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HOLDING THE LINE. The Third Tennessee Infantry, 1861-1864.

By: Barber, Flavel C. Ed. By Robert H. Ferrell.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kent, Kent State Univ.: 1994

Seller ID: 024011

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j., 281 pp., illus., maps, index. Diary of Barber who was imprisoned on Johnson's Island after the surrender of Fort Donelson. Vivid descriptions of battles, notably the seige of Fort Donelson and the Confederate victory at Chickasaw Bayou.
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GLAMOROUS DAYS.

By: Bushick, Frank H.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: San Antonio, Naylor: 1934

Seller ID: 028804

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

D.j. (pieced together but missing most of the spine, front cover with green background with various figures on it with a tan background to the ace of hearts in red in the middle, chipped edges), ; orange cloth binding. Long SIGNED inscription on fly.. Much on King Fisher, Ben Thompson, John Wesley Hardin, Sam Bass, Texas Rangers. Guns #349.
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EL PASO'S MISSIONS AND INDIANS.

By: Calleros, Cleofas.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: El Paso, McMath: 1953

Seller ID: 028806

Binding: Illus. Paper

Condition: Very Good

Paper covers, 55 pp., cover & several illus. by Cisneros, photos. Nice work on the missions and indian tribes of the El Paso area.
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PIONEERS IN SACKCLOTH

By: Castaneda, Carlos E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Austin, Tx. Catholic Hist. Soc.: 1939

Seller ID: 028733

Binding: Paper

Condition: Fine

Preliminary Studies of Tx. Cath. Hist. Soc. Vol. III, No. 5, Oct. 1939. Reprint from Cath. Hist. Review, Vol. XXV, No. 3 Oct. 1939. Paper covers, 22 pp. Foreword--"This historical sketch...furnishes a sort of summary of" hsi comprehensive work dealing with the Mission Era in Texas (in four volumbes).
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PIONEERS IN SACKCLOTH

By: Castaneda, Carlos E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Austin, Tx. Catholic Hist. Soc.: 1939

Seller ID: 028734

Binding: Paper

Condition: Fine

EARLY TIMES IN TEXAS.

By: Duval, J.C.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Austin, H.P.N. Gammel: 1892

Seller ID: 028791

Binding: Green Cloth

Condition: Good

Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine & front (very worn cloth, spots on front & fading of rear cover, 135 pp. & 253 pp., cheap paper, back hinge cracked. Owner name on contents page. Basic Tx. Bks #51-"The most literate of all 19th Century Texas memoirs. It is authentic history..". Duval gives an account of his capture and escape from the massacre of Fannin's command.
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THE SO-CALLED WENDS OF GERMANY & THEIR COLONIES IN TEXAS & IN AUSTRALIA.

By: Engerbrand, George C.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Austin, U. Of Tx.: 1934

Seller ID: 028717

Binding: Wrs.

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff paper, 179 pp., photos, maps, index. Covers the Wends in Germany (p.9-87), in Texas (p.89-156) & in Australia (p.157-161). Fine except for bookplate inside cover. Very scarce.
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WAR AT EVERY DOOR. Partisan Politics & Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee 1860-1869.

By: Fisher, Noel C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, U. Of N. C.: 1997

Seller ID: 024296

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j., 250 pp., tables, maps, illus., index. East Tennessee was one of the most divided regions of the country during the Civil War. The military & political struggle for control of the region from the secession crisis through the early years of reconstruction.
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WESLEY BRETHREN CHURCH. HISTORIC STRUCTURES REPORT.

By: Freeman - Doty Associates.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Freeman - Doty Assoc.: 1980

Seller ID: 028704

Binding: Stiff Paper Covers

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff paper covers, 134 pp., color frontis of church interior, photos, maps, architectural studies. Historical & architectural study of the congregation and the historic (1866) building for the Czech Brethren in Texas.
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THE PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BONAPARTE LAMAR Vol. II.

By: Gulick, Charles Adams, Jr.. & Katherine Elliott

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Austin, A.C. Baldwin & Sons: 2933

Seller ID: 028859

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Library cloth w/gilt lettering on spine, Vol. II, 599 pp. Edited from the original papers in the Texas State Library. BASIC TX. BKS #118-..."one of the most valuable collections of historical data on Texas ever published." Nice copy.
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THEN CAME CHRISTMAS FOR MILDRED TAIT.

By: Haley, J.Evetts.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Amarillo, Shamrock Oil: 1962

Seller ID: 012274

Binding: Dec. Cloth

Condition: Fine

14 pp., illus. by H.D. Bugbee. Typography by Hertzog. Lowman #145. Beautiful Christmas greeting & story by Haley from Jeff Milton. Former church library with partial stamp on title page and stamp on pp. 11. Ltd. 400c.
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KING ON CUSTER. An Annotated Bibliography.

By: Hedren, Paul L.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Coll. Sta., Brazos Corral of Westerners:

Seller ID: 028745

Binding: Dec. Wrs.

Condition: Fine

Paper (cover illus. by Jose Cisneros), 12 pp. Ltd. 550c. SIGNED. Annotated list of 30 items written by Charles King--books & articles--having references to Custer and an extract from one of King's novels.
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JESSE CHISHOLM. Ambassador of the Plains.

By: Hoig, Stan.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Niwot, U. Colo.: 1991

Seller ID: 029260

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j., 226 pp., map, illus., index. Chisholm-descendant of Cherokee Chief Corn Tassel and a Scottish rogue-was a trailblazer, linguist, scout. Very good biography of Chisholm who was very important in early Texas.
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THE SPUR RANCH. A Study of the Inclosed Ranch Phase of the Cattle Industry in Texas.

By: Holden, William Curry.

Price: $425.00

Publisher: Boston, Christopher Pub.: 1934

Seller ID: 028773

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Original glassine d.j. (several small tears), 229 pp., appendix, indes. SIGNED on title page. The Spur Ranch was an outstanding example of a foreign owned Texas ranch. Excellent copy with a very good glassine d.j. The only fault is a one inch area of browning on the enpapers at the hinge.
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JOHN HENRY BROWN. Texian Journalist 1820-1895.

By: Honig, Lawrence E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: El Paso, Tx. Western Press: 1973

Seller ID: 028917

Binding: Paper

Condition: Fine

Stiff paper covers, 55 pp., illus., references. Fine biography of Brown-- Indian fighter, journalist, and writer. He went to Mexico with Shelby after the Civil War for 5 years. After returning, moved to Dallas, later was in Legislature, and mayor of Dallas. SWS #36.
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THE LIFE AND WARS OF GIDEON J. PILLOW.

By: Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr. & Roy P. Stonesifer, Jr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, U. Of N. C.: 1993

Seller ID: 024721

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j., 455 pp., 6 maps, many illus., index. Commonly portrayed as a bungling general who disgraced himself at Fort Donelson, Pillow is one of the most controversial military figures of 19th Century America.
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THE NOTTING BOUGH, THE SIGNAL TOWER & THE FIXING OF OSCAR. Three Southwestern Legal Documents Offered at Christmas Season 1973.

By: Jenkins, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Austin, Pemberton: 1973

Seller ID: 028744

Binding: Paper

Condition: Fine

Blue paper covers, 7 pp. Ltd. to 300c. One of Jenkins' Christmas greetings.
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JOHN RINGO.

By: Johnson, David.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Stillwater, Barbed Wire Press: 1996

Seller ID: 029280

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j., 264 pp., frontis., photos, index. Has new material on Ringo in Texas. The most complete biography of Ringo to date, from his participation in the Mason County Hoo Doo War to the feuding with the Earps in Tombstone. SIGNED.
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THE MITCHELL COUNTY CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE BOOK.

By: Landau, Selma & Patrice McKinney

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Colorado City, Bob Dennis Printing: 1981

Seller ID: 028763

Binding: Paper

Condition: Fine

Stiff paper covers, 256 pp., photos, index. The bulk of the book is a history of the people who are responsible for the settlement, subsequent development and continued progress of Mitchell County. Family histories from page 49 to 194.
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A YEAR OF STARVATION AMONG PLENTY

By: Little, R.H.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Waco, Texian: 1966

Seller ID: 021867

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Cream colored cloth, 40 pp. 4" x 6". Originally seen in a newspaper in 1891, the author later published it separately, and this is a facsimile reprint. Subtitled HOW A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER SUFFERED FROM HUNGER AND CRUELTY IN A PRISON OF WAR DURING THE AWFUL DAYS OF THE SIXTIES. Little was in the 44th Alabama, Hood's Texas Brigade and was captured in Raccoon Valley, TN. Prison life of a Confederate soldier in a federal prison at Camp Morton at Indianapolis.
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Category: Cat 213