335. [BASIC TEXAS BOOKS]. Lot of 11 titles, including:
BARKER, Nancy (trans. and ed.). The French
Legation in Texas. Austin: [Designed by Wm. Holman for]
Texas State Historical Association, 1970-1973. 357 [1] +
[10] 369-710 pp., illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. Vol.
1 is in the original publisher’s mylar d.j. and Vol. 2
is in the original pictorial paper d.j. Very fine to
mint.
First edition. Basic Texas Books: "The
volumes comprise one of the basic archives of contemporary
reports on Texas. They sparkle with gossip and intrigue as
well as with factual information." Pingenot: Extensive
notes; calendar of the letters. Consists of 313
letter/reports on Texas between 1838 and 1846 covering
almost every aspect of Texas affairs. These were written by
the French charge d’affaires, Alphonse Dubois de
Saligny, and a special agent, Viscount Jules de Crayamel.
Includes a bibliography of de Saligny.
DAVIS, Nicholas A. The Campaign from Texas to
Maryland. Austin: Steck Company, 1961. [16] 168 pp.,
illustrations. 8vo, cloth, in publisher’s slipcase.
Fine.
Facsimile reprint of the rare 1863 edition. Basic Texas
Books 37(c). Pingenot: One of the best books on
Hood’s Texas Brigade and also one of the best American
war travel books.
HEARTSILL, W. W. Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days
in the Confederate Army...of the W. P. Lane Rangers, from
April 19, 1861 to May 20, 1865. Jackson: McCowar-Mercer
Press, 1954. xxiv [18] 332 pp., photographs. 8vo, cloth.
Very fine in lightly spotted
d.j.
Facsimile reprint of the first edition, limited edition
(1,000 copies). Basic Texas Books 89A:
"Best edition...historically important...one of the most
vivid and intimate accounts of Civil War battle-life that
has survived." Coulter 224. Howes H380. Harwell, In Tall
Cotton 86. Pingenot: This McCowar-Mercer Press
edition is now quite scarce; not to be confused with a
crude and cheaply produced N.p.n.d. edition which is
frequently offered.
HOGAN, William R. The Texas Republic: A Social
and Economic History. Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, [1946]. xiii [1] 338 pp., plates. 8vo, cloth. Very
fine copy in near fine
d.j.
First edition. Basic Texas Books 91: "The
best social history of the Republic of Texas...a mature and
penetrating analysis of the forces which blended together
to give the Republic of Texas its peculiar national
character." Basler 4193. Campbell, p. 172. Pingenot:
Frank Wardlaw said of this book: "It remains and will, I
believe, continue to remain, one of the finest books ever
written about Texas."
MERK, Frederick. Slavery and the Annexation of
Texas. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1972. [2] xiv, 290 x
[4] pp. 8vo, cloth. Fine in
d.j.
First edition.
NIXON, Pat Ireland. The Medical Story of Early
Texas, 1528-1853. Lancaster: Lancaster Press for Mollie
Bennett Lupe Memorial Fund, 1946. xv [1] 507 [3] pp.,
frontispiece portrait, illustrations. 8vo, original cloth
with printed paper labels on cover and backstrip. Near mint
copy in plain paper
d.j.
First edition. Basic Texas Books 153: "The
best work of Texas medical history, this is also one of the
best state medical histories ever published. It is
well-annotated, carefully factual, and lucidly written."
Dobie, p. 70. Howes N161. Pingenot: Nixon gathered
material for this classic Texas book for over forty years.
Five chapters relate directly to the Texas Revolution and
eight to the Republic of Texas. An appendix lists data on
several hundred early Texas doctors.
OBERSTE, William H. Texas Irish Empresarios and
Their Colonies. Austin: Van Boeckman-Jones, 1953. xii,
310 [14] pp., maps, facsimiles, folding maps. 8vo, cloth.
Very fine in d.j. Signed.
First edition, limited edition (#50 of 300 signed,
numbered copies). Basic Texas Books 156.
PICKRELL, Annie Doom. Pioneer Women in
Texas. Austin: E. L. Steck, 1929. 474 pp. 8vo, original
gilt pictorial green cloth. Owner’s name on front
paste-down and tipped-in note to owner on front free
endpaper. Very fine. Laid in is a clipping from the
Texas Bar Journal (Feb. 1966) about author’s
son.
First edition. Basic Texas Books 161: "The
best book on women in early Texas, this is a useful and
fascinating compilation of biographies of 77 notable Texas
women, compiled from recollections and memoirs of women who
came to Texas prior to statehood." Dobie, p. 62. Rader
2666. Sloan, Women in the Cattle Country 464.
Winegarten, p. 115. Very scarce in the first printing.
RICHARDSON, Rupert Norval. Texas: The Lone Star
State. New York: Prentice Hall, 1943. xix [3] 590 pp.,
color map, illustrations. 8vo, original cloth. Very
good.
First edition. Basic Texas Books 171.
SMITH, Justin H. The Annexation of Texas.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1941. [2] ix [1] 496 [4] pp.
8vo, original maize cloth. Fine copy in fine d.j.
Fourth
and best edition, revised and corrected. Basic Texas
Books 188C: "One of the most comprehensive studies of
the movement to bring Texas into the Union." Griffin 4215:
"Based on exhaustive research in American and Texas
sources. Conclusion justifies annexation and fails to
consider seriously the basic Mexican point of view,
emphasizing, rather, the incompetence and irrationality of
Mexican official action." Harvard Guide to American
History, p. 235. Howes S634. Rader 2945. Trask 5721.
WEBB, Walter Prescott. (editor). The Handbook
of Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association,
1952-1976. xv [3] 977 + vii [1] 953 + xiv [2] 1145 pp. 2 +
supplement vol., 8vo, cloth. Fine in
d.j.’s.
First edition.
(14 vols.)
($300-600)