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THE LONGHORN MAGAZINE, Vol. XL, Number 1, October 1924.
Austin U. Of Texas 1924 1st. Wrs, Very Good
Stiff paper covers with THE LONGHORN in black, 32 pp. Brittle & worn. Small tear on page 3. Official Literary Magazine of the Univ. of Texas. Article on the University pp.4-13; Portrait of a School Teacher pp. 14-18; miscellaneous other articles.
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25.00 USD
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Allhands, J.L. GRINGO BUILDERS.
Iowa City Clio Press 1931 1st. Dec. Cloth Near Fine
Dark blue cloth w/gilt lettering, 283 pp., photos, index. SIGNED. His first book, long out of print, about the opening of the lower Rio Grande Valley and the building of the Brownsville Railroad. Information on the huge ranches, first passenger trains in the Valley, Bay City, Uriah Lott and more. Other than a few spots on the spine, a fine copy.
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125.00 USD
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Bartholomew, Ed. WILD BILL LONGLEY. A Texas Hard-Case,
Austin Frontier Press 1986 1st. Cloth Near Fine Mylar
Brown cloth w/brown lettering, 117 pp., photos, copy of photo of Longley laid in. Fine copy except very small break in the cloth at top front of spine. SIGNED by Bartholomew. Guns #155-gives some previously undiscosed facts about Longley. A genuine contribution to Western Americana..
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75.00 USD
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Beck, Mrs. Henry Harrison. ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER.
Santa Barbara Fithian Press 1999 Fine Fine
D.j., 295 pp., plates. Reprint of a rare piece of Texana. The autobiography of Fannie Davis Veale Beck, born in Dresden, Tx., in 1861. She grew up in Palo Pinto, lived at Breckenridge & Clear Fork of Brazos, family encounters w/Indians, Ku Klux Klan. An excellent book. Ltd. 250c for sale.
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85.00 USD
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Benner, Judith Ann SUL ROSS. Soldier, Statesman, Educator
Coll. Sta. TX. A&M 1983 1st. Fine Very Good
D.j. (edgeworn, tears at top of spine), 259 pp., illus., index. Gift inscription on fly. The first full-scale biography of Ross who served Texas as an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate soldier, sheriff, politician, governor, and president of Texas A&M.
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40.00 USD
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Blessington, Joseph P. WALKERS'S TEXAS DIVISION
Austin State House Press 1994 Fine Fine
D.j., 332 pp., maps,photos, index. Basic Tx. Bks #17- The first complete history of the largest single unit of Texas troops in the Civil War, the only division in the Confederate army composed of troops from a single state. Served primarily in Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana. Reprint of 1875 edition.
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50.00 USD
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Bowers, John. STONEWALL JACKSON. Portrait of a Soldier.
N. Y. William Morrison 1989 1st. Fine Fine
D.j., 367 pp., maps, photos, index. "Relying on letters, diaries, memoirs, and eywitness accounts...", the author describes Jackson's orphaned childhood, his West Point career, the Mexican War, etc.
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25.00 USD
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Carroll, John M., compiled, edited, and written by. CUSTER IN TEXAS: AN INTERRUPTED NARRATIVE.
N. Y. Sol Lewis Liveright 1975 1st. Very Good Very Good
D.j. (small water stain on front cover), 288 pp., illus., index. Includes narratives of 1st Iowa Cavalry, 7th Indiana Cav., 5th Illinois Cav., 2nd Wisconsin Cav., info. on mutiny of Custer's command in Louisiana. Has 36 illus. by Jose Cisneros, Schiwetz, others & photos.
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35.00 USD
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Casasola, Gustavo. HISTORIA GRAFICA DE LA REVOLUCION 1900-1960.
Mexico Editorial Trillas 1970 Cloth Very Good
Blue cloth w/gilt letters & decoration, 5 vols., photos, index. Volumes 1-4 are "Edicion conmemorativa, Quinta reimpresion"; Vol. 5-"Primera Edicion De Este Quinto Tomo, Abril 1971". Vol. 1-733 pp., hinges cracked & spine very loose; Vol. II-pp. 739-1469, hinges cracked & spine loose; Vol. III-pp. 1475-2205, fairly tight volume; Vol. IV-pp. 2211-3602, index, fairly tight; and Vol. V-pp. 3007-3769, fairly tight. All have some wear on edges. Thousands of photos are a treasure trove of information about the Mexican Revolution. Very scarce.
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600.00 USD
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Chabot, Frederick C. THE ALAMO: ALTAR OF TEXAS LIBERTY
San Antonio Naylor 1931 1st. Dec. Wrs. Very Good
Two color beige pictorial paper covers, 141 pp. with (21) illus. & rare maps, appendix, notes. Name on front, some soil, wear on edges. Rare history not to be confused with the popular Mission Fortress work. Includes biographies of Crocket, Bowie, Milam, Bonham, Travis, Deaf Smith, John W. Smith, and Samuel Maverick. List of relics and pictures in the Alamo, Battle of San Jacinto, Capture of Bexar. The seige of Bexar in 1835 was the forerunner to the storming of the Alamo in 1836. Very scarce
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100.00 USD
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Clark, Anne, Compiled By. HISTORIC HOMES OF SAN AUGUSTINE.
Austin Encino Press 1972 1st. Fine Fine
D.j., 72 pp., many black & white photos of San Augustine homes by Jim Alvis and descriptive text. Jointly published by Encino & the San Augustine Historical Society. Laid in 14th Annual Tour of homes brochure (1973) with photos & descriptions of seven structures with short descriptions.
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45.00 USD
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Connelly, Donald B. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD AND THE POLITICS OF GENERALSHIP.
Chapel Hill U. Of N. C. 2006 1st. Fine Fine
D.j., 471 pp., maps, illus., index. First full biography of Lt. Gen. John McAllister Schofield, one of the leading Union commandersin the western theater of the Civil War. After the war, he occupied every senior position in the army, including Secretary of War and Commanding General of the Army.
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35.00 USD
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Corder, Jim W. HUNTING LIEUTENANT CHADBOURNE.
Athens U. of Georgia 1993 1st. Fine Fine
D.j., 169 pp., illus., notes. The story of the author's hunt to find out about Lt. Theodore Lincoln Chadbourne, killed at Resaca de la Palma in 1846 in the Mexican War. Ft. Chadbourne, southwest of Abilene, was named for him.
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25.00 USD
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Devereaux, Linda Ericson. THE TEXAS NAVY.
Nacogdoches Ericson Bks. 1983 1st. Wrs. Very Good
Original paper covers & the text has been disbound & placed in a notebook, 143 pp., index. Copies of sketches of vessels by Schiwetz and others, muster rolls, Navy service records, officers. Good work on the Texas Navy.
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25.00 USD
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Eaton, Clement. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
N. Y. Free Press 1977 2nd Prtg. Near Fine Near Fine
D.j., 334 pp., photos, index. An excellent biography of the soldier, plantation owner, Secretary of War, and President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
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20.00 USD
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