, Jeff. Indianola and Other Poems. San Antonio: Maverick-Clarke, 1904. Another copy, variant binding and printed on coated stock. 12mo, original red cloth gilt. Binding lightly shelf-worn, edges foxed, otherwise very good. News clippings laid in. $30.00 283. NOBLE, Dorothy. Indianola, by Dorothy Noble, Beaumont High School, Beaumont, Texas. Second Award, James Monroe Hill Texas History Award by the Sons of the Republic of Texas. Annual Sons of the Republic of Texas Complete Roster [wrapper title]. N.p., [1939]. 36 pp. 8vo, original cream printed wrappers, stapled. Very fine. First edition. CBC 789. Includes essay by Dorothy Noble, rules for 1940 essay contest, and Sons of the Republic of Texas roster. $25.00 284. SEELIGSON, Leila. A History of Indianola. Cuero: Cuero Record, n.d. [12] pp. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Tiny smudge to upper wrap, text uniformly age-toned, otherwise fine. First edition. CBC 793. TC 335. $30.00 285. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas. No. 29. Calhoun County (Port Lavaca). Calhoun County, Texas, 1941. viii, 115 [1, blank] pp., map, plans of courthouse. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Very fine. First edition. CBC 785. $15.00 Callahan County 286. CHRISMAN, Brutus Clay. Early Days in Callahan County. Abilene: Abilene Printing & Stationary, 1972. ix [1, blank], 356 pp., 32 plates, photographic illustrations, chart of brands. 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt. Light shelf wear, spine with several small stains and scuffs, one corner bumped, margins of endpapers browned, otherwise very good in d.j. with insect damage and light wear. Second edition. TC 342. TLH, p. 11. $75.00 287. HAVINS, Thomas Robert. Belle Plain, Texas: Ghost Town in Callahan. Brownwood: Brown Press, 1972. xi [1, blank], 85 [1, blank] pp., 15 plates, endpaper map and facsimile. 8vo, original blue cloth. Endpapers browned, otherwise near fine in lightly worn and soiled d.j. Signed by author on limitation page. First edition, limited edition (#482 of 500 copies). $50.00 288. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Callahan Co [below title left] I, W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land Office do hereby certify that this Map of Callahan County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office compiled from official data. [below title right] Copyright 1879 W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas. [bottom left] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process, St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 61.6 x 45.8 cm. Surface of map with tape stains, light scattered insect damage, and a few small spots. $450.00 Cameron County 289. McKENNA, Verna Jackson. Old Point Isabel Lighthouse: Beacon of Brazos Santiago.... Harlingen: Verna Jackson McKenna, 1956. 32 pp., 1 photographic illustration. 8vo, original blue pictorial wrappers, stapled. First and last pages foxed from contact with wraps, otherwise fine. Corrections in ink to photo caption on p. [2]. First edition. CBC 841. TC 352. $20.00 290. SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY. A Statement of Facts about the Lands and Irrigation Canal of the San Benito Land and Water Company, which are Located in the Rio Grande Valley, Cameron County, Texas, on the Main Line of the Saint Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway. Houston: Cumming & Sons, Printers, n.d. [2] 48 [2, folding map] pp., photographic illustrations. 12mo, original white printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly browned, with moderate insect damage and ink stamps of Capital Land & Investment Co., Austin, Texas, otherwise good. Not in CBC. Pamphlet promoting agriculture in San Benito. The San Benito Land and Water Company subdivided the town lots of San Benito and began sales in 1907 (see Handbook of Texas Online: San Benito, Texas). $40.00 291. SIDES, Joseph C. Fort Brown Historical. San Antonio: Naylor, 1942. xii, 160 pp., 8 plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original blue cloth. Binding with scattered mildew spots and a few small stains, otherwise good in lightly worn and foxed d.j. First edition. CBC 856. $65.00 292. WEAVER, John D. The Brownsville Raid. New York: Norton, 1970. 320 pp., 8 plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original brown cloth gilt. Binding sunned, spine light, gilt dulled, otherwise very good. First edition. $10.00 Camp County 293. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Camp Co. Texas. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office, do certify that this Map of Camp 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 [lower left below neat line] Lithographed By A. Gast & Co’s New Process St. Louis. [lower right below 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: 17.4 x 36 cm; overall sheet size: 23 x 40.6 cm. Mild insect damage to margins, small tear to lower edge. $375.00 294. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 32. Camp County, November 4, 1871–January 9, 1939. San Antonio: Texas State-wide Records Project, 1940. [4] pp., 21 folios, map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Fine other than very slight shelf wear and a few fox-marks to binding and edges. First edition. CBC 870. TC 359. $15.00 Carson County 295. RANDEL, Mrs. Ralph E. & The Carson County Historical Survey Committee (editors). A Time to Purpose: A Chronicle of Carson County. N.p,: Pioneer Publishers, 1966. 336 [4] + 376 [8] pp., map, many photographs, illustrations by Floyd E. Scott. 2 vols., 4to, original blue pictorial cloth gilt. Other than slight shelf wear to spines, fine. First edition. TC 365, TLH, p. 12 (both noting four volumes, published 1966-1972). $50.00 Cass County 296. The Citizens Journal, 1879-1939, Sixtieth Anniversary [caption title]. Atlanta, Texas, 1939. [62] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. Folio, original brown pictorial wrappers, stapled. Note in ink on upper wrap, a little foxing to lower wrap, text browned, but overall in remarkably fine condition, especially for an item of this type. Not in CBC. $30.00 Chambers County 297. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 38. Chambers County, July 31, 1876–March 6, 1939. San Antonio: Texas Statewide Records Project, 1941. [4] pp., 12 folios, map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Near fine other than a tiny abrasion to upper wrap and a few small stains to lower wrap and edges. First edition. Not in CBC. TC 371 (referring to recent reprint). $15.00 Cherokee County 298. CHEROKEE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Third Annual Fair. $1,000 in Cash Premiums, Purses, etc. November 13, 14 & 15, 1895 [wrapper title]. Rusk, Texas, 1895. 32 pp., ads. 8vo, original olive printed wrappers. Wraps brittle, chipped and stained, library ink stamp on upper wrap, text browned with some staining (mostly confined to margins), otherwise good. Not in CBC. $55.00 299. CRAVENS, John N. A History of Three Ghost Towns of East Texas near the Cherokee and the Angelina County Line. Abilene: Abilene Printing and Stationary, n.d. iv, 62 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers, stapled. Staples a bit rusty, otherwise fine. Signed by author inside upper wrap. Not in CBC. $20.00 300. CRAVENS, John N. Between Two Rivers: A History of Wells, Texas. Wichita Falls: Humphrey Printing, 1974. iv, 112 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original cream pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine, signed by author inside lower wrap. TC 375. $25.00 301. ROACH, Hattie Joplin. The Hills of Cherokee...Historical Sketches of Life in Cherokee County (Texas). N.p., 1952. viii, 219 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, folding map of Rusk townsite, 17 plates, errata affixed to rear free endpaper. 8vo, original brown cloth gilt. Slight insect damage to binding, bottom corners lightly bumped, a little foxing to edges and adjacent to plates, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 926. $60.00 302. ROACH, Hattie Joplin. A History of Cherokee County (Texas). Dallas: Southwest Press, 1934. [12] 178 pp., folding map of Rusk townsite, 12 plates. 8vo, original green textured cloth gilt. Binding lightly shelf-worn, edges foxed, endpapers browned, foxing adjacent to plates, otherwise very good in poor d.j. (chipped and torn, spine browned, insect damage to lower panel) First edition. CBC 927. $100.00 Childress County 303. ORD, Susie, Verdel Davis & D.O. Nash (compilers). They Followed the Rails: In Retrospect, A History of Childress County.... Childress: Childress Reporter, 1970. 432 pp., numerous illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original green pictorial cloth gilt. Spine a bit dark, gilt dull, edges and endpapers foxed, otherwise very good. TC 380. $30.00 Clay County 304. EARLE, J.P. History of Clay County and Northwest Texas. Austin: Brick Row Book Shop, 1963. [8] 64 [4] pp, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original light blue pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine aside from a little browning to wraps. Limited edition (300 copies). CBC 953b. Guns 658, Herd 737, Howes E7 (referring to 1900 edition). $30.00 305. EARLE, J.P. History of Clay County and Northwest Texas. N.p., n.d. [6] 64 [2] folios (leaves printed alternately on recto and verso), illustrations. 8vo, burnt orange cloth. Binding cloth with mild to moderate insect damage, edges and endpapers foxed, otherwise very good. Bound photostatic copy of 1900 edition. $10.00 306. KIMBROUGH, William Clayton. A History of Clay County. A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Hardin-Simmons University. N.p, 1942. viii [2] 161 folios, maps, charts. 4to, mimeographed sheets in brown paperboard covers tied with brown cord. $35.00 307. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Clay County. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner 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 Feb 1880. [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh [top right] Copyright 1879. Wm C Walsh Commissioner General Land Office State of Texas [lower left above neat line] Lithographed by August Gast & CoS New Process. St Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 73.5 x 43.2 cm; overall sheet size: 78 x 47 cm. Minor spotting and loss, not affecting image. $450.00 308. TAYLOR, William Charles. A History of Clay County. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company; New York: Pemberton Press, 1972. xii [4] 168 pp., 23 plates. 8vo, original orange cloth. 2 cm split in upper joint, endpapers foxed, otherwise very good in lightly rubbed d.j. with a few spots and one short tear. First edition. TC 382. TLH, p. 14. $40.00 Cochran County 309. FLEMING, Elvis Eugene. Texas’ Last Frontier: A History of Cochran County, Texas. Morton: Cochran County Historical Society, 1965. [4] i [1, blank] ii [3] 94 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original green printed wrappers, stapled, glassine endpapers. Spine light with a small amount of shelf wear, staples slightly rusted, otherwise very good. Signed by author on title page. $30.00 Coleman County 310. BRUCE, Leona. They Came In Peace to Coleman County. Fort Worth: Branch-Smith, 1970. vii [1, blank] 101 [1, blank] pp., map. 8vo, original white printed wrappers. Wrappers foxed, otherwise very good. Signed by author on half title and dated March, 1972. Ad for author’s publication Banister was There! laid in with manuscript letter in ink from author on verso mentioning an alternate hardcover binding and that due to printing costs she cannot offer her customary discount to dealers. TC 396. $60.00 311. BRUCE, Leona Banister. Trickham, Texas: A Neighborly Chronicle. Salado: Anson Jones Press, 1966. [8] 128 pp., photographic illustrations, endpaper maps. 4to, original white and green pictorial cloth. Binding lightly rubbed with a few small spots, boards slightly warped, tape stains on endpapers, otherwise very good. Signed by author on title page verso. Limited edition (unstated number). TC 397. $90.00 312. COLEMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Coleman: Coming Central City. Coleman: Chamber of Commerce, n.d. Folding pamphlet printed on blue paper: Folded: 20.3 x 9.6 cm; Open: 20.3 x 81.2 cm. Browned and rubbed, splitting along folds, overall good but fragile condition. Not in CBC. Promotional pamphlet for Coleman with attractive illustration printed in red and black on front panel and map of surrounding area. $20.00 313. GAY, Beatrice Grady. Into the Setting Sun: A History of Coleman County. [Santa Anna Texas, 1936]. x, 193 [1, blank] pp., map, illustrations. 8vo, original brown pictorial cloth. Binding lightly shelf-worn, edges a bit foxed, endpapers browned, otherwise near fine. Signed by author and dated October, 1936 on dedication page. Ms. correction in ink to p. 7. Mimeographed leaf of criticism by Col. M.L. Crimmens tipped onto front free endpaper. Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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