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CBC 3325. TC 1295. $15.00 Mills County 914. BOWLES, Flora Gatlin (ed.). A No Man’s Land Becomes a County. Goldthwaite: Mills County Historical Society, 1958. 332 pp., photographic illustrations, map. 8vo, original dark green cloth. Spine rubbed, gilt dull, endpapers browned, otherwise a very fine copy. First edition. CBC 3339. TLH, p. 55. $60.00 915. HAVINS, T.R. Camp Colorado: A Decade of Frontier Defense. Brownwood: Brown Press, 1964. ix, 199 pp., endpaper maps. 8vo, original green cloth. Other than light shelf wear, a fine copy in chipped plain brown d.j. Ownership label on front paste-down. First edition. $350.00 916. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas. No. 167. Mills County (Goldthwaite). San Antonio: Texas Historical Records Survey, 1940. [6] 78 pp., map of Mills and surrounding counties. 4to, original blue printed wrappers, black cloth back strip, stapled. Light wear to fore-edges. Fine. CBC 3342. $15.00 Montague County 917. BENTON ABERDEEN-ANGUS FARMS. The Angus Capitol of Texas Sale November 17, 1955, 56 Lots, 5 Bulls, 51 Females.... Fort Worth: John Wallace Cattle-Logs, 1955. [48] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white and green wrappers with photographic illustrations, stapled. Fine. First printing. Catalogue for an auction at Mr. and Mrs. Joe Benton’s breeding farm. The Bentons assisted many ranchers in getting started in the breeding of purebred Angus cattle. $50.00 918. HENDERSON, Jeff S. (ed.). 100 Years in Montague County Texas. Saint Jo: IPTA Printers, [1958]. [108] pp., photographic illustrations, advertisements, maps. 4to, original off-white printed wrappers, stapled. Other than light foxing to cover and opening pages, a fine copy. CBC 3366. TC 1309. $55.00 Montgomery County 919. NOCONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Nocona, Texas: The Leather Good Center of the Southwest. Nocona: Nocona Chamber of Commerce, n.d. Folding double-sided pamphlet with printed two-color map of North Texas and photographic illustrations on one side; second side includes photographic illustrations, historical data, and a map of the county; overall: 43.5 x 27 cm; folded: 21.5 x 9 cm. Light wear. Fine. $10.00 920. MONTGOMERY, Robin. The History of Montgomery County. Austin: Jenkins Publishing, 1975. x [2] 333 [1, blank] pp., photographic and text illustration, maps, facsimiles. 8vo, original yellow cloth. Other than minor shelf wear, a very fine copy in fine pictorial d.j. First edition. TC 1314. $65.00 Morris County 921. [MAP]. [TEXAS]. [GENERAL LAND OFFICE]. Morris County. General Land Office. [lower left above neat line] Copyright 1879 Wm. C. Walsh Commr Genl Land Office State of Texas. Lithographed by A. Gast & Co’s New Process St. Louis. [lower right above neat line] 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 September 1880. [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh. St. Louis: Gast, 1880. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 56.4 x 24.2 cm; overall sheet size: 61.3 x 28.2 cm. Top portion of sheet darkened, map surface lightly rubbed and soiled. $375.00 922. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 172. Morris County, January 7, 1876-March 27, 1939. San Antonio: State-wide Records Project, 1940. [4] pp., 21 folios, map of Morris and surrounding counties. 4to, original blue printed wrappers, black cloth back strip, stapled. Wrappers slightly smudged and faded, else fine. CBC 3396. TC 1319. $15.00 Motley County 923. CAMPBELL, Harry H. The Early History of Motley County. Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1971. 74 pp., 12 pages of photographic plates. 12mo, original beige cloth. Other than slightly shelf-slanted spine and foxing to endpapers, a very fine copy in a lightly sunned and spotted d.j. Second edition. (First edition, CBC 3399). TC 1320. $85.00 924. TRAWEEK, Eleanor Mitchell. Of Such As These: A History of Motley County and Its Families. Quanah: Nortex, 1973. 399 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original illustrated brown cloth. Spine mildewed, text lightly browned, else very good. First edition. TC 1323. $70.00 Nacogdoches County 925. BROWN, Nugent E. (comp.). The Book of Nacogdoches County, Texas, Containing Brief Sketches of Early History of the County with Outstanding Facts about the Present Progress of Its Agriculture, the County’s Resources, Development and Opportunities. Nacogdoches: Nugent E. Brown, 1927. 96 pp., folding map, numerous advertisements, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue wrappers. Wrappers soiled and lightly chipped, margins foxed, otherwise fine. Inscribed by compiler. CBC 3424 $100.00 926. CROCKET, George L. Nacogdoches. N.p., n.d. [2] 12 folios. 4to, original grey wrappers, spiral bound. Wrappers faded, spiral binding cracked. A very good copy. Scarce transcription of handwritten manuscript on the history of Nacogdoches. $150.00
Facsimile edition. (First edition, CBC 3431). Cf. TC 1331. $75.00 931. NACOGDOCHES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Old Stone Fort. [Nacogdoches], n.d. Mimeographed illustrated one-page sheet. Very good. $5.00 932. NACOGDOCHES HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Nacogdoches: Texas Centennial, 1716-1936. Nacogdoches: Redland Herald, [1935]. 23 [1] pp., text illustrations. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Other than mild wear and browning of text, a fine copy. CBC 3447. $25.00 933. SANDERS, J.B. The Postoffices [sic] and Post Masters of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 1845-1930. Center: Champion, 1964. 12 pp. 16mo, original green wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly browned, else very fine. First edition. $25.00 934. STERNE, Aldophus. Hurrah for Texas: The Diary of Adolphus Sterne, 1838-1851, as Edited by Archie P. McDonald. Waco: Texian Press, 1969. xii [2] 269 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece illustration. 8vo, original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Other than slight foxing to edges, a fine copy in a pictorial d.j. First edition. $50.00 935. Tourist Guide of Historic Nacogdoches. N.p., n.d. Broadside: 58 x 14 cm. Creased where formerly folded, mild browning to paper. Fine copy of an ephemeral piece. Identifies key historical sites in and around Nacogdoches. $35.00 Navarro County 936. LOVE, Annie Carpenter. History of Navarro County. Dallas: Southwest Press, 1933. 278 [9, index] pp., tipped-on photographic frontispiece, 15 plates, maps, text illustrations. 8vo, original orange pictorial cloth. Spine rubbed and faded, endpapers browned, title page chipped, otherwise very good. Signed by author. First edition, limited edition (#63 of 100 autographed copies). CBC 3471. Rader 2252. $75.00 937. NAVARRO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Navarro County History, Volume Two. Corsicana: Navarro County Historical Society, 1978. 505 pp., numerous photographic illustrations, endpaper maps, advertisements. 4to, original light brown gilt cloth. Fine. First edition. TLH, p. 58. $70.00 Newton County 938. NEWTON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION (comp.). Glimpses of Newton County History. Burnet: Nortex, 1982. [8] 291 [1, blank] pp., pictorial endpapers. 8vo, original green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Very fine in lightly rubbed pictorial d.j. First edition. TC 1366. TLH, p. 58. $45.00 939. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases Filed in Texas. No. 176. Newton County, July 26, 1846-June 30, 1939. [San Antonio]: Texas Statewide Records Project, 1941. [4] pp., 23 folios, map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers, black cloth back strip, stapled. Wrappers slightly smudged and faded, else fine. CBC 3488. TC 1368. $15.00 Nolan County 940. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Nolan County. [below title left] 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 right] Copyright 1880 W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas. [above neat line] Lithographed by A. Gast & Co’s New Processes St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 61 x 45.7 cm; overall sheet size: 66.5 x 51.2 cm. Mild chipping and loss at edges, mild stains. $400.00
942. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 177. Nolan County, July 1, 1881–November 17, 1939. San Antonio: State-wide Records and Indexing Program, 1942. [4] pp., 25 folios, map of Nolan and surrounding counties. 4to, original blue printed wrappers, black cloth back strip, stapled. Wrappers slightly smudged and faded, else fine. CBC 3498. TC 1375. $15.00 943. WADE, Lelia Jeanette. Our Community: Organization and Development of Nolan County. Sweetwater: Watson-Focht, 1960. x, 87 [1, blank] pp., photographic and text illustrations, map. 8vo, original blue gilt-decorated cloth. Shelf wear to binding, foxing to endpapers and page margins, else very good in foxed and chipped pictorial d.j. Inscribed by author. First edition. CBC 3503. TC 1376. $50.00 Nueces County 944. BRISCOE, Eugenia Reynolds. City by the Sea: A History of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1519-1875. New York: Vantage Press, 1985. xii, [2] 313 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, frontispiece map, text illustrations. Tail of spine bumped, a few faint fox marks on fore-edge, otherwise fine in shelf-worn and rubbed d.j. Inscribed by author to Kate Waters. First edition. $75.00 945. CHABOT, Frederick C. Corpus Christi & Lipantitlan: A Story of the Army of Texas Volunteers, 1842. San Antonio: Artes Graficas, 1942. 76 pp., text illustrations, maps. 8vo, original cream printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly stained, unopened, else very fine in original mailer. First edition. CBC 3514. $150.00 946. CLARK, Margaret Lasater. On This Bluff...Centennial History, 1867-1967. Corpus Christi: First Presbyterian Church, 1967. 190 pp., photographic and text illustrations, maps. 4to, original brown cloth. Light foxing to upper fore-edge and some margins, else very good in pictorial d.j. $20.00 947. CLINE, Joseph L. When the Heavens Frowned. Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort, 1946. [18] 221 [1, blank] pp., 6 full-page photographic illustrations (part of pagination). 8vo, original brown gilt-stamped cloth. Other than light shelf wear, a fine copy in lightly worn pictorial d.j. First edition. $160.00 948. CONNER, Vida Lee. Treasures Recovered From Spanish Galleon Wreck Off Padre Island. N.p.: J.A. Baldwin, 1969. [4] 30 [2] pp., text and pictorial illustrations. 8vo, original cream pictorial wrappers, stapled. Other than minor spotting to upper wrap, a fine copy. First edition. $25.00 949. CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER TIMES. Corpus Christi: 100 Years. Corpus Christi: Caller-Times, 1952. 148 pp., 28 photographic plates. 8vo, original rose cloth. Fine in lightly scuffed pictorial d.j. Not in CBC. $10.00 950. CORPUS CHRISTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Sparkling City by the Sea: A Tour of Historic Downtown Corpus Christi, Texas. N.p., n.d. Folding double-sided pamphlet with small printed two-color map, photographic illustrations and textual descriptions of major historical sites; overall: 40.9 x 27.8 cm; folded: 20.4 x 9.4 cm. Light wear. Fine. $10.00 951. CORPUS CHRISTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Historical Points of Interest. N.p., n.d. Folding double-sided pamphlet with small printed two-color map, text illustrations and descriptions of major historical sites; overall: 21.6 x 30.3 cm; folded: 21.6 x 10.1 cm. Light wear. Fine. $10.00 952. DEGARMO, Mrs. Frank [Marie E.]. Pathfinders of Texas 1836-1846: Being the Stories of Pioneer Families that Builded Well for Nueces County and Corpus Christi. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1951. [12] 273 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of author, pictorial endpapers. 8vo, original red gilt-lettered cloth. Binding lightly rubbed, foxing to title page, book plate residue staining frontispiece, otherwise very good in torn and rubbed d.j. First edition. CBC 3542. $100.00 953. DUNN, J.B. John. Perilous Trails of Texas. Dallas: Southwest Press, 1932. x, 163 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of author. 8vo, original green cloth. Binding rubbed and discolored, endpapers stained, title page foxed, unopened, else very good. First edition. CBC 3545: “Much on Nueces County.” Guns 650: “Deals with lawlessness on the Mexican border.” Howes D578. Rader 1241. $225.00 954. FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT. WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION. AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES. Corpus Christi: A History and Guide. Corpus Christi: Caller-Times, 1942. [2] xiii [2] 246 pp., photographic and text illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original aqua blue cloth. Binding stained, corners bumped, first few pages dog-eared, mild foxing to fore-edges, a very good copy. First edition. CBC 3505. Brewer TC 1382. $65.00 955. KILGORE, D.E. “Corpus Christi: A Quarter Century of Development, 1900-1925” from The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 75:4, 1972. Pp 433-443, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original cream wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by author to Dudley Dobie. Offprint. $20.00 956. KILGORE, D.E. Nueces County, Texas, 1750-1800: A Bicentennial Memoir. Corpus Christi: Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum, 1975. [2] 10 pp., frontispiece, 3 folded maps laid in. 8vo, original white and orange printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. Inscribed by the author. $20.00 957. McCAMPBELL, Coleman. Texas Seaport: The Story of the Growth of Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend Area. New York: Exposition Press, 1952. 4-305 [1, blank] pp., text illustrations, folding map, 8 photographic plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original red cloth. Light wear to binding, fore-edges mildly foxed, endpapers browned, light staining in blank margins on and opposite plates, else near fine in lightly worn d.j. with one small tear. First edition. CBC 3568. TC 1395. $20.00 958. McCAMPBELL, Coleman. Saga of a Frontier Seaport. Dallas: South-West Press, 1934. viii, 167 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait, illustrated endpapers. 12mo, original black cloth. Light rubbing to binding, endpapers mildly foxed, text browned, else fine in a chipped pictorial d.j. First edition. CBC 3567. $45.00 959. NUECES COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The History of Nueces County. Austin: Jenkins Publishing, 1972. [12] 224 pp., 28 pages of photographic illustrations (not included in pagination). 8vo, half dark brown cloth over tan boards. Very fine. First edition. TC 1385. $110.00 960. MILLER, Mrs. S.G. Sixty Years in the Nueces Valley: 1870 to 1930. San Antonio: Naylor, 1930. [10] viii [2] 374 pp., 9 plates including maps. 8vo, original green cloth, with tipped-on photograph. Other than mild foxing to endpapers and fore-edges, a fine copy in glassine webbed d.j. First edition. CBC 3575. Herd 1491. Howes M618. Rader 2402. Contains James Potter Collins’ Autobiography of a Revolutionary Soldier. $350.00 961. SUTHERLAND, Mary A. The Story of Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi: Daughters of the Confederacy, 1916. x, 146 pp., frontispiece plate of author. 8vo, original green leather, decorated in gilt. Extremities abraded, covers lightly soiled, edges browned, else very good. Signed by author. Deluxe edition. CBC 3600. TC 1393. $100.00 962. SUTHERLAND, Mary A. The Story of Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi: Daughters of the Confederacy, 1916. x, 146 pp., frontispiece plate of author. 8vo, original green cloth decorated in red and green. Binding rubbed with spine label residue present, front hinge mildly cracked, endpapers discolored and with ink notation, mild foxing throughout, a very good copy. CBC 3600. TC 1393. $70.00 963. TAYLOR, Paul Schuster. An American-Mexican Frontier: Nueces County, Texas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1934. xiii [1, blank], 337 [1, blank] pp., 6 photographic plates, charts, endpaper maps. 8vo, original maroon cloth. Other than spotting and foxing to endpapers and fore-edges, a near fine copy in a chipped and tattered price-clipped d.j. First edition. CBC 3601. Rader 3043. Well-written, scholarly county history. Heavily documented with statistics and primary sources. $140.00 964. WALRAVEN, Bill. Corpus Christi: The History of a Texas Seaport. Woodland Hills: Windsor Publications, 1982. 174 [2] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original brown cloth. Other than light bumping to spine tail, a fine copy in a fine d.j. Signed by author on front fly leaf. First edition. $20.00 965. XAVIER, Sister Mary. A Century of Sacrifice: The History of the Cathedral Parish, Corpus Christi, Texas. 1853-1953. N.p., 1953. vii, [3] 67 [3] pp., 14 photographic plates. 8vo, original gold wrappers with photographic illustration, stapled. Wraps lightly rubbed, edges foxed, overall very good. $25.00 Ochiltree County 966. OCHILTREE COUNTY HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE. Wheatheart of the Plains: An Early History of Ochiltree County. Taylor Publishing, 1969. 653 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original green cloth stamped in white. Other than mild foxing to title page and fore-edges, a fine copy. First edition. TC 1397. TLH, p. 59. $50.00 Oldham County 967. DAY, Beth. A Shirttail To Hang To: The Story of Cal Farley and His Boys Ranch. New York: Henry Holt, 1959. xviii, 232 pp., 16 photographic plates. 8vo, original orange cloth stamped in blind and white. Near fine in lightly foxed and rubbed pictorial d.j. First edition, second printing. $5.00 Orange County 968. ORANGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Orange, The City of Your Future. Orange Chamber of Commerce, [1946]. 52 pp., text and photographic illustrations, maps, folding map. 4to, original brown wrappers with tipped-on photograph, spiral bound. Other than some shelf wear to wrappers, a fine copy. CBC 3644. TC 1408. $35.00 969. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas. No. 181. Orange County (Orange). San Antonio: Texas Historical Records Survey, 1941. 177 [1, blank] pp., map of Orange and surrounding counties. 4to, original blue printed wrappers, black cloth back strip, stapled. Light wear to fore-edges. Fine. CBC 3638. $15.00 970. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 181. Orange County, March 20, 1852-December 31, 1938. [San Antonio]: Texas State-wide Records Project, 1940. [6] pp., 31 folios, map of Orange and surrounding counties. 4to, original blue printed wrappers, black cloth back strip, stapled. Wrappers slightly smudged and faded, else fine. CBC 3637. $15.00 Palo Pinto County 971. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MINERAL WELLS. Ten Years Younger. Mineral Wells: Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce, n.d. [24] pp., text and photographic illustrations, folding panoramic photographs. 4to, original grey wrappers, stapled. Wrappers discolored, else fine. $45.00 972. CLARKE, Mary Whatley. The Palo Pinto Story. Fort Worth: Manney, 1956. x, 172 pp., 36 leaves of photographic illustrations (not included in pagination). 8vo, original maroon gilt cloth. Other than dulled gilt, a fine copy in a price-clipped and lightly rubbed pictorial d.j. First edition. CBC 3650. Guns 432: “Has a chapter on Sam Bass, giving some new material.” Herd 470. Incidents in the history of Palo Pinto County, in north central Texas, about 1840 through 1940. TC 1410. $135.00 973. COX, Mrs. M.W. A Love Story of Mineral Wells. Mineral Wells: Index Printing, n.d. [64], photographic illustrations, advertisements. 8vo, original off-white printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers foxed and chipped, light foxing and warping of margins (not affecting text), else very good. CBC 3653. $50.00 974. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Palo Pinto County, Texas. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner General Land Office certify that the above Map of Palo Pinto County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office compiled from official data. Lithographed by August Gast & CoS New Process. St. Louis. [upper right] Copyright 1879. W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the GenL Land Office of the State of Texas. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Lithograph map mounted on poster board, sheet size: 60.3 x 45.9 cm. Bottom of map torn, repaired with tape, now browned. Edges chipped. $275.00 Panola County 975. CARTHAGE CIRCULATING BOOK CLUB (comp.). History of Panola County [wrapper title]. Carthage, [1935]. 52 pp. 8vo, original orange printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers smudged and faded, stains to some pages (not affecting text), else very good. Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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