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Barrett, Thomas. THE GREAT HANGING AT GAINESVILLE.
Austin TSHA 1961 1st. Of This Ed. Cloth Fine
Creme cloth w/black lettering, 34 pp., frontis. Only three copies known of the original 1885 edition. Rumored unsafe to own in Gainesville after the Civil War. One of two eyewitness accounts of the hanging of Union sympathizers in 1862. Very nice reprint of the rare first with new preface.
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75.00 USD
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Batchelor, Benj. Frank & George Q. Turner. Annotated By H.J.H. Rugeley. BATCHELOR-TURNER LETTERS 1861-1864. Written by Two of Terry's Texas Rangers.
Austin Steck Co. 1961 1st. Stiff Wrs. Fine Mylar
Stiff gray paper covers, mylar, 99 pp., portraits, index. A very interesting set of letters written in the Civil War to Julia Amanda (Turner) Batchelor and her father, Col. Amasa Turner, by her husband, Frank, and her brother, George. SIGNED by Rugeley, great-granddaughter of Batchelor
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125.00 USD
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Boethel, Paul C. THE BIG GUNS OF FAYETTE.
Austin Von Boeckmann-Jones 1965 1st. Fine Fine
D.j., 98 pp., maps, index, biographical sketches of members of the 5th Tx. Field Artillery (Creuzbaur's Battery or Welhausen' Battery, CSA) This unit, nearly all German & Czech, was engaged in the coastal defense of Texas & fought at Calcasieu Pass. Nicely INSCRIBED by Boethel.
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300.00 USD
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Ellis County History Workshop. HISTORY OF ELLIS COUNTY TEXAS.
Waco Texian Press 1972 1st. Very Good Very Good
D.j. (white strip on front cover at the spine about 4" long & 1/4" wide), 338 pp. (blindstamp on title page, owner name on fly) with a 22 pp. photo section, index. A very scarce county history with material on the Civil War, early families, education, etc. SIGNED by Edna Hawkins & Ruth Stone, two members of the workshop.
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125.00 USD
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Ford, John Salmon. RIP FORD'S TEXAS.
Austin Univ of Tx. 1987 2nd Printing Near Fine Fine
D.j., 519 pp., frontis, index. BTB#64(A)- Personal memoirs of one of the most colorful Texans of his time. Ford fought in the Mexican War, was a Texas Ranger captain, & a Colonel in the Confederate cavalry in the Civil War. Nice copy. Gift inscription on fly.
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35.00 USD
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Garrison, George P., Ed. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
Wash. D.C. GPO 1911 1st. Cloth Very Good
Annual Report of American Hist. Assoc. for 1907. Orig. blue cloth, gilt lettering, 3 vols- 646; 805; 806-1617 pp., index.6. Wear on spine ends, hinges beginning to crack, third volume had a number or sticker removed from spine (probable ex-lib but no markings). BASIC TX. BKS. #73-"This is the basic source work for official diplomatic papers of the Republic of Texas."
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225.00 USD
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Jeffries, C.C. TERRY'S RANGERS.
N.Y. Vantage Press 1961 1st. Fine Near Fine
D.j., 139 pp., appendix. The story of the most noted single regiment in the Civil War. Formed by B.F. Terry and Thomas Lubbock in 1861. A fine copy of an extremely scarce Texas Civil War item.
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125.00 USD
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Jocelyn, Stephen Perry. MOSTLY ALKALI.
Caldwell Caxton Printers 1953 1st. Fine Fine
D. j.,436 pp., illus. Index. 44 years of Frontier army service in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Alaska, Modoc War, Nez Perce War, Bannock War, Utah, Wyoming, Visited or served at virtually every post. Excellent military book.
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90.00 USD
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Jocelyn, Stephen Perry. MOSTLY ALKALI.
Caldwell Caxton Printers 1953 1st. Fine Very Good
D.j. (small tears spine ends, minor soil), 436 pp., illus. Index. 44 years of Frontier army service in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Alaska, Modoc War, Nez Perce War, Bannock War, Utah, Wyoming, Visited or served at virtually every post. Excellent military book.
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40.00 USD
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Oates, Stephen B. CONFEDERATE CAVALRY WEST OF THE RIVER.
Austin U. Of Tx. 1961 1st. Cloth Fine Mylar
Grey cloth w/gilt lettering & decoration, 234 pp., photos, index. Excellent history of the Cicil War in the Trans- Mississippi (Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana. & Indian Territory). IN TALL COTTON #135-a brilliant study initiated while Oates was still a graduate student.
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75.00 USD
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Ramsay, Jack C., Jr. SUNSHINE ON THE PRAIRIE. The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker.
Austin Eakin Press 1990 0-89015-686-7 / 9780890156865 1st. Fine Fine
D.j., 179 pp., photos, index. Name on fly. A new view of the story of Cynthia Ann Parker who was captured by the Comanches as a nine year old and was the mother of Quanah Parker, the last great chief of the Comanches. Has the only know photo of her nursing her daughter, Prairie Flower, on back panel.
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30.00 USD
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