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Texas History Movies
by John Rosenfield, Jr. , Illustrated by John Patton

Book is in Very Good+ condition for its age. No Dust Jacket as issued

    * Limited replica edition - exact duplicate of the 1928 original edition - includes certificate of authenticity by the publishers
    * Oversize hardcover with illustrated boards front and back
    * Illustrations by John Patton, text by John Rosenfield, Jr.
    * Published by Pepper Jones Martinez, 1970, 217 pages
    * Originally published by the Dallas Morning News in serial form from the Fall of 1926 until June 1927. The strips begin with the Spanish occupation of the New World and continues through Texas' reconstruction following the civil war.
    








$49.95
Pecos Tales
by Paul Patterson

Book is in Near Mint condition in Excellent +++ DJ

    * Patterson grew up and worked in ranching country east and north of the Pecos River. As a man, he worked herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. For a while, Paul was a hillbilly disc jockey in Fort Worth, but soon turned to teaching. With his fine wit and his skill as a teller anecdotes, Paul often appeared as a speaker. He used to do rodeo announcing and has written several books. This book is grown out of his life in Pecos County.
    * Texas Folklore Society, 1967, Austin, Paisano Books #2.
    * 101 pg

 

 




$27.50
Texas Hold'Em
By Kinky Friedman
Signed by Kinky

Book is in Very Good + condition in Very Good + DJ

    * SIGNED by Kinky on the title page
    * The Kinkster's take on the state made famous by the Alamo, with provocative essays, profiles of famous Texans, and more, in his inimitable style
    * Stated First Edition, 2005
    * A couple of slightly dog-eared pages, otherwise very clean, tightly bound,
    * 215 pages, St. Martin's Press,


 

  






$74.95
Buck Chadborn: Border Lawman
by Bill James
1995 SIGNED numbered 1st Edition

Book is in Very Good condition

    * The author's primary purpose in writing this book was to present accurate information about some of the lesser known men who were involved in gunfights in the old west. This is the story of one of those men, Buck Chadborn.
    * 1995 numbered #5 of 400, inscribed and signed by the author
    * 68 pages
    * heavily illustrated with actual photographs of the men and the weapons involved
    * HC no DJ




$49.95
Early Days at Salt Creek and Teapot Dome
by Ed Bille
SIGNED by the Author

Book is in NEAR MINT condition for age

    * A pictorial history of two central Wyoming fields, one famous, one notorious, full of pictures and descriptions of the early days of the western U.S. oil boom.
    * 1978, pub by Mountain States Lithograph, 170 pages,
    * 11 1/4 x 8 1/4.



 



$249.95
Two Particular Friends of Stephen F. Austin
by L. Randall Rogers
1990 first edition, inscribed by author

Book is in Near Mint / Mint condition in VG+ DJ

    * From the DJ: Inscribed, Signed and Dated by the author. A story from the Colonial Period of the Anglo-American settlement of Texas. The two particular friends were Refugio De la Garza and Felipe De la Garza who were instrumental in making the settlement possible. This story gives details of the lives of these friends, who met through the Masonic Lodge.
    * Texian Press, 1990 First Edition, 138 pages
    * DJ has 1/8" tear and small amount of edge wear, otherwise crisp and bright
    * Tightly bound, like new book









$54.95
Life on the Texas Range
Photographs by Erwin E. Smith, text by J Haley


1952 Printing Stated

Book is in Very Good  condition, in Good Dust Jacket

        *  Erwin Smith, who took a camera to cow camps in the early years of this century, before the old life in the saddle was entirely dead and gone.

        * "Smith is to range-land photography what Mathew Brady was to Civil War photography." - Houston Chronicle

A photographic record of the real life and work of cowboys. Erwin E. Smith was the outstanding cowboy photographer of the West, and these eighty photographs were among those he chose for an exhibit of his best work at the 1936 Texas Centennial. With text by J. Evetts Haley, a noted historian of the range.

1952 Univ of Texas Press, HC no DJ, 112 pages, 80 + b/w plates of images of life on the range, Exceptionally clean inside.



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Land of the High Sky
by John Howard Griffin  

 

Book is in GOOD + condition. No DJ

  • Pub by First National Bank of Midland, 1959, 212 pages, 
  • The history of the oil-rich Permian Basin area of West Texas, centered around Midland Texas. 
  • This book commissioned by the First Nat Bank.
  • Written by the author of Black Like Me, the book provides an account of the early days about the buffalo, the Comanche and violent conflicts before it became the home of the cowboys and ranchers. Great ranches were developed in this area, then oil was discovered and the little cowtown became a cosmopolitan city, the center of the Permian Basin oil empire.
  • Pages clean throughout and tightly bound. 
  • Writing inside the rear cover along with pencil marks, 
  • Corner bumps on cover, along with edge wear. 

 

 

 

 

$19.95

Lone Stars and State Gazettes
Texas Newspapers before the Civil War
by Marilyn McAdams Sibley
Stated First edition - 1983

Book is in Mint condition in Excellent+ DJ (one very small tear on DJ)

    * From the time the press first reached Texas in 1813 until the Civil War, some 400 newspapers appeared to chronicle the development of a nation, then a state.
    * An annotated checklist of Texas newspapers from annexation to the Civil War makes this an invaluable reference work, but its lively style make it an interesting tale for any who likes to read about Texas history.
    * 1983 Stated First Edition, Texas A&M Univ Press, 404 pages



 




$29.95
Sabers on the Rio Grande
By Jerry Thompson, illustrated by Bruce Marshall
1974 Limited edition

Book is in Like New condition, in Mylar wrap

    * Numerous black & white illustrations. Tan boards with color pictorial on cover in original clear mylar dj.

    * A fine military history on the Laredo and South Texas area from pre-historic times through the Civil War, with an emphasis on Hispanic history. Contains information on the conquistadors, Father Hidalgo, Canales, Somervell Expedition, Mier Expedition, Fort McIntosh, Santos Benavides, the Civil War, Texas Rangers, Indians and Indian raids.

    * A compilation of a series of articles published by the Laredo Times in 1973-1974 on the military history of Laredo.

    * Printed on special paper, oversized book at 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 square
    * Limited printing stated at 500. Not numbered
    * Pub by Presidential Press, 1974. 235 pages
    * Only flaw is mylar has a couple of small tears








$249.95
Where the Old West Never Died
The history and story of the  famous Meling cattle ranch in the Baja
by Paul Sanford
1968 first edition


Book is in Very Good condition

    * Pages clean and white, nice pictorial boards
    * Ex Library copy, with usual markings/card holder, black marks along page edge
    * Published by the Naylor Company, 1968, 121 pages.
    * Frontispiece map, illustrations.
    * Original pictorial cloth.
    * Many photographs included
            

Saga of Baja California's famed Meling Guest Ranch. 121 pages, photos, map end-papers. Meling Ranch, also known as Rancho San José, is the product of a marriage uniting two pioneering families - the Melings and the Johnsons. Both families settled in northern Baja California in the early 1900s.







$44.95
From Hell to Breakfast
edited by Boadright and Day
1969 facsimile of 1944 edition

Book is in Very Good ++ condition

    * Ex-library , no DJ
    * Remainder marks
    * Pages are very clean and tightly bound
    * Spine straight
    * How far is it from hell to breakfast? Out in the cow country a man upon returning from a trip might say that he had traveled from hell to breakfast. Nobody could tell you in miles just how far he had been, but everybody would know that he had traveled a far piece and covered a lot of territory.





$24.95
Colorado 1870 - 2000 Revisited
The History Behind the Images
by Thomas J. Noel and John Fielder
1st Edition SIGNED by John Fielder

Book is in Near Mint condition in Near Mint DJ

    * Full of images, this book goes beyond the authors' prior book and tells you why a town disappeared, how a reservoir came to be, and whom we can thank for preserving threat majestic mountain. Thomas Noel reveals the fascinating tales behind what's pictured in William Henry Jackson's 19th century photographs, supplemented by his own magnificent photographs of Colorado.
    * Gift inscription as well as the author's signature.
    * Westcliffe Publishers 2001,319 pg





$64.95
Chihuahua Crossing
by Bill Leftwich, inscribed / signed

Book is in Near Mint to Mint condition HC in Like DJ

    * Chihuahua Crossing is a large, well-built concrete bridge across the Rio Grande that is not well guarded. This is a work of fiction, about Islamic fanatics, led by a Cuban, who come across with the intention of blowing up Los Alamos, Sandia Lab and Pan Tex, near Amarillo, Texas. It is up to Pete Kyle, a Texas rancher and WW2 veteran, to stop the terrorists.
    * 2004 self-published, inscribed and signed by the author
    * Bill Leftwich was born in Oklahoma into an English, Chicasaw-Cherokee family. Raised in Texas, he fought in WW2 and received 3 battle stars and the silver star. A prolific writer of western fiction and non-fiction.








$199.95
A Man Called Paladin
by Frank Robertson
FIRST EDITION

Book is in NEAR MINT condition in a GOOD + DJ

    * From the DJ:  Four exciting new adventures of this knight errant of the Old West. Written by one of the best known Western authors.
    * The first story reveals how Paladin won his name and character in a duel. Another puts him on the trail of the evil that is poisoning a lumber camp. In the third, he takes the side of a threatened group of Chinese people. In the fourth, Paladin at long last meets the man who murdered his parents during the Civil War (shades of Batman !!)
    * First Edition
    * Pub by MacMillan, 1963, 218 pages,
    * Pages all clean and tightly bound. Spine is straight.
    * DJ is not price clipped. Has shelf wear and some small tears



 







$199.95
I Come Runnin'
by Martha Emmons
Inscribed / Signed by the Author


Book is overall in EX condition. NM book in VG Dust Jacket

    * Inscribed / Signed by Martha Emmons
    * Texas folklore, including:
            Tall tales, ghost stories, humorous anecdotes, superstitions, folk saying, folk "cures", all from reminiscences of her early days, early friends black & white, along with stories from her own family & their quaint customs.
    * Texian Press, 101 pages, 1976
    * Illustrated by Ron Vaughan
 



$69.95
To Wear a City's Crown - Beginnings of Urban Growth in Texas 1836 - 1865
by Kenneth Wheeler

Book is in Near Mint condition in Very Good DJ

    * This study of the early development of raw Texas towns into cities focuses on Houston, Galveston, Austin and San Antonio, focusing on the how busy, vital commercial centers acquired culture, morals and pretentions along with economic growth. By 1865 Houston had become the commercial heart of Texas, Austin the seat of government, and Galveston the most cosmopolitan city in the state. San Antonio had begun its transformation from an old Mexican town to a center of commerce and cattle trade.
    * Harvard Univ Press, 1968, Cambridge MA, 222 pages.
    * DJ has some edge wear and 1 small edge tear.






$19.95
Wave of the Gulf Ziegler's Scrapbook of the Texas Gulf Coast Country

Jessica A. Zeigler

 

Book is in VERY GOOD + condition, No DJ

  • History of the Texas Gulf Coast from 1824 to 1938 with a collection of historical & biographical articles on pioneers & settlers. Early history of Houston.
  • Naylor, 1938, 354 pages, 
  • Nominal shelf wear, pages clean and tightly bound

 

 

 

$79.95

Three Years Among the Comanches
The Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texas Ranger

FIRST EDITION 1957

Book is overall in Near Mint condition. Mint book in Good+ Dust Jacket

    * 1957 Western Frontier Library edition. 179 Page, Univ of Oklahoma Press. First Univ of Oklahoma Edition stated.
    * Born in Texas in 1807, Nelson Lee lived a life of adventure. He traveled widely before serving a brief time in the Texas Navy and later, becoming a Texas Ranger in 1840. He saw action in campaigns against marauding Mexicans, troublesome Comanche and outlaw gangs, escaping capture in the expedition to Mier. Later, captured by the Comanche, he survived hardship, cruelty and suffering for the three years of his captivity. After his escape, he returned home and wrote this book, the story of his life in the Comanche country, reprinted here as part of the Western Frontier Library
    * Small amount of wear and small tear at spine to the DJ are the only flaws.

This is the first edition and has no writing, but the DJ is more shelf worn





$39.95

The XIT Ranch of Texas 

and the early days of the Llano Estacado 

by J. Evetts Haley

 

Book is in VERY GOOD condition for its age. HC with DJ in Mylar

  • Not the first ranch in West Texas, but after its formation in the eighteen-eighties, it became the largest single operation in the cow country of the Old West, covering more than 3 million acres.
  • Texas patented this huge rectangle of land in exchange for funds to erect the state capital building in Austin.
  • Western Frontier Library edition, 1967. University of Oklahoma Press. 258 pages. 
  • 7 3/4" x 5"
  • Pages clean and tightly bound, bright white pages.  No writing.
  • Ex-library book with pasted down Mylar wrapped dust jacket. Library bookplate.

 

 

 

$24.95

Elm Fork Settlements
Farmers Branch and Carrollton
by Georgia Myers Ogle

Book is in Very Good ++ Condition. No DJ

    * A detailed history of Carrollton, Texas and Farmers Branch, Texas on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Peters Colony Settlement from which they developed.
    * Illustrated by Sharon Cozart,
    * Nortex Press, 1977.
    * From the library of RL Turner High, ex-library 647 pages, stamped discarded with black marks along edges, the book is otherwise in Excellent condition,
    * Pages clean and well bound.






$99.95

The Texas Senator

by June Rayfield Welch - Author SIGNED

  • Book is in VERY GOOD condition in VERY GOOD DJ in Mylar
  • Tells the stories of the men who have served Texas in the U. S. Senate, beginning with Thomas Rusk and ending with Lloyd Bentsen, providing historical perspective as well as insight into the lives of these men.  
  • Texian Press, 1978, Stated First Printing, 179 pages 
  • Pages are clean, unmarked and bright. Hinges have slight weakness.
  • Ex-library book with no cardholder and minimal library stamping

 

 

 

 

 

$29.95

Heroes of Texas

by A Collection of Authors 

 

  • Book is in GOOD condition in GOOD DJ in Mylar
  • Biographies of 9 of the men who were instrumental in the launching of the Republic of Texas  
  • Paintings by C. B. Normann  Texian Press, 1979 
  • Stated Sixth Printing, 141 pages 
  • Weak hinges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Some pages have some rippling, a few have smudges that do not impact the text and there are some pencil marks inside the rear cover.   
  • Ex-library book with typical library markings and card holder

 

 

 

$34.95

Old Ranches of the Texas Plains

Paintings by Mondel Rogers 

 

  • Book is in GOOD condition in GOOD DJ in Mylar
  • 80 images, some color, some B&W, documenting the golden age of ranching and the development of ranch architecture on the West Texas Plains.  
  • At the back of the book, there is a description of and some history about the subject of each painting.  
  • Texas A&M University Press, 1976 Stated First Edition, 124 pages 
  • Weak hinges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slight hinge separation starting at the title page.   
  • Ex-library book with typical library markings and card holder

 

 

 

 

$64.95

Forgotten Battlefield of the First Texas Revolution 

(The battle of Medina, August 18, 1813) 

by Ted Schwarz, annotated by noted historian Robert Thonhoff

Book is in VERY GOOD condition. HC with DJ in Mylar
  • The bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil took place in Atascosa County near the Medina River in 1813, twenty-three years before the Alamo and San Jacinto. Estimates of up to 1000 Americans and Mexican republicans were killed or executed. Spaniards call it the battle of "El Encinal de Medina."
  • In American history, it is known as the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition, or as the first Texas revolution.
  • This book has been annotated by noted historian Robert Thonhoff, from a manuscript written by Ted Schwarz before his death in 1977.
  • Eakin Press 1985 stated first edition. . 201 pages. 
  • Pages clean and tightly bound, bright white pages.  No writing.
  • Ex-library book with pasted down mylar wrapped dust jacket. 

 

 

 

 

$74.95

 

 

San Antonio The Story of an Enchanted City 

by Frank W. Jennings, 

Cover art by Jane Digby 

Signed by both Jennings and Digby

Book is in MINT condition in MINT Dust Jacket

  • Historian and longtime San Antonio resident Frank Jennings has captured the old and new of the city, focusing on the unique mixture of people - American Indians, Hispanics, Germans, Anglo-Americans and others - that have made San Antonio their home.  
  • 1998, San Antonio Express News, 364 pages 
  • Clean pages, and tight binding - an unread copy. 

 

 

 

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The Story of the Witte Memorial Museum 1922 - 1960
by Bess Woodford and Ellen Quillin

Book is in Near Mint condition in Near Mint DJ

    * This is the story of the people who created a great educational and cultural institution. This story goes deeply into the grass roots of the area round about. The historical background, the customs and lives of those who gave so much to this institution, for a rich mixture of prehistoric Texas, the Spanish conquest, pioneer living, arts and crafts and works of a colorful region.
    * 1966 San Antonio Museum Association, 373 pg





$32.95
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
by Isabella Bird

Book is in MINT condition

    * Soft cover,
    * Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1999 of 1960 copyright, 276 pages.
    * A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains contains letters written by Bird to her sister during her six-month journey through the Colorado Rockies in 1873.




$7.95
Bordertown, the life and Times of El Paso del Norte  by Frank J. Managan, Drawings by Fred Carter

Book is in Excellent + condition. Paperback

  • 1965 2nd printing of 1964 copyright. 120 pages.
  • This book is about the people El Paso and surrounding. 
  • Pulling no punches, it describes what made El Paso part of America's last frontier giving the good and the bad.  Appears to have never been read. Very little wear.
 

 

$14.95

 

Tales of the Big Bend 

by Elton Miles 

Book is in MINT condition in MINT Dust Jacket

  • The author chronicles over 350 years of the Texas Big Bend folk tradition. These are tales to be enjoyed for the richness and variety that reflect the history and character of a land where three cultures - Indian, Mexican and Anglo - met, sometimes peacefully, sometimes with violence. 
  • The tales are as inseparable from the Big Bend as the Rio Grand, the mountains and the canyons. Most of the tales are presented in several, often conflicting versions. Mostly, variations demonstrate the folklorist tradition of making a good story better. A few of the tales are from old books, but most were collected by the author over the 25 years (at time of publication) that he spent living in the Big Bend area. 
  • 1976, Texas A&M University Press, 189 pages 
  • Clean pages, and tight binding - an unread copy. 

 

 

 

$24.95

Jane Long of Texas 1798 - 1880 

By Neila Skinner Petrick - inscribed / signed by author  

Includes letter from author to the recipient - this was a gift from the author

Book is in NEAR MINT condition in EXCELLENT Dust Jacket

  • A biographical novel based on the life story of Jane Long. Born Jane Wilkinson, she married Dr. James Long when she was sixteen. Dr. Long used the Wilkinson fortune to build an army to conquer "Tejas". Long died in Mexico City, a mystery that Jane was compelled to solve. She came to Texas and was a spy in the fight for independence from Mexico. 
  • Jane is a model for every Texas woman. 
  • 1995, Prime Time Press, 296 pages Stated Second Printing.  
  • Very clean pages and tight binding, Small tear and slight wrinkling at top of spine of DJ

 

 

 

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Navarro County History
by Compiled by Wyvonne Putman


Book is in EXCELLENT condition. No Dust Jacket

  • The history of Navarro County, Texas, beginning in the 1830's. 
  • Includes history of notable families, as well as the towns of the county and significant events.
  • First Edition thus
  • Nortex Press, 1975. 244 pages 
  • Pages are clean and unmarked. Minimal shelf wear to cover. Small notation inside back cover.

 

 

 

$49.95

Roses and Locoweed The Life of a Cowboy's Wife 

by Freia J. Hooper-Bradford 

Book is in Very Good condition. Soft cover

  • The author chronicles a life few wives have shared. Married to a cowboy as a young woman, she lived a life she had dreamed about as a horse-crazy teenager. But it wasn't all roses, there was lots of locoweed. 
  • Detailing vagabond ranch life, she accurately recounts the bad tough times as well as the good life in the romantic west of the second half of the 20th century. 
  • 2005, IUniverse, 161 pages 
  • Clean pages, and tight binding with a slight roll in the spine. 

 

 

 

$19.95

 

I'll Take Texas 

by Mary Lasswell   

 

Book is in EXCELLENT condition in VG Dust Jacket

  • Houghton Mifflin, 376 pg, 1958 
  • Jacket has edge wear and a couple of small tears but is otherwise bright and clean. 
  • This is the true story of a love affair between a woman and her homeland. 
  • Born in Brownsville, TX, she moved to New England where she lived until 1953 when she took a casual trip to Texas. 
  • For five years, Lasswell traveled the state, falling in love with the place she was born. 
  • Here is an intimate account of the history and people of Texas.

 

 

 

 

$29.95

 

The Boy in the Alamo
by Margaraet Cousins

Book is in NEAR MINT condition

    * The classic story of the siege of the Alamo, as told for young readers. Originally published in 1958, thousands of children each year enjoy this story from the unique point of view of twelve-year old Billy Campbell.
    * Soft cover,
    * 1983 Corona Publishing, 180 pages,
    * ages 4-8,
    * name written inside front cover, minor highlighting and pencil notations otherwise fine.




$9.95

Journal of Joshua Loper - A Black Cowboy Chisolm Trail, 1871 

by Walter Dean Myers - Signed by the Author

  • Book is in VERY GOOD condition for age
  • Pub by Scholastic, Inc., 154 pages, 1999 
  • Walter Myers chose to write about Joshua Loper because of the important role of black cowboys in American history, and because of the equality and freedom they shared with all cowboys. A compelling story you won't be able to put down.

 

 

 

 

$17.95

The Oregon Trail:
Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
by Francis Parkman

Book is in NEAR MINT condition


    * The book is a first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkman was 23.
    * Heritage Club Edition, faux leather binding with gilt stamp image on front, 1971, 297 pages,
    * Prior owner name mailing label inside cover, otherwise fine,
    * no slipcase





$24.95
Bonanza Towns Leadville And Cripple Creek
by Amanda M. Ellis
SIGNED first edition

Book is in Very Good - condition for age. Soft cover. No DJ as issued

    * The story of the Colorado Gold Rush and the boisterous camps at Cripple Creek and Leadville
    * Dentan Printing Co, Colorado Springs,
    * 1954 soft cover 48 pages









$19.95
The Story of the Little Big Horn, Custer's Last Fight
by Col. W. A. Graham

Book is in EXCELLENT condition

    * The story of Custer's Last Fight - the story of the Little Big Horn - and the mystery that still enshrouds Custer's fate, continue to fascinate the student of Indian Wars.  This narrative became public in 1926.
    * Bonanza books, 5th printing 1959 original 1926 C,
    * Yellow boards, no DJ, minor wear to cover, EX condition based on age. 224 pages






$18.95
A Personal Country
by A. C. Green, Illustrated by Ancel Nunn
SIGNED by the author


    * West Texas, the author's "Personal Country" is mapped in his heart and mind. Looking back on the West Texas he grew up in, in and around Abilene, Greene evokes with humor and affection its people, places and history. He describes a way of life tied to the land, the weather, and what a little luck could bring to the two. The New Yorker called this book "a masterly evocation of West Texas".
    * Texas A&M Press, 1969, 328 pg
    * Dust Jacket is spine sunned but otherwise NM


 




$59.95
The Buffalo Head
by Daniel T. Kelly, with Beatrice Chauvenet
Signed by Daniel Kelly on title page

 

Book is in Like New condition in like Dust Jacket

  • The growth of the Southwest from the point of view of business, and the Gross, Kelley and Company mercantile firm. Its empire spread across nine states and Mexico. The book develops on both a business and  human vein as the lives of the partners and their families are intertwined. The pioneer merchant was a dominant economic factor in the opening of the American West.
  • 65 pages of  illustrations. 
  • All pages clean and tightly bound. A clean, unread copy. Minor shelf wear to edges of Jacket.
  • Published 1972 by Vergara Publishing, 288 pages. 


 

 

 

 

$59.95

First Across the Continent
The Story of the Exploring Expedition of Lewis & Clark
by Noah Brooks


 

Book is in EXCELLENT + condition. No Dust Jacket.

  • The author pieces together the diaries of Lewis & Clark with other research to weave a compelling historical account of the famous expedition.
  • Illustrated frontispiece and illustrated boards 
  • All pages clean and tightly bound. A like-new book 
  • Published 2003 as a special limited edition by Mead Westvaco, 346 pages. Originally issued with a DVD, this copy DOES NOT have the DVD insert.
 

 

 

$39.95

The Frontiersmen, by Allan W. Eckert

Book is in EXCELLENT condition. No Dust Jacket.

  • Based on seven years of extensive research, including multiple documents written from 1700 - 1900. From personal letters, diaries, tribal records, military reports and more, the author documents an historical view of the American frontier. Extensively annotated.
  • Illustrated boards 
  • All pages clean and tightly bound. Light shelf wear to cover. Pages are rough-cut along edge
  • Little, Brown, 1967, 665 pages. 

 

 

 

 

$29.95

Twentieth Century Texas 

An Economic and Social History 

By Ralph W. Steen

 

Book is in VERY GOOD condition for age

  • Pub by The Steck Co., 1942, 370 pages
  • Pages all clean and tightly bound. Cover has some scuffing
  • From the Foreword:  The story of the first four decades of the Twentieth Century development of Texas. Chapters include:
    • The Land and the People
    • Farm and Ranch
    • Industrial Development
    • Transportation in Texas
    • Development of Education
    • Wards of the State
    • Prohibition and After
    • Women in Texas
    • Amusements in Texas
    • Texas in Two Wars
    • Governmental Development

 

 

 

 

 

$17.95

A Texan At Bay

by Paul Crume, Inscribed by the Author

Book is in NEAR MINT condition, no DJ

  • Stated First Edition, Signed by the Author
  • Author was a former columnist for The Dallas Morning News for 20+ years. He re-creates the lost world of his boyhood on the West Texas plains.
  • McGraw Hill, 1961, 212 pages.
  • Has an address label from prior owner on fly page All pages clean and tightly bound. Mild shelf wear.

 

 

 

 

$24.95

Square Dance Hand Book

by Raymond Smith

  • Book is in Very Good condition.
  • Soft cover First Edition thus. Hard to Find in first edition (or any edition)
  • Dozens of square dance calls. From the Foreword: "The dances collected here are the ones most frequently called in our section of the country, with the patter I use in calling them and my explanation of the way in which the dances can be done."
  • Published by the Author, 1947 
  • All pages clean and tightly bound. Name written on cover.
 

 

 

$49.95

A Bowl of Red
by Frank X. Tolbert  
Inscribed / Signed

Book is in EXCELLENT condition in GOOD++ DJ

  • An expanded edition of Tolbert's long unavailable chili bible. Not exactly a cookbook, but a kind of celebration of a truly delectable dish. Recipes in many variations along with history, lore, anecdotes and culinary wisdom.
  • 1972, 205 pages, Doubleday
  • Very clean inside and out. Some wear to dust jacket. .

 

 

 

 

$34.95

Autumn's Mightiest Legions

by Harold V. Ratliff

  • Book is in VERY GOOD condition. No Dust Jacket

  • First Edition thus. Hard to Find in first edition (or any edition)
    History of Texas Schoolboy Football. The definitive history of Texas' favorite sport.
  • Ratliff played football as a boy and covered it as a sports analyst.
  • Texian Press, 1963, 174 pages 
  • Ex-library book, with cardholder and normal markings. Library binding. Marked as discard.
  • All pages clean and tightly bound. Four consecutive pages have some minor damage, and there are a small pen marks in the margins of a few pages, none of which impairs reading. Cover is red, very clean and bright with minimal shelf wear.

 

 

 

 

 

$39.95