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First edition. CBC 685, plus twelve additional entries. Herd 2144: “Has a chapter on cattle and one on the King Ranch.” TC 1993. $65.00 1730. STAPP, William Preston. The Prisoners of Perote: Containing a Journal Kept by the Author, Who Was Captured by the Mexicans, at Mier, December 25, 1842, and Released from Perote, May 16, 1844. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1977. iii-xxiv, 226 pp., text illustrations. 8vo, original half buff cloth over buff boards. Ink mark on bottom of text block, else fine in pictorial d.j. Reset edition of 1845, G.B. Zieber and Company, Philadelphia edition. BTB 197C: “The was the first book to appear on the Mier Expedition; it is still one of the best.” $15.00 1731. Statewide Texas Salute to United States Senator Ralph W. Yarborough. N.p., 1963. [16] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original beige printed wrappers with photographic illustration, stapled. Pencil marks to upper wrapper, else near fine. Includes salute by J. Frank Dobie. $20.00 1732. STEELY, Skipper. 1850 Combined Census: Lamar and Red River Counties, Texas. Paris: Wright Press, 1985. viii, 223 [1, blank] pp. 4to, original red cloth. Fine. $40.00 1733. STICKLE, Arthur Waldo (ed.). The State of Texas Book: One Hundred Years of Progress. Austin: Capital Printing, 1937. 496 pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original deep red cloth, blind stamped with state medallion and pictorial scenes. Fine. First edition. $45.00 1734. STILLWELL, Hart. Border City. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1945. [12] 276 pp. 8vo, original green cloth. Near fine in a lightly chipped d.j. First edition. Novel set in a fictional border town. $20.00 1735. STOVALL, Allan. Breaks of the Balcones: A Regional History. Austin: Firm Foundation Publishing, 1967. xvi, 365 [1, blank] pp., 2 separate folding maps. 8vo, original blue cloth. Very good in lightly chipped pictorial price-clipped d.j. Signed by author on half-title. First edition. $200.00 1736. STRECKER, John K. Animals and Streams: A Contribution to the Study of Texas Folk Names. Waco: Baylor University, 1929. 22 [1] pp. 8vo, original yellow printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly soiled, previous owner’s stamp on upper wrap, else very good. Contributions to Folk-Lore, Number 2 (April 15, 1929). Not in CBC. $25.00 1737. STRECKER, John K. Chronicles of George Barnard: The Indian Trader of the Tehuacana and Other Bits of Texas History. Waco: Baylor University, 1928. [2] 58 pp., frontispiece portrait of George Barnard. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers mildly foxed and discolored, title page foxed, text with occasional spots, else good. The Baylor Bulletin 31:3, September 1928. Not in CBC. $75.00 1738. STREETER, Floyd B. Ben Thompson: Man With a Gun. New York: Frederick Fell, 1957. [16] 217 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original half black cloth over yellow boards. Endpapers browned, top edge mildly foxed, else very in rubbed pictorial d.j. First edition. $25.00 1739. SUTTON, R.L. Silver Kings of Aransas Pass and Other Stories. Kansas City: Brown-White, 1937. 352 pp., frontispiece. 8vo, original orange cloth. Near fine in chipped pictorial d.j. First edition. $80.00 1740. SWENSON BROTHERS. The Story of the S.M.S. Ranch [wrapper title]. Stamford, (ca. 1922). 106 pp., 91 photographic illustrations. Oblong 8vo, original photographic wrappers. Light chipping to spine, else near fine. Herd 2269: “Scarce.” An unusual booklet designed to provide an overview of an early mail-order cattle business. Includes short article titled “Some Glimpses into Ranch Life” by Frank S. Hastings. $95.00 1741. SWISHER, John M. The Swisher Memoirs, Edited by Rena Maverick Green. San Antonio: Sigmund Press, 1932. 63 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait, 1 plate, map on verso of upper wrap. 8vo, original green wrappers, stapled. Very good. $85.00 1742. TARPLEY, Fred. Place Names of Northeast Texas. Commerce: East Texas State University, 1969. xxi [1] 245 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original photographic wrappers. Other than light wear to wrappers, a fine copy. Inscribed. $20.00 1743. TAYLOR, Bride Neill. Elisabet Ney, Sculptor. New York: Devin-Adair, 1916. 144 pp., frontispiece of Elisabet Ney, 10 photographic plates. 8vo, original dark blue cloth gilt-stamped. Corners and edges bumped, one corner lightly abraded, top edge lightly foxed, text browned, else very good. First edition. $40.00 1744. TAYLOR, T.U. Bill Longley and His Wild Career. Bandera: Frontier Times, 1925. 31 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original grey wrappers, stapled. Minor spotting to wrappers, mild foxing to top edge, else very good. $45.00 1745. Texana 2:4. Waco: Texian Press, Winter 1964. Pp. 231-349 [25], ads. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Light wear to wrappers, foxing to edges, else very good. $10.00 1746. TEXAS ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE. List of Fugitives From Justice for 1900: Compiled From Revised Reports of Sheriffs From Fugitive List of 1896, and From Subsequent Reports of Sheriffs Received at the Adjutant General’s Office. Austin Von Boeckmann, Moore & Schutze, 1900. 203 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original rust printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped, upper wrapper missing corner, lower wrapper missing corner, insect damage to first leaf, edges browned, else a good copy. Guns 1346: “Scarce.” $100.00 1747. Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, 1974-1975. Dallas: A.H. Belo, 1973. 704 pp., text and photographic illustrations, folding map, ads. 8vo, original white cloth with photographic illustration. Cloth spotted, edges foxed, else near fine. CBC 5027. $10.00 1748. TEXAS AND NORTHWEST PRODUCE COMPANY LIMITED. Typed legal document, 1 p., folio (36 x 20.8 cm), vellum. February 1, 1895. Signed by the New York and English partners. Fine. $15.00 1749. TEXAS CENTENNIAL COMMISION. Official Centennial Scrapbook of Texas [wrapper title]. N.p.: South-West Press, 1935. [6] folios, text illustrations. 4to, stiff paper wrappers, unbound. Light wear to wrappers, text browned, else very good. Includes affixed envelope of press clipping reproductions. $40.00 1750. TEXAS CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. Official Texas Centennial Souvenir. Dallas: [Wilson Printing for] John Sirigo, 1936. [16] pp., color illustrations. 4to, original color illustrated self-wrappers, stapled. Other than mild wear and gentle warping, a near fine copy. $40.00 1751. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. “Sketches of Texas Counties” from Year Book Texas Department of Agriculture [caption title]. N.p, n.d. 417-670 pp. 8vo, brick red cloth, spine gilt-lettered. Ex-library stamp on front pastedown. Very good. $25.00 1752. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. FAMILY LAND HERITAGE PROGRAM. 1977-78 Texas Family Land Heritage Registry. [Austin]: Texas Department of Agriculture, 1977. iv, 96 pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original white wrappers with photographic illustration. Upper wrapper scored with knife, first leaf loose (but holding), else very good. $10.00 1753. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INSURANCE, STATISTICS, AND HISTORY. First Annual Report of the Agricultural Bureau...1887-88. Austin: State Printing Office, 1889. xlix, 1, 1i-1v [1, blank], 318 pp., charts. 8vo, original black cloth, decorated in blind. Cloth abraded, slight absence of cloth at head of spine, title page torn (but holding), edges spotted, else good. $90.00 1754. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INSURANCE, STATISTICS, AND HISTORY. Second Annual Report of the Agricultural Bureau...1888-89. Austin: State Printing Office, 1890. xxiii [1, blank], 387 [1, blank] pp., charts. 8vo, original black cloth, decorated in blind. Cloth lightly worn, endpapers browned, light foxing to text, else very good. $100.00 1755. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Texas Rangers: An Account of the History of the Founding and Activities of the Texas Rangers with an Appended Chronological Index. Austin, n.d. 3-19 [1, blank] pp., text illustrations. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly foxed, else near fine. $10.00 1756. [TEXAS EMIGRANT GUIDES]. Set of 3 facsimile reprints of emigrant guides to the Republic of Texas, each with introduction by James M. Day: BONNELL, George. Topographical Description of Texas.... [+] FISHER, O. F. Sketches: Texas in 1840 [+] IKIN, Arthur. Texas.... Waco: Texian Press, 1964. 3 vols., 16mo, original blue cloth. Fine, in original slipcase. $50.00 1757. TEXAS FOLK-LORE SOCIETY. He Belongs to the Texas Folk-Lore Society. Austin, n.d. 8 pp. 8vo, original printed self-wrappers, stapled. Mild spotting, creased where formerly folded, else good. $25.00 1758. TEXAS GAME, FISH AND OYSTER COMMISSION. Review of Texas Wild Life and Conservation. Protective Efforts from 1879 to the Present Time.... Austin, 1929. 129 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original brown wrappers. Fine. First edition. $45.00 1759. TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. The Republic of Texas, Entering into Statehood, Retained.... [Austin], n.d. [4] pp., printed on recto of p [1] only, text illustration. 8vo, single folded sheet. Fine $5.00 1760. TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. The Republic of Texas, Entering into Statehood in the Union.... [Austin], n.d. [4] pp., printed on rectos only, text illustration. 8vo, single folded sheet. Fine. $5.00 1761. Texas Geographic Magazine 3:1. Dallas: Texas Geographical Society, Spring 1939. 31 [1] pp., photographic and text illustrations, ad. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers. Very good. $25.00 1762. TEXAS HERITAGE FOUNDATION. Texas Pictorial Handbook.... Austin, 1957. iii-iv, 140 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original stiff buff wrappers, stapled, brown cloth backstrip. Light foxing and staining to wrappers, else near fine. $25.00 1763. TEXAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION. Official Map of the Highway System of Texas, Corrected to March 1, 1936. N.p., 1936. Folding map with photographic illustrations. Folded: 22.6 x 10 cm; Open: 67.6 x 82.6 cm. Lightly browned, a few small holes at intersection of creases, overall slightly rumpled in appearance, but very good. Centennial edition. $25.00 1764. TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Texas: America’s Fun-Tier [wrapper title]. Austin, ca. 1968. [28] pp., color illustrations and photographs. 4to, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very light wear, else fine. 2 information sheets and 1 brochure laid in. $10.00 1765. TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Texas Calendar of Events. Austin, 1966. Folding double-sided brochure; overall: 23.5 x 50.5 cm; folded: 23.5 x 10.3 cm. Fine. $10.00 1766. TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Texas Capitol Guide. Folding double-sided pamphlet with photographic illustrations on one side, highlighting key features of the Capitol Complex; overall: 43 x 56 cm; folded: 21.5 x 9.5 cm. Second side includes stylized map of the Capitol Building. Light wear. Fine. $5.00 1767. TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Texas Guest Ranches [wrapper title]. Austin, 1949. 24 [1] pp. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. $15.00 1768. TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Texas Guest Ranches [wrapper title]. Austin, n.d. [2] 8 pp. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Near fine. Texas Tourist sticker laid in. $10.00 1769. TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Texas: Official State Highway Map. Austin, 1968. Folding double-sided pamphlet with state map on one side, highlighting historic sites across Texas; neat line to neat line: 39 x 51.5 cm; overall: 43 x 56 cm; folded: 21.5 x 9.5 cm. Second side includes historical essay and a list of key sites. Light wear. Very good. $15.00 1770. Texas Historian: Publication of the Junior Historians of Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1980-1981. 3 issues. Each issue 30 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original photographic self-wrappers. Fine. Issues include 41:1; 41:2; 41:3 $15.00 1771. TEXAS HISTORIC FOUNDATION. A Map of Historical Homes and Buildings Throughout Texas. Humble: Humble Oil & Refining, n.d. Folding double-sided pamphlet with illustrated map on one side; overall: 70.5 x 90.5 cm; folded: 23.5 x 12 cm. Second side includes inset maps of major cities and textual introduction to key sites. Light wear. Fine. $15.00 1772. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Texas. [San Antonio]: State Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1941. vi, 177 [1, blank] pp., facsimiles tipped in. 4to, original light blue wrappers. Light wear to wrappers, text browned, else very good. CBC 4967. $15.00 1773. TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS. Annual Meeting: Dallas, November 17, 1950 [wrapper title]. [4] pp. 8vo, single folded sheet. Near fine. $5.00 1774. TEXAS LONGHORN BREEDERS ASSOCIATION. The Texas Longhorn [wrapper title]. N.p.: Texas Longhorn Breeders Association, n.d. [8] pp., photographic illustrations. Oblong 8vo, original stiff self-wrappers, stapled. Fine. $15.00
Includes separately issued 16 pp. pamphlet of photographs from the June 15th-July 2nd, 1966 trail drive from San Antonio to Dodge City. $15.00
Third printing. $15.00 1777. Texas Parade 27:5. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, October 1966. 3-50 pp., photographic illustrations, ads. 4to, original photographic wrappers, stapled. Very good. $10.00 1778. TEXAS REPUBLICAN FINANCE COMMITTEE. Texas Government Almanac and Business Guide for 1965. Austin, 1965. 256 pp., photographic and text illustrations, maps, charts, ads. 4to, original photographic wrappers. Light wear to wrappers and edges, else very good. $20.00 1779. TEXAS STATE GRANGE. Constitution and Declaration of Purposes of the National Grange, P. of H., Together with the Constitution of the Texas State Grange.... Belton, Texas Farmer Steam Book Print, 1883. 79 [5] pp. 16mo, original decorated wrappers. Spine repaired with tape, edges fragile and chipped, text browned, else good. First edition. $40.00 1780. TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. A Guide to Points of General and Historic Interest in Division No. 11 [wrapper title]. Lufkin, 1936. [12] 59 [1, blank] pp., text illustration, map. 4to, original tan pictorial wrappers, stapled. Other than light rust around staples, a fine copy. First edition. CBC 44, 2503, 3430, 3735, 3944, 3954, 3970, 4068, 4484. $25.00 1781. TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Austin Meeting: April 27 and 28, 1945 [wrapper title]. El Paso: Carl Hertzog for Texas State Historical Association, 1945. [4] pp. 8vo, single folded sheet. Light wear from use, else very good. Lowman 289. $15.00 1782. TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE. Discover Texas’ Historical Buildings [wrapper title]. Austin, n.d. 44 pp. 8vo, original photographic wrappers, stapled. Light wear, near fine. $15.00 1783. TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE. The National Register in Texas: 1968-1971. Austin, 1972. iv, 27 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. Oblong small 4to, original brown pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. $20.00 1784. TEXAS TECHNICAL COLLEGE. Saga of the South Plains [wrapper title]. Lubbock, 1955. 8 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white printed wrappers, stapled. Light overall wear, else very good. $10.00 1785. Texas Under Six Flags. Dallas: [Hotel Adolphus], ca. 1936. 7 [1] pp., illustration. 8vo, original white pictorial self-wrappers printed in color, stapled. Wraps browned and with scattered foxing, overall very good. $10.00 1786. TEXAS WATER SAFARI. Texas Water Safari, The Toughest Boat Race in the World: A 500 Mile Marathon [wrapper title]. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1963). 11, 2-11, 2 pp. 8vo, original blue and white printed wrappers, stapled. Stains to wrappers, crayon markings to wrappers and text, else good. Incomplete signature collation, resulting in lack of pages 1 and 12, with pages 2 and 11 present twice. $5.00 1787. TEXHOMA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Panhandle Pioneers Vol. 2. Texhoma: The Times, 1970. 76 pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original brown printed wrapper, brown cloth backstrip. Fine. $20.00 1788. TEXHOMA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Panhandle Pioneers Vol. 4. Texhoma: The Times, 1972. 76 pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original blue printed wrapper, blue cloth backstrip. Fine. $20.00 1789. THARP, Benjamin Carroll. Texas Range Grasses. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1952. xiv, 125 [1, blank] pp., text illustrations, charts, 2 folding maps. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt-lettered. Light foxing to edges, else fine in chipped pictorial d.j. First edition. $55.00 1790. THARP, Benjamin Carroll. The Vegetation of Texas. Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1939. iii-xvi, 74 pp., colored frontispiece, photographic illustrations, map. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers. Wrapper lightly worn, else fine. $20.00 1791. The Alcalde: University of Texas Alumni Magazine 39:2. Austin: Ex-Students’ Association, November 1950. Pp. 33-60, photographic illustrations. 4to, original orange photographic wrappers, stapled. Minor wear to top of lower wrapper, pencil markings on upper wrapper, else near fine. $15.00 1792. The Lawyer: Paces Scrap Book of Bench and Bar [cover title]. N.p., 1934. [2] 128 pp. 8vo, brown cloth stamped in gilt. Spine with small tear, cloth lightly soiled, mild foxing to endpapers, else very good. $5.00 1793. The Palo Duro. Amarillo: Russell Stationery, 1934. [16] pp., photographic and text illustrations, map. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wrapper edges with insect damage, interior fine, overall near fine. $15.00 1794. The Pitchfork 3:7-8 (Jan. & Feb. 1910); 4:1 (Jul. 1910); 17:203 (May 1924); 18:209 (Nov. 1924); 19:218, 221 (Aug. & Nov. 1925); 29:338 (Aug. 1935); 31:364 (Oct. 1937). Dallas: Wilford B. Smith, 1910-1937. 9 issues, with 2 duplicates. 4to, original self-wrappers. Issues good to very good. Scarce copies of this incendiary magazine that addressed a variety of social issues. Handbook of Texas Online: The Pitchfork, a magazine owned, edited, and published by Wilford B. Smith, originated in Kansas City, Missouri, under the name of Plain Talk and was moved to Dallas, Texas, in May 1909 as a monthly publication. The magazine, which the editor said was three-fourths nonsense and one-fourth good, sensible matter, was known for its outspoken but humorous editorials, signed “Pitchfork Smith.” $250.00
1796. The Texas Monthly 6:1. Dallas: Texas Monthly, July 1930. viii, 128, frontispiece. 8vo, original orange printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly sunned, bottom text block bent and worn (not affecting text), else good. $15.00 1797. The Texas Spectator 3:33. Austin: Spectator Publishing, May 24, 1948. 16 pp., text illustrations. 4to, original printed self-wrappers, stapled. 15cm tear through fore-edge, text browned, else very good. $15.00 1798. This is West Texas 1:3 (Aug.-Sep. 1967); 4:2 (Jul.-Aug. 1970). Abilene: West Texas Chamber of Commerce, 1967-1970. 2 issues, 4to, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Near fine. $20.00 1799. THOMASON, Ewing. Thomason: The Autobiography of a Federal Judge, Edited and Annotated by Joseph M. Ray. El Paso: [Designed by Carl Hertzog for] Texas Western Press, 1971. xii, [2] 131 [3] pp., 16 photographic plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original half purple cloth over black cloth. Fine in a grey and red printed d.j. First edition. $10.00 1800. TILING, Moritz. History of the German Element in Texas From 1820-1850 and Historical Sketches of the German Texas Singer’s League and Houston Turnverein From 1853-1913. Houston, 1913. viii, 225 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait of author. 8vo, original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered. Mild wear to cloth, some foxing to endpapers and title-page, else near fine. First edition. CBC 5030. $225.00 1801. Trans-Pecos Magazine and Guide Book [wrapper title]. N.p., (ca. 1961). 36 pp., advertisements. 4to, original printed wrappers, stapled. Mild wear and spotting to wrappers, edges foxed, else very good. $15.00 1802. TRI COUNTY PRESIDENT’S RANCH TRAIL ASSOCIATION. President’s Ranch Trail. Austin: Art Studio, 1968. Folding double-sided brochure with colored map on one side, highlighting routes through Gillespie, Blanco and Hays County; overall: 30.6 x 45.8 cm; folded: 22.9 x 10.2 cm. Verso includes an overview of major points of interest and advertisements. Light wear. Fine. $10.00 1803. TRUEHEART, James L. The Perote Prisoners, Being the Diary of James L. Trueheart, Printed for the First Time, Together With an Historical Introduction by Frederick C. Chabot. San Antonio: Naylor, 1934. xiv, [4] 344 pp., frontispiece portrait of James Trueheart, 2 plates. 8vo, original violet cloth. Cloth spotted, tail of spine bumped, else very good. First edition, limited edition (1 of 400 copies). $200.00 1804. TURNER, Martha Anne. The Yellow Rose of Texas: The Story of a Song. El Paso: University of Texas, 1971. 19 [1, blank] pp., 20 plates. 8vo, original half orange cloth over red cloth boards. Fine. From the library of Carl Hertzog, with ownership label on front pastedown. First edition. $15.00 1805. TURNER, Martha Anne. The Yellow Rose of Texas: The Story of a Song. El Paso: University of Texas, 1971. Another copy. Fine. First edition. $10.00 1806. TURNER, Martha Anne. The Yellow Rose of Texas: The Story of a Song. El Paso: University of Texas, 1971. Another copy, wrappers issue. 8vo, original grey and red printed wrappers. Other than slight tear to title page, a near fine copy. From the library of Carl Hertzog, with ownership label on inside upper wrapper. First edition. $15.00 1807. TURNER, Martha Anne. The Yellow Rose of Texas: The Story of a Song. El Paso: University of Texas, 1971. Another copy. 8vo, original grey and red printed wrappers. Fine. First edition. $10.00 1808. TYLER, Ronnie C. Joseph Wade Hampton: Editor and Individualist. El Paso: Texas Western College, 1969. 39 [1, blank] pp., 4 plates. 8vo, original orange and tan pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. From the library of Carl Hertzog, with ownership label on inside upper wrapper. Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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