Abstracts
Brief abstracts of each item in the auction are listed below. Either scan through the material, or click on the letters below to jump forward in the list. You can also use the search box below to search the full item descriptions.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Late Additions
 |
600. ADAMS, Andy. The
Log of a Cowboy. A Narrative of the Old Trail Days...Illustrated by
E. Boyd Smith. Boston, New York & Cambridge, n.d. [1903].
Very good in original cloth. First edition, third or later
issue, with the added map, which is included in the “List of
Illustrations.” Title without date, but “Published May,
1903” on copyright page. Adams, Herd 8. Howes A45. Merrill, Aristocrats, p.
15. Reese, Six Score 2. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
601. ADAMS, John Quincy. Oration
on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette.... Washington,
1835. ($20-40)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
602. AIREY,
Rev. J.W.E. Small archive, primarily consisting of correspondence, research,
and photographs, from the estate of Rev. Airey, amateur historian involved
in National Frontiersmen’s Association, including a typed letter,
signed, from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. ($250-500)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
603. [AIREY, Rev. J.W.E.].
[SAM HOUSTON WHITTLERS’ CLUB]. Small archive of material relating
to the Sam Houston Whittlers’ Club, from the estate of Airey. ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
604. [ALAMO]. Lot of 24 nineteenth-
and twentieth-century imprints relating to the Alamo, its history, and
its legends. ($300-600)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
605. [AMERICAN LITERATURE].
Lot of 12 nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints, including Clemens’ Life
on the Mississippi. ($300-600)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
606. AMERICAN LUMBERMAN. American
Lumbermen.... Chicago, 1906. Photogravure plates. First edition.
Biographical source, including some Texas lumbermen. ($250-500)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
607. [AMERICANA]. Lot of 52
nineteenth- and twentieth-century Americana imprints, including items
by Tocqueville and Wilkinson. ($400-800)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
608. [ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY].
Lot of 30 mostly twentieth-century imprints, including both scholarly
and general-interest publications related to the anthropology and archaeology
of Texas, the Southwest, and the Americas. ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
609. [ART]. CHAVEL (attributed).
Two untitled Mediterranean views, unsigned oil paintings on canvas with
thick impasto. N.p., n.d. (recent). Impressionist style. Pleasant images
in matching frames. ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
610. BARR,
Amelia E[dith Huddleston]. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography.... New
York & London, 1913. Original cloth. Author's signed note. First
edition. English author’s life story, with much on nineteenth-century
Texas, especially the Civil War era and Austin. See Notable American
Women. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
611. [BASIC TEXAS BOOKS].
Lot of 44 nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints listed in John H.
Jenkins’ bibliography, Basic Texas Books. ($1,000-2,000)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
612. [BIOGRAPHY]. Lot of 56
nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints and 2 prints related to the
lives of many famous persons, including past presidents and statesmen,
including Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington,
James Wilkinson, et al. ($200-400)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
613. [BOSTON
ALMANAC]. Copies of the 1841 and 1854 almanacs, complete with beautiful
maps, for the city of Boston. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
614. [BRACKENRIDGE,
Henry Marie]. North American Pamphlet on South American Affairs. From The
Pamphleteer 13:25. London, 1818. A precursor to the Monroe Doctrine,
supporting the recognition of the independence of Spain and Portugal’s
former colonies in South America. ($30-60)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
615. BROOKS,
Elizabeth. Prominent Women of Texas. Akron, 1896. Original cloth. First
edition. Winegarten II, p. 239: “Sketches of 150 well-known
women. One of the earliest works on Texas women and a scarce source on
the Runaway Scrape.” ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
616. BROWN, Riney. Riney
Brown’s Diary. Houston, 1949. Fine in original cloth. First
edition, very limited edition. Scarce. Transcription of diary covering
the years 1873 through 1877 including his trip from San Saba to San
Antonio and observations on Texans: “More deceitful people in
Texas than anywhere I’ve been—every man for himself, and everybody
trying to steal from or cheat his neighbor” (p. 22). ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
617. [CALIFORNIA]. Lot of
89 imprints, focusing on California, including works by Mary Austin,
Horace Bell, John Bidwell, Peter Decker, et al. ($750-1,000)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
618. [CATTLE INDUSTRY]. Lot
of 56 imprints, focusing on the cattle industry, including a copy of
James Cox’s Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle
Industry. ($1,000-3,000)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
619. [CIVIL WAR]. Lot of 29
nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints relating to the United States
Civil War, including Constitution and By-laws of Dick Dowling Camp
No. 197 United Confederate Veterans (scarce Texas-Confederate ephemera),
Maury’s Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian,
and Civil Wars (1894), Lindsley’s monumental and rare Military
Annals of Tennessee. Confederate. First Series (1886), etc.
($200-400)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
620. [CIVIL
WAR]. LAWRENCE, F. Lee & Robert W. Glover. Camp Ford C.S.A. The
Story of Union Prisoners in Texas. Austin, 1964. Fine copy in original
cloth of first complete history of Camp Ford, largest Confederate prison
camp in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Cisneros’ illustrations.
($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
621. [CIVIL WAR]. SCHMIDT,
Ernst Reinhold. Der amerikanische bürgerkrieg.... Leipzig,
1867-1869. German-American history of the Civil War, with excellent
maps and portraits. Includes a chapter on Texas. Sabin 77667. Not in
Nevins. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
622. CLAY,
Henry. Speech...on the Report of the Committee of Thirteen.... Washington,
1850. Key speech on the admission of California to the Union. Cowan II,
p. 129. ($20-40)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
623. [COLORADO]. Lot of 92
imprints, focusing on Colorado, including first editions of the Colorado
State Constitution and the first-session Council Journal of the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Colorado. ($3,000-6,000)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
624. [COWBOYS]. Lot of 37
imprints, focusing on cowboys, including numerous works by Ramon F. Adams
and a fine first edition of John Clay’s My Life on the Range.
($500-1,000)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
625. CRICHTON, Kyle S. Law
and Order, Ltd.: The Rousing Life of Elfego Baca of New Mexico. Santa
Fe, 1928. Fine in original cloth and lightly stained d.j. Signed and
with two letters. First edition. Adams, One-Fifty 36.
Adams, Guns 511. Howes C886. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
626. [DEALERS’ CATALOGUES
AND RELATED ITEMS]. Approximately 200 book dealers’ catalogues
dating from the 1940s through the 1970s, along with notes, clippings,
and additional book ephemera. ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
627. ENGEL, Leo. American
and Other Drinks.... London, ca. 1875. Scarce copy of the second
edition of this early bartending manual, with recipes for the Alabazam,
the Stone Fence, and others. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
628. [FOSTER’S PRINT
SHOP]. Foster's Follies. Beaumont, Texas, mostly 1930s. Collection
of over 50 small pamphlets produced by Foster’s Print Shop of Beaumont.
Ephemeral Texana, scarce publications, especially in a long run like
this. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
629. [GAUCHO]. Lot of 9 twentieth-century
imprints relating to Gaucho life and culture by Graham, Hudson, Tinker,
Tschiffely, et al. ($50-100)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
630. [GENERAL READING]. Lot
of 13 assorted imprints dating from the eighteenth through twentieth
centuries, including a scarce early American recipe book, an acrostic
book with focus on the South and the Confederacy, etc. ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
631. [GEOLOGY]. Lot of 12
nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints relating to the subject of
geology. Many titles are specifically about the geology of Texas, including
a signed copy of the First Annual Report of the Geological Survey
of Texas. ($200-400)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
632. [HALE, EDWARD EVERETT].
[NOLAN, PHILIP]. Lot of 13 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating
to Edward Everett Hale's imaginary character Philip Nolan from The
Man Without a Country, along with works on the real Philip Nolan,
an early Texas adventurer for whom Nolan County, Texas is named. ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
633. [HARTE, BRET]. BENTZON,
Th[érèse]. Récits Californiens par Bret Harte. Paris,
1884. Early French translation of Bret Harte. ($75-150)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
634. HOLBEIN, Hans (artist) & F[rancesco]
Bartolozzi (engraver). Tho: Moor L.d Chancelour.... N.p.,
1793. Stipple engraving of Sir Thomas More. ($100-200)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
635. [HOUSTON, SAMUEL]. Lot
of 16 nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints relating to the biography
and history of Sam Houston. The lot also contains a carte de visite and
bronze medallion depicting Houston. ($350-700)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
636. [HOUSTON,
SAMUEL]. HAMILTON, Jeff. “My Master” The Inside Story
of Sam Houston and His Times. Dallas: Manfred, Van Nort & Co.,
Publishers, 1940. One of the most interesting biographies of Sam Houston,
written by Houston’s one-hundred-year-old slave. ($150-300)
Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
637. JUTSON, Mary Carolyn Hollers. Alfred
Giles: An English Architect in Texas and Mexico. San Antonio, 1972.
The story of an early Texas architect. ($50-100) |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
638. [LATIN AMERICANA]. Lot
of five nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints relating to the history
of Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. ($50-100) |
 |
639. [LAW].
Lot of 36 nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints relating to primarily
to Texas law, but also including Mexico, New Mexico, and more general
legal subjects. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
640. [LAW
AND LAWLESSNESS]. Lot of 39 imprints, focusing on Western outlaws and
lawmen, including autobiographies of Bill Carlisle, George Coe, and
Kit Dalton. ($800-1,600) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
641. [LAW AND LAWLESSNESS].
Lot of 64 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating to Western outlaws
and law enforcement. ($700-1,400) |
 |
642. LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. History
of Texas.... Chicago, 1895. Large volume containing anecdotal
history and biographical sketches of many Texas, with an emphasis
on Galveston and Houston pioneers and prominent citizens. ($150-300) |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
643. [MAP].
KEMBLE, W. (engraver). Texas in 1836.... New York, ca. 1846-1848.
Colonization map based on Bradford’s 1835 map of Texas. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
644. [MAP]. LEWIS, Meriwether & William
Clark. A Map of Lewis and Clark’s Track.... N.p., n.d.
Facsimile of map originally appearing in 1814 in Lewis & Clark’s
monumental two-volume account of their expedition. ($200-400) |
 |
645. [MAP].
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD. Map of the South-Western Railway System.... [ca.
1870s-1880s]. Lithograph map created to promote Hot Springs, Arkansas.
($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
646. [MAP].
SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. Central America II.... London,
1842. Unusual map extending to the Pacific, with Texas extending to the
Arkansas River and a western boundary incorporating Santa Fe and Taos.
($250-500) |
 |
647. [MAP
REFERENCE]. DAY, James (compiler). Maps of Texas, 1527-1900.... Austin,
1964. Second book edition of an early cartographic reference
with focus on Texas. ($30-60) |
 |
648. [MAP
REFERENCE]. HARLOW, Neal. Maps and Surveys of the Pueblo Lands of
Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1976. First edition, limited edition. Beautiful
book with detailed cartographic history of Los Angeles. ($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
649. [MAPS].
Lot of 17 maps of America, mostly United States, but including some other
areas of the Americas. Mostly nineteenth century. Very good to very fine,
all handsomely framed. ($400-800) Click Here for Full Description |
|
650. [MAPS].
Lot of 6 maps, including a fine copy of Gray’s New Map of Texas
and the Indian Territory. ($100-200) Click Here for Full Description |
|
651. [MAPS].
OKLAHOMA & INDIAN TERRITORY. Lot of 12 maps, late nineteenth-century
to early twentieth century, showing the transition from Indian Territory
and Oklahoma Territory to statehood. Very good to very fine, handsomely
matted, framed and glazed. ($200-400) |
|
652. [MAPS].
TEXAS. Lot of 15 Texas maps, mostly nineteenth-century. Very good to
very fine. Matted, framed, and glazed. ($400-800) Click Here for Full Description |
|
653. [MAPS].
TEXAS. Lot of 15 Texas maps, mostly nineteenth-century. Very good to
very fine. Matted, framed, and glazed. ($150-300) |
|
654. [MAPS].
TEXAS COAST. Lot of 12 maps of the Texas coast, including a Martin & Martin
map. Mostly nineteenth century. Good to very fine, all handsomely framed.
($300-600) |
|
 |
655. [MAPS].
WESTERN U.S. & TEXAS. Lot of 15 maps of the Western States, Texas,
etc. Nineteenth century, very good to very fine, all matted, framed,
and glazed. ($200-400) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
656. MARCY,
R.B. Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border.... New York, 1866. “An
excellent source of descriptive information on the Comanches...” ($100-200) |
 |
657. MAYER,
Brantz. Captain Canot; or Twenty Years of an African Slaver.... London,
1854. Detailed and lurid memoir of the African slave trade. ($100-200) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
658. MEANS,
James. Manflight. Boston, 1891. Early publication on the history
of man-powered flight. ($50-100) |
 |
659. [MEXICAN-AMERICAN
WAR]. Lot of 9 nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints relating to
the Mexican-American War. ($250-500) |
 |
660. [MEXICO].
Lot of 31 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating to the history,
geography, cultures, and arts of Mexico. ($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
|
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
662. [NATIVE
AMERICANS]. Lot of 46 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating to
the history and culture of Native Americans. ($350-700) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
663. [NATIVE
AMERICANS]. Lot of 38 imprints, focusing on Native Americans, including
a fine first-edition copy of Hamlin Garland’s The Book of
the American Indian with illustrations by Frederic Remington. ($600-1,200) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
664. [NATURAL
HISTORY]. Lot of 17 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating to the
subject of natural history, including several titles on Texas vegetation
and wildlife. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
|
 |
665. [NEW
MEXICO]. Lot of 153 imprints, focusing on New Mexico, including numerous
signed works by F. Stanley (Stanley Francis Louis Crocchiola). ($1,000-2,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
666. NEWCOMB,
W[illiam] W., Jr. The Indians of Texas.... Austin, 1961. Standard
work on Texas Indian culture. ($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
667. [OIL & GAS]. UNKNOWN ARTIST. “Offshore
Oil Tanks.” N.p, n.d. Unsigned oil painting on canvas. ($250-500) |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
668. [PACIFIC
NORTHWEST]. Lot of 9 imprints, focusing on the Pacific Northwest, including
Carey’s three-volume History of Oregon. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
669. PARRISH,
Maxfield. Daybreak. New York, n.d. [ca. 1920s]. Largest published
print of this iconic image. ($250-500) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
|
 |
671. [PERIODICALS].
Lot of over 150 issues of Southwestern Studies Monographs and The
Southwestern Historical Quarterly, plus a few other assorted periodicals.
($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
672. [PHOTOGRAPHY].
Early hand-tinted daguerreotype bust portrait of unidentified woman.
(ca. 1846-1848). ($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
673. [PHOTOGRAPHY].
[FRANCE]. G.J. Phot. (photographer). Panorama de Cannes.... N.p.,
n.d. (ca 1890). Gelatin silver print of a panoramic view of Cannes. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
674. [PHOTOGRAPHY].
[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]. [DAVIS, JEFFERSON]. Small photo album containing
12 prints, including portraits of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, as well
as Jefferson Davis. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
675. [PHOTOGRAPHY].
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Unattributed photograph of a voluptuous Yuma(?) woman—barefoot
and bare-breasted. Albumen print, very good condition. ($100-200) Click Here for Full Descriptions & Images |
 |
676. [PHOTOGRAPHY].
Photo album containing approximately 200 gelatin silver prints. Most
are small travel snapshots from the Philippines, China, and Europe and
appear to date from the 1920s and 30s. Also included are several postcards.
Most photos mounted in corners, some with written labels. Some photos
loose in album. Condition mostly good, with many prints exhibiting silver
mirroring and/or yellowing, possibly due to contact with acidic album
leaves. Album also includes a few intaglio prints. ($100-200) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
677. [PHOTOGRAPHY].
ROSE, N[oah] H[amilton]. Two photographic prints of Stan Bostick and
Benjamin Rush Milam. ($100-200) |
 |
678. [PHOTOGRAPHY].
[TEXAS]. Lot of 28 postcards and 4 small unmounted gelatin silver prints.
N.p., n.d. (ca. 1925-1949). Mostly fine. ($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
679. PILLEMENT, Jean. L’Oeuvre de
Jean Pillement.... Paris: n.d. (ca. 1920). ($50-100) |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
680. [RANCHING].
Lot of 36 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating to the subject
of ranching, including works by Andy Adams, Thomas Carson, J. Evetts
Haley, and Charles M. Russell. ($300-600) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
681. RUSSELL, Charles M. Seven Drawings
by Charles M. Russell.... El Paso, 1950. Limited edition portfolio
of prints. ($200-400) |
 |
682. RUXTON,
George F. Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. London,
1847. “He captured the character and vernacular of the mountain
men and traders better than anyone else has done.” ($100-200) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
683. SANTLEBEN,
August. A Texas Pioneer.... New York & Washington, 1910. “Most
important account of stage coach and freight service in Texas.” ($150-300) |
 |
684. SAYLES,
John & Henry Sayles (compilers). Early Laws of Texas.... St.
Louis, 1891. Basic Texas Books 69n pp. 181-182). ($200-400) |
 |
685. [SHIPS].
THOMPSON, Leslie E. Three etchings of ships, each numbered, titled, and
signed in pencil by artist, framed and glazed, all very fine. ($100-200) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
686. SMITH, Diane Solether. The Armstrong
Chronicle. A Ranching History. San Antonio, 1986. First edition.
History of the Armstrong Ranch and family. ($50-100) |
 |
687. [SPANISH-AMERICAN
WAR]. U.S. ARMY. FIRST TEXAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. PEACOCK, B.H. (compiler). Historical
and Biographical Souvenir of the First Texas U.S. Volunteer Infantry.... Jacksonville,
1898. First edition. Roster and photographs of each company of
the regiment. ($100-200) |
 |
|
 |
689. STOVALL,
Allen A. Nueces Headwater Country.... San Antonio, [1959]. Fine
in fine d.j. Scarce. First edition. CBC 1494, 2851, 3820,
4534, 5023. ($75-150) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
690. TAYLOR,
Virginia H. The Spanish Archives of the General Land Office of Texas. Austin:
Lone Star Press, 1955. Fine in original cloth. Basic Texas Books B190 & 204n: “An
excellent study for early land records, with a 107-page appendix listing
4,200 names of original grantees.” ($25-50) Click Here for Full Description |
|
 |
691. TEXAS.
GOVERNOR (Charles Allen Culberson). Message of Governor C.A. Culberson
to the Twenty-Fifth Legislature, January 14, 1897. N.p., n.d. [Austin?,
1897?]. First edition. Governor Culberson reports on progress
of immigration, railroads, judiciary, etc. ($40-80) |
 |
692. TEXAS (Republic). LAWS. DALLAM, James
Wilmer. A Digest of the Laws of Texas.... Baltimore, 1845. “Dallam’s
Digest, as the work is familiarly known, has been called the ‘lawyer’s
Bible’.” ($300-600) |
 |
693. [TEXAS].
Lot of 150 nineteenth- and twentieth-century imprints covering a wide
variety of topics relating to Texas. ($1,200-2,400) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
694. [TEXAS]. Lot of 33 imprints,
focusing on Texas, including works by Texas authors J. Frank Dobie, Wayne
Gard, and Ben K. Green. ($400-800) |
 |
695. [TEXAS
ALMANAC]. Lot of 14 Texas Almanacs published between 1867 and 1966, plus
the 1901 Year Book for Texas. ($300-600) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
696. [TEXAS
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH]. Lot of 20 twentieth-century imprints relating
to Texas bibliography, archives, and other research collections, including
works by C.W. Raines, Thomas Streeter, and Ernest Winkler. ($250-500) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
697. [TEXAS
BIOGRAPHY]. Lot of 65 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating to
Texas biography, including biographies of Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston,
and many other figures in the history of Texas. ($400-800) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
698. [TEXAS
CATTLE INDUSTRY: BRANDS]. Group of eleven manuscript accountings filed
in Navarro County, Texas, by various abattoirs in the area documenting
cattle butchered. Navarro County, 1882-1886. Each report includes dozens
of hand-drawn cattle brands and earmarks. ($200-400) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
699. [TEXAS
COUNTY AND LOCAL HISTORY]. Lot of 62 twentieth-century imprints relating
to Texas county and local history, including indexes to archived materials,
local histories, and photogravures of the Big Bend region of Texas.
($700-1,400) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
700. [TEXAS
COUNTY AND LOCAL HISTORY]. Lot of 106 mostly twentieth-century imprints
relating to Texas county and local history, including biographies,
local histories, periodicals, and other historical materials. ($700-1,400) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
701. [TEXAS
EPHEMERA]. Lot of four printed documents and forms relating to Texas
or printed in Texas. ($100-200) |
 |
702. [TEXAS FICTION]. [HAMMETT, S.A.]. Sam
Slick in Texas.... London, 1857. “Frontier humor in Texas
dialect.” ($100-200) |
 |
703. [TEXAS
FICTION]. [POSTL, Karl]. The Cabin Book.... London, 1852. First
illustrated edition of this classic. ($200-400) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
704. [TEXAS
LITERATURE]. Lot of 40 Texas fiction and folklore titles, including works
by Dobie, Harte, Postl, and Scarborough. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
705. [TEXAS
OIL COMPANY SHARES]. Lot of five ornate, illustrated Texas oil company
stock shares, 1919-1920. All are accomplished in manuscript and have
corporate seals. ($100-200) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
706. [TEXAS RANGERS]. SCHREINER, Charles III,
Audrey Schreiner, Robert Berryman and Hal F. Matheny (compilers). A
Pictorial History of the Texas Rangers.... Mountain Home, 1969.
Fine copy. ($200-400) |
 |
707. [TRAVEL,
EXPLORATION & MIGRATION]. Lot of 38 imprints focusing on travel,
exploration, and migration. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
708. [UNITED STATES]. [PRESIDENTS]. [ROOSEVELT,
FRANKLIN DELANO]. The General Committee for President Roosevelt’s
Birthday Celebration.... Washington, 1940. Program, signed by Roosevelt,
along with additional letter and ephemera. ($1,000-2,000) |
 |
709. [UNITED STATES]. [PRESIDENTS]. [TRUMAN,
HARRY S.]. HILLMAN, William. Mr. President.... New York, 1952.
Inscribed by Harry S. Truman on frontispiece. ($400-800) |
710. [UNITED
STATES]. [ROCKY MOUNATINS]. Lot of 60 imprints, focusing on Montana,
Wyoming, Idaho, and the Dakotas, including a second-edition copy of
Dimsdale’s Vigilantes of Montana and several early Dakota
imprints. ($1,200-2,400) Click Here for Full Description |
|
 |
711. [UNITED
STATES]. [SOUTH]. [NATCHEZ TRACE]. Lot of 51 mostly twentieth-century
imprints relating to the history of the southern United States and the
Natchez Trace. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
712. [UNITED
STATES]. [SOUTHWEST]. Lot of 11 twentieth-century imprints relating to
the history and cultures of the southwestern United States, including
works by Tom Lea and Eugene Manlove Rhodes, and two items produced by
San Antonio book designer and printer Carl Hertzog. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
713. [UTAH].
Lot of 28 imprints, focusing on Utah, including a fine first-edition
set of Alter’s Utah, the Storied Domain and several editions
of Bancroft’s History of Utah. ($400-800) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 |
714. WALL,
Bernhardt. Stephen F. Austin was at La Bahia.... N.p., 1936. Fine
etching. ($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
715. WALL,
Bernhardt. Two Pyraglass plaques, of Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston. ($50-100) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
716. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 45 mostly twentieth-century Western Americana imprints,
including copies of Washington Irving’s A Tour on the Prairies and
Howard Stansbury’s Exploration and Survey of the Valley of
the Great Salt Lake of Utah. ($250-500) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
717. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 80 imprints, including works by Andy Adams, Ramon
F. Adams, and J. Frank Dobie, and a signed first-edition copy of Gus
Ford’s Texas Cattle Brands. ($900-1,800) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
718. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 84 imprints, including works by Ramon F. Adams,
J. Frank Dobie, and Jeff Dykes, and an inscribed first-edition copy
of Robert Carter’s The Old Sergeant’s Story. ($900-1,800) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
719. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 41 imprints, including works by Francis Abernethy,
J. Frank Dobie, and Ben K. Green. ($400-800) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
720. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 52 imprints, including works by Dan Casement, Lewis
Crawford, and J. Frank Dobie. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
721. [WESTERN
ILLUSTRATORS]. Lot of 35 imprints, focusing on Western illustrators,
including Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, and José Cisneros.
($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
722. WOLFE, Thomas. You Can’t Go
Home Again. New York and London, 1940. First edition. ($50-100) |
 |
723. [WOMEN’S
HISTORY]. Lot of 27 mostly twentieth-century imprints relating to women’s
history in Texas and the West, including biographies, diaries, and
correspondence. ($125-250) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
724. WRIGHT,
Harold Bell. When a Man’s a Man. A Novel. Chicago,
1916. ($40-80) |
LATE ADDITIONS
 |
725. MAYO,
Robert. Political Sketches of Eight Years in Washington. Baltimore,
1839. 8vo, original cloth, printed paper spine label. Very good. First
edition. American Imprints (1839) 57205. Howes M454. Streeter 1351
(included for the chapter “Of the conspiracy of General Houston
to dismember the Mexican dominions, and the connivance of President Jackson
to give it effect”). Includes material on the Burr-Wilkinson conspiracy
and Florida. ($100-300) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
 |
726. MONETTE,
John W[esley]. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley
of the Mississippi.... New York, 1846-1848. Mixed edition of this
solid two-volume publication. “Standard work on the history of
the Mississippi Valley...from the first Spanish discoveries of Florida
to the admission of Texas into the Union.” ($250-500) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
727. [ARIZONA]. Lot
of 10 imprints. ($75-150) |
|
728. [CALIFORNIA].
Lot of 31 imprints. ($500-1,000) |
|
| 729. [CATTLE INDUSTRY].
Lot of 21 imprints. ($400-800) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 730. [CLEMENS, Samuel
L[anghorn] (pseud. Mark Twain)]. Lot of 5 imprints. ($200-400) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 731. [COLORADO]. Lot of
28 imprints. ($700-1,400) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 732. [COWBOYS]. Lot of
19 imprints. ($400-800) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 733. [DAKOTAS]. Lot of
9 imprints. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 734. [GENERAL READING].
Lot of 12 imprints. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 735. [KANSAS]. Lot of
19 imprints. ($250-500) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 736. [LAW AND LAWLESSNESS].
Lot of 28 imprints. ($700-1,400) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 737. [NATIVE AMERICANS].
Lot of 12 imprints. ($250-500) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 738. [NEBRASKA]. Lot of
8 imprints. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 739. [NEW MEXICO]. Lot
of 115 imprints. ($700-1,400) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 740. [PACIFIC NORTHWEST].
Lot of 15 imprints. ($300-600) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 741. [TEXAS]. Lot of 13
imprints. ($150-300) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 742. [UTAH]. Lot of 12
imprints. ($200-400) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 743. [WESTERN AMERICANA].
Lot of 34 imprints. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 744. [WESTERN AMERICANA].
Lot of 39 imprints. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description |
|
| 745. [WESTERN AMERICANA].
Lot of 41 imprints. ($500-1,000) Click Here for Full Description |
|
746. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 26 imprints. ($500-1,000) |
|
747. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 37 imprints. ($700-1,400) |
|
748. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 15 imprints. ($400-800) |
|
749. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 21 imprints. ($300-600) |
|
750. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 25 imprints. ($350-700) |
|
751. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 22 imprints. ($350-700) |
|
752. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 22 imprints. ($400-800) |
|
753. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 20 imprints. ($350-700) |
|
754. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 51 imprints. ($500-1,000) |
|
755. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 20 imprints. ($300-600) |
|
756. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 41 imprints. ($400-800) |
|
757. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 43 imprints. ($500-1,000) |
|
758. [WESTERN
AMERICANA]. Lot of 40 imprints. ($600-1,200) |
|
759. [WESTERN
BIOGRAPHY]. Lot of 58 imprints. ($1,300-2,600) |
|
760. [WYOMING & MONTANA].
Lot of 22 imprints. ($400-800) |
|
 |
761. [CUSTER,
GEORGE]. SCHREYVOGEL, Charles (after?). Custer’s Demand. Oil on canvas,
49 x 34 inches, on stretcher and framed (55 x 40 inches). Ca. 1905?. Signed
in lower left by Joe Hall. Relined, otherwise in excellent, original condition.
($1,000-2,000) Click Here for Full Description & Images |
DSRB Home | email: rarebooks@sloanrarebooks.com
