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1 (Southwest Review) SOUTHWEST REVIEW AUTUMN, 1929
Dallas SMU 1929 1st. Wrs. Very Good 
Vol. XV, No. 1-vii plus 130 pp. Stanley Vestal-LYNN RIGGS: POET AND DRAMATIST, pp. 64-71, a short essay about the author of Green Grow the Lilacs, which was the basis for the musical Oklahoma. Also Alexandre Hogue-WITH SOUTHWESTERN ARTISTS, Queen of the Valley, pp. 119-126, article about Glen Rose with two illus. by E.G. Eisenlohr. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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2 (Southwest Review) SOUTHWEST REVIEW, Fall 1945
Dallas SMU 1945 1st. Stif Pict. Wrs. Very Good 
Contains: Rister-When Camels Came to Texas; DeGolyer-Anthony F. Lucas and Spindletop; Barker- Pity the Poor President; Gipson-Hound Dog Men Are Born; and many other interesting articles. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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3 (Southwest Review) SOUTHWEST REVIEW, Spring 1965
Dallas SMU 1965 1st. Stif Pict. Wrs. Fine 
Contains: A PORTRAIT OF PANCHO DOBIE by Alexander Hogue with illus. by Hogue, pp. 101-113, and DOBIE'S SUNDAY PIECES by Bertha Dobie, pp. 114-118. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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4 (Southwest Review) SOUTHWEST REVIEW, Winter1933
Dallas Southwest Review 1933 1st. Wrs. Very Good 
Contains: Gambrell, Herbert-ANSON JONES; Owens, Wm.-THE PLAY-PARTY IN TEXAS; Boatright, Mody - PAPPY BARKER'S HOUSE; Comfort, Will - STORY OF INEZ GONZALES (Apache captive);& more. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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5 Adam, Hans Christian. EDWARD S. CURTIS 1868-1952.
N.Y. Taschen 1999 1st. Edition Fine Fine 
small folio, map, hundreds of Curtis' photos of American Indians with limited text in English, French & German. A fine collection of his better known photos. As New. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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6 Alexander, Drury B., Text; Todd Webb, Photographs. TEXAS HOMES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Austin Amon Carter Museum 1966 1st. Near Fine Very Good 
276 pp., 200 plates, index. A visual summary of the architectural history of the state from the time that Anglo-Americans first came to Texas to the close of the century. 
Price: 50.00 USD
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7 Barker, Eugene C. THE TAMPICO EXPEDITION.
Houston Union Natl. Bk. 1930 Wrs, Very Good 
Paper covers, 8 pp. Reprint by the Union Natl. Bank of Houston of an article by Barker in the TSHA Quarterly, which was given to customers in the 1930's. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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8 Bruce, Robert. THE FIGHTING NORTHS AND PAWNEE SCOUTS.
Lincoln Nebraska Hist. Soc. 1932 1st. Pict. Wrs. Fine 
72 pp., photos, maps. The extraordinary careers of Frank & Luther North who organized & commanded the Pawnee Scouts Bn. Based on correspondence with L. North 1929-1932. 1863-1877 - Powder River Expedition, Plum Creek, Massacre Canon, Dull Knife Fight. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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9 Bryant, Billy. CHILDREN OF OL' MAN RIVER. The Life and Times of a Showboat Trouper.
Chicago Lakeside Press 1988 Cloth Fine No Jacket 
illus., maps, index. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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10 Clark, LaVerne Harrell. THEY SANG FOR HORSES. The Impact of the Horse on Navajo & Apache Folklore.
Tucson U. Of Arizona Press 1966 1st. Edition Fine Fine 
Illus. by Ted DeGrazia, index. Has several color reproductions of paintings by Indian artists. Beautiful book. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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11 Clark, LaVerne Harrell. THEY SANG FOR HORSES. The Impact of the Horse on Navajo & Apache Folklore.
Tucson U. Of Arizona Press 1966 1st. Edition Cloth Near Fine No Jacket Inscribed By Author
Illus. by Ted DeGrazia, index. Has several color reproductions of paintings by Indian artists. Beautiful book. 
Price: 50.00 USD
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12 Collins, John S. MY EXPERIENCES IN THE WEST.
Chicago Lakeside Press 1970 1st. Cloth Fine 
252 pp., foldout map, index. This book combines selections from Collins' ACROSS THE PLAINS IN '64 (1904) and the expanded edition (1911). Collins operated the fur trading post at Ft. Laramie from 1872 until about 1882. The longest section of the book has to do with his hunting adventures in the West. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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13 Cutrer, Thomas W., ed. TERRY TEXAS RANGER TRILOGY
Austin State House Press 1996 1880510456 / 9781880510452 1st. Edition Fine Fine 
241 pp., illus., index. 3 scarce works on Terry's Texas Rangers: L.B. Giles- TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS; J.K.P. Blackburn-REMINISCENCES OF THE TERRY RANGERS by J.K.P. Blackburn; & DIARY OF EPHRAIM DODD. Fine introduction by Tom Cutrer. 
Price: 50.00 USD
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14 Debo, Angie, ed. THE COWMAN'S SOUTHWEST. Being the Reminiscences of Oliver Nelson.
Glendale AHC 1953 1st. Cloth Fine 
343 pp., illus., index. Nelson was a freighter, camp cook, cowboy, & frontiersman in Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas & Okla 1878-93. Reese Six-Score #30-detailed first hand account of cowboy life in the South Plains. Guns #577. 
Price: 275.00 USD
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15 Decker, Peter. PETER DECKER CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA
Austin Frontier America/Jenkins 1979 1st. Cloth Fine 
Vols. 1 & 2 of the 3 volume set, lacking the index volume, containing catalogues 22-50 with thousands of annotated entries & a preface by Decker. 
Price: 100.00 USD
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16 Deshields, James T. "THE FALL OF PARKER'S FORT".
Houston Union Natl. Bk. 1935 Wrs, Very Good 
Paper covers, 10 pp. Reprint by the Union Natl. Bank of Houston of an extract from Border Wars of Texas by DeShields which was given to customers in the 1930's. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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17 Dippie, Brian W., REMINGTON & RUSSELL
Austin U. Of Tx. 1994 Revised Edition Fine Fine 
10.5 x 12", 211 pp., 97 color and 70 black & white plates of their works from the Sid Richardson Collection. Since the first edition in 1982, every painting in the collection has been rephotographed for this edition including one Russell and five Remingtons not icluded previously. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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18 Dobie, Bertha. THE PLEASURE FRANK DOBIE TOOK IN GRASS.
Coll.Sta. Tx. A & M 1972 1st. Dec. Wrs. Fine 
16 pp. Cover illus. by Little Bluestem. Introd. by Jeff Dykes. Ltd 500c. w/250c. offered for sale. The manuscript of a speech about Dobie given by his wife after his death. Keepsake #2, Friends of Tx. A & M University Library. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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19 Drain, Thomas A., Text By; Photography By David Wakely. A SENSE OF MISSION. Historic Churches of the Southwest.
San Francisco Chronicle Books 1994 1st. Stiff Pict. Wrs. Fine 
Pictorial covers, 132 pp., maps, many color photos, index. Covers the churches of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona & California. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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20 Farah, Cynthia. LITERATURE AND LANDSCAPE. Writers of the Southwest.
El Paso TWP 1988 1st. Fine Fine 
137 pp., photos by author. Photos of 50 Southwestern authors with short biographical text about that author. !st state with error on p. 105. Includes Hillerman, Schaefer, Sonnichsen, Lea, Horgan, Abbey, Waters, Anaya, Simmons, Kelton, Nichols, Eastlake, etc. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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