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First edition. CBC 4516 (revised edition only). Herd 799: “Scarce.” $125.00 1175. FENLEY, Florence. Oldtimers: Their Own Stories. Uvalde: Hornby Press, 1939. Another copy, variant binding. 8vo, original tan cloth. Light foxing to fore-edges, else near fine in foxed and lightly chipped d.j. $110.00 1176. JAMES, Marquis. Mr. Garner of Texas. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1939. 158 pp., frontispiece portrait of John Nance Garner, 9 photographic plates. 8vo, original red cloth stamped in gilt. Corners and head of spine slightly bumped, upper edge foxed, previous owner’s name erased, but evident on end paper, else very good. First edition. Not in CBC. $10.00 1177. MOORE, Ike. The Life and Diary of Reading W. Black: A History of Early Uvalde. Uvalde: El Progreso Club, 1934. vi [2, blank], 93 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of Reading W. Black, photographic plate, map, text illustration. 8vo, original green wrappers, stapled. Tail of spine bumped, upper wrapper slightly spotted, else fine. First edition. CBC 4523. $75.00 1178. MOORE, Ike. The Life and Diary Reading W. Black: A History of Early Uvalde. N.p., n.d. vi, 93 [2] pp., photographic plate, photocopy of original map included. 8vo, original light green wrappers. Wrappers lightly spotted, else fine. Reprint edition. Cf. CBC 4523. TC 1779. $50.00 1179. NELSON, George S. Preliminary Archaeological Survey and Testing of Fort Inge, Texas. Uvalde County Historical Commission, 1981. [3] viii, 115 [1] pp., maps, photographic and text illustrations. 4to, original off-white printer wrappers, stapled. Wrappers shelf-worn and lightly stained, else very good. $60.00
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Van Zandt County 1189. GEDDIE, Jack (ed.). Colfax. Fort Worth: Henry F. Geddie for the Colfax Homecoming Committee, 1963. 149 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white pictorial cloth. Light wear to binding, else near fine. First edition. CBC 4561. TC 1791. $35.00 1190. HALL, Margaret Elizabeth. A History of Van Zandt County. Austin: Pemberton Press, 1976. 156 pp., frontispiece map. 8vo, original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Fine in lightly scuffed d.j. First edition. TC 1794. TLH, p. 75. $60.00 1191. MANNING, Wentworth. Some History of Van Zandt County, Vol. I. Des Moines: Homestead, 1919. 220 pp., 3 plates, maps, text illustration. 8vo, original half green cloth over tan boards. Corners bumped, spine rubbed and spotted, lower hinge cracked, but holding, text foxed. Good. No more published. First edition. CBC 4564. Howes M261: “Most of edition burned.”. TC 1799. TLH, p. 75. $350.00 1192. MANNING, Wentworth. Some History of Van Zandt County, Vol. I. Des Moines: Homestead, 1919. Another copy, variant binding. Another copy, variant binding. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. Cloth rubbed, text browned, else very good. $350.00
First edition. CBC 4565. TC 1795. $35.00 Victoria County 1194. GRIMES, Roy (ed.). 300 Years in Victoria County. Victoria: Victoria Advocate, 1968. [16] 649 [1] pp., text illustrations, 16 photographic plates. 8vo, original gilt-lettered green cloth. Fine in lightly worn d.j. First edition. $165.00 1195. MOONEY, Booth. 75 Years in Victoria. Victoria: Victoria Bank & Trust, 1950. [6] 51 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait, photographic illustrations. 8vo, colored pictorial boards. Light shelf wear, endpapers browned, light foxing to fore-edge, else near fine in glassine wrapper. CBC 4579. Herd 1567. $25.00 1196. MORRIS, Leopold. Pictorial History of Victoria and Victoria County. San Antonio: Clemens Printing, 1953. [104] pp., photographic illustrations, brands, maps. Small folio, original blue cloth. Spine head and tail bumped, endpapers browned, else near fine in sunned and lightly worn d.j. First edition. CBC 4582. Herd 1571. $165.00 1197. ROSE, Victor M. Some Historical Facts in Regard to the Settlement of Victoria, Texas: Its Progress and Present Status. Victoria: Book Mart, 1961. xiv, 249 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original green cloth. Light shelf wear, browning to fore-edges, else fine. Reprint edition. CBC 4584c. Reprint edition edited by J.W. Petty, Jr., with added corrective notes by Mrs. Kate Stoner O’Connor. $45.00 1198. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Centennial Service. Victoria, 1969. [36] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white and gold printed wrappers, stapled. Accompanied with a metal plaque replicating wrapper cover. Near fine. $20.00 1199. VICTORIA PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE. A Short Story Descriptive of Victoria, Texas: The Ideal Residence City of Texas. N.p., n.d. 51 [15] pp., photographic illustrations, advertisements. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers, stapled. Very good. Reprint edition. $15.00 1200. VICTORIA PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE. A Short Story Descriptive of Victoria, Texas: The Ideal Residence City of Texas. N.p., 1970. 51 [15] pp., photographic illustrations, advertisements. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Very good. Reprint edition. $15.00 1201. VICTORIA SESQUISCENTENNIAL INC. The Victoria Sesquicentennial “Scrapbook”, 1824-1974 [wrapper title]. Victoria, 1974. 1-2 [2, contents] 4-95 pp., photographic illustrations, graphs. 4to, original grey wrappers with color photographic illustrations, stapled. Minimal shelf wear, else near fine. Signed by Henry Hauschild, an editor. TC 1811. TLH, p. 76. $20.00 Walker County 1202. A Catalogue of Relics in the Houston Home, A State Museum [wrapper title]. Huntsville, n.d. 24 pp. 16mo, original mustard pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wrappers stained and soiled, penciled name on first leaf, insect damage to some leaves, top fore-edge of text stained, else good. Original shipping envelope included. Not in CBC. $20.00 1203. CREWS, D’Anne McAdams (ed.). Huntsville and Walker County, Texas. Huntsville: Sam Houston State University Press, 1976. xii, 597 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original back cloth with gilt-lettering. Light foxing to fore-edges, else very good in foxed and chipped pictorial d.j. First edition, limited edition (#635 of 1,000 copies). TC 1813. $85.00 1204. Huntsville: The Mt. Vernon of Texas [wrapper title]. Huntsville: Item Print Shop, n.d. [24] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original beige self-wrappers with photographic illustrations, stapled. Good. $15.00 1205. HUNTSVILLE-WALKER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Huntsville...The Mt. Vernon of Texas [wrapper title]. N.p., n.d. [16] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original full color pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Wrappers browned and stained, else good. $10.00 1206. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map Walker County. Texas [below title and scale] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office, do certify that this Map of Walker County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office, compiled form official data. [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh Commissioner. [lower left above neat line] Copyright 1879 W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the Genl Land Office of the State of Texas. [lower center below neat line] Lithographed by A. Gast & Co. St. Louis & N.Y. New Process. St. Louis & New York: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 46.4 x 39.1 cm; overall sheet size: 52.1 x 44.2 cm. Surface of map rubbed and soiled, with a few small stains and scattered light insect damage. $400.00
This issue of the bulletin is the announcement of graduate and undergraduate courses available in the Summer of 1936. $25.00
CBC 4610. TC 1825. $15.00 1209. WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. One Hundred One Heritage Homes of Waller County, Texas. Quanah: Nortex, 1976. viii, 291 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue cloth. Small scratch to rear board, light foxing to fore-edges, else near fine. TC 1823. $25.00 1210. WALLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE. A History of Waller County, Texas. Waco: Texian Press, 1973. viii, 719 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, 32 photographic plates. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Edges bumped, fore-edges foxed, else very good in rubbed d.j. with two small tears to back jacket. First edition. TC 1821. TLH, p. 77. $85.00 Ward County 1211. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Ward County. State of Texas [left of title] Copyright 1888 R.M. Hall, Commissioner of the Genl Land Office of the State of Texas. For Sale at State Land Office Austin Tex Price 50¢: [below title and scale] August 1889 [right of title] I, R.M. Hall, Commissioner of the Genl Land Office Do Certify That This Map is a True and Correct Copy of the Map Now In Use in This Office Compiled from Official Data. [facsimile signature] R.M. Hall Commissioner [lower center above neat line] Aug. Gast Bank Note & Litho. Company Map Publishers, St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1889. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 47 x 60.4 cm; overall sheet size: 50.6 x 63.6 cm. 12 cm slice at top center intersecting title, a little insect damage to blank edges, a few scattered spots, map with notations in ink. $375.00 1212. WARD COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Ward County, 1887-1977. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1978). 664 pp., numerous photographic illustrations, map. 4to, original brown gilt-stamped cloth. Light shelf wear, shelf-slanted, upper fore-edge foxed, else very good. TC 1827. $90.00 Washington County 1213. DIETRICH, Wilfred O. The Blazing Story of Washington County. N.p., 1950. ix [1, blank], 122 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth. Spine sunned, corners bumped, text browned, else good. First edition. CBC 4632. TC 1834. TLH, p. 77. $40.00 1214. PENNINGTON, Mrs. R.E. The History of Brenham and Washington County. Houston: Standard Printing & Lithographic Company, n.d. 123 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white wrappers. Other than moderate shelf-wear, a very good copy. Limited edition (#219 of 500 copies). Reprint of 1915 edition. Cf. CBC 4646. Howes P203. Rader 2638. TC 1842. $25.00 1215. PLUMMER, Betty. Historic Homes of Washington County, 1821-1860. San Marcos: Rio Fresco Books, 1971. xi [1, blank], 129 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations, maps, endpaper maps. 8vo, original blue cloth stamped in white. Other than light foxing to fore-edges, a fine copy in a gently rubbed d.j. First edition. TC 1839. $25.00 1216. SCHMIDT, Charles F. History of Washington County. San Antonio: Naylor, 1949. xii, 146 pp., 4 photographic plates. 8vo, original light blue cloth stamped in dark blue. Corners rubbed, endpapers browned, water stains to first few leaves, light foxing to text, else good in a chipped and spotted pictorial d.j. (price-clipped). First edition. CBC 4654. $25.00 1217. SIEGEL, Stanley. Big Men Walked Here! The Story of Washington-On-The-Brazos. Austin: Jenkins Publishing, 1971. 103 [1, blank] pp., text and photographic illustrations, maps, facsimiles. Small 4to, half dark brown cloth over brown cloth. Fine. First edition. TC 1833. $15.00 1218. WALLIS, Mrs. Jonnie Lockhart. Sixty Years on the Brazos: The Life and Letters of Dr. John Washington Lockhart. Ann Arbor: [Argonaut Press for] University Microfilms, 1966. [10] 336 pp., frontispiece, 14 plates (photographic and facsimiles). 8vo, original orange cloth. Light wear to cloth, else near fine. Reprint of 1930 edition. Not in CBC. $60.00 1219. WALLIS, Mrs. Jonnie Lockhart. Sixty Years on the Brazos: The Life and Letters of Dr. John Washington Lockhart. Waco: Texian Press, 1967. xi [1, blank], [10] 342 pp., photographic illustrations, facsimiles. 8vo, original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Near fine in lightly chipped and rubbed pictorial d.j. Reprint of 1930 edition. Not in CBC. $70.00 1220. WINFIELD, Mr. & Mrs. Nate (comp.). All Our Yesterdays: A Brief History of Chappell Hill. Waco: Texian Press, 1969. vii [1] 44 pp., 12 photographic plates. 8vo, original black cloth. Light wear to spine tail, previous owner’s inkstamp on front endpaper, foxing to upper fore-edge, else very good in a sunned, soiled, and chipped pictorial d.j. $15.00 Webb County 1221. BLACK, F. Michael (comp. and ed.). Mirando City: A New Town in a New Oil Field. Laredo: Laredo Publishing Company, 1972. 93 [2, bibliography] pp., photographic and text illustrations. 4to, original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Light shelf wear, else near fine. $25.00 1222. COMMISSION OF CONTROL FOR TEXAS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS. Dedication Ceremonies of Monument to Founders of Laredo to be Presented by the State of Texas to the City of Laredo. N.p., 1938. [4] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original light blue wrappers, stapled. Small tear to lower wrapper affecting text, else good. $15.00 1223. DA CAMARA, Kathleen. Laredo on the Rio Grande. San Antonio: Naylor, 1949. ix [3] 85 [1, blank] [5, charts] [1, blank] [19, advertisements] [1, blank] pp., text illustrations, 4 photographic plates. 8vo, original blue cloth. Small stains to cloth, endpapers browned, else near fine in a rubbed and foxed pictorial d.j. First edition. CBC 4667. $65.00 1224. WILKINSON, J.B. Laredo and the Rio Grande Frontier. Austin: Jenkins Publishing, 1975. 456 pp., text and photographic illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth with gilt. Near fine in a mildly smudged d.j. First edition. TC 1852. $85.00 Wharton County 1225. BACA, Marie (comp.). Memorial Books and Recipes 1957. Taylor: Merchants Press, 1957. 256 [4] pp., photographic illustrations, numerous advertisements. 8vo, original grey wrappers with photographic illustration, stapled. Wrappers rubbed, text browned, else very good. Not in CBC. $45.00 1226. URBANIC, Adolph F. Pictorial Souvenir History of East Bernard, Texas. Yoakum: Malec Publishing, 1966. iii, 238 pp., photographic illustrations, map. 8vo, original grey cloth gilt-lettered. Spine scuffed, endpapers browned, ink stamps of James G. Hopkins and A.F. Urbanic on endpapers, fore-edge lightly foxed, else very good. First edition. $55.00 1227. WILLIAMS, Annie Lee. A History of Wharton County, 1846-1961. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1964. [12] 399 [1, blank] pp., 46 photographic plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original pictorial cloth. Cloth rubbed, light foxing to title page and fore-edges, else very good in rubbed and sunned d.j. First edition. Not in CBC. TC 1859. $65.00 Wheeler County 1228. HARRIS, Sallie B. Hide Town in the Texas Panhandle: 100 Years in Wheeler County and Panhandle of Texas. Hereford: Pioneer Book, 1968. 332 pp., text and photographic illustrations. 4to, original blue cloth gilt. Other than minor shelf-wear, a near fine copy. First edition. TC 1860. $65.00 Wichita County 1229. BENTON, Minnie King. Boomtown: A Portrait of Burkburnett. Quanah: Nortex, 1972. [12] 65 [1, blank] pp., 17 photographic plates, text illustration, endpaper maps. 8vo, original buff printed cloth. Fine in pictorial d.j. First edition. TC 1864. TLH, p. 78. $45.00 1230. DAVIS, Lute L. Blankets on the Sand. Wichita Falls: Terry Bros., 1948. [7] 72 [1] pp., photographic illustrations. 12mo, original stiff brown wrappers, stapled. Fine. First edition. CBC 4733. Herd 655. $45.00 1231. MORGAN, Jonnie R. The History of Wichita Falls. Oklahoma City: The Economy, 1931. 221 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of author, 25 plates (mostly photographic), text illustrations. 8vo, original dark brown blind-stamped cloth. Minor shelf-wear, endpapers browned, mild foxing, text block cracked (but holding), else very good. CBC 4766. Guns 1544. TC 1866. $85.00 1232. WICHITA FALLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Progress of a Progressive City. Wichita Falls: The Best Built City in Texas [wrapper title]. Wichita Falls: Wichita Falls Times, n.d.. 24 pp., numerous photographic illustrations. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers smudged, major water damage to bottom margins affecting text and illustrations, including minor losses. Fair. Not in CBC. $10.00 Wilbarger County 1233. SANTA ROSA ROUNDUP ASSOCIATION. Santa Rosa Roundup: Vernon, Texas, May 6-11 [wrapper title]. N.p., 1947. 112 pp., photographic illustrations, advertisements. 4to, original stiff cream pictorial wrappers. Minor shelf-wear and foxing to wrappers, bottom upper corner bumped, text browned, else very good. Annotated on upper wrapper by J. Frank Dobie. $125.00 Willacy County 1234. JOHNSON-HECHT CO. Raymondville, Willacy County, Texas. Raymondville, n.d. Folding double-sided pamphlet; overall: 22.6 x 38.2 cm; folded: 22.6 x 9.7 cm., photographic illustrations. Text browned, creased where folded, else very good. With separately issued printed map. A promotional brochure for agricultural business in Willacy County. Included is a Johnson-Hecht Company map of the cotton, onion, and citrus lands in Raymondsville. $25.00 Williamson County 1235. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. The Sou’wester. Volume IV. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1907. [4] 287 [1] pp., numerous text and photographic illustrations. 4to, original blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth heavily rubbed and shelf-worn, text lightly browned, some leaves dog-eared, else good. Inscribed by editor G.J. Bryan. Not in CBC. Heavily illustrated yearbook for Southwestern University. J. Frank Dobie is listed as a freshman on p. 58 and as a member of the Alamo Society on p. 72. $250.00 1236. CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE. Williamson County Centennial, 1848-1948 [wrapper title]. Georgetown, 1948. 3-50 pp., text and photographic illustrations, numerous advertisements. 4to, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very good. Not in CBC. TC 1886. $40.00 1237. DIGESUALDO, Jane H. & Karen R. Thompson. Historical Round Rock, Texas. Austin: Eakin, 1985. xiii [1, blank], 583 [3] pp., photographic and text illustrations, brands, maps, facsimiles, endpaper maps. 8vo, original red cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Fine in lightly worn pictorial d.j. TC 1881. $75.00 1238. GRIFFITH, J.H. Early History of Texas, Early History of Williamson County, The Webster Massacre, Williamson County Court House Sketches, Sketches of Early Days in Taylor [wrapper title]. Taylor: City National Bank, n.d. 19 pp. 8vo, original blue wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly worn and browned, staples rusted, interior fine. Inscribed by author. CBC 4808. TC 1879. $135.00 1239. GRIFFITH, J.H. Early History of Texas, Early History of Williamson County, The Webster Massacre, Williamson County Court House Sketches, Sketches of Early Days in Taylor [wrapper title]. Taylor: City National Bank, n.d. Another copy. Near fine. $120.00 1240. MAKEMSON, W.K. Historical Sketch of First Settlement and Organization of Williamson County [wrapper title]. Georgetown: Sun Print, 1904. 26 pp. 16mo, original tan printed wrappers, staples. Wrapper sunned and gently worn, else a near fine copy. First edition. CBC 4819. Howes M233. Very scarce history of Williamson County, Texas, including Texas Rangers, “Three Legged Willie,” Kenney Fort, Indian fights, buffalo hunting, Santa Fe expedition, Texas Archive War, Battle of Brushy Creek, first settlers, early Georgetown, Southwestern University, etc. $175.00 Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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