SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA AND TEXAS AS OBSERVED BY....
[Waco, Tx. 1970]. 208pp. Illus. Quarto. Cloth. Fine in rubbed dust jacket.
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THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST 1542 - 1794 AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Albuquerque: The Quivira Society, 1937. Two volumes. 7-270; 275-553pp. plus illustrations and map. Frontis. Quarto. Original white quarter cloth, gilt- stamped cover and spine. Minor soiling on covers. Overall very good, second volume untrimmed. A classic work on the literature of the Spanish Southwest.
HEAD QUARTERS, DIST. OF TEXAS, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6.
[Houston. Feb. 23, 1865]. Broadside, 8 x 4 3/4 inches. Small, closed tear in upper margin. Minor foxing. Small institutional stamp ("withdrawn") on verso. Good. A scarce Confederate imprint, reporting the details of the attempted desertion of Private Antone Richers of Degé's Light Battery. Richers deserted on December 10, 1864.....
SKETCH OF THE EVENTS OF A HUNT IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
[N.p. N.d., 1907]. Unpaginated, [46]pp. Illustrated with twelve plates from photographs. Stitched. Titlepage verso with repair along spine, else very good. In a morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. Privately printed account of a Texas hunt, in late December 1906 and early January 1907, out of Houston, organized by oilman John S......
LETTER OF MR. WALKER, OF MISSISSIPPI, RELATIVE TO THE REANNEXATION OF TEXAS: IN REPLYING TO THE CALL OF THE PEOPLE OF CARROLL COUNTY, KENTUCKY, TO COMMUNICATE HIS VIEWS ON THAT SUBJECT.
Washington. 1844. 32pp. Dbd. Foxed and dampstained. This letter, published originally in the Washington GLOBE of Feb. 3, 1844, is credited by Streeter with being the start of the debate on the annexation of Texas. Walker attempted to reassure the North that annexation would mean more commerce and an ultimate.....
LETTER OF MR. WALKER, OF MISSISSIPPI, RELATIVE TO THE REANNEXATION OF TEXAS: IN REPLY TO THE CALL OF THE PEOPLE OF CARROLL COUNTY, KENTUCKY, TO COMMUNICATE HIS VIEWS ON THAT SUBJECT.
Philadelphia: Mifflin and Parry, 1844. 32pp. Self-wrappers. Institutional stamp on title page. Text is clean and bright. Very good. Third edition, reprinted the same year as the previous two. This letter, published originally in the Washington GLOBE of Feb. 3, 1844, is credited by Streeter with being the start of.....
THE AMERICAN ITALY (OUR ITALY).
London. 1892. viii,226pp. including plates and in-text woodcuts. Original cloth. Head of spine slightly bumped. Front free endpaper excised. Titlepage detached. Else a good copy. Well illustrated perspective on the now well-known theme of an American Mediterranean in southern California. Also describes the desert interior of California, and the southwest.....
[AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT, SIGNED, BY R.F SLAUGHTER, REGARDING TESTIMONY IN THE MURDER CASE OF RICHARD E. WATERHOUSE OF SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS].
[San Augustine, Tx. ca. 1863]. [4]pp. Folio sheets. Three horizontal folds, some soiling and staining. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase and chemise, spine gilt. A detailed, closely written report concerning the testimony of three suspects in the murder of Richard E. Waterhouse in San Augustine.....
SILVER THEATRE. AMUSEMENTS OF THE MINING FRONTIER IN EARLY NEVADA, 1850 - 1864.
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964. 5-387pp. including thirty-five illustrations and folding map. Frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth in pictorial jacket, silver lettered spine. Small tear at foot of front cover, spine gently sunned. Near fine. From gambling to dancing girls to refined theaters, Watson provides a comprehensive history of.....
HISTORY AS HIGH ADVENTURE.
Austin: The Pemberton Press, 1969. xvii,206,[1]pp. Contemporary green half morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Text clean and bright. Fine. In green slipcase. One of 350 numbered copies of a collection of speeches on the value and teaching of history by Walter Prescott Webb, professor at the University of Texas and.....
ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY; OR, WILD SCENES AND WILD HUNTERS.
Philadelphia. 1852. 610pp. Illustrations. Frontis. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Head and toe of spine a bit frayed, else very good. Much coverage of John James Audubon, who was a friend of Webber's, and of Daniel Boone, who accompanied Audubon on many hunting trips. With plates by A.J. Miller. A......
REPORT OF A VISIT TO THE NAVAJO, PUEBLO, AND HUALAPAIS INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.
Philadelphia: Indian Rights Association, [ 1885]. 48pp. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling. Internally clean. Near fine. Like most of the publications of the Indian Rights Association, the present pamphlet discusses in detail the social and economic situation of the named tribes, including an assessment of slavery among them.....
TRAILING THE FORTY-NINERS THROUGH DEATH VALLEY.
San Francisco. 1939. 37pp., plus folding map and illustrations. Addenda slip laid in. Original printed wrappers. Near fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding box, spine gilt. A presentation copy, inscribed by Wheat on the front free endpaper. "This foundational work on Death Valley attempts to trace the geographical.....
TRAVELS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE MEXICAN CORDILLERA, IN THE FORM OF FIFTY-ONE LETTERS...By Cincinnatus.
San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., 1857. 438pp. plus illustrations. Original publisher's cloth. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed. Lacking front fly leaf. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor foxing. Very good. These letters relate several journeys through Arizona and the Southwest, and include information about a potential railroad route, copper mining.....
REPORT UPON GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS...VOL. V. CHAPTER III, ZOOLOGY.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875. 20,[2],133-507,[1],977-89, plus fifteen chromolithographs. Quarto. Later green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Minute off-setting to plates. Overall internally clean. Very good. The third chapter of the fifth volume of the Wheeler survey, discussing the birds of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. The text was.....
REPORT UPON GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS WEST OF THE ONE HUNDRETH MERIDIAN...CHAPTERS VII - XVI. VOL. V. - ZOOLOGY.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875. 1-21,[3],707-1021pp. plus eleven chromolithographic plates. Quarto. Three quarter black calf and pebbled black cloth, black gilt morocco label. Minute toning to edges. Oveall very good. The latter part of the fifth volume of the Wheeler survey, comprising chapters seven through sixteen and focusing on the.....
NEWS OF THE PLAINS AND ROCKIES 1803-1865. ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF OVERLAND TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE SELECTED FROM THE WAGNER-CAMP AND BECKER BIBLIOGRAPHY...
Spokane, 1996-2000. Eight volumes. Original cloth, as new. Bookplates of James Copley. A very useful set, compiling the texts of most of the ephemeral and difficult to locate texts described in Wagner-Camp in one useful set. This is the complete set as issued; a supplemental volume was issued later...
RURAL LIFE IN TEXAS.
Atlanta. 1891. [2] leaves of advertisements, 82pp., [2] leaves of advertisements. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Copyright notice on printed slip. Some chipping at spine ends and bottom corner, wraps dust soiled. Printed on quite bad paper and browned throughout as usual. A good copy of an item usually found in.....
COLORADO VOLUNTEERS IN THE CIVIL WAR THE NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN IN 1862.
Denver. 1906. 159pp. Frontis. Illus. Printed wrappers. Spine sunned. About fine. Covers the major Confederate battles of the period in the Southwest, with photographic illustrations depicting the battleground, etc.
LAST LEAVES OF AMERICAN HISTORY: COMPRISING HISTORIES OF THE MEXICAN WAR AND CALIFORNIA.
New York. 1849. 230,[10]pp. plus folding map. Original cloth. Head and toe of spine frayed. Scattered foxing, minor tear at folds of map, bookplate. A good copy. A reliable account of California and the Mexican War, describing causes leading to the war with Mexico, the conquest of New Mexico and.....
THE ANIMATING PURSUITS OF SPECULATION. LAND TRAFFIC IN THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.
New York. 1949. 230pp. Cloth. Fine. Important study of land speculation in the Texas Republic.
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE TRUTH OF THE TRADITION CONCERNING THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY PRINCE MADOG. [bound with:] FARTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, BY PRINCE MADOG....
London. 1791, 1792. Two volumes bound in one. [iii]-viii,82,[4]; ix,[1],51,[1]pp. Lacks half title in first volume. 19th-century three- quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards worn along edges and joints. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Scattered foxing. Very good. The author gives an account of Prince Madog's discovery of America.....
PIONEER SURVEYOR, FRONTIER LAWYER. THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF O.W. WILLIAMS. 1877-1902.
El Paso: Texas Western College Press, 1966. xii,350pp. Cloth. Spine a bit sunned with minor tears, else a fine copy. Remnants of pictorial dust jacket (spine gone). In slipcase. One of the "Fort Stockton" limited edition of 150 copies, signed by the editor (S.D. Myres), the author of the introduction.....
NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF MRS. JANE ADELINE WILSON, DURING HER CAPTIVITY AMONG THE COMANCHE INDIANS. [Contained in:] PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT. VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 45.
Portland, Me. February 18, 1854. [353]-360pp. Large folio newspaper. Dbd. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. A scarce newspaper printing of an important and well- written Indian captivity from Texas in 1853, when Mrs. Jane Adeline Wilson, her brothers-in-law, and some of her traveling party were captured and experienced "great.....
SHORT RAVELINGS FROM A LONG YARN; OR, CAMP LIFE AND MARCH SKETCHES, ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
Santa Ana. 1936. 158pp. Half morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Nearly very good. Introduction by Henry Wagner. Edited by Bejamin F. Taylor. Reprint of the extremely rare 1847 original, this is a good account of a trip over the Santa Fe Trail, apparently in.....
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