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First edition. CBC 1255: “Early business history.” $25.00 368. BARNEY, Robert Owen. The Romantic Story of Dallas: From Buckskins to Top Hat! N.p., 1948. [80] pp., cartoon illustrations by Bill McClanahan. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers printed in black and red. Spine faded, moderate wear and soiling to fragile wraps, overall very good. First edition. CBC 1215. $30.00 369. BECKETT, Hazael Williams. Growing Up in Dallas. Austin: Wind River Press for New Hope Press, 1985. [8] 304 [4] pp., frontispiece portrait on half-title verso, 32 plates, endpapers with map and genealogical chart. Small 4to, original half blue cloth over brown pictorial boards, printed label on spine. Spine a bit light, top margin of upper cover sunned, faint stain to edges, otherwise near fine. Limited edition (One of 500 copies designed by the Holman family and printed at Wind River Press by David Holman). $40.00 370. BROWN, John Henry. History of Dallas County, Texas: From 1837 to 1887. Dallas: Milligan, Cornett & Farnham, 1887. 114 [2] pp. 12mo, original yellow printed wrappers. Lower wrap with some staining, minor marginal chipping, and detached, price on upper wrap obliterated, interior fine. First edition. CBC 1218. Howes B855: “John H. Cochran issued what he called a supplement to this, Dallas 1928, in an octavo volume of 296 pages” (see item # in this catalogue). Rader 512. Raines 31: “With special reference to pioneer settlers.” TC 500, TLH, p. 20 (both referring to 1966 reprint edition). Vandale 20. A basic source on the history of Dallas. The author-historian moved to Dallas in 1871 and served as mayor and legislator. $225.00 371. BROWN, John Henry. History of Dallas County, Texas: From 1837 to 1887. Dallas: Milligan, Cornett & Farnham, 1887. Another copy, variant wrappers. 12mo, original pink printed wrappers. Wraps lightly worn and faded with some chipping to spine and margins, a few spots to wraps and edges, interior fine. $225.00
373. BUREAU OF MUNICIPAL RESEARCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. An Analysis of Ad Valorem Property Tax Bases in Dallas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1941. 83 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original blue and white pictorial wrappers. Wraps foxed, “Dallas” underlined in red pencil on upper wrap, otherwise very good. Card laid in, “With compliments of the Bureau of Municipal Research.” $25.00 374. COCHRAN, John H. Dallas County: A Record of its Pioneers and Progress, being a Supplement to John Henry Brown’s History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information about Early Settlers and their Families. Dallas: Arthur S. Mathis, Service Publishing Co., 1928. 296 pp., frontispiece portrait. 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt. Corners lightly bumped, otherwise near fine in lightly worn d.j. First edition. CBC 1227. Rader 852. TC 483. TLH, p. 20 (referring to 1966 reprint edition). Also see Howes B855. $65.00 375. CIVIC FEDERATION OF DALLAS. Eleventh Annual Directory, 1928, Dallas Agencies for Civic and Social Progress and Promotion of Health and Education, and State Organizations and Boards. Dallas: Civic Federation of Dallas, 1928. 32 pp. 8vo, original white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Browned, small area of rodent damage to blank margin of last 6 leaves (not affecting text), otherwise very good. $20.00 376. CIVIC FEDERATION OF DALLAS. Twelfth Annual Directory, 1929, Dallas Agencies for Civic and Social Progress and Promotion of Health and Education. State Organizations and Boards. Dallas: Civic Federation of Dallas, 1929. 32 pp. 8vo, original white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Browned, a few tiny chips to margins of fragile wraps, else fine. $20.00 377. DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Describing a Magnificent Collection of Historical Material. Dallas, 1938. [4] pp, illustrated. 8vo, folded single sheet. Foxed and creased where folded for mailing, else good. Addressed to J. Frank Dobie. $10.00 378. [DALLAS, TEXAS]. Album of Beautiful Colored Views of Dallas, Texas. Dallas: [printed in Germany for] Metropolitan Book Company, n.d. (ca. 1898). [11] folios, 10 color images of Dallas architecture and landmarks. Oblong 12mo, original brown pictorial wrappers, tied with silk cord. Fine aside from slight wear to wraps and a few water stains to blank margins of title page. CBC 1212. Scenes depict Exhibition Building, Fair Grounds; City Park; Wilson Building; Confederate Monuments at City Park; Southland Park; Southland Hotel; Dallas Public Library; County Court House; St. Matthew’s Cathedral; Main Street; and Trinity River. $150.00 379. [DALLAS, TEXAS]. Album of Beautiful Colored Views of Dallas, Texas. Dallas: [printed in Germany for] Metropolitan Book Company, n.d. (ca. 1898). [11], folios, 10 color images of Dallas architecture and landmarks. Oblong 12mo, original oblong brown pictorial wrappers, tied with silk cord. A few fox-marks to title page, small hole on green border of first image, otherwise fine. CBC 1212. Variant of previous item with different images. Scenes depict Exhibition Building; Post Office; City Hall; Oriental Hotel; Amusement Park; Praetorial Building; Cathedral of the Sacred Heart; Chute the Chutes, Oak Cliff; Bird’s Eye View of Dallas; and Head of Navigation. $150.00 380. DALLAS WOMAN’S FORUM. The Dallas Woman’s Forum, Twenty-fifth Annual Year Book, 1930-1931. N.p., n.d (ca. 1930). 72 pp., 4 plates (including frontispiece). 8vo, original dark green embossed and gilt wraps, stapled. Wraps with light wear and a few small spots, spine browned, title page and p. 72 browned from contact with plate stock, otherwise near fine. $20.00 381. DEALY, Ted. Diaper Days of Dallas. Nashville & New York: Abingdon Press, 1966. 192 pp., 24 plates. 8vo, original orange cloth. Edges foxed, slight browning adjacent to plates, otherwise near fine in sunned and lightly worn price-clipped d.j. with one small spot of insect damage. First edition. TC 491. TLH, p. 20 (referring to 1975 reprint) $10.00 382. GRAFF, Harvey J., Charles Barton & Alan R. Baron. Dallas, Texas: A Bibliographical Guide to the Sources of Its Social History to 1930. Dallas: University of Texas at Dallas, 1979. ix [1, blank] 54 pp. 8vo, original orange cloth. Fine aside from light shelf wear and minor shelf-slanting. First edition. TC 487. TLH, p. 20. $20.00 383. GREENE, A.C. A Place Called Dallas: The Pioneering Years of a Continuing Metropolis. Dallas: Dallas County Heritage Society, 1975. xiv, 65 [1, blank] pp., illustrations. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers printed in orange and brown. Wraps browned and slightly shelf-worn, else near fine. TC 514. $10.00 384. HOTEL GREETERS OF AMERICA. The Dallas Greeter 4:25 (Week of September 18, 1932). Dallas: Dallas Carter No. 51 Hotel Greeters of America, 1932. 15 [1] pp, map, ads. 8vo, original white pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. A well-used but solid copy: creased where formerly folded, wraps worn and soiled, text rumpled, overall good condition. $10.00 385. HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND CLUB. Come to Dallas, the Center of the Agricultural District of Texas.... Dallas: Dorsey Printing, n.d. (ca. 1905). [30] pp., many photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white pictorial self-wrappers printed in black and red, stapled, folded vertically to fit in letter envelope. Wraps browned and lightly rubbed with a few chips, otherwise very good. Separate printed sheet with promotional message from the Hundred and Fifty Thousand Club laid in. Promotional pamphlet from the Hundred and Fifty Thousand Club of Dallas. From laid-in sheet: The Hundred and Fifty Thousand Club of Dallas is an organization of progressive business men pledged to secure for the city a population of 150,000 within the next five years. It has gathered up a great deal of information as to definite opportunities that are now open for the conservative investment of capital and personal energy. $25.00
387. JOHN F. WORLEY DIRECTORY CO. (publisher). Worley’s Information Guide of Dallas.... Dallas, 1914. 94 [2, blank] pp., maps, ads, large folding map tipped onto inside of lower wrapper. 16mo, original red printed wrappers. Fragile wraps lightly worn, browned, and soiled, first and last leaves tearing free of staples, text browned with a few scattered fox marks to initial leaves, a little insect damage to blank margin of last few leaves, folding map browned with small tears along creases, overall a good copy of a fragile item. $25.00 388. KIMBALL, Justin F. Our City–Dallas: A Community Civics. Dallas: Kessler Plan Association of Dallas, 1927. viii, [2] 384 pp., frontispiece portrait on half title verso (included in pagination), maps, illustrations, folding map affixed to rear pastedown. 8vo, original red pictorial cloth. Binding shelf worn, spine light and a bit spotted, front free endpaper absent, hinges and text block cracked (but holding), overall good condition. First edition. CBC 1266. TC 512. $35.00 389. LESLIE, Warren. Dallas Public and Private: Aspects of an American City. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1964. [12] 238 [2] pp. 8vo, original tan cloth, top edge dyed black. Edges foxed, occasional foxing to interior, especially near beginning and end of book, overall very good in lightly worn d.j. Signed by author on half-title First edition, first printing. $10.00 390. LESLIE, Warren. Dallas Public and Private.... New York: Grossman Publishers, 1964. [12] 238 [2] pp. 8vo, original tan cloth, top edge dyed black. Edges lightly foxed, otherwise fine in lightly worn d.j. First edition, second printing. CBC 1271. $5.00 391. LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas. Illustrated.... Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1892. 1011 pp., 70 plates, decorative initials, text decorations. 4to, original embossed and gilt-lettered dark brown sheep with beveled edges and gilt decorations on spine and turn-ins, a.e.g. Sheep rubbed and peeling with boards exposed at tips, upper hinge cracked (but holding), overall very good condition, internally clean. First edition. CBC 1276. $1,400.00 392. ROGERS, John William. The Lusty Texans of Dallas. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1951. 384 pp., frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Henry Exall, endpaper maps. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. Edges foxed, endpapers and title page browned, otherwise near fine in d.j. (lightly worn, spine sunned). First edition. CBC 1284. Guns 1889: “Republished twice since the original edition.... Most of his characters are not all that lusty, but he does give some information on Sam Bass, Frank and Jesse James, and Belle Starr, largely confined to their activities in Dallas.” TC 507. $10.00 393. SANTERRE, George. Dallas’ First Hundred Years, 1856-1956 [wrapper title]. Dallas: Book Craft, 1956. [64] pp., illustrations, ads. 8vo, original blue pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. First edition. CBC 1288. Guns 1943: “Has the usual material on Sam Bass and Belle Starr in Dallas.” $50.00 394. SANTERRE, George H. White Cliffs of Dallas: The Story of La Reunion, the Old French Colony. Dallas: Book Craft, 1955. [12], map, 8 plates. 8vo, original red cloth gilt. One corner of upper cover water-stained, gilt dull, otherwise very good in browned and lightly worn d.j. with a few small spots and stains. Signed by author on front free endpaper. First edition, “Centennial Edition.” CBC 1289. $150.00 395. STILLWELL, Norma. Key and Guide to Native Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Trees of Dallas County. Dallas: Boyd Printing, 1939. 48 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original green pictorial wrappers, stapled. A little foxing to wraps and edges, staples slightly rusty, otherwise fine. Not in CBC. $35.00 396. TRENT, Lucy C. John Neely Bryan: Founder of Dallas. Dallas: Tardy Publishing, 1936. [6] 80 pp., frontispiece, 1 plate, text illustrations. 8vo, original maroon pebbled cloth gilt. Binding slightly shelf-worn, edges of boards bumped, endpapers and text lightly browned, otherwise near fine in d.j. (lightly rubbed, spine water stained.). Not in CBC. $40.00 397. TRENT, Lucy C. John Neely Bryan: Founder of Dallas. Dallas: Tardy Publishing, 1936. Another copy, variant binding. 8vo, original maroon textured cloth gilt. Binding lightly rubbed with boards exposed at tips and a few small white marks, ink stamp of the Library of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas on front pastedown, otherwise very good. $40.00 398. WALKER, Stanley. The Dallas Story [wrapper title]. Dallas: Dallas Times Herald, n.d. 39 [1] pp., illustrations. 4to, original white and blue pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps slightly foxed, otherwise fine. Reprinted from the Dallas Centennial Edition of The Dallas Times Herald, Feb 5, 1956. TC 486. $15.00 399. WIDENER, Ralph W. William Henry Gaston: A Builder of Dallas. Dallas: Historical Publishing, 1977. x, 50 pp., frontispiece portrait on half-title verso, illustrations. 8vo, original orange cloth gilt. A little excess adhesive on binding, otherwise fine in lightly worn d.j. with a few short tears. First edition. TC 524. $10.00 Dawson County 400. WELCH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Welch: The History of a Dawson County Community, 1900-1970. Hereford: Pioneer Book Publishers, 1970. vi, 145 [1, blank] pp., map, illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original red pictorial cloth. Slight shelf wear and a little foxing to binding, foxing to edges and text (mostly confined to blank margins), text lightly browned, otherwise very good. First edition. $50.00 Deaf Smith County 401. [HEREFORD, TEXAS]. “Go West to Hereford” in Texas Realtor XXII:12 (December, 1969). Pp. 24-33. Small tear to lower wrap, otherwise fine. $10.00 402. LYNCH, Dudley M. “The Hereford Brand,” Belle of the Prairie Press: Sixty-five Years of Newspapering on the High Texas Plains. Austin: Department of Journalism Development Program, The University of Texas at Austin, [1968]. [10] 68 pp., decorative chapter headings. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers. Fine. First edition. TLH, p. 21. $10.00 403. PATTERSON, Bessie. A History of Deaf Smith County Featuring Pioneer Families. Hereford: Pioneer Publishers, 1964. [8] 167 [1, blank] pp., illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original tan pictorial wrappers. Very good aside from a few stains to upper wraps. First edition. Not in CBC. TC 528. $40.00 Delta County 404. PATTESON, Ikie Gray. Loose Leaves: A History of Delta County. Dallas: Mathis Publishing, 1935. [14] 221 [1, blank] pp., folding map, 8 plates. 8vo, original green cloth gilt. Binding lightly shelf-worn, gilt rubbed and dull, foxing to edges and adjacent to plates, otherwise very good in d.j. (foxed, edges lightly worn and chipped, spine sunned with one small water stain). First edition. CBC 1325. Rader 2618. $85.00 405. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 60. Delta County, September 23, 1870–November 2, 1939. Delta County, 1941. [4] pp., 37 folios, map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. Wraps lightly worn and soiled with minor insect damage to lower wrap, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 1324. TC 529 (referring to recent reprint edition) $15.00 Denton County 406. COWLING, Mary Jo. Geography of Denton County. Dallas: Banks Upshaw, 1936. xii, 132 pp., 4 plates, maps, cattle brands, endpaper maps. 8vo, original red cloth gilt. Spine lightly sunned, a few minor spots to joints and endpapers, text slightly browned, otherwise near fine. First edition. CBC 1333. Guns 504: “A condensed account of the highlights in the life of Sam Bass.” Herd 593. $125.00 407. HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas...No. 61. Denton County (Denton). San Antonio: Historical Records Survey, 1937. [1] ii, 125 folios, map, chart of government. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with tan cloth backstrip. Near fine. First edition. CBC 1345. $15.00 408. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Denton County Texas. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office do certify that this Map of Denton 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 [top right above map] Copyright 1879. W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas. [bottom left below map] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process. St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 57 x 45.7 cm. A few tiny areas of insect damage to blank edges of map sheet, light scattered small spots and stains, mostly confined to lower right blank corner, map sheet stained by adhesive used in mounting to poster board. $425.00 Dewitt County 409. BLUNTZER, Robert D., Sr. The Peter Bluntzer Story [wrapper title]. 16 pp., maps. N.p., 1969. Squarish 8vo, original white printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. Related folding pamphlet laid in. Souvenir of Dewitt County Historical Society’s dedication of the Peter Bluntzer marker in Meyersville, Texas. The laid-in pamphlet is also related to the marker dedication. $10.00 410. CONCRETE COLLEGE. Letterhead on ruled stationary. Concrete, Texas. Fine, with heads “Literary, Musical & Commerc’l Depts.,” “Ten Professors and Teachers,” and “Rev. J.V.E. Covey, D.D. Pres.” And a Feb. 19, 1874 letter by student Sallie Humphreys to a friend, Lizzie Gillespie, urging her to attend the school, as “it is a very good school and I like it very much.” See Handbook of Texas Online: Concrete College. $40.00 411. MURPHREE, Nellie. A History of Dewitt County. N.p., 1962. [6] 212 pp., map, illustrations. 8vo, original half imitation leather over orange cloth, edges marbled. Binding lightly rubbed and soiled, upper hinge cracked (but holding), otherwise very good. Signed by editor Robert W. Shook on title page. First edition. CBC 1392. TC 543. $75.00 412. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. DIAMANI, Caesar (photographer). Three photographic prints. Included are: Group portrait of men’s football team. Ball at lower center of image is lettered “Cuero 25.” Gelatin silver print mounted on card. Image: 16.1 x 21.5 cm; Card: 25.2 x 30.2 cm. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1910s]. Image yellowed, faded at margins, exhibiting a bit of silver mirroring, and with a few spots, upper right corner of card mount absent, card with spotting and scattered insect damage, overall fair. Group portrait of men’s football team. Gelatin silver print mounted on card. Ink inscription on card verso: “Caesar Diamani | 1917.” Image: 16 x 20.9 cm; Card: 24.9 x 30 cm. N.p.: [Caesar Diamani, 1917]. Image yellowed, a bit faded, and with some silver mirroring, light wear, insect damage, and spotting to card mount, overall good. Group portrait of women’s basketball team. Ball at center of image is lettered “1917.” Gelatin silver print mounted on card. Ink inscription on card verso: “Caesar Diamani | 1917.” Image: 16 x 20.7 cm; Card: 24.9 x 30.1 cm. N.p. [Caesar Diamani, 1917]. Image yellowed, a bit faded, and with a few water spots and a little silver mirroring, card mount with moderate insect damage and spotting, overall fair to good condition. $90.00
First edition CBC 1386. $15.00 Dickens County 414. ARRINGTON, Fred. A History of Dickens County: Ranches and Rolling Plains. N.p.: Nortex, 1971. [16] 355 [1, blank] pp., map, photographic illustrations, brands. 4to, original brown pictorial cloth. Fine. TC 547. $65.00 Donley County 415. BROWDER, Virginia. Donley County: Land O’ Promise. N.p., Nortex, 1975. vii, 328 pp., maps, illustrations. 4to, original green cloth gilt. Slight shelf wear to binding, edges browned and foxed, otherwise very good. First edition. TC 554. TLH, p. 22. $75.00 416. HARVEY, Ethel. The Athens of the Panhandle: A History of Clarendon College. Clarendon: Clarendon Press, 1958. ix [3, blank] 275 [1, blank] pp., 16 plates, text illustrations, endpapers with printed sheet music. 8vo, original green cloth. Light foxing and a few spots to edges and endpapers, otherwise very good in d.j. (lightly worn, browned, and sunned, slight insect damage to one flap) First edition. CBC 1436. TC 553. TLH, p. 22. $50.00 417. HARVEY, Ethel. The Athens of the Panhandle: A History of Clarendon College. Clarendon: Clarendon Press, 1958. Another copy, variant binding. 8vo, original mustard cloth. Fine other than slight soiling and a few small marks to binding. $45.00 Eastland County 418. COX, Edwin T. History of Eastland County, Texas. San Antonio: Naylor, 1950. xii, 95 [1, blank] pp., 4 plates. 8vo, original navy blue cloth. A bit of foxing to edges and endpapers, else fine in chipped and lightly rubbed d.j. First edition. CBC 1461. TC 558. $35.00 419. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, CISCO, TEXAS. The Santa Claus Bank Robbery. Cisco: Longhorn Press, 1958. [4] 32 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white pictorial wraps printed in color. Fine. Not in CBC. $15.00 420. HOUSE, Boyce. Were You In Ranger? Dallas: Tardy Publishing, 1935. xxii, 206 pp., illustrations by Walter Croslin, including frontispiece and cartoon endpaper maps. 8vo, original red cloth gilt. Light shelf wear and insect damage to binding, gilt a bit dull, otherwise very good in sunned, browned, and chipped d.j. First edition. CBC 1468. $45.00 421. HOUSE, Boyce. Were You In Ranger? Dallas: Tardy Publishing, 1935. xxii, 210 pp., illustrations by Walter Croslin, including frontispiece and cartoon endpaper maps. 8vo, original red cloth gilt. Light shelf wear and insect damage to binding, gilt dull, endpapers and text lightly browned, otherwise very good in sunned, browned, and chipped d.j. First edition, second printing, with additional appendix. CBC 1468. TC 568. $45.00
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