49. BROWN, John Henry. History of Texas from
1685 to 1892. St. Louis: L. E. Daniell, [1892-1893].
631 + 591 pp., frontispiece portrait, plates, maps, text
illustrations. 2 vols., large, thick 8vo, original grey
cloth decorated in black, title in gilt on spines and upper
covers. Some wear, but overall a good to very good set.
First
edition. Howes B856. Basic Texas Books 22: "The
earliest comprehensive history of Texas written by an
active participant...Brown’s history is replete with
historical facts presented for the first time...His
descriptions of events in which he participated are vivid
and memorable. The set is still useful today, and forms one
of the basic research sources for nineteenth-century
Texas." Rader 513. Raines, p. 32. Pingenot: One of the
great standard classic histories of Texas, still important
and useful.
($200-400)