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| 1663. RAINES, C.W. A Bibliography of Texas.... Austin: Gammel Book, 1896. xvi, 268 pp., frontispiece, marbled endpapers and edges. 8vo, original three-quarter black leather over tan boards. Spine and joints lightly rubbed, corners bumped, else very good.
First edition. Rader 2754. $165.00 1664. RAINES, C.W. A Bibliography of Texas.... Austin: Steck, 1934. [4] xvi, 268 pp., frontispiece. 8vo, original tan cloth with paper spine label. Fine. Reprint edition. Rader 2754. $95.00 1665. RATHER, Ethel Zivley. De Witt’s Colony. Austin: University of Texas, 1905. [2] 56-97 [2] pp., 2 folding maps. 8vo, original buff printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped and discolored, else very good. The University of Texas Bulletin, No. 51: January 15, 1905. $55.00 1666. RAY, Bright. Legends of the Red River Valley. San Antonio: Naylor, 1941. viii, 258 pp., frontispiece illustration, 1 plate. 8vo, original maroon cloth. Other than light browning to endpapers and text, a fine copy in a lightly rubbed pictorial d.j. Not in CBC. $80.00 1667. RAY, G.B. Murder at the Corners. San Antonio: Naylor, 1957. xiii [1, blank], 111 [1, blank] pp., 8 photographic plates. 8vo, original blue decorated cloth. Other than light foxing to upper edge, a fine copy in a lightly worn pictorial d.j. First edition. Not in CBC. $135.00 1668. RAY, Worth S. Austin Colony Pioneers, Including History of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery and Washington Counties, Texas. Austin, 1949. [8] 378 pp., photographic and text illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt-lettered. Fine in a lightly worn pictorial d.j. Signed by author. First edition. CBC 110, 177, 1691, 2107, 3386, 4649. $125.00 1669. RAY, Worth S. Austin Colony Pioneers, Including History of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery and Washington Counties, Texas. Austin and New York: Pemberton Press, 1970. [8] 378 pp., photographic and text illustrations. 8vo, original grey cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Fine. Reprint edition. CBC 110, 177, 1691, 2107, 3386, 4649. $75.00 1670. RAY, Worth S. Down in the Cross Timbers. Austin, 1947. [8] 160 pp., text illustrations. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered. Light wear to cloth, mild foxing on upper edge, else fine in a lightly worn pictorial d.j. Inscribed on front free endpaper to Frank Dobie. First edition, limited edition (one of 500 copies). Herd 1865. Guns 1822: “Scarce.” TC 1945. $75.00 1671. RAY, Worth S. Down in the Cross Timbers. Austin, 1947. Another copy, alternate binding. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt-lettered. Light wear to cloth, else fine. $45.00 1672. RAYBURN, John C. & Virginia Kemp Rayburn (eds). Century of Conflict, 1821-1913: Incidents in the Lives of William Neale and William A. Neale, Early Settlers in South Texas. Waco: Texian Press, 1966. xv [1, blank], 170 pp., 16 plates. 8vo, original brown cloth. Mild foxing to edges, else near fine in pictorial d.j. Signed on half-title by editors. First edition. $45.00 1673. REAGAN, Rocky. G.P. Reagan: Country Doctor. San Antonio: Naylor, 1963. ix [1, blank], 39 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of Rocky Reagan, 4 photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. 8vo, original brown decorated cloth. Foxing to some leaves, else near fine in a chipped and sunned pictorial d.j. First edition, second printing. $20.00 1674. REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF DALLAS. Texas-From a Republic to an Economic Empire. Dallas: [Printed by William E. Rudges’ Sons] for Republic National Bank, 1945. 38 [2] pp., illustrated frontispiece, photographic illustrations, pictorial endpapers. 8vo, original pictorial boards. Corners lightly abraded, else near fine. $10.00 1675. Richards’ Little Encyclopedia: The Most Useful Volume of General, Useful and Practical Information Ever Published.... Sherman: A.B. Richards Medicine, n.d. 64 pp., text illustrations. 16mo, original red printed wrappers, stapled. Water damage to wrappers, ink stains on leaves closest to wraps, business ink stamp on title page, text browned, else good. $10.00 1676. RICHARDSON, John M. Confederate Re-Union Song: Lee Was Right Comrades True [wrapper title]. Dangerfield: News Job Print, n.d. 4 pp. 8vo, original pink printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled, insect damage to bottom of wraps and text, else good. Rare survival of fragile ephemeron. $25.00 1677. RICHARDSON, T.C. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1940. xiv, 462 + [4] 463-950 + [4] 951-1466 + [6] 569 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portraits, photographic illustrations. 4 vols., 4to, original rust cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor foxing to edges and text, else very good. First edition. CBC 5016. $400.00 1678. RICHARDSON, W. & D. Richardson. The Texas Almanac for 1859, with Statistics, Historical & Biographical Sketches.... Galveston: Galveston News, 1858. 224 [2] [78, ads] pp. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, bound in brown cloth. Light ex-library, with call number on upper board and library stamp on front pastedown. Other than small chips to original wrappers and light foxing to text, a good copy. First edition, with defamatory remarks about Col. Forbes and others who divided the spoils after the Battle of San Jacinto (p. 61). BTB 172B: “The Richardson almanacs comprise one of the finest research sources for virtually every aspect of 19th century Texas history.” CBC 5027. Howes T138. Rader 3070. $800.00
First edition. Guns 1869: “This little book was written by a minister and is mostly about his experiences at different churches, but it does have a nice long chapter on King Fisher.” Herd 1915. $40.00 1680. ROBINSON, Chandler A. J. Evetts Haley: Cowman-Historian. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1967. viii, 75 [1, blank] pp., text illustrations, illustrated endpapers. 8vo, original olive cloth stamped in maroon. Fine. Signed by Carl Hertzog on front pastedown. First edition, limited edition (limited to 600 copies). Lowman 220. $60.00 1681. ROBINSON, Chandler A. J. Evetts Haley: Cowman-Historian. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1967. Another copy, unsigned. Fine. $50.00 1682. ROBINSON, Duncan W. Judge Robert McAlpin Williamson: Texas’ Three-legged Willie. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1948. [14] 230 pp., frontispiece portrait, 8 plates. 8vo, original green cloth stamped in gilt. Top corner bumped, endpapers browned, edges foxed, top corner of text block bumped, pp. 167-170 unbound (but present), in a plain brown d.j. First edition. $75.00 1683. ROFF, Joe T. A Brief History of Early Days in North Texas and Indian Territory. N.p., 1930. 40 pp. 12mo, original green wrappers, stapled. Staples rusted, wrappers lightly smudged, text browned, else very good. First edition. CBC 5017. Herd 1933: “Scarce.” $275.00 1684. [ROSIER, LANCE]. Thicket Explorer: A Collection of Articles and Essays Honoring Lance Rosier, 1886-1970. Saratoga: Big Thicket Museum, 1972. [6] 110 [1] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white wrappers with photographic illustration. Wrappers lightly scuffed and soiled, else near fine. First edition, limited edition (limited to 1000 copies) $15.00 1685. ROY, Just J.E. (pseud. Of Just Girard). The Adventures of a French Captain, at Present a Planter in Texas, Formerly a Refugee of Camp Asylum...Translated from the French by the Lady Blanche Murphy. New York, Cincinnati & Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1878. 180 [2, publisher’s ads] pp., frontispiece. 8vo, original red cloth decorated in black and gilt, top edge dyed grey. Head of spine absent, binding rubbed, joints and upper hinge cracked, edges foxed, occasional scattered fox-marks to text, overall fair to good condition. Later translation of work originally published in 1858 as Les Adventures d’un Captiaine Français.... Howes R479: “Fictionalized, but reasonably authentic, account of the French settlement at Champ d’Asile.” $45.00 1686. ROY, Just J.E. (pseud. Of Just Girard). The Adventures of a French Captain.... New York, Cincinnati & Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1878. 180 [2, blank] [2, publisher’s ads] pp., frontispiece. 12mo, original grey pictorial cloth stamped in yellow and black, top edge dyed grey. Binding moderately shelf-worn and soiled, corners lightly bumped and exposed at tips, ink stamp of Tejas Club library on front pastedown, frontis. and title page a little smudged, child’s pencil scribblings to several pages, overall good. “Young Folks’ Library” issue of previous item, pages trimmed smaller and in variant binding, with differing publisher’s ads at end. $55.00 1687. RUSSELL, L.B. Granddad’s Autography. Comanche, 1930. 30 [1, errata] pp., photographic portrait. 8vo, original light blue wrappers, stapled. Other than very light wear, a fine copy, with addendum leaf. First edition, limited edition (one of 300 copies). Not in CBC. $60.00 1688. RYAN, W.M. Shamrocks and Cactus: The Story of the Catholic Heroes of Texas Independence. San Antonio & Houston: Southern Literary Institute, 1936. 63 [1, blank] pp., 4 plates. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Some browning to text, plate off-setting to text, else near fine. $15.00 1689. SACKETT, Frances Robertson. Dick Dowling. Houston: Gulf Publishing, 1937. xiv, 80 pp., portrait illustration. 12mo, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered. Corners bumped, spine lightly abraded, endpaper and text mildly foxed, else very good. First edition. Not in CBC. $45.00 1690. SANTLEBEN, August. A Texas Pioneer: Early Staging and Overland Freighting Days on the Frontiers of Texas and Mexico. Waco: W.M. Morrison, 1967. 321 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt-lettered. Fine. Facsimile of the 1910 edition. BTB 181A: “The most important account of stage coach and freight service in Texas.” Howes S104. $75.00 1691. SCARBOROUGH, Anne Cecil. The Pass of the Eagle: The Chaparral Region of Texas. Austin: San Felipe Press, 1968. [8] 109 [1, blank] pp., color frontispiece, 50 illustrated plates. 8vo, original mustard cloth stamped in brown. Fine. Signed by author on title page. First edition. $45.00 1692. SCARBOROUGH, Anne Cecil. The Pass of the Eagle: The Chaparral Region of Texas. Austin: San Felipe Press, 1968. Another copy, unsigned. Fine. $35.00
1694. SCHMITZ, Joseph William. The Society of Mary in Texas. San Antonio: Naylor, 1951. [2] x 261 [1] pp. 8vo, original grey cloth stamped in blue and gilt. Near fine in glassine d.j. First edition. $20.00 1695. SCOTT, Florence Johnson. Historical Heritage of the Lower Rio Grande: A Historical Record of Spanish Exploration, Subjugation and Colonization of the Lower Rio Grande Valley...1747-1848. San Antonio: Naylor, 1937. xvii [3] 246 pp., frontispiece illustration of José de Escandón, 5 plates (mainly maps), endpaper maps. 8vo, original buff cloth stamped in green and red. Other than minor foxing to endpapers and edges, a fine copy in a lightly worn pictorial d.j. Signed by the author on half-title. First edition. CBC 683, plus nine additional entries. $175.00 1696. SCOTT, Florence Johnson. “Old Rough and Ready” on the Rio Grande. San Antonio: Naylor, 1935. xii, [2] 128 pp., 3 plates. 8vo, original green pictorial wrappers. Wrappers lightly discolored, title page browned, missing frontispiece of Zachary Taylor. First edition, limited edition (#48 of 500 copies). $30.00 1697. SEALE, William. Texas Riverman: The Life and Times of Captain Andrew Smyth. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1966. xii, [2] 181 [1, blank] pp., map, 8 photographic plates. 8vo, original blue cloth. Light foxing to fore-edge, else fine in pictorial price-clipped d.j. Gift inscription from Dudley Dobie on front free end-paper. First edition. TC 1967. $60.00 1698. SEALS, Ellen (ed.). A Legend Collection: Fact and Fantasy. Anderson Mill Gardners, 1981. [10] 148 pp., 4 leaves of photographic illustrations. 4to, original tan printed wrappers. Light wear to wrappers, else fine. Gift inscription to Dudley Dobie on interior of upper wrap. $20.00 1699. SHAVERS, Lillie Terrell & Willie Williamson Rogers. Flashlights on Texas. Austin: A.C. Baldwin & Sons, 1928. 254 [2] pp., illustration of Stephen F. Austin. 8vo, original black decorated cloth. Spine heavily worn, missing portion of head of spine, text browned, else very good. Inscribed on front free endpaper by Willie Rogers. First edition. $15.00 1700. SHEFFY, L.F. The Life and Times of Timothy Dwight Hobart, 1855-1935. Canyon: Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1950. [12] 322 pp., frontispiece portrait on Timothy Hobart, 7 photographic plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original tan cloth. Fine. Herd 2051: “Chapters on the Texas cattle industry and the JA Ranch.” $65.00 1701. SHETTLES, Elijah L. Recollections of a Long Life. Nashville: Blue and Gray Press, 1973. xix [1, blank], 186 pp., frontispiece portrait of Elijah Shettles. 8vo, original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Fine in a rubbed d.j. missing small portion of top front. $15.00 1702. SHIPMAN, Mrs. O.L. Letters Past and Present to My Nephews and Nieces. N.p., n.d. [2] 137 [1, blank] pp., 12 photographic plates. 8vo, original tan wrappers. Mild foxing to edges, else very good. Herd 2062: “Scarce.” $75.00 1703. SHIRLEY, Emma Morrill. The Administration of Pat M. Neff, Governor of Texas, 1921-1925. Waco: Baylor University Press, 1938. xiii [1, blank], 124 pp. 8vo, original olive wrappers. Other than light wear, a very good copy. The Baylor Bulletin 15:4, December 1938. $20.00 1704. SHOOK, Mrs. John R. (pseud. of John Cornelius). Along the King’s Highway or the Invisible Route: A Romance of the Southern United States. San Antonio: Maverick-Clarke Litho, 1912. [8] 506 pp., frontispiece, 5 plates. 8vo, original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered. Cloth shelf worn, gilt faded, text lightly browned, text block loose (but holding), else good. $15.00 1705. SHULER, Sam A. Setting Up a Local History Collection and Services in a Texas Public Library. Austin: Texas State Library, 1968. [1] 9 pp., cover sheet illustration. 4to, stapled unbound sheets. Light wear, else very good. $10.00 1706. SINGLEY, J.A. Contributions to the Natural History of Texas. Part I: Texas Mollusca. Part II: Texas Birds. Austin: Geological Survey of Texas, 1893. 297-375 pp. 8vo, original brown printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped and slightly detached at head of spine, else very good. $35.00 1707. SITTON, Thad & James H. Conrad. Nameless Towns: Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. xiii [1, blank], 257 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original tan cloth gilt. Fine. First edition. $20.00 1708. SLAYDEN, Ellen Maury. Washington Wife: Journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919. New York & Evanston: Harper & Row, 1963. xxiv, [2] 385 [4] pp., 16 photographic plates. 8vo, original grey cloth stamped in blind and slate. Fine in lightly worn pictorial d.j. First edition. Introduction by Walter Prescott Webb. $10.00 1709. SLOANE, Charles Albert (ed.). I Remember, Being the Memoirs of Mrs. John Herndon (Maria Aurelia Williams) James Together with Contemporary Historical Events and Sketches of Her Own and Her Husband’s Families. San Antonio: Naylor, 1938. [8] 301 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, facsimile. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt-lettered. Cloth lightly rubbed, endpapers and edges mildly foxed, else very good in a chipped and price-clipped d.j. with photographic illustration. First edition. $85.00 1710. SMITH, Clinton L. & Jefferson D. Smith. The Boy Captives...Written by J. Marvin Hunter. Bandera: Frontier Times, 1927. 219 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original light green printed wrappers. Wrappers mildly soiled, top edge lightly foxed, else very good. Rader 1985. $200.00 1711. SMITH, D.B. Burson Adair: European Letters of Travel, Essays, Newspaper Articles, Poems, and Short Stories. Richmond, Virginia: L.H. Jenkins, 1925. 369 [1] pp., frontispiece portrait of author. 8vo, original red cloth. Binding lightly shelf-worn and foxed, otherwise near fine. $15.00 1712. SMITH, Erwin E. (photographer) & J. Evetts Haley. Life on the Texas Range. Austin: University of Texas, 1952. 112 pp., frontispiece portrait of Erwin Smith, 80 plates (included in pagination), photographic endpapers. 4to, original mustard cloth decorated in brown, in pictorial slipcase. Fine. Signed by Haley on half-title. Herd 966: “A book of reproductions of pictures taken by Erwin E. Smith on the cattle range in the eighties and nineties for which he became famous.” $50.00 1713. SMITH, Erwin E. (photographer) & J. Evetts Haley. Life on the Texas Range. Austin: University of Texas, 1973. 112 pp., frontispiece portrait, many photographic illustrations, photographic endpapers. 4to, original mustard cloth. Fine in lightly-worn d.j. Second printing. $15.00 1714. SMITH, Victor J. A Survey of Indian Life in Texas. Alpine: Big Bend Memorial Museum, 1941. [2] 12 [2] pp., 2 maps. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Reprinted from Frontier Times, Bandera, Texas, August 1941. $15.00 1715. SMITHWICK, Noah. The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days. Austin: Gammel Book, 1900. [2] 354 pp., text illustrations, 2 plates. 8vo, original grey decorated cloth. Cloth rubbed and spotted, spine slanted, front hinge cracked (but holding), front free-endpaper and frontispiece detached, text browned. BTB 189: “A fascinating depiction of social life in Texas when it was a colony and a republic.” Graff 3872. Howes S726. Rader 2948. $225.00 1716. SOLMS-BRAUNFELS, Prince Carl. Texas 1844-1845. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1936. [14] 141 [3] pp., 4 illustrations, 2 maps, endpaper maps. 4to, original navy blue cloth. Gilt faded, occasional foxing to endpapers and text, else a near fine copy. First edition in English, limited edition (#432 of 750 copies). BTB 504: “The most candid book about Texas immigration ever written.” Graff 3889n. Howes S751. $200.00 1717. SONNICHSEN, C.L. Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos. Old Greenwich: Devin-Adair, 1943. viii, [2] 207 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of Roy Bean, 6 photographic plates. 8vo, original rust cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, else very good. $10.00
Seventh printing. $10.00
Cf. CBC 497, plus nine additional entries. $75.00 1723. SOUTHWEST PUBLICATIONS. Southwest Texans. San Antonio, 1952. 1A-72A, 607 [16] [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original maroon cloth decorated in blind. Cloth rubbed at front joint, front hinge loose (but holding), endpapers foxed, text lightly foxing, else very good. Publisher’s edition, revised. $75.00 1724. SOUTHWESTERN IMMIGRATION COMPANY. Texas: Her Resources and Capabilities; Being a Description of the State of Texas and the Inducements She Offers to Those Seeking Homes in a New Country. New York: E.D. Slater, 1881. 255 [1] pp., frontispiece, 17 plates, folding color map. 8vo, original brown cloth decorated in blind and gilt. Cloth abraded and scuffed with rip to lower cover, spine slanted, rear hinge cracked, text lightly spotted, else very good. Inscribed by William Lang, president of the company. First edition. CBC 5018. Herd 2274: “Scarce...This book gives much information on the cattle industry of West Texas and the Panhandle.” $625.00 1725. SOWELL, A.J. Rangers and Pioneers of Texas.... New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964. [2] 411 [1, blank] pp., text illustrations. 8vo, original black pebbled cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Fine. Limited edition (1 of 750 copies), facsimile of the 1884 edition. BTB 193: “One of the basic sources on the vicissitudes of the pioneer settlers in Texas.” CBC 5020. Graff 3907. Howes S797. $125.00 1726. SPAIGHT, A.W. The Resources, Soil, and Climate of Texas. Galveston: A.H. Belo, 1882. x, 360 pp. 8vo, original salmon printed wrappers. Wrappers smudged, text with occasional spots, else near fine. Map absent. “Compliments of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe R’y” stamped on upper wrapper. First edition. BTB 194: “The first reliable statistical account of Texas.” CBC 5021. Herd 2126: “Rare.” $250.00 1727. SPRATT, John Stricklin. The Road to Spindletop: Economic Change in Texas, 1875-1901. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1970. xxix [1, blank] 337 [1, blank] pp., illustrated. 8vo, original orange and white printed wrappers. Fine. Reprint edition. $5.00 1728. STAMBAUGH, J. Lee. “The Lower Rio Grande Valley.” in The Texas Monthly 3:6 (June 1926). Pp. 747-760. 8vo, original orange printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled, edges foxed, else good. $25.00 1729. STAMBAUGH, J. Lee & Lillian J. Stambaugh. The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. San Antonio: Naylor, 1954. xiv, 344 pp., 12 plates (mainly photographic), 1 folding map, endpaper maps. 8vo, original lime cloth. Endpapers and edges lightly foxed, else very good in chipped and torn pictorial d.j. Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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