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Texas County & Local History Dorothy Sloan-Rare Books, Inc. Box 4825, Austin, Texas 78765-4825 Phone: (512) 477-8442 Fax: (512) 477-8602 Email: rarebooks@sloanrarebooks.com www.sloanrarebooks.com All items are guaranteed to be in the described condition, authentic, and of clear title, and may be returned within two weeks for any reason. Purchases are shipped at customer’s expense. New customers are asked to provide payment with order, or to supply appropriate references. Institutions may receive deferred billing upon request. Residents of Texas will be charged appropriate state sales tax. Texas dealers must have a tax certificate on file. Anderson County 1. HOHES, Pauline Buck. A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas.... San Antonio: Naylor, 1936. xviii, 565 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece map on half-title verso, photographic text illustrations. 8vo, original grey pictorial cloth. Light shelf wear and a few faint spots and stains to binding, endpapers and edges lightly foxed, overall very good. First edition. CBC 13. TC 4. $300.00 2. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Anderson County, Texas. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office do certify that the above Map of Anderson County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office, compiled from 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 beneath 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: 44 x 53.2 cm; overall sheet size: 46 x 56 cm. Map with tear in lower left corner (affecting text, repaired on verso of poster board with tape), small tear and pinholes along left margin, and light scattered insect damage (mostly confined to blank margins). $375.00
3. [MAP]. ANDREWS ABSTRACT COMPANY. Map of Andrews County, Texas,–Andrews Abstract Co. R.M. Means, Mgr., Andrews, Texas. Andrews: Andrews Abstract Co., n.d. Uncolored mimeographed map, overall sheet size: 22.6 x 35.6 cm. Sheet creased where formerly folded, wrinkled, lightly browned, and with several tears and chips, notations in ink and pencil to recto and verso. $50.00 4. [MAP]. ANDREWS ABSTRACT COMPANY. Map of the South One-Half of the Town of Andrews Texas [below title] Compiled by Official Data by Andrews Abstract Company. Andrews: Andrews Abstract Company, n.d. Uncolored mimeograph map on typing paper, overall sheet size: 21.6 x 27.9 cm. Paper lightly browned, creased where formerly folded, small hole in upper left corner (not affecting map image or text on verso), corners dog-eared, a few small chips and tears to blank margin. $50.00 Angelina County 5. BIESELE, Megan & The Diboll Historical Society. The Cornbread Whistle: Oral History of a Texas Timber Company Town. Lufkin: Lufkin Printing Company, 1986. xxv [1], 173 [1, blank] pp., maps, photographic illustrations, drawings and pictorial endpapers by Raymond Ryan. 4to, original color pictorial cloth. Very fine in slightly worn d.j. $80.00 6. HALTOM, R.W. History and Description of Angelina County, Texas. Austin: Jenkins Publishing; New York: Pemberton Press, 1969. [6] 65 [1] [32, ads.] pp. 12mo, original orange cloth. Fine in near fine d.j. (spine sunned). Facsimile of 1888 first edition. CBC 45 (referring to first edition). TC 15. TLH, p. 1. $60.00 Aransas County 7. ARANSAS COUNTY-ROCKPORT CENTENNIAL, INC. A Glimpse at Our Past, Presented by The Aransas County-Rockport Centennial, Inc., June 13-21, 1970 on the Occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Rockport, 1870, and the Establishment of Aransas County, 1871. N.p.: The Aransas County-Rockport Centennial, Inc., 1970. [112] pp., numerous photographic illustrations. Square 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear to wraps, staples rusted, otherwise fine. TC 23. $25.00 Archer County 8. HODGE, Jeannie Goble. History of Holliday, Texas. Quanah & Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1972. [4] 82 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue cloth. A little light foxing to endpapers, otherwise fine in very good d.j. (lightly rubbed, spine sunned). TC 32. $25.00 9. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Archer County [below title left] Copyright 1879. Wm C. Walsh Commissioner General Land Office State of Texas [below title right] I, W.C. Walsh Commissioner Genl 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. Austin Oct 1879 [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh [bottom left] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process, St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 51.3 x 45.6 cm. Top edge of map sheet closely trimmed, two tears, approximately 11 and 30 cm (repaired with tape on board verso), and one large chip on top edge on map sheet, small tear and tape and water stains along right edge of map, a few scattered spots and small areas of insect damage. $350.00
10. ARMSTRONG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. A Collection of Memories, Compiled by the Armstrong County Historical Association: A History of Armstrong County 1876-1965. Hereford: Pioneer, [1965]. [6] 567 [1, blank] pp., illustrations (mostly photographic), maps. 4to, original brown cloth. Gilt lettering on cover dulled, front free endpaper absent, otherwise very good. First edition. TC 36. $45.00 Atascosa County 11. ATASCOSA COUNTY CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION. Atascosa County Centennial 1856-1956. Atascosa County: Atascosa County Centennial Association, 1956. [110] pp, ads, illustrations. 4to, original yellow pictorial wrappers. Very fine. First edition. CBC 80. TC 38. $35.00 12. PATTERSON, C.L. Atascosa County Texas by C.L. Patterson: A Progressive and Diversified Agricultural and Livestock Haven. [Pleasanton: The Pleasanton Express], 1938. 32 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition. CBC 92. TC 39. $60.00 13. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas, No. 7. Atascosa County, September 28, 1857-March 6, 1939. San Antonio: State-Wide Records Project, 1940. [4] pp., 26 folios, map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers. A few tiny stains to wraps, otherwise fine. First edition. CBC 85. TC 41. $15.00 Austin County 14. CAT SPRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Century of Agricultural Progress, 1856-1956: Minutes of the Cat Spring Agricultural Society. Cat Spring: Cat Spring Agricultural Society, 1956. [8] 455 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original beige pictorial cloth. Upper board slightly warped, edges foxed, otherwise very good. First edition. Cf. CBC 98. TC 47. $60.00 15. CAT SPRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Cat Spring Story. Cat Spring: Cat Spring Agricultural Society, 1956. [10] 166 pp., 4 plates. 8vo, original beige pictorial cloth. Boards slightly warped, a few small spots to edges, correction in ink to one plate caption, otherwise fine. First edition. Cf. CBC 98. TC 47. $45.00 16. CAT SPRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Cat Spring Agricultural Society, Oldest Agricultural Society in Texas, June 8, 9, and 10th, 1956, Cat Spring, Austin County, Texas. New Ulm: New Ulm Enterprise, n.d. [1956]. 56 pp., photographs, ads. 8vo, original cream printed wrappers. A little light soiling and a few tiny spots to wraps, otherwise fine. Not in CBC. TC 51. $25.00 17. HOFF, Blanche. San Felipe de Austin: Capital of Austin’s Colony [wrapper title]. N.p.: Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1938. 15 [1, blank] pp., photographic portrait of James Monroe Hill. 8vo, original white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Light wear, soiling, and tiny area of insect damage to wraps, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 102. 1938 James Monroe Hill Texas history essay award, Sons of the Republic of Texas. $15.00 18. SCHMIDT, C.W. Footprints of Five Generations. New Ulm: New Ulm Enterprise, 1930. 76 pp., photographs. 8vo, original blue pictorial wrappers. Light wear and a little browning to wraps, bottom edge spotted, a little light foxing to first and last leaves, otherwise very good. First edition. Not in CBC. TC 49. History of Austin County with biographies and good social history (“Pioneer Physicians of New Ulm,” “The School House,” “A Prairie Fire,” “Entertainment,” “Locating Bee Trees,” etc.). Though cotton, corn, and tobacco were the chief agricultural products, there is some history of stock raising. $25.00 Bandera County 19. FRONTIER TIMES MUSEUM. Program for Dedication of Chisolm Hall in Frontier Times Museum on Saturday, May 28th, 1938. Bandera, 1938. [4] pp., photographic image. 8vo, single stiff cardboard sheet folded with silver gelatin print of Frontier Times Museum tipped on. Lightly smudged, creased where formally folded, else very good. $15.00 20. GRAVES, Mrs. Howard. History of Bandera County Schools for Over a Century. Bandera: Bandera County Historical Survey Committee, 1973. [12] 114 [2] pp., photographs. 8vo, original brown printed wrappers. A little insect damage to spine, dark stains on upper wrap, light crease to upper wrap and first ca. 30 leaves. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. First edition. TC 55. $15.00 21. HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. A Brief History of Bandera County, Covering More Than Eighty Years of Intrepid History. Bandera: Frontier Times, 1936. [4] 95 [1] pp. 12mo, original grey printed wrappers. Wraps foxed and a bit worn, small stain to fore-edge (not affecting text), ink ownership inscription inside upper wrap, text browned, otherwise good. Not in CBC. $30.00 22. HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. A Brief History of Bandera County, Covering One Hundred Years of Intrepid History. Baird: Baird Star, 1949. [4] 76 pp. 8vo, original tan printed wrappers. Fine. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Not in CBC. TC 53. $40.00 23. HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. A Brief History of Bandera County, Covering One Hundred Years of Intrepid History. Baird: Baird Star, 1949. Another copy, not signed. Spine and lower margin of upper wrapper browned, otherwise fine. Not in CBC. $30.00 24. HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. 100 Years in Bandera, 1853-1953...A Century of Intrepid History. N.p.: Published by the author, 1953. [30] 91 [3] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. Folio, original blue pictorial wrappers printed in black and red, stapled. A few small chips to margins of fragile wraps, text browned and a bit brittle due to poor quality paper stock, overall very good. First edition. CBC 140. TC 59. $35.00 25. HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. Pioneer History of Bandera County: Seventy-five Years of Intrepid History. Bandera: Hunter’s Printing House, 1922. [3]-287 [5] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth. Covers moderately shelf-worn and soiled, spine dark, endpapers foxed, hinges cracked (but holding), water staining adjacent to upper hinge, a few fox marks to title page, some ink offsetting and smearing to text, overall good condition. First edition. Not in CBC. Howes H815. Rader 1987. TC 62. $275.00 26. HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. The Lyman Wright Colony in Texas: Came to Bandera in 1854 [wrapper title]. Bandera: Bandera Bulletin, n.d. [2] 37 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece portrait. 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps lightly browned, otherwise fine. Scarce. No copies located in OCLC Worldcat. Not in CBC. TC 57. $35.00 27. PATTERSON, C.L. History and Directory of Bandera County [wrapper title]. N.p., n.d. 18 [12, ads] pp., text illustrations. 12mo, original blue pictorial wrappers with map, stapled. Wraps browned at margins, otherwise fine. CBC 145. TC 54. “Go anywhere in Bandera County, over any road, and see if you don’t enjoy the drive, scenery, natural surroundings, if you are natural” (p. 18). $35.00 28. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas...No. 10, Bandera County (Bandera). San Antonio: Texas Historical Records Survey, 1940. [6] 113 [1, blank] pp., map, plans of courthouse. 4to, original blue printed wrappers. Light insect damage to upper wrap, else near fine. First Edition. CBC 141. $15.00 Bastrop County 29. BASTROP ADVERTISER (publisher). In the Shadow of the Lost Pines: A History of Bastrop County and Its People. Bastrop, 1955. 44 pp. Folio, original brown wood-grain patterned pictorial wrappers with brown cloth backstrip. Fine aside from slight wear to corners and edges and tiny stain to blank corner of front flyleaf. First edition. CBC 163. TC 73. $35.00 30. BRYSON, J. Gordon, M.D. Reminiscences of a Country Doctor. Waco: Texian Press, 1963. xv [1, blank] 215 [1, blank] pp., 4 plates. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. Edges foxed with a few small stains, light foxing to endpapers and title page, else very good. Signed by author on front flyleaf. Not in CBC. TC 79. Introduction by Joe B. Frantz. $30.00 31. [CAMP SWIFT]. A Camera Trip through Camp Swift, Texas: A Picture Book of the Camp and its Activities [wrapper title]. Brooklyn: Ullman, n.d. [26] pp., profusely illustrated with photographs. 8vo, original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Some pages with a few ink spots (probably from printing process), otherwise very fine. Not in CBC. Black-and-white photographs show various aspects of Army life at Camp Swift, including training, education, and recreation. $20.00 32. JONES, Margaret Bell (comp.). Bastrop: A Compilation of Material Relating to the History of the Town of Bastrop with Letters Written by Terry’s Rangers. Bastrop, 1936. 75 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original black wrappers lettered and decorated in silver. Fine. Scarce. First edition. CBC 167. TC 66. A history of Bastrop during the nineteenth century, followed by previously unpublished letters written by William Nicholson during his service in Terry’s Texas Rangers 1861-1864. $125.00 33. MOORE, Bill. Bastrop County 1691-1900. Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1977. xiii [1, blank] 318 pp., title page illustration, maps, numerous photographic illustrations. 8vo, original dark brown cloth lettered in silver. Very fine in very good d.j. (spine browned, edges lightly chipped). Revised edition. TC 67. TLH, p. 4. $75.00 34. SOUTHWESTERN BELL. Camp Swift, Texas [wrapper title]. N.p,: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, n.d. (ca. 1943). 16 pp., illustrations. 16mo, original blue pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very fine. Not in CBC. Wartime pamphlet gives brief overview of services available at Camp Swift, with an emphasis on Southwestern Bell’s telephone system and wartime connection slowdowns due to call volume and materials shortages. From lower wrap: “A machine gun in action uses 30 pounds of copper in four minutes–enough for a mile and a half of telephone lines.” $20.00 35. TEXAS HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY. Inventory of the County Archives of Texas, No. 11. Bastrop County (Bastrop). San Antonio: Texas Historical Records Survey, 1941. [8] 128 pp, maps, plans of courthouse. 4to, original blue printed wrappers. Fine. First edition. CBC 164. $15.00 36. VEST, D.L. Watterson Folk of Bastrop County, Texas. Waco: Texian Press, 1963. [1, frontispiece] x, 287 [1, blank] pp., 8 plates with photographic illustrations. 8vo, original navy blue cloth gilt. Edges and title page foxed, occasional foxing to text, otherwise very good. Bookplate of A.B. Fenner on front pastedown. First Edition. CBC 185. TC 81. $65.00 Baylor County 37. BAYLOR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Salt Pork to Sirloin: The History of Baylor County, Texas from 1879 to 1930. Quanah, Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1972. [8] 227 [1] 179 [1] pp., numerous illustrations (mostly photographic). 4to, original brown pictorial cloth. A little light foxing to edges, otherwise fine. First edition. Contains a 179 pp. section of family histories. TC 84. TLH, p. 4 (referring to a second edition with different pagination, also published in Quanah, 1972). $65.00 Bee County 38. BALLARD, Jim. Years Ago: The Truth, the Whole Truth, Nothing But [wrapper title]. Beeville: Alice Ballard Broocks, 1972. 83 [1, blank] pp., one photographic illustration. 8vo, original white pictorial wraps, comb bound. Very fine. Signed by publisher inside upper wrap. First edition. $35.00 39. BAUER, Grace. Bee County Centennial 1858-1958.... [wrapper title]. Beeville: Bee County Centennial, 1958. 115 [1, blank] pp., photographic illustrations, ads. 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers. Very fine. Signed by author on p. 1. First edition. CBC 197. TC 87. This work contains sections on wool and sheep, “Old Time Ranchers and Ranching,” “Earliest Organization of Cattlemen,” “South Texas Hereford Association,” etc. Photographs include a group shot of “One of the Last Bee County Round-Ups.” $30.00 40. BAUER, Grace. Bee County Centennial 1858-1958.... [wrapper title]. Beeville: Bee County Centennial, 1958. Another copy, not signed. Wraps a bit worn and soiled, water stain to upper left corner and spine (not affecting text), otherwise good. $15.00 41. BECK, Magnus Olaf. Becks of Normanna. N.p.: Naylor, 1964. x, 198 pp., frontispiece portrait, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original pictorial navy blue cloth. Binding lightly mildewed, small water stain to top left corner (not affecting text), otherwise good in water stained d.j. First edition. Not in CBC. Discusses life in Norway and the Norwegian settlement of Normanna, Texas. $20.00 42. EZELL, Camp. Historical Story of Bee County, Texas. Beeville: Beeville Publishing, 1973. xii, 258 [34] pp., map, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth gilt. Light foxing to edges, faint musty smell, otherwise fine. Signed and dated October 20, 1973 by author on front free endpaper. First edition. TC 89. TLH, p. 4 $65.00 43. MADRAY, Mrs. I.C. A History of Bee County with Some Brief Sketches about Men and Events in Adjoining Counties [cover title]. Beeville: Beeville Publishing, 1939. [2] iv, 133 [1, blank] [2] pp., photographic illustrations. 4to, original blue cloth. Small water stain on top edge of text block (not affecting text), otherwise fine in water stained and chipped d.j. First edition. CBC 206. $50.00 44. ROUNTREE, J.G. II. History of Bee County, Texas [wrapper title]. Beeville, 1960. 143 [1, blank] 56 pp., map. 4to, original beige printed wrappers with black cloth backstrip. A little browning to wraps, edges with small water stain and a few tiny spots, otherwise very good. Gift inscription in ink on p. 1, “To Dudley from Asa, Apr. 10-62.” Publisher’s announcements and related two-page note in ink on letterhead of Asa A. Jones, Alpine, Texas laid in. First edition. CBC 208. $75.00 45. ROUNTREE, J.G. II. History of Bee County, Texas [wrapper title]. Beeville, 1960. Another copy. Near fine aside from a few small marks and a little browning to wraps. $50.00 Bell County 46. ATKINSON, Bertha. History of Bell County, Texas, by Bertha Atkinson B.A., Burnet, Texas, August 1929. N.p.: Bell County Historical Society, 1970. [10] 139 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original violet printed wrappers, stapled. Staples rusting, spine browned with light insect damage, former owner’s ink stamp on upper wrap and title page, otherwise very good. Reprint of 1929 first edition. CBC 215 (referring to 1929 edition). TC 100. TLH, p. 5. Includes appendix detailing Bell County rangers and Confederate soldiers. $25.00
Ephemeron detailing recreational opportunities in the vicinity of Fort Hood. $10.00
Not in CBC. Small volume detailing the author’s childhood Christmas memories from Aiken, Texas in Bell County. $15.00 53. MESSER, A. Bryant. The Prairie Queen and Her Choo-Choo Train (It’s about Temple, Texas, and Then Some) [wrapper title]. Temple: M and M Publishing, 1976. xii, 392 pp., map, photographic illustrations, facsimile. 8vo, original pictorial green wrappers. Light insect damage to wrappers, first and last pages browned from contact with wraps, otherwise very good. Signed by author on p. I, with two of his business cards laid in. $15.00 Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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