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First edition. CBC 987. Guns 817: “Scarce.” Herd 887. TC 393. Title page refers to frontispiece of Santa Anna Mountain, not present. $60.00 314. HUNTER, Gladys Nevins. Historically Speaking: Coleman County, Texas. San Angelo: Anchor Publishing, 1977. 149 [3] pp., maps, many photographic illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth gilt. Very good. Signed by author on front free endpaper. TC 392 $50.00 315. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 42. Coleman County, August 17, 1876–January 4, 1939. San Antonio: State-wide Records Project, 1940. [6] 40 pp., map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. A little foxing to margins of wraps and edges, otherwise fine. First edition. CBC 998. $15.00 Collin County 316. MUSE, James M. Prehistoric History of Collin County. McKinney: Examiner Print, 1923. [2] 69 [3] pp. 16mo, original brown printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. First edition. CBC 1023. $75.00 317. STAMBAUGH, J. Lee & Lillian J. Stambaugh. A History of Collin County, Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1958. x, 303 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, 2 plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original light grey pictorial cloth. Fine in d.j. First edition. CBC 1026. Guns 2087. TC 401. $100.00 Collingsworth County 318. WELLINGTON LEADER. A History of Collingsworth County and Other Stories by the Staff of the Wellington Leader. Wellington: Leader Printing, 1925. xxii, 234 pp., illustrations, ads. 12mo, original brown pictorial wrappers. Spine and edges of wraps rubbed, otherwise near fine. First edition. CBC 1032. Adams, Herd 2255: “Cloth. Scarce.... Also published in stiff pict. Wrappers.” $275.00 Colorado County 319. COLORADO COUNTY CITIZEN. Columbus, Texas, “The City of Live Oaks and Live Folks” [wrapper title]. Columbus: Colorado County Citizen, 1935. 22 [2] pp., photographic illustrations. Narrow 8vo, original orange pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine other than slight sunning to wraps. Not in CBC. Small promotional pamphlet with two page business directory at end. $25.00 320. COLUMBUS SESQUICENTENNIAL, INC. Columbus, Texas Sesquicentennial, 1823-1973. N.p.: Columbus Centennial, Inc., 1973. 49 [3] pp., maps, illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original color pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition. TC 406. TLH, p. 16. $10.00 321. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Colorado County [below title and scale] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner 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. August March 16th 1880 [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh [lower center above neat line] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process, St. Louis [lower right above neat line] Copyrigh [sic] 1879. Wm C Walsh Commissioner General Land Office State of Texas. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 54.9 x 52.8 cm; overall sheet size: 60 x 54.2 cm. Map sheet browned and foxed, small chip to bottom right blank corner of map sheet. $475.00 322. REESE, John Walter & Lillian Estelle Reese. Flaming Feuds of Colorado County. Salado: Anson Jones Press, 1962. 169 [3] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original white and green pictorial cloth. Binding lightly rubbed, tape stains to endpapers, otherwise very good, uncut. Signed by Lillian Estelle Reese on title page verso and dated May 20, 1962. First edition, limited edition (unstated number), large paper issue. CBC 1046. Guns 1832: “A good account of the Reese-Townsend feud and other lawlessness in Colorado County, Texas.” TC 407. TLH, p. 16. $45.00 323. REESE, John Walter & Lillian Estelle Reese. Flaming Feuds of Colorado County. Salado: Anson Jones Press, 1962. Another copy, variant binding (smaller paper), not signed. 8vo, original white and green pictorial cloth. Spine sunned few fox-marks to cover and rear endpapers, otherwise very good, interior pristine. First edition, limited edition (unstated number) $35.00 324. SHATTO, Mrs. Preston K. A History of Columbus, Texas: Research on the History of Columbus, Texas. Done for the Purpose of Establishing that Columbus is the Oldest Anglo-American Town in Texas. Lubbock: Bill Luck, 1977. [166] pp., maps, facsimiles. 4to, original brown wood-patterned boards gilt. Binding lightly shelf-worn, gilt dull, else near fine. $35.00 325. TEXAS FIRE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS. Specific Schedule of Fire Insurance Rates for Garwood, Colorado County, Texas. Austin: Texas Fire Insurance Department, Board of Insurance Commissioners, 1938. 23 folios. 12mo, original grey paperboard binder with brad fasteners. Covers browned and lightly worn and soiled, a little insect damage to title page, overall good. Correspondence regarding rates and many sheets of supplementary material laid in. $25.00 Comal County 326. COMAL COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. First Annual Comal County Fair, September 14, 15, 16, 1923, New Braunfels, Texas. N.p., Comal County Fair Association, 1923. [4] 128 pp., ads. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers printed in color, stapled. Fragile wraps soiled, chipped, and worn, first leaf detached, text browned and brittle with some chipping to margins, overall fair condition. Sheet with penciled notes laid in. $25.00 327. COMAL COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Second Annual Comal County Fair, September 11, 12, 13, 14, 1924, New Braunfels, Texas. N.p., Comal County Fair Association, 1924. 128 pp., ads. 8vo, original white pictorial wraps printed in color. Fragile wraps with light wear and insect damage, 1.5 cm chip at base of spine, staples rusted, otherwise very good, interior pristine. $35.00 328. COMAL COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Third Annual Comal County Fair, September 24, 25, 26, 27, 1925, New Braunfels, Texas. N.p., Comal County Fair Association, 1925. 112 pp., ads. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps spotted and worn, insect damage to wraps and first leaf, internally fine. $30.00
330. COMAL COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Fifth Annual Comal County Fair, September 23-24-25, 1927, New Braunfels, Texas. N.p., Comal County Fair Association, 1927. 112 pp, ads. 8vo, original pale green pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps with moderate insect damage, right margin of upper wrap foxed, water stain on lower wrap, internally fine. $25.00 331. COMAL COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Sixth Annual Comal County Fair, October 5-6-7, 1928, New Braunfels, Texas. 112 pp., ads. N.p., Comal County Fair Association, 1928. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps with heavy insect damage, internally fine. $25.00 332. COMAL COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Seventh Annual Comal County Fair, November 1-2-3, 1929, New Braunfels, Texas. N.p., Comal County Fair Association, 1929. 120 pp., ads. 8vo, original olive pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly worn and browned with a few ink spots on lower wrap, otherwise fine. $30.00 333. HAAS, Oscar. History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946. Austin: Steck, 1968. xiv, 338 pp., facsimiles, photographic illustrations, endpapers with bird’s-eye view of New Braunfels. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. A little mildew spotting to binding, gilt dull, otherwise very good, interior pristine, in d.j. with 11.5 cm tear in upper panel. Signed by author on half-title. First edition. TC 414. TLH, p. 16. $45.00 334. HARRY, Lee C. The City of a Prince. A Romantic Chapter in Texas History. Parts I and II. New York: Historical Publication Co., 1888. 257-280, 345-367 [7, ads.] pp., frontispiece portrait, text illustrations. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers. Two upper wrappers present, both detached, wraps browned and chipped, much of spine absent, text browned with small chips to blank margins and stains in top corner (not affecting text), overall good condition. Offprint from The Magazine of American History XX:4 and XX:5 (October and November, 1888), including upper wrappers from both issues (detached). CBC 1061. $100.00 335. HINTON, Mary. Weimar, Texas: First 100 Years, 1873-1973. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1973. [8] 339 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations, ads, endpapers with photographic bird’s-eye view. 8vo, original goldenrod pictorial cloth. Fine. Signed by author on front pastedown and dated June 15, 1973. $40.00 336. Illustriter deutcher Familien-kalender 1904. Der Jahresbote [wrapper title]. New Braunfels: New Braunfels Zeitung, n.d. [1903?]. [4, ads] 95 [1] pp., calendar, illustrations. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Wraps worn and spotted, water staining to wraps and text block, insect damage to lower wrap and last few leaves, fair condition only. $45.00 337. NEW BRAUNFELS CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION. Centennial Celebration of New Braunfels, Founded March 25, 1845, Incorporated May 11, 1846. May 10-11-12, 1946, New Braunfels, Texas. New Braunfels: Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung, 1946. [20] pp. 8vo, original cream printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps browned and lightly soiled, offsetting from adjacent book on lower wrap, foxing adjacent to wraps, otherwise very good. Not in CBC. Souvenir program for New Braunfels Centennial celebration. $25.00
Albert Nowotny, of New Braunfels, was an amateur archaeologist who displayed his collection in a restaurant that he owned, “The House that Jack Built.” $15.00 339. SCHMIDT, Curt E. Neu-Braunfelser Jahrbuch, 1981. New Braunfels: Folkways Publishing, 1981. [1] 55 pp., calendar, illustrations. 8vo, original blue pictorial wrappers, stapled. Spine sunned, else fine. TCI 416. $10.00 340. TOEPPERWEIN, Fritz A. (author) & Emilie M. Toepperwein (illustrator). Charcoal and Charcoal Burners. Boerne: Highland Press, 1950. 61 [1, blank] pp., text illustrations, folding illustration tipped in, endpaper maps. 8vo, original grey pictorial cloth. A little browning to edges, otherwise fine, final two leaves unopened (no text obscured), in lightly worn, soiled, and foxed d.j. Signed by author and illustrator on p. [3] First edition, limited edition (500 copies). CBC 1083, 2777 (Kendall County). $15.00
341. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Comanche Co [top right below map scale] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office, do hereby certify that this Map is a true and correct copy of the Original now in use in this Office compiled from official data. W.C. Walsh [facsimile signature] Commissioner. | Copyright 1879, W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas. [bottom center above neat line] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process, St. Louis. St Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 57.2 x 59.7 cm; overall sheet size: 58 x 63.7 cm. Top and bottom of map sheet trimmed, partially effacing top neat line, staining from adhesive mounting map sheet to board, a few scattered spots and tiny areas of insect damage. $425.00 342. The Comanche Chief XXXI:11 (March 14, 1903). Comanche: Sidney J. Thomas, 1903. 28 [2] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. Folio, original grey pictorial wrappers printed in red and black. Fragile wraps worn and lightly browned, spine reinforces with masking tape, small paper label on upper wrap, text lightly browned and with small dog-ears, overall good. Not in CBC. Special edition of newspaper. $30.00 343. WELLS, Eulalia Nabers. Blazing the Way: Tales of Comanche County Pioneers. Blanket, Texas, 1942. 168 pp. Original blue pictorial wrappers. Wraps lightly shelf-worn with a little browning and foxing, staples rusted, adhesive staining on title page, otherwise near fine. First edition. CBC 1096. TC 423. One of the primary sources of this historic county in West Central Texas. The author includes a narrative of the life of her father, William Joel Nabers, Texas Ranger and Indian fighter, with much on the Indian troubles between 1857 and 1873. Biographical sketches of many of the country’s old-time ranching families, trail drivers, cattle trails, etc. $135.00 Concho County 344. LeFEVRE, Hazie Davis (compiler). Concho County History, 1858-1958. Eden, Texas, 1959. [5] 155 + [3] 156-297 folios. 2 vols., 4to, original navy blue cloth gilt. Binding lightly shelf-worn, one corner of vol. 1 bumped. Gilt dulled, endpapers browned, else very good. First edition. CBC 1102. Mimeographed by the author in her home. $175.00 345. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Concho County Texas. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office do certify that this Map of Concho County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office, compiled from official data. [below title left] Copyright 1879, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the Genl Land Office of the State of Texas. [below title right] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process. St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 60 x 45.4 cm. Map browned along left edge, light scratches to surface of map with some loss of image, a few small spots, tiny clip and a little insect damage to blank margin, annotations in red pencil. $375.00 Cooke County 346. ACHESON, Sam & Julie Ann Hudson O’Connell. George Washington Diamond’s Account of the Great Hanging at Gainesville. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1963. xvi, 103 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait, endpaper maps. Large 8vo, original yellow cloth. Binding slightly soiled, A little foxing to edges, a few scattered fox-marks to text, pp. xiii-xiv with tiny flaw in paper, otherwise very good. Not in CBC. $45.00 347. BARRETT, Thomas. The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, October, A.D. 1862.... Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1961. [8] 34 pp., facsimile, portrait, endpaper maps. Small 4to, original cream cloth. Lower cover and spine lightly foxed, a very few scattered fox marks to edges and text, else near fine. Reprint edition, originally published Gainesville, 1885. Not in CBC. TC 439. TLH, p. 18. $20.00 348. GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY CIRCUS. Gainesville Community Circus Magazine and Daily Review, Season of 1941. The Only Show of its Kind in the World! N.p., 1941. 3-21 [1] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. 8vo, original color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps and text lightly worn and wrinkled, otherwise very good. $25.00 349. JONES, C.N. (compiler). Early Days in Cooke County, 1848-1873. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1936). 88 pp., 1 plate, text illustrations. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. 2 cm chip at foot of spine, a few stains and creases to wraps, ink ownership inscription on initial blank page, otherwise very good. First edition, “Centennial edition.” CBC 1121. Guns 1191: “Though a comparatively recent book, this volume seems to have become rare. It contains some material on outlawry.” Herd 1188: “Rare.” TC 433, TLH, p. 17 (both referring to 1977 reprint edition). $350.00 350. SMITH, A. Morton. The First 100 Years in Cooke County. San Antonio: Naylor, 1955. vii [1, blank] 290 pp., 16 plates, illustrations. 8vo, original blue cloth. Edges lightly foxed, endpapers browned, first and last plates and adjacent pages browned, otherwise near fine in lightly worn d.j. First edition. CBC 1131. Herd 2086. TC 435, TLH, p. 17 (both referring to 1976 reprint edition). $65.00 351. SMITH, A. Morton. Twelve Years of Trouping: Routes, Personnel, Programs and a Brief History of the Internationally Famous Gainesville Community Circus, 1930-1941. Gainesville: Cecil H. Tinsley & A. Morton Smith, 1944. 112 pp., photographic illustrations. 16mo, original navy blue cloth lettered in silver. Very fine. Not in CBC. $75.00 Coryell County 352. BLANCHARD, Elma Powell. History of the Progress and Problems of Journalism in Coryell County. Gatesville: Stanley Edwards Press, 1976. x, 33 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original violet printed wrappers, stapled. Fine other than browning to margins of wraps. TC 452. $35.00 353. BROWN, Robert W. Stories by Robert W. Brown, A Country Lawyer. Compiled and Edited by Rhonda F. Mohler. Gatesville: Gatesville Printing, 1980. [20] 62 [4] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original brown printed wrappers. Aside from slight wear to wraps, fine. $25.00 354. FREEMAN, Cecil E. History of Pearl, Texas. Copperas Cove: Freeman Printing Plant, n.d. (ca. 1969). 76 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original navy blue cloth gilt. Spine lightly shelf-worn and a bit light, tape stain to front endpaper, otherwise fine. Two related news clippings laid in, including one dated June 11, 1969, announcing publication of the book. First edition. TC 450. TLH, p. 18. $20.00 355. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Coryell County Texas [lower left] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office do certify that the above Map of Coryell County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use this Office, compiled from official data. [lower left above neat line] Lithographed by A. Gast & Co. St. Louis & N.Y. New Process [lower right above neat line] Copyright 1879. W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the Genl Land Office of the State Texas. St. Louis & New York: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 61.4 x 58.4 cm (trimmed at left and right with loss of left neat line). A few scattered spots and stains, small amount of insect damage to blank areas near bottom and right edges of sheet. $400.00 356. MEARS, Mildred Watkins. Coryell County Scrapbook. Waco: Texian Press, 1963. xii, 253 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, 40 plates. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. Binding with slight shelf wear, edges foxed, tape stains to endpapers, else very good in d.j. (a few spots and smudges, 3 cm tear on lower panel near spine). First edition. CBC 1146. $60.00 357. SCOTT, Zelma. A History of Coryell County, Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1965. xviii, 278 pp., frontispiece, 33 plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original white pictorial cloth. Binding, edges, and pages adjacent to frontispiece with a few scattered fox-marks, otherwise near fine in d.j. (light wear, spine slightly browned). First edition. Not in CBC. TC 448. TLH, p. 18. Foreword by H. Bailey Carroll. Texas County and Local History Series volume 4. $25.00 358. SIMMONS, Frank E. History of Coryell County. N.p.: Coryell County News, 1936. [6] 102 pp. 12mo, original brown pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine First edition, “Centennial edition.” CBC 1153. Guns 2021 (gives publication date of 1935). Herd 2067. TC 447. $100.00 359. THARP, Laura A. Facts & Anecdotes of Turnersville, Texas. Waco: Texian Press, 1973. xii, 227 [3] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. Fine. Signed by author beneath her portrait on p. [229]. First edition. TC 446. TLH, p. 18. $25.00 Cottle County 360. BENNETT, Carmen Taylor. Our Roots Grow Deep: A History of Cottle County. Floydada: Blanco Offset Printing, 1970. [12] 214 pp., map, many photographic illustrations. 4to, original blue pictorial boards. Binding lightly shelf-worn and browned with a few spots, corners bumped, edges foxed, otherwise very good. First edition. TC 457. TLH, p. 18. $75.00 Crockett County 361. BOSWORTH, Allan R. Ozona Country. New York, Evanston & London: Harper & Row, 1964. xiv [2] 238 pp., 16 plates. 8vo, original black cloth. Binding with powdery residue (possibly from deterioration of d.j.), otherwise very good in lightly worn d.j. First edition. CBC 1168. TC 462. $15.00 362. CARSON, Mrs. Ira (compiler). Ozona. N.p., 1966. viii, 90 pp., 16 plates. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Fine other than a bit of foxing on and adjacent to plates. $30.00 363. PIERCE, Victor I. Yesteryear in Ozona and Crockett County. Ozona: Crockett County Historical Society, 1980. [8] 137 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, 28 plates, endpaper maps. 8vo, original brown pictorial cloth gilt. Fine in d.j. (spine lightly browned). First edition. TLH, p. 19. $45.00 Crosby County 364. SPIKES, Nellie Witt & Temple Ann Ellis. Through the Years: A History of Crosby County, Texas. San Antonio: Naylor, 1952. xxix [1, blank] 493 [1, blank], 40 plates, inserted leaf with authors’ signatures, text illustrations of brands, errata affixed to p. xi. 8vo, original red cloth. Edges slightly foxed, text browned adjacent to plates, otherwise fine in lightly rubbed dj with sunned spine. Signed by both authors and dated August 20, 1952 on inserted “Premiere Edition” leaf. First edition. CBC 1193. Herd 2133. TC 466. $100.00 Culberson County 365. WYLIE, Rosa Lee. History of Van Horn and Culberson County, Texas. Hereford: Pioneer Book Publishers, 1973. vii, 184 pp., many illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original yellow pictorial cloth. Light shelf wear, binding and edges foxed, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC, p. 19. TC 467. $30.00 Dallas County 366. ACHESON, Sam. Dallas Yesterday. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1977. xxii, 403 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait on half title verso (included in pagination). 8vo, original brown cloth gilt. Fine in worn d.j. (spine sunned, large chip on upper panel). First edition. TC 489. TLH, p. 20. $20.00 367. AMERICAN ILLUSTRATING COMPANY. Greater Dallas Illustrated.... Dallas: American Illustrating Company, n.d. (ca. 1905). [3] 38-175 [1, blank] pp., many photographic illustrations. Oblong small 4to, original grey wraps printed in black, red, and yellow. 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