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GRINGO BUILDERS.

By: Allhands, J.L.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Iowa City, Clio Press: 1931

Seller ID: 023206

Binding: Dec. Cloth

Condition: Very Good

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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THIS STUBBORN SELF: Texas Autobiographies.

By: Almon, Bert.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ft.Worth, TCU: 2002

Seller ID: 018466

Condition: Fine

419 pp. Discussions of Texas autobiographies show they reveal much about the state and its development recording geography and its history, etc.
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THISTLE HILL. The History and the House.

By: Alter, Judy.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ft. Worth, TCU: 1988

Seller ID: 020705

Binding: Dec. Wrs.

Condition: Fine

Oblong decorated paper covers, 6"x9", 71 pp., photos. The history of the architecture of the house in Ft. Worth built by W. T. Waggoner for his daughter Electra, of the families who lived in the mansion, and the story of its preservations. INSCRIBED by Alter and by Cissy Lale who wrote the foreword.
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DEEP CREEK MERCHANT. The Story of William Henry "Pete" Snyder

By: Anderson, Charles G.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Snyder, Snyder Pub. Co.: 1984

Seller ID: 016916

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Decorated cloth, 240 pp., illus., index. Ltd. ed. Biography of Snyder (1836-1916) and the town of Snyder is named after him. History of Deep Creek in Scurry County and the beginnings of Snyder in 1883. SIGNED.
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THE BREWERIES AND TEXAS POLITICS.

By: Anonymous

Price: $350.00

Publisher: San Antonio, Passing Show Printing Co.: 1916

Seller ID: 027141

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes, 1-576 & 577-1605 pp., (68) pp. index. The voumes are comprised of the proceedings, including the evidence, of a court case brought by the State of Texas against the breweries, alledging Anti-trust violations and using undue influence on Texas politics. (Big surprise). Bookplates in both volumes, volume II hinge cracked but still tight. An unusual & scarce bit of Texas history.
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AN ABSTRACT OF THE ORIGINAL TITLES OF RECORD IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

By: Anonymous

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Austin, Pemberton: 1964

Seller ID: 027190

Binding: Cloth & Marbled Bds.

Condition: Fine

Cloth spine & corners, marbled boards w/paper label on spine, 182 pp. Facsimile reprod. of 1838 ed. Basic Tx. Bks#204(J)- one of the essential research tools on Texas lands & their settlement. Comprises a listing of all persons granted title to land in Texas, with date of grant, location, amount of land, & other details. Introd. by Mary Lewis Ulmer.
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GAMBLERS & GANGSTERS. Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s.

By: Arnold, Ann

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Austin, Eakin Press: 1998

Seller ID: 024973

Binding: Paper

Condition: Fine

Stiff black illustrated paper covers, 223 pp., photos, index. A chronicle of Fort Worth's last wild n' wooly era and the gangsters, gamblers, and others who frequented the Jacksboro Highway area.
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JEFF DAVIS'S OWN. Cavalry, Comanches, and the Battle for the Texas Frontier.

By: Arnold, James R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: N. Y., John Wiley & Sons: 2000

Seller ID: 017550

ISBN: 0-471-33364-6

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j., 378 pp., map, photos, index. The story of the Second Cavalry in Texas. It was created by Jefferson Davis, Sec. of War, with handpicked officers---16 of whom were later generals in the Civil War, on both sides. First in-depth study.
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SHARPS RIFLES AND SPANISH MULES. The San Antonio-El Paso Mail, 1851-1881.

By: Austerman, Wayne R.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Coll.Sta., Tx. A & M: 1985

Seller ID: 029092

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j., 367 pp., illus., maps, index. A fine work on the turbulent career of the stagecoach line that stretched from San Antonio to El Paso and at times reached to Santa Fe and San Diego. SIGNED. Overland Trail U.S. postage stamp on false title. See MORE BASIC TEXAS BOOKS #1.
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TEN YEARS IN THE SADDLE. Memoir of William Woods Averell 1851-1862.

By: Averell, William Woods.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: San Rafael, Presidio Press: 1978

Seller ID: 028220

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

D.j. (clipped), 443 pp., illus., index. Averell served at Ft. Defiance in N.M., in the Civil War, in the Indian Wars, etc.
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BETWEEN THE ENEMY AND TEXAS: PARSON'S TEXAS CAVALRY IN THE CIVIL WAR.

By: Bailey, Anne J.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fort Worth, TCU: 1989

Seller ID: 028204

Binding: Cloth & Dec. Boards

Condition: Fine

Cloth with paper covered boards, no d.j. issued, 355 pp., illus., photos, maps, index. Nice work on Parson's Texas Cavalry, recruited from North Texas, who fought in Arkansas, Missouri, & Louisiana.
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THE LIFE OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN.

By: Barker, Eugene C.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Nashville, Cokesbury Book Store: 1925

Seller ID: 020018

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering & bust of Austin on front cover, 551 pp. (untrimmed), illus., folding & double-page maps, index. Gift inscription on fly. Basic Tx Bks #7(A) - "..the most praised of all Texas biographies. One of the greatest contributions to our understanding of Texas." A very nice copy.
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THE LIFE OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN.

By: Barker, Eugene C.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Nashville, Cokesbury Book Store: 1925

Seller ID: 026745

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Dark red cloth with embossed gilt bust of Austin on front cover, 551 pp., frontis. & six illus., two maps, index. Fine copy except some slight wear on corners & top edge spine. Pages untrimmed edges & a few uncut. Basic Tx. Bks #7- "This is the most praised of all Texas biographies."
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THE GREAT HANGING AT GAINESVILLE.

By: Barrett, Thomas.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Austin, TSHA: 1961

Seller ID: 020977

Binding: Cloth

Condition: 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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THE GREAT HANGING AT GAINESVILLE.

By: Barrett, Thomas.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Austin, TSHA: 1961

Seller ID: 021109

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Brown cloth w/gilt lettering, wrs. bound in, 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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THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS. A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade.

By: Barron, H.B.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Waco, W.M. Morrison: 1964

Seller ID: 016013

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Green cloth, gilt lettering, 276 pp., photos. Ltd. 400c. Facsimile reproduction of the rare Neale Pub. Co. first edition of 1908. Book review laid inside front cover. The Third Texas Cavalry was very active in the Western Campaign. Nevins, Vol. 1, pp. 54-this narrative is a standard source for Texas in the Civil War.
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THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS. A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade.

By: Barron, H.B.

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: N. Y. & Wash., D.c., Neale Pub.: 1908

Seller ID: 026387

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth w/gilt lettering (some speckling on edges, spine faded), 276 pp. (TEG), illus., frontis of the Battle-Flag of the Third Texas Cavalry Regiment. Small 1/2" minor stain on the outer lower edge of p.100-206. Some brown spots on title page, frontis tissue guard, & endpapers. Otherwise a very nice tight book. The Third Texas Cavalry was very active in the Western campaigns. Barron recalls the soldiers' lives in camp and in the field. Nevins, Vol. 1, pp.54-"Even though based for the most part on memory, and occasionally drifting off on dramatic tangents, this narrative is a stand...
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THE DEER PASTURE.

By: Bass, Rick.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Coll.Sta., Texas A&M: 1985

Seller ID: 015695

Condition: Fine

123 pp., illus. by Elizabeth Hughes. D.j. price clipped, minor wear, small tear on back. Essays about the Texas Hill Country camping and hunting. Excellently written & nicely illustratred. Author's first book.
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"AND OTHER NEIGHBORLY NAME". Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore.

By: Bauman, Richard & Roger D. Abrahams, Edited By.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Austin, U. Of Tx.: 1981

Seller ID: 016700

Condition: Fine

321 pp., illus. D.j. spine faded. A collection of essays on various aspects of folk tradition in Texas: the corrido, conjunto music, rodeo traditions, fisherman's stories, etc.
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A SOUTHERN RECORD. The Story of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry, C.S.A.

By: Bearss, Edwin C. & Willie H. Tunnard.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Dayton, Morningside: 1970

Seller ID: 022532

Condition: Near Fine

D.j. (some soil, small piece missing on spine), 581 pp., notes, roster of members, index. Review copy of this facsimile reprint of the original 1866 publication which is edited by Bearrs with an added almost 200 pp. of notes, roster of 2200 names & service records of members. Served under Gen. Ben McCulloch at Wilson's Creek & Pea Ridge, then later at Corinth, Iuka & Vicksburg.
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Category: CAT 226