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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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Coleman, S. B. A JULY MORNING WITH THE REBEL RAM "ARKANSAS".
Detroit Winn & Hammond 1890 1st. Cloth Near Fine
Gray cloth, 13 pp. A pamphlet published by the Michigan Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S. The story of a naval battle between the Arkansas and several Union vessels near Vicksburg in 1862. Original pamphlet with paper covers bound in cloth.
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50.00 USD
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Davis, Robert E., Ed TEXANA Vol. V, No. 2, Summer 1967
Waco Texian 1967 1st. Stiff Dec. Wrs. Fine
Stiff paper covers, pp. 99-186. Contains: Ford Dixon-TEXAS HISTORY IN MAPS; C. Richard King-Newspapers that Republic of Texas Readers Didn't Read; C.W. Geue-Die Lateinische Ansiedlung in Texas (The Latin Settlement in Texas); Odie Faulk-The Icarian Colony in Texas, (French Utopian Community); & others.
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25.00 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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Frantz, Joe B. GAIL BORDEN. Dairyman to a Nation.
Norman U. Of Ok. 1951 1st. Near Fine Near Fine
D.j. (some edge chipping), 310 pp., illus., maps, index. Basic Tx. Bks. #65-"One of the most interesting of all Texas biographies. A man who founded an industry, who played a large behind-the-scenes part in the birth of free Texas. He later pioneered the packing & other industries in Texas....could justly be called the father of Texas industry."
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60.00 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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Hunter, J.Marvin, ed. THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXAS.
N. Y. Argosy-Antiquarian 1963 Cloth Very Good
2 vols., slipcase, 1070 pp., photos, w/added index. Vol. 1 hinge loosening, slipcase paper wavy on one side. Otherwise a nice set. BTB#99(E)- essential starting point for study of Texas trail driving. Absolutely the best source there is on the cattle trail. Six-Score #61; Merrill Aristocrat; Guns #1084.
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90.00 USD
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Ingmire, Frances Terry TEXAS FRONTIERSMAN 1839-1860.
St. Louis Ingmire Pub. 1982 1st. Cloth Fine
Blue cloth with paper covers bound in, 104 pp. A list of the Minute Men of Texas, a carry over from the Revolutionary War, better known as Militia, Home Guard, or Indian Fighters. A valuable extension of the Texas Ranger organization.
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50.00 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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