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THE SHAMROCK
Amarillo Shamrock Oil 1965 1st. Wrs, Fine
Fall of 1965 issue of THE SHAMROCK magazine focusing on Citadels of the Plains (3 pages) including Fort Hays and Fort Larned; The Cheyenne Rodeo; and Quarter Horses. Cover is photo of the J. T. Harris family of Amarillo.l
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15.00 USD
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THE SHAMROCK
Amarillo Shamrock Oil 1965 1st. Wrs, Fine
Summer of 1965 issue of THE SHAMROCK magazine focusing on New Mexico with articles on sailing on Lost Lake in New Mexico; Fort Union; and six pages on New Mexico vacation spots.
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15.00 USD
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De Cordova, J. TEXAS: HER RESOURCES AND HER PUBLIC MEN.
Philiadelphia J. B. Lippincott 1858 1st. Wrs, Very Good
Plain brown paper covers, 371 pp., index, 1857 & 1858 calendar on last page. Page corners of first few pages worn; sewn but slightly loose; name in pencil on front cover & address label inside cover. BTB #38-the first attempt at an encyclopedia of Texas. The volume includes biographies, land laws, climatology, statistics and a substantial amount of land promotional material. Stated first edition, this is the first issue but with index that BTB notes was added to the second issue. RARE.
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950.00 USD
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Edwards, John N. SHELBY'S EXPEDITION TO MEXICO.
Austin Steck Co. 1964 Cloth Fine Mylar
Black cloth w/gilt lettering, slipcase, mylar, 139 pp., map, plates (some in color), photos. Facsimile reprint. Story of Shelby's Missourians & others who fled to Mexico rather than surrender. They marched from Marshall to Eagle Pass, buried their flag in the Rio Grande, & went to Mexico.
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30.00 USD
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Haley, J.Evetts. FOCUS ON THE FRONTIER.
Amarillo Shamrock Oil 1956 1st. Wrs. Near Fine
The Spring, 1956 issue of THE SHAMROCK, pages 2-7. Third in a series of articles by Haley on the photographic history of Texas great plains country, focusing on M. C. Ragsdale.
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40.00 USD
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Helm, Mary S. SCRAPS OF EARLY TEXAS HISTORY
Austin Eakin Press 1987 0-89015-567-4 / 9780890155677 Fine Fine
D.j., 120 pp. First reprint of the personal recollections of the author, who with her first husband, Elias Wightman, founded the city of Matagorda in 1828-29, Also contains his lengthy description of Texas written in the 1820s.
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60.00 USD
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Jennings, N. A. A TEXAS RANGER.
Chicago Lakeside Press 1992 Cloth Fine
Brown cloth, 347 pp., illus., index. BTB #107-one of the most interesting accounts of the life of the Texas Rangers in the late 1870's. Jennings came to Texas in 1874 & joined McNelly's company, serving for 3 years. After becoming a well-known journalist, he wrote the book in 1899. Lakeside Press edition. Inscribed by Ben Procter, Texas historian & author, to a friend at TCU.
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35.00 USD
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Johnston, Mary. CEASE FIRING.
Boston Houghton Mifflin 1912 1st. Very Good Very Good
D.j., 457 pp., illus. by N. C. Wyeth, endpaper maps. Wet stain on bottom edge of cloth covers and on rear panel of the d.j., which is also browned & missing small pieces top & bottom of spine. Good tight copy of the first edtiion of civil war novel with the rare d.j. No marks or names inside.
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45.00 USD
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Mills, W.W. FORTY YEARS AT EL PASO 1858-1898. Recollections of War, Politics, Adventure, Events, Narratives, Sketches, etc.
El Paso 1901 1st. Edition Red dec. cloth Very Good No Jacket
Frontis. Cloth worn, some spotting, hinges cracking front & back. A very scarce history of El Paso by Mills, the brother of Gen. Anson Mills.
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175.00 USD
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