Port Arthur: n.p., 1912. Soft cover. Two-page A. L. S. (autographer letter signed) hand-written in pencil by Mary Sweeney of Port Arthur, Texas, dated Sept. 3rd, 1912. Ms. Sweeney writes in an "Advertisment" that she has no ill will toward the people who removed her from being nominated for "Qween.....
Brazoria, Valasco: Brazoria County Abstract Company, 1909. Soft cover. Folded set of original legal papers pertaining to September 2, 1909, transfer of property in town or city of Valasco, County of Brazoria, Texas, which is south of Houston on or near the Gulf of Mexico. First document is dated August.....
Kaufman TX: Kaufman Grade School, 1976. First Thus. Soft cover. Quarto size stapled 1976 booklet featuring the Kaufman, Texas, Elementary School "Bobcats" Mini Pee Wee Football Team. 14 sheets, printed on one side. One page gives names of the Parents Teachers Club, another of the roster of the "Bobcats" and.....
Galveston: Galveston - Dallas News, 1901. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st edition. Printed dark gray-green wraps. 397pp. plus a bunch of ad pages in the back and some in front. Illus. Huge amount of information, of course. Good minus due to 1" triangle chip bottom front corner of back panel;.....
The Housekeeper, 1906. Soft cover. Clipped paper ad from The Housekeeper, August, 1906. 4 1/2" x 8 1/2", "Get a Home in Texas" etc, "Does this Interest YOU?" Drawing of State of Texas with a hand coming down from Oklahoma to Corpus Christi. Touts "an entirely new part of the.....
Paris TX: North Texas Publishing Co, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped red cloth. 278pp. Chapter head drawings and lovely endpaper maps drawing by the incomparable Jose Cisneros. Inscribed to no one in particular, "With all good wishes / A. W. Neville / Sept 14 / 9154." Various chapters.....
El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1962. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of the Hertzog edition of book first published in 1901. Black cloth with gilt owl on front cover, as also had the 1901 edition. 121pp. Illus. Wonderful drawings by the incomparable Tom Lea. Index. Appendices. Intro & Notes by Rex.....
Quanah: Nortex Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Silver-stamped hardcover. 128pp. Illus. Inscribed to no one in particular, "Best Wishes Wanda Landry." From my experience having had family living in the Big Thicket of East Texas, an outlaw could fine a place to hide here and no one could.....
Junction TX: Privately published, 2021. Soft cover. 24th printing. Pictorial glossy wraps. 240pp. Illus. Signed on title page by "Clint Smith / Grandson of Clinton L. Smith" and "Great-Grandson / Clint Smith Jr." Subtitle continues, "Among the Comanche and Apache Indians During the Early Days -- The Only Two Brothers.....
Fredericksburg: Gillespie County Fair Assoc, 1948. First Thus. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. (112pp). Illus. Index. Ads. Great nostalgic item for this famous Texas Hill Country city. Country fairs one might say are the under-appreciated backbone of America. A few spots of paper loss (not holes) on back cover. Vg. Should.....
Austin and San Antonio: Univ of Texas and Institute of Texas Cultures, 1994. Soft cover. 2nd printing. 4to black and white pictorial wraps. 27pp. Illustrated with vintage photos and portraits. Index. Near fine.