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| 1598. MORGAN, Tabitha Landsaw and Frank Duane Jenkins (comps). Two Texas Pioneers Called Hugh Martin Childress. Ballinger, 1978. [3] 34 folios, map, photographic illustrations, one loose extra sheet of census records. 4to, original red wrappers, stapled. Other than gentle wear to wrappers, a very good copy. Signed by Frank Jenkins. $40.00
1599. MORRISS, Annie Mae. Her Name Was Ann: A Pioneer Teacher in Texas. San Antonio: Naylor, 1951. xii, 241 [1, blank] pp., 2 photographic plates. 8vo, original light blue cloth stamped in dark blue. Mild wear to boards, light foxing to edges, else near fine. Signed by author on front free endpaper. First edition. $100.00 1600. MORRISS, Annie Mae. Her Name Was Ann: A Pioneer Teacher in Texas. San Antonio: Naylor, 1951. Another copy, unsigned. Light foxing to edges, else fine in a lightly worn pictorial d.j. First edition. $100.00 1601. [MUG BOOKS]. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell, and Coryell Counties, Texas.... Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1893. 999 pp., lithographed portraits. 4to, original embossed and gilt-lettered dark brown morocco. Extremities abraded, front hinge and spine detached, title page absent (?), mild foxing, else good. CBC 242, 1148, 1643, 3143. $550.00 1602. [MUG BOOKS]. A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas.... Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1892. 735 pp., 41 lithographed portraits. 4to, original embossed and gilt-lettered dark brown morocco. Rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners abraded, hinges reinforced with tape, mild foxing, else near fine. First edition. CBC 2457 & 2718. Detailed history of Johnson and Hill Counties (just south of Dallas–Fort Worth) with biographies and portraits of prominent pioneers and ranchers. $600.00 1603. [MUG BOOKS]. A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas.... Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1893. 908 pp., 14 plates. 4to, original embossed and gilt-lettered dark brown morocco. Rebacked, preserving original backstrip, mild foxing to text, some plate off-set to text, else very good. CBC 16, 1764, 2967, 3004, 3473. An incredible wealth of local history and details about the pioneers in these counties, many of them stockmen-farmer entrepreneurs, such as William W. Loop who “began life for himself at the age of seventeen years, with comparatively nothing, and after arriving in Navarro county he was worth about $500. He now owns 1,300 acres of land in this county, with 200 acres under cultivation, has 640 acres in Jones county, with 50 acres cultivated, owning in all about 1,940 acres, and has 125 head of cattle and about 50 horses.” $700.00 1604. [MUG BOOKS]. FORRISTER HISTORY COMPANY. Past History and Present State of Development of Texas...Also Biographic Mention of Many of the Best Citizens of the Important Sections of the State Known as “Central, North and East Texas”.... Chicago: Regan Printing House, [1912]. 195 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. Small 4to, original rust cloth, gilt-lettered. Extremities lightly abraded, front hinge cracked, light foxing throughout, else very good. Scarce. Not in CBC. $675.00 1605. [MUG BOOKS]. History of Texas Together With a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties.... Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1895. 658 pp., 31 photographic plates. 4to, original blind and gilt stamped morocco, a.e.g. Extremities abraded, spine rebacked, hinges repaired with black tape, light foxing throughout, else good. First edition. Not in CBC. Biographical section includes individuals engaged in the cattle trade. $375.00 1606. [MUG BOOKS]. History of Texas Together With a Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston.... Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1895. 730 pp., 29 photographic plates. 4to, original blind and gilt stamped leather, beveled edges, a.e.g. Extremities abraded, front joint split (spine holding), light foxing throughout, else very good. First edition. CBC 1826, 2254. $600.00 1607. [MUG BOOKS]. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Texas, Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families. Chicago: Goodspeed Brothers, 1894. 661 [1, blank] pp., 23 plates (photographic and maps). 4to, original blind and gilt stamped morocco. Extremities abraded, spine detached (with 21 cm section present), lower board very loose with tape repairs to hinges, light foxing throughout. Internally very good. First edition. Not in CBC. Biographies of leading citizens and prominent families of South Texas, with much information related to the history of the region. $375.00 1608. [MUG BOOKS]. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Texas, Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families. Chicago: Goodspeed Brothers, 1895. [5] 14-465 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, 21 plates (photographic and maps). 4to, blind and gilt stamped morocco. Corners abraded, light foxing throughout, else very good. Second printing (first published, 1894). Not in CBC. Biographies of current and past Texas luminaries, including stockmen. $375.00 1609. MUNNERLYN, Tom. Texas Counties: A Catalog of In-Print and Out-of-Print Books, Maps, Memoirs, etc., Relating to Texas Towns and Counties. Austin: State House Books, 1985. [3] 104 pp. 4to, original white printed wrappers. Near fine. $40.00 1610. MYRES, Sandra L. The Ranch in Spanish Texas, 1691-1800. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1969. [2] 69 [1, blank] pp., 4 plates. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Near fine. First edition. $30.00 1611. NAGEL, Charles. A Boy’s Civil War Story. St. Louis: Eden Publishing, 1935. 420 pp. 8vo, original tan cloth. Cloth soiled, endpapers and upper edge lightly foxed, else very good. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. First edition. Not in CBC. $65.00 1612. NAIL, Olin W. (ed.). Office Journal, West Texas Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Austin: Capitol Printing, 1933. 200 [12] pp., photographic illustrations, advertisements. 8vo, original light blue printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers foxed, ink name written on upper wrapper, else very good. $30.00 1613. Naylor’s Epic-Century Magazine 2:5. San Antonio: Naylor, April, 1935. 42 pp., photographic and text illustrations. 4to, original printed self-wrappers. Good. $15.00 1614. NEVILLE, A.W. The Red River Valley Then and Now: Stories of People and Events in the Red River Valley During the First Hundred Years of Its Settlement. Paris: North Texas Publishing, 1948. xiii [1, blank], 278 [2] pp., text illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original rust cloth gilt-lettered. Mild shelf wear to tail of spine, endpapers and edges foxed, else very good in moderately worn pictorial d.j. Inscribed. First edition, limited edition (limited to 2000 copies). Designed by Carl Hertzog. Illustrations by José Cisneros. CBC 5004. Lowman 56. TC 1956. $50.00 1615. NEVILLE, A.W. The Red River Valley Then and Now: Stories of People and Events in the Red River Valley During the First Hundred Years of Its Settlement. Paris: North Texas Publishing, 1948. Another copy, unsigned. Minor spots to edges, else fine in pictorial d.j. $45.00 1616. NEWCOMB, W.W., Jr. The Rock Art of Texas Indians. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1967. xiv, 239 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece illustration, numerous photographic illustrations. 4to, original pictorial grey cloth. Fine in lightly worn d.j., with small tear to top upper edge. First edition. Illustrations by Forrest Kirkland. $60.00 1617. NEWELL, Chester. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & ‘36, Together with the Latest Geographical, Topographical and Statistical Accounts of the Country.... Austin: Steck, 1935. [2] x [2, blank], 215 [1, blank] pp., folding color outline map. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt spine title. Cloth lightly rubbed, else fine. Facsimile of the first edition (New York, 1838). BTB 151B: “This is one of the earliest books published about Texas after it became a republic...the quotations from participants are of considerable historical value.” CBC 5003n. Graff 3010n. Howes N115n. Rader 2479n. $80.00 1618. NICHOLS, Ed. Ed Nichols Rode a Horse, as Told to Ruby Nichols Cutbirth. Dallas: University Press, 1943. x, 134 pp., frontispiece illustration. 8mo, original green cloth stamped in brown. Other than minor browning to end papers, a fine copy in a near fine price-clipped d.j. Signed by Ed Nichols and Ruby Nichols Cutbirth. First edition. $95.00 1619. NICHOLS, Ed. Ed Nichols Rode a Horse, as Told to Ruby Nichols Cutbirth. Dallas: University Press, 1943. Another copy, variant binding. 8mo, original rust cloth stamped in brown. Fine in tattered and price-clipped d.j. Signed by Ed Nichols and Ruby Nichols Cutbirth. First edition, second printing. $75.00 1620. NICHOLS, James L. The Confederate Quartermaster in the Trans-Mississippi. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. x, 126 pp., text illustrations, charts. 8vo, original mustard cloth. Other than minor discoloration to upper edge, a fine copy. First edition. Not in CBC. $35.00 1621. NICHOLS, James Wilson. Now You Hear My Horn: The Journals of James Wilson Nichols, 1820-1887. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1967. xvi, [6] 212 pp., text and photographic illustrations. 8vo, half eggplant cloth over green boards, top edge eyed maroon. Very fine in fine d.j. First edition. Designed by Carl Hertzog. Map by José Cisneros. BTB 152: “Nichols gives us an unvarnished account of life in frontier Texas, with no holds barred.” Lowman 218B. $100.00 1622. NIXON, Pat Ireland. The Early Nixons of Texas. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1956. xiv, 172 [2] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt-lettered. Fine. Inscribed by authors to the Dobies. First edition. Lowman 96. Includes obituary of Mrs. Fannie Andrews Nixon. $100.00
1624. NIXON, Pat Ireland. The Medical Story of Early Texas, 1528-1853. Lancaster: [Lancaster Press for] Mollie Bennett Lupe Memorial Fund, 1946. xv [1, blank], 507 [1, blank]. 4to, original dark green cloth, printed paper spine and upper board label. Endpapers browned, else fine in plain d.j. (browned and chipped). First edition. BTB 153: “The best work on Texas medical history, this is also one of the best state medical histories ever published.” Howes N161. $300.00 1625. OBERSTE, William H. Texas Irish Empresarios and Their Colonies. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1973. xii, 310, [9, facsimile] pp., frontispiece portrait of James Hewetson, 4 plates (maps, facsimile), 4 folding maps tipped-in. 4to, original green cloth gilt-lettered. A fine copy in a lightly worn pictorial d.j. Second edition. BTB 156A: “This is the best account of the early Irish settlements in Texas.” CBC 5005. Newspaper clipping on author under Mylar covering of d.j. $275.00 1626. OBERSTE, William H. The Restless Friar: Venerable Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús, Missionary to the Americas–Apostle of Texas. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1970. [10] 145 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original brown decorated cloth. Endpapers lightly creased and foxed, edges lightly foxed, else near fine in printed d.j. with small wrinkle to top upper corner. First edition. $100.00 1627. [OLD SPANISH TRAIL]. Published in the Interest of the Old Spanish Trail 1:3 (July 15, 1922). N.p., 1922. 4 pp. 4to, single folded sheet. Browned, slight insect damage, overall very good. $10.00 1628. OLD TRAIL DRIVERS ASSOCIATION. Twenty-Fourth Annual Reunion [wrapper title]. San Antonio, 1939. [12] pp., photographic and text illustrations, ads. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Other than light foxing and soiling of wrappers, a near fine copy. $30.00 1629. ORGAIN, Kate Alma. A Waif from Texas. Austin: Ben C. Jones & Co., Printers, 1901. [4] 238 pp., frontispiece portrait of author, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth decorated in gilt. Cloth lightly soiled and scuffed, corners rubbed, endpapers discolored, text fine, else very good. First edition. Not in CBC. $65.00 1630. O’SHEA, Elena Zamora. El Mesquite: A Story of the Early Spanish Settlements Between the Nueces and the Rio Grande as Told by “La Posta del Palo Alto.” Dallas: Mathis Publishing, 1935. [14] 80 pp. 8vo, original orange cloth stamped in gilt. Spine lightly bumped, text browned, else fine in green and red pictorial d.j. First edition. Not in CBC. Herd 1740. $125.00 1631. PACE, Lula. A Few Texas Plants. Waco: Baylor University, 1923. 60 [4] pp., photographic and text illustrations. 8vo, original brown wrappers, stapled with brown backstrip. Wrappers stained and creased, title page foxed, else very good. First edition. $30.00 1632. PARISOT, P.F. The Reminiscences of a Texas Missionary. San Antonio: Johnson Bros., 1899. 227 [5, index] [6, advertisements] pp., photographic illustration. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated in blind. Cloth soiled and stained, front hinge cracked, text block loose (signatures holding), text browned, else good. First edition. Graff 3182. Howes P67. Rader 2587. $65.00 1633. PARKER, George. Oil Field Medico. Dallas: Banks Upshaw, 1948. [10] 139 [1, blank] pp., text illustrations. 8vo, original black cloth. Corners and edges lightly bumped, upper edge lightly foxed, else very good in pictorial d.j. with small tears at tail of spine and front panel. First edition. Not in CBC. $30.00 1634. PARKER, Lois Williams (comp.). Big Thicket Bibliography. Saratoga: Big Thicket Museum, 1970. [2] xi [1, blank], 54 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white wrappers with photographic illustration, stapled. Near fine. $15.00 1635. PARKS, H.B. Valuable Plants Native to Texas. College Station: Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas, 1937. 173 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original white wrappers. Wrappers foxed, missing pieces from lower upper corner and tail of spine, small crease through some leaves where formerly bent, else good. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, No. 551. $20.00 1636. PARKS, H.B. & V.L. Cory. The Fauna and Flora of the Big Thicket Area. Huntsville: State Teachers College, 1938. 51 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly sunned, else fine. Second edition. $25.00 1637. PATMAN, Wright. History of Post Offices, First Congressional District of Texas: Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus Counties. Texarkana: Clark Aten, 1946. [44] pp., charts, map. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers discolored and lightly stained, few light stains to text, else very good. Signed on lower wrapper by author. First separate edition. Extracted from January, 1946, issue of Congressional Directory, Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session. $30.00 1638. PATTERSON, C.L. Sensational Texas Manhunt. San Antonio: Sid Murray & Son Printers, 1939. 30 pp. 12mo, original white wrappers, stapled. Fine. $35.00 1639. PATTERSON, J.T. The Corner-Tang Flint Artifacts of Texas. Austin: University of Texas, 1936. 54 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers. Fine. $35.00 1640. PATTERSON, Paul. Pecos Tales. Austin: [Encino Press for] Texas Folklife Society, 1967. x, 101 [1] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original olive cloth. Other than slight wear to upper edge of d.j., a very fine copy. First edition. $25.00 1641. PAYNE, Leonidas Warren, Jr. When the Woods Were Burnt. Austin: [Printed by Carl Hertzog for] The Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1946. 22 [6] pp. 8vo, original salmon printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. Lowman 41: “The handsome booklet is also one of the printer’s scarcest.” $35.00
Reprinted from The Southwestern Political and Social Science Quarterly, 5:3, 1924. $20.00 1643. PEARCE, J.E. Tales that Dead Men Tell. Austin: University of Texas, 1935. 123 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers. Light bumping, minor foxing to edges, else fine. The University of Texas Bulletin, No. 3537: October 1, 1935. $10.00 1644. PEARCE, J.E. The Urgent Need for a Texas State Museum. N.p., n.d. 8 pp. 8vo, original beige self-wrappers, stapled. 6cm tear to fore-edge of all pages, text browned, else good. $10.00 1645. PEELER, A.J. The Standard Blue Book, Texas Edition 1920. San Antonio: Standard Blue Book Publications, 1920. 272 pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Moderate shelf wear, water damage to lower board, else very good. $65.00 1646. PEYTON, Green. The Face of Texas: A Survey in Words and Pictures. New York: Bonanza Books, 1961.[8] 278 pp., photographic illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original teal cloth. Cloth rubbed, endpapers slightly discolored, else very good in chipped pictorial d.j. $5.00 1647. PIERCE, Frank C. A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press, 1917. 200 pp., photographic illustrations, folded maps. 12mo, original tan cloth stamped in black. Other than minor foxing to edges, a fine copy. First edition. CBC 681, plus twelve additional entries. Rader 2668. $80.00 1648. PIERCE, Frank C. A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press, 1917. Another copy, variant binding. 12mo, original red cloth stamped in black. Light wear to extremities, mild foxing to edges, else near fine $80.00 1649. PIERCE, Frank C. A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press, 1917. Another copy, wrapper issue. 12mo, original printed tan wrappers, stapled. Other than minor discoloration to wrappers and edges, a fine copy. $65.00 1650. PIERCE, Frank C. A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press, 1917. Another copy, wrapper issue, variant binding. 12mo, original printed red wrappers, stapled. Wrappers chipped at bottom fore-edge, else near fine. Inscribed to J. Frank Dobie from Frank Pierce. $80.00
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Reprint of 1917 edition. $30.00 1653. PIERCE, Gerald S. Texas Under Arms: The Camps, Posts, Forts, & Military Towns of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846. Austin: Encino Press, 1969. xvi, 268 [4] pp., endpaper maps. 8vo, tan pictorial boards. Very fine in pictorial d.j. $30.00 1654. PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery. Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America.... Denver: W.H. Lawrence & Co., 1889. xii, 15-394 pp., frontispiece portrait, charts, 4 maps (not included in pagination). 4to, original blue cloth gilt-lettered. Cloth mildly soiled and spotted, corners bumped, rear hinge mildly cracked, endpapers and text browned, else good. Unopened. Reprint of London, 1811, edition, with an introduction by William M. Maguire. BTB 163E: “Pike’s narrative marks the beginning of serious American interest in Texas.” Graff 3292n. Howes P373: “First government exploration of the Southwest.” Rader 2672. $150.00 1655. PLUMMER, F.B., H.B. Bradley & F.K. Pence. Clay Deposits of the Cisco Group of North-Central Texas. Austin: University of Texas, 1949. 44 pp., text illustrations, charts, 7 separate folding maps included. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Light discoloration to wrappers, else fine. The University of Texas Publication, No. 4915: April 1, 1949. $10.00 1656. PLUMMER, RACHEL. The Rachel Plummer Narrative: A Stirring Narrative of Adventure, Hardship and Privation in the Early Days of Texas.... N.p., 1926. 118 pp., 3 photographic portraits. 8vo, original green printed wrappers. Gentle wear to wrappers, light spot and owner’s stamp to endpaper, else near fine. Graff 3187. $175.00 1657. POLK, J.M. Memories of the Lost Cause and Ten Years in South America. Austin: Sam T. Hill, 1907. [4] 47 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, tan boards with brown backstrip over original beige wrappers. Wrappers and text soiled and water-stained, a few leaves with tape repairs, some pencil notations in text, else fair. $125.00 1658. POPE, Clarence C. An Oil Scout in the Permian Basin, 1924-1960. El Paso: Permian Press, 1972. xi [3] 150 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original black cloth decorated in gilt. Boards lightly bumped, else fine in pictorial d.j. Signed by author. First edition. TC 2022. $50.00 1659. POPE, Clarence C. An Oil Scout in the Permian Basin, 1924-1960. El Paso: Permian Press, 1972. Another copy, unsigned. Fine. $40.00 1660. PORTER, Millie Jones. Memory Cups of Panhandle Pioneers. Clarendon: Clarendon Press, 1945. xv [1, blank], 648 pp., photographic illustrations, map. 8vo, original rust cloth. Corners lightly bumped, mild foxing to endpapers and edges, else very good in chipped and torn pictorial d.j. First edition. CBC 1033, 1995, 2392, 3867, 4062, 4721. Herd 1817. $250.00 1661. PURYEAR, Pamela Ashworth. Sandbars and Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation on the Brazos. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1976. xix [1, blank], 140 pp., 8 photographic plates. 8vo, original light green cloth. Mild discoloration to endpapers, edges lightly foxed, else fine in fine pictorial d.j. First edition. $20.00 1662. RAHT, Carlysle Graham. The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country. El Paso: Rahtbooks, 1919. [10] 381 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of William B. Bloys, 26 plates (mostly photographic). 8vo, original blue cloth decorated in gilt. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine rubbed, owner’s name in ink on front pastedown, else near fine. First edition. Not in CBC. Graff 3416. Herd 1850: “Scarce.” Howes R16: “A history of the region between the Pecos and the Rio Grande.” Rader 2752. $65.00 Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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