FS: Texas - 38 titles

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TEXAS - 38 titles

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Allen, John Houghton. Southwest. Lippincott, 1952, 1st; 220 pp.
Memories of tales told in the brush country of South Texas. Fine in
clean dw with 2" chip. $15

anon. A Garden for Houston. Houston: Forum of Civics, 1929. Near
fine; name & bkstore stamp fep, flexible heavy black cloth boards. $12

Ball, Max W. This Fascinating Oil Business. BobbsM, 1940, probable 1st;
444 pp, index, map ep's, 38 illustrations, 10 maps. Complete and
comprehensive. VG-, spine tips sl wear, else VG+. $18

Brown, Stanley. H. L. Hunt Playboy, 1976, 1st; 218 pp., biblio, index,
photos. Biography. Fine/Good. $10

Carter, Hodding. Doomed Road of Empire. McGraw, 1963, 1st; 407 pp. The
American Trails Series edited by A.B. Guthrie, Jr; the Spanish road of
conquest and the history of the area it reached. F/F. $30

Farris, Frances B. From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents: Rough Times on the
Frio. Fort Worth: TCU, 1985, 1st; 137 pp. A well-written memoir of life
west of San Antonio in the 1870's & 80's. F/F as new. $15

Fischer, John. From the High Plains. Harper, 1978, 1st. Memories of
family, experiences, and accounts of the legendary figures who settled the
high plains area of Texas-Oklahoma. Illustrated by Paul Laune. F/NF.
$20

Foote, Horton. Harrison, Texas. Harcourt, 1956, 1st. Eight Television
Plays. His first book, issued the same day as "The Chase." NF/VG,
name under flap. $35

Fryxell, Paul A. The Natural History of the Cotton Tribe. Texas A&M,
1978, 1st; 245 pp, biblio, index. Systematic treatment, with 56
illustrations. F/NF corner clipped. $12

Green, Ben K. Horse Tradin'. NY: Knopf, 1968/1967, 4th; 304 pp. Twenty
authentic tales of horses and Texas, with illustrations by Lorence
Bjorklund. VG/VG, gift inscription. $15

Halstead, Murat. Galveston / The Horrors of a Stricken City. American
Pub Assoc, 1900; 368 pp inc. @45 photo plates. "Portraying by pen and
picture the horrors that befell the Queen City on the gulf and the
terrible scenes that followed...." Red cloth stamped with picture.
Good; corners bumped. $22

Henry, Stuart. Conquering our Great American Plains. Dutton, 1930, appt
1st; 395 pp, index, 8 b&w plates. Wild Bill: Abilene and the Cattle
Trail, by a writer who grew up with the town, with personal views of Wild
Bill Hickok, Marshall Tom Smith, etc. Listed in SixGuns #974, Graff
#1868, Herd #1026, & others. Green cloth. VG-; some flecking on spine;
ep's browned, a few foxing spots first few pages. $30

Howard, Dorothy. Dorothy's World: Childhood in Sabine Bottom 1902-1910.
Prentice-Hall, 1977, 1st, 298 pp; a Family Bookshelf selection. "The
purpose of this book is to document the pre-school learning of one child:
What, How, Where, When, Why or What For; in the world of an East Texas
Farm, 1902-1910. NF/VG-, dw lt top edgewear. $10

Irwin, Howard S. Roadside Flowers of Texas. U. Texas, 1961, 1st; 295 pp.
260 color paintings by Mary Motz Wills (on 65 pp), key, descriptions,
index. VG, some finger wrinkles, in chipped and torn dw, bookplate ex
libris "Buck West". $25

Jennings, N. A. A Texas Ranger. Ruidoso: Frontier Book Co, facsimile
reproduction of Scribmer's 1899 1st edition; small 8vo, 321 pp. He joined
the Rangers in 1874 and by the time he retired, at the age of 22, had
already seen enough battles and adventure to last a lifetime. Listed in
Dykes' "Ten Most Outstanding Books on the West" chapter of WHS; in Adams
#150, Sixguns #1173 Lt blue cloth stamped. VG, corners sl rub, name
stamp front and rear ep's. $20

Jordan, Terry G. Trails to Texas: Southern Roots of Western Cattle
Ranching. U Nebraska, 1981, 1st; 220 pp, with photos, charts, notes,
biblio, index. F/F $15

Kelley, Pat. River of Lost Dreams: Navigation on the Rio Grande.
U.Nebraska, 1986, 149 pp. Including maps, photos, lists of vessels,
stream flow, effect of dams, notes, biblio, index. F/NF, one 1/4"
closed dw tear. $16

Kilman, Ed, and Theon Wright. Hugh Roy Cullen. Prentice-Hall, 1954, 1st;
372 pp., photos, index. Biography of Texas oil man & philanthropist.
NF in edgeworn dw. $10

Leeper, J.P. Festivals of San Antonio. Trinity Univ, 1983, 1st; 9.7x7.7,
37 pp. Watercolors by Caroline Shelton with explanatory text and biblio.
F/F. $9

Lord, Walter. A Time to Stand. Harper, 1961, 1061 on jacket flap. The
"Epic of the Alamo Seen as a Great National Experience." VG/VG, name
on fep, price clipped. $20

MacConnell, C E. XIT Buck. U Arizona, 1968, 1st; 284 ppl. Memoirs of a
North Texas & New Mexico cowboy, with photos and index. Inscribed and
signed by author. F/F. $50

McCutchan, Joseph D. Mier Expedition Diary: A Texas Prisoner's Account.
U. Texas, 1978, 1st; 246 pp, ep maps, biblio, index. The diary of a young
soldier in the disastrous 1842 invasion of Mexico. Edited by Joseph M
Nance. F/F. $15

Bella... Bella Starr; or The Bandit Queen. Austin: Steck, 1960.
Facsimile of the 1889 book in Adams'150 #129, Sixguns #2127. VG in
good slipcase; pink spine faded an even yellow. $20

Walton, W. M. Life and Adventures of Ben Thompson the Famous Texan.
Austin: Steck, 1956, 1st thus; 229 pp. Facsimile of the 1954 book; in
Sixguns#2302, Howe #W82, BTB #210. Fine in Good box; slipcase edges
worn. $40

Randolph, John. The Jokes on Texas. John Randolph, 1954, 1st;
paperwraps, 64 pp, 8vo. VG, back discolored. $8

Reynolds, Robert. The Cowboy. Portland: Graphic Arts, 1975, 1st;
10.5x10.5", n.p. A contemporary photographic study; @ 150 pp of color
photos. VG/VG, unmarked. $14

Sampson, R. Neil. For Love of the Land. Texas: NACD, 1985, appt. 1st. A
History of the National Association of Conservation Districts. F/NF.
$8

Siringo, Charles A., A Texas Cowboy; or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane
Deck of a Spanish Pony. Indian Head, 1991, rprint of the 1885 classic.
F/F. $10

Stephenson, Nathaniel W. Texas and the Mexican War. Yale U, 1921, 1st;
273 pp, index. # 24 of Yale Chronicles of America Series with 11 tissued
plates and fold-out map. Olive cloth with ornate gilt & stamped design.
VG; lower inch of front discolored; library collection with three marks: #
on lower spine, stamp fep, unused pocket rear ep. $20

Swan, Oliver - ed. Covered Wagon Days. G&D repr, c. 1928; 4to, 274 pp.
A collection of various pieces, first published as "Frontier Days." Six
color plates. Tan cloth VG with color plate inset; corners sl bump.
$12

Time-Life Old West: Daniels, George, ed. The Spanish West. Time-Life,
1976, 1st. Fine. $10

Time-Life Old West: Niven, David. Texans. Time-Life, 1975, 1st.
Fine. $10

Time-Life Old West: Niven, David. Texans. Time-Life, reprint.
Fine. $6

Tinker, Edward Larocque. The Horsemen of the Americas / and the
Literature they Inspired. U Texas, 1967, 1st printing of 2nd rev. ed.;
9.2x12.2, 150 pp, biblio, index. Lore of gauchos, charros & cowboys, many
tales, song quotes, illus; 8 fine full-color plates. A handsome book
Brown pict. cloth. VG except page 11 has been rumpled and has a 2" chip
off margin. $20

Wallace, Ernest, and E A Hoebel. The Comanches: Lords of the South
Plains. Norman: U Okla, 1969/1952, 5th; 381 pp. Inscribed "to a good
friend and colleague" and signed by the author. NF/VG; dw spine sl
fade, 1/2" chip. $25

Lee, Nelson. Three Years Among the Comanches. Norman: U Oklahoma, 1957,
1st thus; 178 pp. Western Frontier Series. First published 1859, this
covers his Texas Ranger activities from 1840, including three years
captivity with the Comanches. "Damn good & right scarce!" one collector
noted; in BTB#123, Howes L212, Field #905, Becker W-C#334, Dobie, etc
VG/VG; name, lt dw edgewear. $30

McKnight, Reginald. The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas. Boston: LB
Co, 1992, 1st. The second story collection from the prize-winning author,
revealing the African-American middle class as a crucible of experience.
Signed by the author F/F. $20

Wellman, Paul The Comancheros. Dday, 1952, 1st. A novel of early Texas.
VG in very chipped dw, inch gone of dw spine top & bottom. $20

Wharton, C. R. The Republic of Texas: A Brief History... Houston: 1922,
1st. Signed by the author. Red cloth. Spine sl sunned, corners sl
bumped, contents VG: overall G+ $40

Prices Net to All.

[How to read the condition codes: F = fine, which is about the same is
perfect. NF= near fine; VG= Very Good; defects on these two are usually
noted. Good = Good, which means solid; may have an owners name, bumped
corners, a few wrinkles, etc. Fair and poor also exist, although there may
not be any here.
dw = dust wrap or jacket. Condition of dust jacket is shown after the
/slash, so that F/G means Fine book in Good jacket.]

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