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1) Adams, C.W. (Dub) AMERICAN CATTLE BREEDERS HALL OF FAME  1978, 1st edition, San Angelo. Biographical sketches of “some of the men who contributed the most, and produced some of America’s finest in each cattle breed.” Includes a brief history of each breed of cattle.  456pp w/photos, index. Folio HB w/pictorial cover…….35.00 SOLD

2) AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES compiled by  Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration
Each volume complete with many photos, maps, reading list, index:
                2a) ARKANSAS  1948, 2nd printing. 447pp. HB/DJ has small chips.. …..20.00
                2 b) LOUISIANA  1941, 1st edition. 746pp. HB…..25.00 SOLD
                2 c) NEW MEXICO  1945, 2nd printing. 458pp. HB….20.00 SOLD

3) [ARCHEOLOGY]  ANCIENT TEXANS: Rock Art and Lifeways Along the Lower Pecos by Harry J. Shafer; photographs by Jim Zintgraff. 1986, 1st edition, San Antonio. Zintgraff’s color and black-and-white photographs accompany the author’s fascinating interpretation of the many faded Indian rock art images found in desolate canyons where the Pecos and Devil’s Rivers empty into the Rio Grande. 247pp w/bibliography, index.  Folio HB/DJ………95.00 SOLD

4) [ARCHEOLOGY] THE RUINS AT KIATUTHLANNA EASTERN ARIZONA by Frank H. H. Roberts. 1931, Bulletin 100, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Wash., D.C. 195pp w/maps, photos, appendices, bib, index. Softcovr..25.00 SOLD

5) [ARCHEOLOGY] THE VILLAGE OF THE GREAT KIVAS ON THE ZUNI RESERVATION NEW MEXICO by Frank H. H. Roberts. 1932, Bulletin 111, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Wash., D.C. 197pp w/maps, photos, appendices, bibliography, index. Softcover with chip and tape repair at spine…25.00 SOLD

6) [ARCHEOLOGY] TIJERAS CANYON: Analyses of the Past edited by Linda S. Cordell. 1980, 1st edition, Albuquerque. Archeological studies of Tijeras Canyon, which was a natural route of travel between the plains of eastern new Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley. 200pp w/maps, charts, photos, references, index. HB….25.00 SOLD

7) [ARCHEOLOGY] A GUIDE TO THE MEASUREMENT OF ANIMAL BONES FROM ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES by Angela Von Den Driesch. 1976, Harvard University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Bulletin 1.136pp  w/ill., ref..25.00

8) [ARCHEOLOGY] PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL REVIEW XXVIII, 1955 “Special Archeology Issue”  Deals mostly with studies in the Texas Panhandle area. 126pp w/photos. Softcover w/extended edges (Bugbee cover illustration)..35.00

9) [ARCHEOLOGY]  BULLETINS OF THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: Published annually since 1929. Each volume contains articles resulting from archeological digs and other studies from areas all across Texas, with a lot of emphasis on South and West Texas, and including some investigations in the northern Mexico wilderness.
                  a) Vol. 28 [1957]……..45.00                 f) Vol. 37 [1966]…….25.00   k) Vol. 42 [1971]…….25.00
                  b) Vol. 29 [1958]……..45.00                 g) Vol. 38 [1967]…….25.00                  l) Vol. 44 [1973]……..25.00
                  c) Vol. 32 [1961]……..25.00                 h) Vol. 39 [1968]…….25.00                  m) Vol. 46 [1975]……25.00
                  d) Vol. 34 [1963]……..25.00                 i) Vol. 40 [1969]……..25.00                  n)  Vol. 47 [1976]……25.00
                  e) Vol. 36 [1965]……..25.00                 j) Vol. 41 [1970]……..25.00                  o) Vol. 48 [1977]…….25.00

10) Atkin, Ronald REVOLUTION! Mexico 1910-20  1970, 1st American edition, NY. A narrative history of the revolution that began in 1910.  Gives carefully researched studies of  all the major players: Diaz, Madero, Huerta, Carranza, and, of course, Pancho Villa. 354pp w/27 photographs and 3 maps, sources, index. HB/DJ….25.00 SOLD

11) Austerman, Wayne R. SHARPS RIFLES AND SPANISH MULES: The San Antonio-El Paso Mail, 1851-1881 1985,
1st edition, College Station. An interesting study of the turbulent career of the frontier stage and mail line. 367pp w/maps, photos, bibliography, index. HB/DJ……90.00 SOLD

12) Axelrod, Alan [editor] RANCHING TRADITIONS 1989, 1st edition, NY. Photographs by Kathleen Jo Ryan. A documentary on all aspects of ranch life from Wyoming to Texas. Includes essays by Elmer Kelton, Baxter Black, Guy Logsdon, Hal Cannon, Theresa Jordan, and others. 293pp w/index. Folio HB/DJ………25.00 SOLD

14) Bartholomew, Ed KILL OR BE KILLED: A Record of Violence in the Southwest 1953, 1st limited edition of 1250 copies, Houston. Profiles of such characters as John Wesley Hardin, Black Jack Ketchum, Will Carver, George Scarborough, John Selman, others. 148pp w/N.H. Rose photos. HB w/decorated cover, INSCRIBED/SIGNED….45.00 SOLD

15) Bartlett, John Russell PERSONAL NARRATIVE of EXPLORATIONS and INCIDENTS in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora and Chihuahua Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission During the Years 1850-1853. 1965, facsimile reprint by Rio Grande Press, Chicago.  Two volumes.  Includes a new and lengthy introduction by Odie B. Faulk and an additional map of the disputed border area.  According to Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS, this “is the most scholarly and scientific description of Southwest Texas of its era.” President Taylor appointed Bartlett commissioner to run the boundary line between the U.S. and Mexico, and from his detailed diary “he produced one of the most scholarly travel books ever written.” 45 chapters of chronological narrative about mines, minerals, ethnology, meteorology, topography, natural history, routing for railroads, study of the suitability of camels, much more.  506/624pp w/maps, illustrations, appendices, index. Two volumes, HB simulated leather, as new………the set = 150.00

 
19) Biggers, Don A BIGGERS CHRONICLE 1961, 1st limited edition of 500 copies, Lubbock. This book contains  a reprint of “HISTORY THAT WILL NEVER BE REPEATED” that Biggers originally published under the pseudonym of Len Franks, plus a biography of its author by Seymour V. Connor. The first section was “Biggers’ first and probably his best contribution to the history of West Texas and its expanding cattle industry.”  147pp w/photos, sources, index.  HB…..80.00

20) Brown, Dee & Martin F. Schmitt TRAIL DRIVING DAYS 1952, 1st edition, NY. Tells of the golden days of the cattle drives with hundreds of period range photos. A lot on various ranches, cattlemen, outlaws and lawmen, and other characters of the old west. 264pp w/bibliography, erratta tipped in. Folio HB/DJ……75.00 SOLD
                20b) Another copy – Trail Driving Days – also 1st edition, folio HB/lacks dust jacket…..60.00 SOLD

21) Brown, Mark H. & W.R. Felton BEFORE BARBED WIRE: L.A. Huffman, Photographer on Horseback  c1956, reprint, NY. Wm. S. Reese, SIX SCORE: “L.A. Huffman was the premier photographer of the northern range...Brown and Felton have supplied an excellent text to accompany [his] superb photographs.”  254pp w/photos, notes, biblio, index. Folio HB……25.00 SOLD

22) Brown, Mark H. & W.R. Felton THE FRONTIER YEARS 1955, reprint, NY. A companion volume to Before Barbed Wire.  272pp w/chapter notes, notes on photographs, bibliography, index. HB…...25.00 SOLD

23) Burns, Walter Noble THE SAGA OF BILLY THE KID  1926, 1st edition, NY. One of the early books about The Kid. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “Although the book is highly entertaining, it reads more like folklore than biography.”  322pp. HB w/some foxing to endpapers and outer text block….30.00

24) Burns, Walter Noble  TOMBSTONE: An Iliad of the Southwest  1929, 1st edition, NY. “The true story of gun-toting, cattle-rustling days in old Arizona.”  Much on the Earp-Clanton feud, and other characters of the era. 388pp w/photos, illus. HB..35.00

25) Calvin, Ross  RIVER OF THE SUN: Stories of the Storied Gila  1946, 1st ed, Albuquerque.  Designed by Carl Hertzog.  Stories of people and events along the Gila River—explorers, floods, ranching, mining, Apaches, more.153pp w/photos. HB..25.00 SOLD

26) Capps, Benjamin THE WARREN WAGONTRAIN RAID 1974, 1st edition, NY. A good account of the famous raid by the Kiowa chiefs Satanta, Big Tree, and Tsatangya that left seven men dead and several wounded.  This account also gives much detail about the aftermath and subsequent trials of the chiefs. 304pp w/map, photos, sources, notes, index.  HB/DJ…..50.00

27) Casement, Dan D. RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS: The Life and Times – and Something of the Personal Philosophy – of a 20th Century Cowman 1955, 1st edition, Kansas City. Casement ranched in Western Colorado from the 1890s through the mid 1900s. He was a breeder of Hereford cattle, and was instrumental in the development of the Quarter Horse. 111pp. HB.scarce.165.00

29) Charlier, Jean-Michel THE BLUEBERY SAGA: Confederate Gold 1996, reprint by Mojo Press, np. Art by Jean “Moebius” Giraud; introduction by Elmer Kelton. Graphic novel.  Trade paperback, as new…..14.95

30) Cochran, Mike & John Lumpkin WEST TEXAS: A Portrait of its People and Their Raw and Wondrous Land  1999, 3rd printing, Lubbock. An interesting look at West Texas, made up of  Big Bend, the Big Country, the Trans-Pecos, the Permian Basin and the High Plains, with many people past and present that include Charles Goodnight, Hallie Stillwell, Clayton Williams, Billy the Kid, Billie Sol Estes, and Cynthia Parker, to name a few. 176pp w/photos, map, index. Folio HB/DJ….30.00

31) [COMANCHE COUNTY]  BLAZING THE WAY: Tales of Comanche County Pioneers compiled by Eulalia Nabers Wells. 1942, 1st edition, Blanket.  Historical stories about early days in Comanche County.  Includes material on John Wesley Hardin’s killing of Sheriff Charley Webb and the subsequent hanging of Joe Hardin and two others. Indian fights and more. 168pp. Softcover, upper three inches of spine is missing, otherwise a sound copy, scarce…….75.00 (condition noted)

32) [COMANCHE COUNTY] PATCHWORK OF MEMORIES (Historical Sketches of Comanche County, Texas)  1976, 1st edition,  Comanche.  Historical articles, 1860 census of the county. 321pp w/photos, appendices. Softcover…..45.00

33) Conkling, Roscoe P & Margaret B. Conkling THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL,1857-1869: its organization and operation over the Southern Route to 1861; subsequently over the Central Route to 1866; and under Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869 1947, 1st edition, Glendale. 3 volumes [III, IV & V of A.H. Clark and Co.’s AMERICAN TRAIL SERIES] The authors spent years researching and personally tracking the old trail to put together this comprehensive history of the Butterfield Overland Mail route, the first postal route from the Mississippi to the Pacific.  858 total pages in volumes I and II with appendices, bibliography, index. Volume III is comprised of  75 photo plates (including many of the station plans) plus atlas and foldout maps for the entire series. 3 volumes hardback, nice set, exceedingly scarce……..1,350.00

34) Cox, Mike  TIME OF THE RANGERS: The Texas Rangers 1900 to Present  2009, 1st edition, NY. This is the second volume of his extraordinary two-volume history of the Texas Rangers, and follows last year’s very successful release, The Texas Rangers: Wearing The Cinco Peso, 1821-190.  This new volumes brings the history of the Rangers from 1900 to the present. 496pp w/photos, notes, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, I have a few SIGNED copies…..27.95
   
35) CRANE COUNTY HISTORY  1983, 1st edition, Crane. Much on the family of  author Elmer Kelton. p. 112: Kelton family history by Bea Kelton (Elmer Kelton’s mother); p. 116: “McElroy Ranch Life” by Elmer Kelton; pp. 114-115: Kelton family photo spread. Also includes historical articles about the people and places of the county, photos, and many family histories. 199pp. Folio HB bound in faux leather with decorated cover……65.00 SOLD
                                                                  
36) [CROCKETT COUNTY, TEXAS] A HISTORY OF CROCKETT COUNTY 1976, 1st edition, Ozona.  592pp w/photos, maps, historical articles, law enforcement, ranching and economic development, much more, plus family histories with index to families.  Folio HB w/pictorial cover…..165.00

37) [CROCKETT COUNTY]. YESTERYEAR IN OZONA AND CROCKETT COUNTY  by V. I Pearce. 1980, 1st edition, Talley Press (San Angelo)  Editing by Elmer Kelton. Author recounts his days as a youngster on his ranch in Crockett County in the early part of the 20th-century: cowboys, sheepmen and cattlemen, much more. 137pp w/many photos, map endpapers. HB/DJ..65.00

38) Day, James M., et al INDIAN TRIBES OF TEXAS  1971, 2nd printing, Waco. Eight full-color, full-page illustrations by Jack Bryant; introduction by W.W. Newcomb. Articles by various contributors tell about the history and culture of eight Texas Indian tribes: Alabama-Coushatta, Caddo, Comanche, Karankawa, Kiowa, Lipan Apache, Tonkawa, Wichita. 178pp. Folio HB/DJ..30.00

39) Dearen, Patrick HALFF OF TEXAS: Merchant Rancher of the Old West. 2000, “Special Limited Collector’s Edition” of 100 copies, Austin. Life story of the ranching impresario who built some of the largest ranches in West Texas, including the JM on the Pecos River, the Quien Sabe near Midland, the Circle Dot in the Big Bend, The Mallet on the South Plains, and the Schreiner and Halff in South Texas. 173pp w/map, photos, bibliography, index. Hardback in slipcase, numbered and SIGNED……85.00 SOLD

40) Delano, Sharon & David Rieff  TEXAS BOOTS  1981, 1st edition, NY.  Preface by Stanley Marcus; photographs by Star Black.  A history of Texas boots and Texas bootmakers. Includes  a consumer’s guide, and details on how boots are made.  173pp w/photos, glossary.  Folio HB/DJ……85.00 SOLD

41) Dobie, J. Frank THE FLAVOR OF TEXAS 1936, 1st edition in second issue dust jacket*, Dallas. Illustrations by Alexandre Hogue.  A collection of stories that were originally published serially in the Fort Worth Press, featuring 16 of Dobie’s favorite episodes in Texas history.  287pp w/illustrations, index. HB/DJ near fine copy, very scarce…………………………….250.00
[* A NOTE ABOUT THE DUST JACKET:  The Flavor of Texas was “First issued with a brown and green d/w. Pictured on the front of this wrapper is a cowboy on horseback.  Mr. Dobie objected to this jacket, and a new one was printed featuring ‘Old Man Texas,’  the Texas flag, and a quotation.”  From J. Frank Dobie: Bibliography by Price Daniel, Jr., published in TEXANA quarterly Fall, 1964, Vol. II, No.3, Waco.]

42) Dobie, J. Frank A TEXAN IN ENGLAND  1945, 1st edition, Boston.  Dobie gives an enlightening and humorous account of his “professorship” at Cambridge University.  285pp w/index. HB/DJ, nice copy……..125.00

43) Dobie, J. Frank TALES OF OLD-TIME TEXAS 1955, 1st ed, Boston. Illustrated by Barbara Latham.  Dobie relates some of his favorite tales and legends about well-known characters and animals. 336pp w/notes and credits, index.  HB has 1973 newspaper article about a Dobie exhibit at the UT Humanities Research Center pasted to front free endpaper/DJ has some light edgewear, now in protective cover…..95.00

44) Dobie, J. Frank, et al [editors] MUSTANGS AND COW HORSES 1940, 1st edition, Austin. Texas Folklore Society Publica-tion No. XVI (1940).  A collection of “horse lore” by many well-known contributors, including Dobie, Florence Fenley, George Catlin, Robert Denhardt, Badger Clark, John A. Lomax, Riley Aiken, and others. Illustrated by many western artists, including Charles M. Russell,. Will James, Ross Santee, and endpaper drawings by H.D. Bugbee. Highly sought after as "the richest assemblage of material on range horses ever published." (Dobie/Dykes 44 & 44). 429pp w/illus, index. HB/DJ edgeworn,….165.00 SOLD

45) [DOBIE, J. FRANK] THE SEVEN MUSTANGS by J. Frank Dobie; and RALPH OGDEN by Ruth Goddard.  Two essays that tell the story behind the Seven Mustangs monument at the University of Texas. 54pp. HB/DJ…..35.00  SOLD

46) Douglas, C.L. FAMOUS TEXAS FEUDS 1936, 1st edition, Dallas. Tells about many of the bloody feuds of Texas, including the Regulators and Moderators; Taylor-Sutton feud; San Elizario Salt War; Horrell-Higgins affair; Mason County War, and others. 173pp with some photos.  HB….30.00 SOLD

47) Driggs, Howard  THE OLD WEST SPEAKS  1956, 1st edition, Englewood.  Illustrated by Wm. Henry Jackson. Driggs gathered and presents here firsthand accounts of Indians, trappers, traders, explorers, prospectors, Indian captives, soldiers, and much more.  219pp w/photos, biblio, index. Folio HB/DJ….30.00

48) Driggs, Howard R.  WESTWARD AMERICA  1942, 1st “Pioneers Edition,” NY. Includes reproductions of forty water color paintings by William H. Jackson. “This volume portrays outstanding events in the westward march of America.” Fur trappers, trading and army posts; the Gold Rush; western trading and shipping companies; the Pony Express and the Overland Stage; the first transcontinental telegraph and railroad; cattle trails and cowboys; and more. 312pp w/bibliography, index. Folio HB/DJ, leaf bound in with signatures of author and artist. Folio HB/DJ…..75.00 SOLD

49) Elkins, Captain John M. [with Frank W. McCarty] INDIAN FIGHTING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER  1929, 1st printing of the second edition, np. A Texas Ranger captain recounts his experiences fighting Indians.  He was with the group that recaptured Cynthia Ann Parker, and he later became acquainted with former Indian captive Herman Lehmann.96pp w/photos. Softcover, cover has worked loose from the body of the text, but no other damage…….100.00 [condition noted] SOLD

50) Erickson, John R. ACE REID: Cowpoke 1984, 1st edition, Perryton. A fascinating and very humorous look at the cartoonist’s life. Includes an anecdote by Elmer Kelton.  156pp w/photos, illustrations, bib, index.  HB/DJ slightly edgeworn, SIGNED..35.00

51) Erskine, Gladys Shaw  BRONCHO CHARLIE: A Saga of the Saddle  1934, 2nd printing, NY. The life story of Charlie Miller who crossed paths with many famous men of the west; Nevada, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Oregon, Idaho, Nez Perce War, Montana, Colorado, North Dakota, Dodge City, badmen, cattle drivers, Pony Express, and more. 316pp w/illustrations, foldout map. HB w/cracked hinge…..30.00 SOLD

52) Fisher, O.C. CACTUS JACK  1982, 1st edition, Waco.  Biography of the vice-president whose colorful life spanned 99 years, 44 of which were in public office.  Folio HB/D--color portrait laid in-- INSCRIBED/SIGNED........85.00 SOLD

53) Gann, Walter  TREAD OF THE LONGHORNS  1949, 1st ed, Naylor Co., San Antonio. Foreword by William MacLeod Raine.  A history of the range cattle industry, with chapters on cattle rustling and range wars, barbed wire and windmills, Texas Rangers, the cowboys and the cow pony, and more. 188pp w/ illus, index.  HB/DJ has chips and edgewear, now in protective cover…35.00 SOLD

54) Gard, Wayne  SAM BASS   1936, 1st edition, Boston. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “The most complete and reliable work on Sam Bass to date. The author is the only biographer to trace Sam Bass’s ancestry.”  262pp w/photos, endpaper maps, biblio, index. HB…75.00 SOLD

55) Gard, Wayne FRONTIER JUSTICE  1949, 2nd printing, Norman. Chronicles many episodes of justice and vengeance on the frontier. 324pp w/illustrations, bibliography, index. HB w/foxing to endpapers/DJ w/light edgewear, SIGNED……30.00

56) Good, Milt [as told to W. E. Lockhart] TWELVE YEARS IN A TEXAS PRISON  1935, 1st edition, Amarillo.  Memoir of a 20th-century cattle rustler.  He also tells of his life in prison – and voices a few gripes about conditions-- and relates his experiences as a performer in the rodeo at Huntsville.  88pp w/illustrations. Softcover with some minor stains and wrinkling to cover, now in Bro-Dart Duro-saver, very scarce…….85.00  45.00 (condition noted) SOLD

57) Grant, Blanche C. [editor] KIT CARSON’S OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE  1926, 1st edition, Taos.  “As dictated to Col. And Mrs. D.C. Peters about 1856-57, and never before published.” 136pp w/photos, notes. Softcover with decorated cover and extended edges, in protective cover, sound copy…..45.00 SOLD

58) Graves, Rev. H.A. ANDREW JACKSON POTTER: The Noted Parson of the Texan Frontier 1882, 1st edition, Nashville.  A contemporary account of the colorful circuit preacher who rode through much of the West Texas frontier during the latter part of the 19th-century.  Accounts of his encounters with Indians and outlaws, and of his military service during the Civil War. He founded the First Methodist Church in San Angelo in 1882, and sired fourteen children. An important pioneer biography that is almost impossible to find in the first edition. 471pp. Blue cloth, a nice, sound copy, exceedingly scarce…..595.00

59) Graves, Richard OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS  1968, reprint of the 1915 original, Frontier Book Co., Fort Davis. A lengthy sub-title reads: “A graphic history of the early days in Oklahoma; the bandits who terrorized the first settlers and the Marshals who fought them to extinction; covering a period of twenty-five years.”  128pp w/photos. Softcover….18.00 SOLD

60) Green, Ben K. THE LAST TRAIL DRIVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN DALLAS  1971, 1st limited edition of 1750 copies, Flagstaff. Illustrated by Joe Beeler. A lively and humorous account of Doc Green’s earliest venture into the art of horse tradin’.  73pp w/illustrations.  HB/DJ has tiny chips, light edgewear…..125.00

61) Guthrie, Keith  RAW FRONTIER: Armed Conflict Along the Texas Coastal Bend, Volume I and RAW FRONTIER: Survival to Prosperity Along the Texas Coastal Bend, Volume II  TWO VOLUME SET. 1998/2000, 1st/2nd printings, Austin. Vol. I tells the history of the coastal region from the days of the Spanish Land Grants through the Texas Revolution. Vol. II covers the years 1837 to the beginning of the Civil War. 162/270pp w/maps, illus, notes, biblio, indexes. HB/DJ, the set = 50.00

62) Guy, Duane F. [editor] THE STORY OF PALO DURO CANYON 1979, 1st edition, Canyon.  A collection of articles by several contributors that cover the region’s geology, archeology, paleontology, natural history, history from Coronado to Charles Goodnight’s settlement in the Canyon and Ranald Mackenzie’s raid; and acquisition of land for and the development of the State Park. 224pp with photos, maps (including two foldouts in rear pocket), index.  Hardback bound in green leather with gold embossed lettering on front and spine, nice copy....75.00 SOLD

63) Guyer, James S. PIONEER LIFE IN WEST TEXAS 1938, 1st edition, Brownwood. Includes the author’s reminiscences about his life on the range; buffalo hunting; non-lethal encounter with Indians, trail driving; and memories of men he met, such as Charles Goodnight, Billy the Kid (whom he met in 1877), Judge Roy Bean, and others. 185pp w/illus. HB w/scuffed cover…50.00 SOLD

64) Henderson, Halton  ARTISTRY IN SINGLE ACTION 1989, 1st limited edition of 400 copies, Chama Press, Dallas.  Foreword by J. Evetts Haley. Typography design by David Holman; binding and slipcase design by Craig Jensen; photos by Charles DeBus. This book chronicles the story of the beautiful and innovative Grizzly revolvers designed by Edmond de la Garrigue. The book also includes a brief history of the six-gun in Texas, and of the career of Samuel Colt. 110pp w/illus, sources. Folio HB ¼ bound in leather over brown cloth boards, in slipcase. This copy SIGNED by Henderson on the half-title page, and SIGNED by Homan and Jensen on the colophon page; includes a publisher’s broadside.…225.00

65) Huston, Cleburne  TOWERING TEXAS: A Biography of Thomas J. Rusk  1971, 1st edition, Waco.  Rusk had a firm hand in almost every important development in Texas’ War for Independence, the formation of the Republic, and the difficult years of early statehood.  191pp w/illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ….60.00

66) Jaques, Mary J. TEXAN RANCH LIFE; with Three Months in a Prairie Schooner  1989, reprint of the 1894 original, College Station.  Author, who came to Texas from England, gives a good look at early day ranch life in Kimble County, and tells of her travels to Mexico.  363pp w/photos. HB/DJ……45.00

67) Kahlenberg, Mary Hun & Anthony Berlant THE NAVAJO BLANKET 1972, 1st edition, Los Angeles.  Foreword by Laura Gilpin.  A study of the stylistic development of the Navajo blanket makers from the early 1800s to contemporary times. 112pp w/16 color plates and 81 black-and-white illustrations of blankets, map, photos, bibliography. Folio softcover….20.00

68) Karr, Charles Lee & Carroll Robbins Karr  REMINGTON HANDGUNS 1960, Bonanza Books reprint, NY. A standard reference that gives all data regarding the different Remington models. 152pp w/illustrations, model index. HB/DJ….25.00

69) Keith, Elmer “HELL, I WAS THERE!”  1979, 1st edition, Los Angeles.  Life story of Keith, a “Montana cowboy who gained world fame as a big game hunter.”  This is a revised and expanded version of Keith’s earlier autobiography published under a different title. 308pp w/photos, maps.  Folio HB/DJ…85.00

70) Kelton, Elmer  SANDHILLS BOY: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer  2007, 1st edition, NY. Kelton’s delightful memoir is followed by an afterword by his wife of sixty years, Ann Kelton. 252pp. HB/DJ, fine copy, SIGNED by Elmer and Ann….75.00

71) Kelton, Elmer CLOUDY IN THE WEST  1997, 1st edition, NY. Novel. 255pp. HB/DJ fine……………..25.00

72) Kelton, Elmer RANGER’S TRAIL  2002, advance uncorrected proof copy, NY. 330pp. Softcover, SIGNED bookplate..45.00

  73) Kelton, Elmer   DARK THICKET  1985, 1st edition, NY. A story of turmoil in Texas during the Civil War.  182pp.  HB/DJ, nice copy, SIGNED……150.00
                73b) Another copy – Dark Thicket – 1st edition, HB/DJ, fine copy, not signed…75.00

74) Kelton, Elmer  MY KIND OF HEROES 1995, 1st limited edition of 100 copies, Austin. Introduction by F. Lee Lawrence; sketches by the author. A collection of four speeches by Kelton. 93pp w/illus.  HB bound in marbled cloth and ¼ leather in slipcase, SIGNED by Kelton………185.00 SOLD

75) Kelton, Elmer  THE GOOD OLD BOYS  1978, 1st edition, NY. Kelton’s memorable novel featuring Western fiction’s most likeable cowboy, Hewey Calloway.  253pp. HB/DJ very nice copy, SIGNED…….185.00

76) Kelton, Elmer THE TIME IT NEVER RAINED   1973, 1st edition, NY. This classic novel, considered by most to be Kelton’s best novel, won the WWA Spur Award, and the Western Heritage Award.  373pp. HB/DJ has tiny chip ant spine, some edgewear, now in protective cover, SIGNED….450.00

77) Kelton, Elmer THE ART OF JAMES BAMA  1993, 1st edition, NY. Beautiful full-color reproductions by Bama accompany Kelton’s interesting text that tells the history behind the paintings. Folio HB/DJ, fine copy…......60.00

78) Kelton, Elmer PERMIAN: A Continuing Saga  1985, 1st trade edition, Midland. Kelton explains the history behind fourteen full-color illustrations by artist, Tom Lovell. The paintings are: “Salt Bearers at Lake Juan Cordona,” “Trading at the Pecos Pueblo,” “Cabeza de Vaca,” “Coronado’s Expedition,” “Governor’s Palace, Santa Fe,” Horsehead Crossing of the Pecos River,” “Camels in Texas,” “Captain Pope’s Well,” “Comanche Moon,” “Fast Mail to Carlsbad,” “Free Lunch on the Slaughter Ranch,” “Plane Table Party Northeast of McCamey,” “A Bride’s Home at a Wildcat Well,” “A Trade at Midnight.”  Includes a history of the Petroleum Museum in Midland, and biographical sketches of members of the “Petroleum Hall of Fame.”127pp Oblong folio softcover..40.00

79) Kelton, Steve RENDERBROOK: A Century Under the Spade Brand  1989, 1st edition, Ft. Worth. 100 year history of the innovative West Texas ranching enterprise. 221pp w/photos, notes, index. HB/DJ, SIGNED….55.00 SOLD

80) [KIMBLE COUNTY] FAMILIES OF KIMBLE COUNTY Vol. 1 1985, 1st edition, Junction.  Family biographies arranged alphabetically. 504pp w/photos, map endpapers, 1870 census.  Folio HB w/decorated cover…..125.00 SOLD

81) [KIMBLE COUNTY] FAMILIES OF KIMBLE COUNTY Vol. II  1998, 1st edition, Junction. More family biographies and other historical data. 499pp w/photos, index. Folio HB w/embossed cover, one inch chip at bottom of spine….90.00 SOLD

82) King, Irene Marshall JOHN O. MEUSEBACH: German Colonizer of Texas  1967, 1st ed, Austin. This book presents the life of Meusebach, and recounts the founding of Fredericksburg, the effects of the Mexican War on the immigrants waiting on the Texas coast, the signing of the unique treaty with the Comanches that opened up for settlement a vast region of West Texas, and much more. 192pp w/photos, map, biblio, index. HB/DJ….50.00 SOLD

83) Kleberg, Janell  WAITING FOR DAYLIGHT: King Ranch Images From The Past  2003, 1st edition, Ketchum.  Kleberg writes of the ranch work she had documented on film for King Ranch over a period of thirty years.  This book consists of photo-graphs taken from horseback while working cattle in South Texas, South America, and Australia. 176pp. Folio HB/DJ..45.00 SOLD

84) Landrum, Jeff  REFLECTIONS OF A BOOMTOWN: A Photographic Essay of the Burkburnett Oil Boom, 1912-1982  1982, 1st edition, Wichita Falls.  202pp w/map, photos. Folio HB some pages are water wrinkled,  SIGNED..45.00 [condition noted] SOLD

85) Lindley, Thomas Ricks  ALAMO TRACES: New Evidence and New Conclusions2003, 1st edition, Lanham. Foreword by Stephen Harrigan. Harrigan, in his foreword, states: “…his book is not a popular history.  It is, instead, a methodical, piece-by-piece dismantling of what we thought we knew, combined with convincing speculation about what might have really happened.”   
386pp w/illustrations, notes, appendices, selected bibliography, index.  Softcover…..19.95

86) Long, Jeff  DUEL OF EAGLES: The Texan and U.S. Fight for the Alamo.  1990, 1st edition, NY. A revisionist look at the Texas Revolution. 431pp w/illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. HB/DJ….20.00

87) Marshall, Michael P. & Henry J. Walt, et al  RIO ABAJO: Prehistory and History of a Rio Grande Province  1984, 1st edition, Santa Fe. A comprehensive archeological and historical study of a portion of the Rio Grande Valley near Socorro, New Mexico. 346pp w/maps, charts, references, appendices. Folio HB w/gilt decorations….125.00 SOLD

88) Masterson, W.B. (Bat) FAMOUS GUNFIGHTERS OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER 1968, a reprint limited to 1000 copies, Fort Davis. Originally published in 1907 in Human Life Magazine as a series of articles on Luke Short, Bill Tilghman, Ben Thompson, Doc Holliday, and Wyatt Earp, whom the author knew personally. 112pp w/many photos. Softcover.....19.50 SOLD

89) McDaniel, Ruel  VINEGARROON: The Saga of Judge Roy Bean “Law West of the Pecos  1936, 1st edition, Kingsport.  The story of the famous judge who presided at Langtry, Texas.  143pp. HB w/pictorial cover….30.00

90) McNeill, J.C. (Cap), III THE McNEILL’S SR RANCH: 100 Years in Blanco Canyon 1988, 1st edition, College Station. Anecdotal history of the cattle ranch in the Caprock country of  Crosby County, Texas. 205pp w/photos, index.  HB/DJ..35.00 SOLD

91) [MENARD COUNTY] ) THE FREE STATE OF MENARD: A History of the County by N.H. Pierce 1946, 1st edition, Menard. A well-rounded county history with much on early settlement, Indian fights, Fort McKavett, Texas Rangers, schools, ranches, railroads, pioneer biographical sketches, list of Menard County veterans. 213pp w/photos. HB/DJ faded and edgeworn with tape repair at flaps, now in protective cover, very scarce…250.00 SOLD

92) Metz, Leon Claire JOHN SELMAN: Texas Gunfighter 1966, 1st edition, NY. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “...this is the first biography of Selman, and the author has done a good job of research and writing.”  Selman killed John Wesley Hardin in El Paso. 254ppw/photos, notes, biblio, index. HB/DJ,  INSCRIBED/SIGNED......50.00 SOLD
                  b) another copy—John Selman: Texas Gunfighter—1st edition, HB/DJ, not signed.....40.00

93) [MIDLAND COUNTY] THE PIONEER HISTORY OF MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS 1880-1926 compiled by members of the Midland County Historical Society. 1984, 1st “Limited Centennial Edition,” Dallas.  175pp w/many photos, historical articles, family biographies, marriage and death records, and more. Folio  HB leather w/decorated cover, very scarce….225.00

94) [MIDLAND COUNTY] HISTORIC MIDLAND: An Illustrated History of Midland County edited by Bill Modisett. 
1998, 1st edition, Midland.  Dust jacket painting—“Free Lunch At The Slaughter Ranch”—by Tom Lovell. Includes many historical articles by various contributors—first settlers; cowboys and cattlemen;  farming; oil boom days;  political development; and much more.  128pp w/photos. Folio HB/DJ has wrinkle and small, faint water stain, INSCRIBED/SIGNED……65.00

95) [MONTAGUE COUNTY] 100 YEARS IN MONTAGUE COUNTY  1958, 1st printing, Saint Jo. Historical articles, photos, old ads, maps. Approximately 100 pages, unnumbered. Folio softcover…..35.00 SOLD

99) Mullin, Robert N. [editor] MAURICE G. FULTON’S HISTORY OF THE LINCOLN COUNTY WAR   1968, 1st edition, Tucson.  The definitive book on the infamous Lincoln County War: cattle rustling, John Tunstall, Juan Patron, Alexander McSween, Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, L.G. Murphy, the Apache Indians, much more. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “This long-awaited book represents a lifetime of research by a meticulous historian.”  HB/DJ, nice copy, scarce…..165.00 SOLD

100) Myers, John Myers THE LAST CHANCE: Tombstone’s Early Years  1950, 1st edition, NY. A history of Tombstone, Arizona, with much on the Earp-Clanton feud. 260pp w/photos, maps, bibliography, index. HB….20.00

101) Oberste, William H.  HISTORY OF REFUGIO MISSION  2005, reprint, Salem.  This facsimile reprint of the very rare 1942 edition gives a complete history of the 18th-century Spanish mission located in South Texas.  Includes material on Karankawa Indians; exploration of Matagorda Bay and environs; the eventual hostility of the Karankawa; and much more. 411pp illus; map, notes, bibliography, appendix, index.   Hardback issued without dust jacket, as new…..60.00

102) O’Neal, Bill  THE BLOODY LEGACY OF PINK HIGGINS: A Half Century of Violence in Texas  1999, 3rd printing, Austin. Biography of a West Texas cowboy, Indian fighter, trail driver, stock detective, rancher, and a deadly shootist who was embroiled in the Horrell-Higgins feud. The book also tells about Higgins’ involvement in a deadly encounter with a powerful cattle baron and the legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hamer.  176pp w/photos, notes, index. Softcover….21.95

103) Parsons, Chuck JAMES MADISON BROWN: Texas Sheriff, Texas Turfman  1993, 1st limited edition of 300 copies, Wolfe City.  Brown was the controversial sheriff of Lee County who killed several men in the line of duty, and hung Bill Longley.  He was killed by Chicago police in 1890. 167pp w/photos, appendices, index. Folio HB…….65.00 SOLD

104) Patterson, Paul  CRAZY WOMEN IN THE RAFTERS: Memories of a Texas Boyhood  1976, 1st edition, Norman. Imaginative stories of the author’s youth in West Texas. (Patterson was Elmer Kelton’s high school journalism teacher and mentor.) 242pp. HB/DJ …….35.00 SOLD

105) Peyton, Green  FOR GOD AND TEXAS: The Life of P.B. Hill 1947, 1st edition, NY.  The Rev. Dr. P.B. Hill was a former Captain of the Texas Rangers during the Prohibition era. As a preacher, he founded a chain of churches in San Antonio, and built a tabernacle on a hill overlooking Kerrville where ranchmen came to worship from mile around. 201pp w/photos. HB/DJ….35.00 SOLD

106) Pfluger, Marsha  ACROSS TIME AND TERRITORY: A Walk Through the National Ranching Heritage Center2004, 1st edition, Lubbock.  Foreword by Elmer Kelton. Historical essays and photos of the buildings at the National Ranching Heritage Center at Lubbock, Texas.  115pp w/photos, biblio. Oblong folio hardback w/pictorial cover ……..39.95 SOLD

107) Pinkerton, William A. TRAIN ROBBERIES AND TRAIN ROBBERS  1968, reprint by Frontier Book Co., Fort Davis. An address given by Pinkerton at the annual convention of International Association Chiefs of Police in 1907. 79pp w/many photos of train robbers.  Softcover….18.95 SOLD

108) Poe, Charlsie BOOGER RED: World Champion Cowboy 1991, 1st  ed, Winters. Biography of  West Texan, Sam T. Privett, horse-breaker, rodeo bronc rider. 123pp (plus 46 pages of photos) with bibliography.  HB/DJ, SIGNED, scarce…..85.00 SOLD

109) Potter, Col. Jack  CATTLE TRAILS OF THE OLD WEST 1939, 2nd expanded edition, Clayton. Edited/compiled by Laura H. Krehbiel.  Interesting tales of cattle-driving and descriptions of several old cattle trails. This edition includes some material on the Black Jack Ketchum gang and a chapter on Mysterious Dave Mather. The author was the son of the “Fighting Parson” Andrew Jackson Potter.  87pp w/illustrations, and large foldout-map of cattle trails. Softcover w/extended edges, SIGNED, scarce….125.00 SOLD

110) Ragsdale, Kenneth B. WINGS OVER THE BORDER: Pioneer Military Aviation in the Big Bend 1984, 1st edition, Austin. Little-known and interesting history. Military aviation got its start in the Big Bend. 266pp w/photos, biblio, index. HB/DJ….45.00

111) Ragsdale, Kenneth Baxter QUICKSILVER: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company 1976, 1st edition, College Station. A good history of Howard Perry’s mining empire in the Big Bend. 327pp with photos, biblio, index.  HB/DJ….45.00

112) Rankin, Melinda TEXAS IN 1850 1966, facsimile reprint of the original, Waco. Rankin came to Texas in 1847 and spent 20 years as an educator. She describes life and conditions in the Rio Grande Valley during that period, and tells the history of the revolution and annexation to the U.S. 199pp. HB/DJ…..35.00

113) Ratchford, Fannie E. [editor] THE STORY OF CHAMP D’ASILE As Told by Two of the Colonists 1937, 1st limited edition of 300 copies, The Book Club of Texas, Dallas. Translated from the French by Donald Joseph. In 1817, some 150 French exiles settled in a fort near the mouth of the Trinity River. When the Spanish began a march toward the fort, the settlers fled to Galveston where they were caught in a hurricane. Aided by Jean Lafitte, the survivors returned to Louisiana. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “This is the best contemporary account of the ill-fated colony of Napoleonic refugees in Texas.”  180pp w/illustrated endpapers. HB, a fine copy in slipcase, scarce…….185.00

114) [RHODES, EUGENE MANLOVE] THE RHODES READER: Stories of Virgins, Villains, and Varmints selected by
W.H. Hutchinson.  1957, 1st edition, Norman. Most of the stories included were published here for the first time in book form.
Of particular interest is Rhodes’ non-fiction essay, “In Defense of Pat Garrett,” whom he knew personally. 316pp. HB/DJ…45.00

115) [RHODES, EUGENE MANLOVE] THE BEST NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES OF EUGENE MANLOVE RHODES edited by Frank V. Dearing.  Introduction by J. Frank Dobie.  1949, reprint, Boston. 551 pages with 4 novels, 2 novelettes, 6 miscellaneous short works.  HB…..25.00 SOLD

116) Rogers, Mondel OLD RANCHES OF THE TEXAS PLAINS 1976, 1st edition, College Station.  Foreword by Mitchell A. Wilder. With 80 beautiful paintings--57 in full-color--Mondel presents a unique record of the development of ranch architecture on the West Texas Plains. 124pp. Oblong folio HB/DJ…….45.00 SOLD

117) [RUNNELS COUNTY] RUNNELS COUNTY PIONEERS 1975, 1st ed, Ballinger. Edited by Frank D. Jenkins. Many family biographies. 206pp w/photos and map; 1880 census; lists of Union and Confederate veterans; index. Folio HB, very scarce…175.00

118) [RUNNELS COUNTY, TEXAS] HISTORY OF ETHNIC CULTURES IN THE BALLINGER AREA 1976, 1st edition, Ballinger. Edited by Mary Ruth Cervanka. Various writers contributed to this history of the diverse cultures of a West Texas county. Includes biographies and family histories . 208 pages with some recipes thrown in for good measure. HB, very scarce……225.00

119) Saunders, Tom B., IV  THE TEXAS COWBOYS: A Photographic Portrayal  1997, 1st edition Ketchum. Photography by David R. Stoecklein; illustrations by Bob Moline. “Cowboys of the Lone Star State—A Photographic Portrayal.” 249pp w/index of ranches, bibliography. Folio hardback/dust jacket, beautiful book!.....45.00

120) Serven, James E.  COLT FIREARMS [1836-1958] 1972, 7th printing, La Habra. History of Colt firearms. A sourcebook for serious Colt arms collectors.  387pp w/illus, model index, general index. Folio HB/DJ….40.00 SOLD

121) Shelton, Hooper 50 YEARS of a LIVING LEGEND: Texas Cowboy Reunion and Old-timer’s Association 1979, 1st edition, Stamford.  A history of the Stamford annual rodeo and Cowboy Association. 253pp w/photos, membership list. HB/DJ…….30.00 SOLD

122) Shinkle, James D. FORT SUMNER AND THE BOSQUE REDONDO INDIAN RESERVATION  1965, 1st ed, Roswell.  History of the New Mexican Indian reservation, and the government’s attempt to deal with large numbers of hostile Indians. 85pp w/photos. HB, SIGNED……40.00

123) Siemering, A. THE HERMIT OF THE CAVERN 1931, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio. Translated and adapted by May E. Francis, from Ein Verstehles Leben, 1876. “A novel of the early Sixties abounding in dramatic situations—the struggle of those early German settlers in Southwest Texas to maintain their neutrality in a nation torn asunder by internal strife.”  180pp w/illustrations. HB….40.00 SOLD

124) Sitton, Thad TEXAS HIGH SHERIFFS 1988, 1st edition, Austin.  “A fascinating and provocative look at the old ways of law enforcement as practiced by the rural Texas sheriff before 1965.”  279pp w/photos, biographical notes.  HB/DJ….55.00

125) Sonnichsen, C.L. I’LL DIE BEFORE I’LL RUN: The Story of the Great Feuds of Texas 1951, 1st edition, NY.  Chronicles many of Texas’ deadly 19th-century feuds including the Regulators and Moderators; the Lee-Peacock; the Taylor-Sutton; the Horrell-Higgins; The San Saba Mob; and others.. 294pp w/photos, sources, notes. HB/DJ, INSCRIBED/SIGNED…..85.00 SOLD

126) Stanley, F. NO TEARS FOR BLACK JACK KETCHUM 1958, 1st  limited edition of 500 copies, Denver.  Life story of the desperado who roamed West Texas and New Mexico, and rode with members of Butch Cassidy’s Wild bunch, and his own brother, Sam Ketchum.  Softcover, numbered and SIGNED, very scarce....100.00 SOLD

127) [STERLING COUNTY]  MILLING AROUND STERLING COUNTY: A History of Sterling County edited by Beverly Daniels. 1980, 1st edition, Canyon. 382pp w/many photos, historical articles, 220 pages of family histories, bibliography.
Folio HB green cloth gold stamped spine and front cover……125.00

128) Stovall, Allan A. NUECES HEADWATER COUNTRY: A Regional History  1959, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio. An extensive regional history that deals primarily with Edwards and Real Counties in the heart of Texas’ Hill Country. Old Spanish missions; early settlers, Indian raids and massacres, lawmen and outlaws, much more. 468pp w/many photos, maps, appendices, detailed index.  HB/DJ, near fine copy, very scarce……….350.00

129) Sullivan, Sergeant W.J.L. TWELVE YEARS in the SADDLE FOR LAW and ORDER on the FRONTIERS OF TEXAS  1966, 2nd edition, NY. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “The author served under Bill McDonald and others between 1888 and 1900, a period for which there are few surviving ranger recollections... Provides us with a first-hand account of Texas Ranger activities in West Texas during the 1890s, particularly at Amarillo, Quanah, and El Paso. [He] chased and captured bank robbers, cattle thieves, murderers, and train robbers, and had his share of gunfights.”  Included are some excellent photographs of rangers on duty and several outlaws.  284pp.  HB/no dust jacket as issued…….75.00

130) Sutton, Robert C., Jr. THE SUTTON-TAYLOR FEUD  1974, 1st edition, Quanah.  This book tells about the famous feud from the viewpoint of a Sutton descendant. 82pp w/photos, sources, index. Folio HB/DJ has a large chunk missing from front cover..70.00

131) [TARRANT COUNTY]  THE FORT IN FORT WORTH by Clay Perkins, M.D. 2001, 1st edition, Keller. A history of the military post that was in service from 1849 to 1853, and around which grew the town of Fort Worth. 276pp w/illustrations, notes, muster roll, appendix.  HB/DJ, INSCRIBED/SIGNED…35.00 SOLD

132) Taylor, W. Thomas TEXFAKE: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents. 1991, 1st edition, Austin. Introduction by Larry McMurtry. An account of the marketing of forged Texas documents. The author was instrumental in uncovering the forgeries and gives his own evidence which made him suspect forgery. He also relates the looting and selling of items stolen from Texas Libraries. The forged and original documents are described in detail with accompanying plates to illustrate differences between the genuine document and the fake. 158pp w/illustrations,  bibliography, index. HB……45.00 SOLD

133) Waters, Frank  THE EARP BROTHERS OF TOMBSTONE: The Story of Mrs. Virgil Earp 1960, Bramhall House reprint, NY. An account of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James and Warren Earp, based on the recollections of Virgil Earp’s widow.  Ramon Adams, in SIX-GUNS, uncharacteristically had good things to say about this book.  HB/DJ nice reading copy...  19.50 SOLD

134) Williams, Villamae [editor]  STEPHEN F. AUSTIN’S REGISTER OF FAMILIES  1984, a reprint of the originals in the General Land Office, Austin.  Entries of Austin’s colonies from 1824-1836 which “provides data available nowhere else on a cross section of early Anglo settlers of Mexican Texas.”  Approximately 200 pages w/index, map. Folio softcover….50.00 SOLD

 
CATALOG #192:  June, 2010
TEXANA/WESTERN AMERICANA:
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[NOTE: On the last page of this catalog you will find an interesting selection of signed first editions by Larry McMurtry.]

1) Adams, Clarence S. & Tom E. Brown, Sr. THREE RANCHES WEST: A True Story of John S. Chisum, the Cowman Who Opened the West for the Cattle Trade 1972, 1st edition, NY. A well-researched historical novel based on the legendary career of cattleman John Chisum, with much on the Lincoln County War. 589pp w/photo section, bibliography, SIGNED by both authors.  HB/DJ, very nice copy..250.00

2) [ARCHEOLOGY] THE CHAYAH SITE by James E. Corbin, et al. Study of an archeological site in Nacogdoches county. 158pp w/illustrations, appendices, bibliography. Folio softcover with spiral binding, SIGNED by Corbin…..30.00 SOLD

3) [ARCHEOLOGY] TRACES OF TEXAS HISTORY: Archeological Evidence of the Past 450 Years by Daniel E . Fox. 1983, 1st edition, San Antonio.  A thorough study in which the author attempts to show how archeology can be used to expand the meaning of written history and test the accuracy of historical accounts. 416pp w/numerous illustrations, references, list of recommended reading, index.  HB w/decorated cover, SIGNED…..40.00 SOLD

4) [ARCHEOLOGY] DIGGING INTO SOUTH TEXAS PREHISTORY: A Guide for Amateur Archaeologists by Thomas R. Hester. 1980, 1st edition, San Antonio.  Preface by John Graves. Useful information for the wannabe archeologist.  201pp w/illustrations, appendices, references, index.  HB/DJ, nice copy, SIGNED….45.00 SOLD
                  b) Another Copy – Digging into South Texas Prehistory – 1989, 6th printing, softcover, SIGNED..25.00

5) [ARCHEOLOGY] CULTURE COMPLEXES AND CHRONOLOGY IN NORTHERN TEXAS with Extension of Puebloan Datings to the Mississippi Valley by Alex d. Krieger. 1946, 1st printing, Austin [University of Texas Publication No. 4640.] 366pp w/charts, maps, illustrations, references, name and place index, and subject index. Softcover, tape repair to spine, I’ve put it in a Bro-Dart DuraSaver  protective cover, very scarce….85.00 (condition noted)

6) [ARCHEOLOGY] HANDBOOK OF TEXAS ARCHEOLOGY: Type Descriptions edited by Dee Ann Suhm and Edward B. Jelks. 1968, 2nd edition, Austin. “A cumulative compendium of type descriptions published jointly by The Texas Archeological Society and The Texas Memorial Museum.”  299pp w/illustrations, references. Folio softcover with interior tape repair at hinge, now in protective cover, scarce….100.00 SOLD

7) [ARCHEOLOGY]  FLINT BLADES AND PROJECTILE POINTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN by Lawrence N. Tully.  1986, 1st edition, Benton. Photos by Steven N. Tully.  A fully illustrated identification guide. 240pp w/photos, references, index. Folio HB/DJ, SIGNED…..35.00 SOLD

8) [ARCHEOLOGY] THE ROCK ART OF TEXAS INDIANS by W.W. Newcomb, Jr. 1967, 1st edition, Austin. Paintings by Forrest Kirkland, 32 in full color, 128 in black and white, plus many photos. This book is the result of a decades-long study of rock art in West Texas from the Pecos and Devil’s rivers to the Big Bend and Hueco Tanks northeast of El Paso.  Hundreds of examples of petroglyphs and pictographs are reproduced. 239pp w/appendix, bibliography, index. Tucked inside a small handmade pocket glued inside the front cover is a 1941 photo of Kirkland that is signed by Mrs. Kirkland Folio HB/DJ showing some edgewear..95.00 SOLD

9) [ARCHEOLOGY] THE PREHISTORY OF THE TEHUACAN VALLEY edited by Douglas S. Byers. 1967, 1st edition, Austin. TWO VOLUMES: 1) “Environment and Subsistence;” 2) “The Non-Ceramic Artifacts”. A detailed study of  an archeo-logical site in an arid cave in east central Mexico. 331/258pp w/illustrations, tables, bib., index. Folio HB/DJ, the set = 125.00

10) Armstrong, George W.  MEMOIRS OF GEORGE W. ARMSTRONG  1958, 1st edition, Austin.  Autobiography of a Fort Worth entrepreneur who was a banker, lawyer, oil producer, farmer and rancher, and war contractor. 414pp w/photos, index..75.00 SOLD

11) Bailey, Harry H. WHEN NEW MEXICO WAS YOUNG  1948, 1st limited edition of 1000 copies, Las Cruces.  Adams, SIX-GUNS: “This book tells of life in early New Mexico and contains some material on Jim Miller and the Oliver-Lee feud.” Also material on Billy the Kid, Old Mesilla, Elephant Butte Dam, and much more. Adams further explains: “The book has articles from a series that ran in the Las Cruces Citizen from 1946 to 1948, which explains why the copyright antedates the book by two years.” 203pp w/photos, and an editor’s note at the end. Softcover, scarce New Mexico item…..65.00 SOLD

12) Baylor, George Wythe ) INTO THE FAR, WILD COUNTRY: True Tales of the Old Southwest 1996, 1st edition, El Paso. Edited and with an introduction by Jerry D. Thompson. The stories included here were published in the El Paso Daily Herald from 1899 to 1906. The stories cover accounts of the Civil War in El Paso and the Mesilla Valley, fights with Comanches in North Texas and with Victorio’s Apaches in the mountains of Chihuahua, and more. 442pp w/maps, illus, notes, bibliography.  HB/DJ….45.00 SOLD
  
13) [BREWSTER COUNTY] ALPINE, TEXAS: Then and Now, A Centennial Edition by Clifford B. Casey.  1981, 1st limited edition of 2,000 copies, Seagraves.  Detailed history of the county seat of Brewster County. Includes a 100 page section of bio-graphical sketches of many pioneers to the region. 4377pp w/photos, photo appendix, index. Folio HB, SIGNED…125.00

14) Brown, John Henry LIFE AND TIMES OF HENRY SMITH: The First American Governor of Texas  1887, 1st edition, Dallas.  Henry Smith was elected Governor of Texas/Coahilla in 1833 while Texas was still under Mexican rule. He later became an outspoken critic of the Mexican government and after Texas gained its independence he was appointed Secretary of Treasury for the Republic of Texas under Sam Houston. 395pp w/appendix.  HB bound in brown cloth w/gold embossed lettering, sound copy..95.00 SOLD

15) Brown, Madeleine Duncan  TEXAS IN THE MORNING: The Love Story of Madeleine Brown and President Lyndon Baines Johnson  1997, 1st edition, Baltimore.  The long-suppressed story of the author’s twenty-one year relationship with Johnson with whom she bore a love child. She delivers an eye-opening look at some of the nations most powerful men, and gives an insider’s view of the assassination of Kennedy and its political aftermath.  241pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ, very scarce…..95.00 SOLD

16) Bruce, Leona BANISTER WAS THERE 1968, 1st edition, Fort Worth. Biography of the author’s father who was a Texas Ranger and later sheriff in Coleman County just before and after the turn of the 20th-century. 196pp w/map endpapers, photos, index. HB/DJ has edgewear….65.00

17) Bruce, Leona FOUR YEARS IN THE COLEMAN JAIL: Daughter of Two Sheriffs  1982, 1st edition, Austin.  The author reminiscences about her youthful life while living in a small-town county jail from 1914 to 1918. Her father, the sheriff of Coleman County at the time, was John Banister, formerly of the Texas Rangers. 143pp w/photos, index. HB…65.00 SOLD

18) Bryan, Frank EARLY TEXAS TRAVELERS  1966, 1st edition [reprinted from Central Texas Archeologist No. 7, Oct. 1966] An archeologist determines the routes of four early explorers through Texas: Cabeza de Vaca; the Coronado Expedition; the De Soto Expedition, and the route of the Frenchman, La Salle.108pp w/maps, illustrations, errata.  HB, scarce….95.00 SOLD

19) Carlson, Paul H. “PECOS BILL” A Military Biography of William R. Shafter  1989, 1st ed, College Station.  Biography of the abrasive soldier who served four decades with the U.S. Army from the Civil War through the Indian wars in the West to the Spanish-American War. 225pp w/maps, photos, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…60.00 

20) Castaneda, Carlos E.[translator/editor] THE MEXICAN SIDE of the TEXAN REVOLUTION by the Chief Mexican Participants...1971, limited edition of 500 copies by Documentary Publications, Wash. D.C.  Includes accounts of the Texas revolution by Santa Anna; his secretary, Caro; General Vilasola; General Urrea; and Mexican Secretary of War, General Tornel. 391pp w/maps, ill, index. Hardback/no dust jacket as issued……..45.00

21) Chrisman, Harry E. THE LADDER OF RIVERS: The Story of I.P (Print) Olive  1962, 1st edition, Denver.  This book gives a comprehensive story of the range cattle industry with Olive as its central figure. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “A well-written biography of one of the cattle land’s unique characters, revealing many things heretofore unrecorded.”  426pp w/many photos, appendix with brands of the era, notes, bibliography, index. HB/DJ, scarce…..165.00

22) [COLLIN COUNTY]  A HISTORY OF COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS by J. Lee Stambaugh & Lillian J. Stambaugh. 1958, 1st edition, Austin.  Includes articles concerning all aspects of the county’s history, pioneer biographies, and much more. Considered the best Collin county history. 303pp w/endpaper maps, photos, military lists for virtually all wars, biblio, index. HB, scarce..125.00

23) [COMAL COUNTY] ) Haas, Oscar HISTORY OF NEW BRAUNFELS AND COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS, 1844-1946 by Oscar Haas. 1983, 2nd printing, Austin. 338pp w/photos, many historical articles, chronology, bibliography, Confederate muster rolls, alphabetized censuses of 1850 and 1860, index, more.  HB/DJ, SIGNED….40.00

24) Cook, Jim (Lane) as told to T. M. Pearce  LANE OF THE LLANO 1936, 1st edition, Boston. The author’s father was a partner with John Chisum and his father made the first trail drive over the Chisum trail which Lane joined at the age of nine.  Later he was captured by Comanches and relates his life among them. During his long life he served as a government scout and as a cowboy on the Great Plains. 269pp w/illustrations, endpaper map.  HB/DJ, nice copy….125.00 SOLD

25) Cook, John R. THE BORDER AND THE BUFFALO: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains  1907, 1st edition, Topeka.  The author took part in the extermination of the buffalo that took place on the Texas Plains between 1874 and 1884.  He gives excellent descriptions of camp routines, the preparations for hunts, and marketing of hides. And he includes exciting accounts of Indian fights and scouts with the U.S. Army. Of particular interest is his detailed account of his group’s encounter with the Negro troops from Fort Concho, under command of Captain Nicholas Nolan, and how they all subsequently became lost and without water for several days. Some of his remarks are in contradiction to what Nolan later reported to the Secretary of War. 454pp w/notes.
HB w/decorated cover, very scarce…..175.00 SOLD

26) Corwin, Hugh D. COMANCHE & KIOWA CAPTIVES IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS 1959, 1st edition, Lawton.   Twelve stories of Indian captives including Francesca Medrano, Cynthia Ann Parker, Willie and Hermann Lehmann, Millie Durgan, Lizzie Ross, and others. 237pp w/photos, index. HB, extra nice copy, very scarce….125.00 SOLD

27) Corwin, Hugh D. THE KIOWA INDIANS: Their History and Life Stories  1958, 1st edition, Lawton.  A history of the tribe with biographies of individual Kiowas from firsthand interviews.  Interesting tribal history which includes stories of Satank, Satanta, Big Tree, Kicking Bird, the Indian legend of Medicine Bluff, and much more. 221 pp w/photos. HB, SIGNED, scarce…150.00 SOLD

28) Covarrubias, Miguel  INDIAN ART OF MEXICO & Central AMERICA  1957, 1st edition, NY. A comprehensive study of aboriginal art in Central America and Mexico. 360pp w/color and black and white illustrations by the author, photograph section, bibliography, index.  Folio HB/DJ…..45.00 SOLD

30) [DALLAS COUNTY] A PLACE CALLED DALLAS: The Pioneering Years of a Continuing Metropolis by A. C. Greene. 1975, 1st edition, Dallas.  A historical sketch of Dallas’s formative years with archival photos and historical map. 65pp. Sftcvr..14.95

32) [DAWSON COUNTY] THE TRAIL OF YEARS IN DAWSON COUNTY, TEXAS by M.C. Lindsey. 1987, 2nd revised ed’n, Baltimore. 283pp w/photos, historical articles, biographies of early families, index. HB……65.00 SOLD

33) de Shields, James T. BORDER WARS OF TEXAS 1912, 1st edition, Tioga.  Considered a classic, this book chronicles the many Indian battles and hardships faced by early Texan settlers as they struggled to settle a hostile frontier from 1819 through 1845. 400pp w/maps, many illustrations.  HB w/decorated cover, some light scuffing, sound copy very scarce……275.00 SOLD

34) Dixon, Olive K. LIFE OF BILLY DIXON: Plainsman, Scout and Pioneer  1927, revised edition, Dallas. A lengthy subtitle reads: “A narrative in which are described many things relating to the early Southwest, with an account of the fights between Indians and buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls and at Buffalo Wallow for which Congress voted the Medal of Honor to the survivors.” 251pp with some interesting period photos.  HB w/ some scuffing to exterior, very scarce….125.00 SOLD

35) Dobie, J. Frank THE MUSTANGS  1952, 1st edition, Boston. Illustrations by Charles Banks Wilson. Classic folklore and history of the Mustang.  376pp w/notes, index. HB/DJ has edgewear…..75.00

42) Dobie, J. Frank COW PEOPLE  1964, 1st edition, Boston. Dobie tells the human side of many legendary, old-time cattlemen: Ab Blocker, Shanghai Pierce, Ike Fridge, Charles Goodnight, and others. 305pp w/photos, sources, index.  HB/DJ…..85.00

43) Dobie, J. Frank THE WRITER AND HIS REGION 1950, offprint of article first published in Southwest Review, Dallas. 7pp. Softcover with faded edges....20.00

44) Dobie, J. Frank HUNTING COUSIN SALLY 1963, reprinted from Southwest Review, Summer, 1963, Dallas.  A booklet the Dobie’s sent out as a Christmas greeting.  Folio softcover…..35.00

45) Dobie, J. Frank  et al [editors] MUSTANGS AND COW HORSES 1965, 2nd, Austin. Texas Folklore Society Publication No. XVI (1940).  A collection of “horse lore” by many well-known contributors, including Dobie, Florence Fenley, George Catlin, Robert Denhardt, Badger Clark, John A. Lomax, Riley Aiken, and others. Illustrated by many western artists, including Charles M. Russell,. Will James, Ross Santee, and endpaper drawings by H.D. Bugbee. Highly sought after as "the richest assemblage of material on range horses ever published." (Dobie/Dykes 44 & 44). 429pp with illustrations, index. HB/DJ, nice copy…….40.00 SOLD

46) Dobie, J. Frank [editor] PURO MEXICANO undated facsimile reprint, Austin [Texas Folk-lore Society Publication No.  XII.]  Texas folklore with a Mexican flavor.  261pp w/index. HB….25.00

47) [DOBIE, J. FRANK] THE PLEASURE FRANK DOBIE TOOK IN GRASS by Mrs. J. Frank (Bertha) Dobie.  1972, limited edition of 500 copies [Keepsake No. 2, Friends of the Texas A&M University Library] A talk given by Mrs. Dobie, herewith reproduced from her handwritten manuscript. 20 unnumbered pages w/illustrations. Folio softcover…..35.00

48) [DOBIE, J. Frank] J. FRANK DOBIE by Francis Edward Abernathy. 1967, 1st edition, Austin: Southwest Writers Series,
No. 1. 52 pp with “Selected Bibliography” and secondary sources. Softcover…25.00

49) Dobie, J. Frank A CORNER FOREVER TEXAS 1928, Whatley Printers, Austin. “A plea for a Texas center in the University of Texas, with emphasis on the Texas collection of books and pamphlets, is taken in part from The Alcalde, April, 1938.” Sftcvr..35.00

50) [DOBIE, J. FRANK] FINDING LITERATURE ON THE TEXAS PLAINS: With a Representative Bibliography of Books on the Southwest by J. Frank Dobie by John William Rogers and J. Frank Dobie. 1931, 1st edition, Dallas. Listings by Dobie in this book were his first attempt at compiling a bibliography on Southwest literature. 57pp w/frontispiece photo of Dobie. HB 100.00 SOLD

52) Elliot, W. J. THE SPURS  1939, 1st edition, Spur.  Adams, RAMPAGING HERD: “A history of this famous ranch by one connected with it.  Privately printed and now quite difficult to come by.”  William Reese in, SIX SCORE, wrote that this book “gives more of the flavor of the Spur ranch than any other book.  The author worked for the Spur outfit, and there are many tales of his own personal experiences and those of his comrades.”  274pp illustrated with original photographs by the author, and brands drawn by Mrs. Cecil Scott. Hardback, a very nice copy of this exceedingly scarce book….395.00 SOLD

53) [EL PASO COUNTY] PASS OF THE NORTH: Four Centuries on the Rio Grande by C. L. Sonnichsen. Two Volumes 1968/1980, El Paso. Volume I is 4th printing; Volume II is first printing. Extensive history of the twin cities of El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico.  Illustrations by Jose Cisneros. Vol. I designed by Carl Hertzog. Vol. I 467pp/Vol. II 140pp, both indexed w/maps, photos, references, indexes. HB/DJ, two volumes = 60.00

54) Emmett, Chris TEXAS CAMEL TALES 1969, 2nd edition, Austin.  With a new introduction by James M. Day. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “The best account of the famous camel experiment in Texas, this volume is also a successful blend of the numerous official records of the experiment with the memoirs and anecdotes of the people involved.”  275pp with photos, notes, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ……50.00

55) [ETHNOLOGY] SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE SOCIAL AND CEREMONIAL LIFE OF THE CHOCTAW INDIANS by John R. Swanton. 1931, 1st printing, Washington, D.C. [Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin 103]. 282pp w/maps, charts, illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index. Softcover, a sound copy w/some foxing to interior pages…40.00 SOLD

56) [ETHNOLOGY] SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE SOCIAL AND CEREMONIAL LIFE OF THE CADDO INDIANS by John R. Swanton. 1942, 1st printing, Washington, D.C. [Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin 132]. 332pp w/maps, charts, illustrations, bibliography, index. Softcover, faded spine, some small chips….30.00 SOLD

57) Fewkes, J. Walter  THE MIMBRES: Art and Archaelogy  1989, 1st printing, Albuquerque.  Three essays by Fewkes, originally published between 1914 and 1924, tell of the art masterpieces painted on the interior of pottery bowls by ancient Mimbres Indians. Endpaper maps, illustrations. HB/DJ…..25.00 SOLD

58) Ford, Gus L. TEXAS CATTLE BRANDS 1958, 2nd ed., Dallas. An important range work that depicts 491 Texas cattle brands, with illustration and history of each. Includes brief history of Texas Cattlemen’s Ass. by E.B. Spiller; “Brands as Evidence of Ownership in Prosecution for Theft” by Charles E. Coombes; “Texas Cattle” by W.L. Stangel; and biographical data on 53 noted ranchers of the 19th century. 240pp w/maps, indexes to brands and branding irons. HB w/decorated cover, nice copy, scarce..295.00 SOLD

59) Frantz, Joe & Mike Cox LURE OF THE LAND: Texas County Maps and the History of Settlement  1988, 1st edition, published for the Texas Land Office by Texas A & M Press, College Station.  Mike Cox, More Basic Texas Books: “Only 2,000 copies of this book were published...It sold out within a short period of time and has not been republished...The book is the only place color plates of original county land grant maps have been published.  Not all of the counties are represented, but the maps of the major counties are reproduced.  And the format is large enough for the maps to be useful.”  228pp w/bibliography, index. Elephant folio HB/DJ an extremely nice copy with the DJ showing minor edgewear; very  scarce...495.00 SOLD

60) Gillett, James B. (in collaboration with Howard r. Driggs) THE TEXAS RANGER: A Story of the Southwestern Frontier  1927, reprint, NY. This reprint of Gillett’s Six Years With The Texas Rangers was published for schools, and has a new introduction by Driggs with illustrations by Herbert M. Stoops. Gillett served with the Rangers from 1875 to 1881. Includes his involvement in the Mason County War, the Horrell-Higgins Feud, rounding up of Sam Bass and his bunch, and other incidents.323pp w/illustrations. HB w/pictorial cover….35.00

61) Gilliland, Maude T. RINCON: A Story of  Life on a South Texas Ranch at the Turn of the Century  1964, 1st edition, Brownsville. Author tells of early 20th-century life at Rincon en de Media, the remote headquarters for the vast Wells ranch in Starr and Hidalgo counties.  The last section of the book deals with her move to Mission, Texas, in 1911, and of Mexican bandit raids in that area. 105pp with many period photos, bibliography.  HB/DJ, INSCRIBED/SIGNED, nice copy, very scarce….225.00 SOLD

62) Gilliland, Maude T. HORSEBACKERS OF THE BRUSH COUNTRY: A Story of the Texas Rangers and the Mexican Liquor Smugglers 1968, 1st edition, np. Part One gives detailed accounts of numerous gunfights between state and federal officers and horseback smugglers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and ‘30s. Part Two is an album of photos and biographical sketches of South Texas law enforcement officers of bygone days. 175pp with many historical photos, line drawings by the author, maps, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, INSCRIBED/SIGNED, very nice copy, scarce…..325.00 SOLD

63) Gipson, Fred OLD YELLER   1956, early reprint, NY. Classic story of a young boy and his faithful dog in the Hill Country of Texas.  HB/no dj…..25.00

65) [GREGG COUNTY]  LONGVIEW, TEXAS CENTENNIAL 1870-1970   1970, 1st edition, Longview.  Historical articles, biographies of sixteen early day pioneer families, church and business histories, many fine old period photos, more. 76pp w/index. Folio Softcover, like new……..25.00

66) Grusendorf, W.F. (Bill) FIFTY YEARS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING IN TEXAS  1961, 1st ed, NY. The author offers tips and “do’s and don’ts” of deer hunting, and includes hunting stories from his own experiences. 79pp w/photos. HB/DJ…...30.00

67) Guinn, Jeff  OUR LAND BEFORE WE DIE: The Proud Story of the Seminole Negro 2002, 1st edition, NY. The first major history of the runaway slaves who fled to the Florida Everglades to live among the Seminole Indians.  378pp w/photos, sources, index. HB/DJ…30.00 SOLD

68) Hafen, Le Roy R. THE OVERLAND MAIL, 1849-1659: Promoter of Settlement, Precursor of Railroads  1926, 1st edition, Cleveland.  This history of the establishment and development of the government’s overland mail service includes detailed infor-mation on such topics as ocean mail to the Pacific Coast, pioneer monthly mails to the Inter-Mountain region, the Butterfield Overland mail, the Pony Express, the Million Dollar mail in operation, and much more. 361pp w/large foldout map, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.  HB, very scarce, nice copy….295.00 SOLD

69) [HALE COUNTY] HISTORY OF HALE COUNTY, TEXAS by Mary L. Cox. 1937, 1st edition, Plainview. Early history of this Panhandle county with old-timer’s tales about frontier military, buffalo hunting, ranching, Texas Rangers, much more. 230pp w/photos. HB w/decorated cover, very scarce…..125.00

70) Haynes, Sam W.  SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE: The Somervell and Mier Expeditions 1990, 1st edition, Austin. The author “examines the Mier and Somervell expeditions in a political and diplomatic context.” 268pp w/illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ, some pages have highlighting…..20.00

71) Hunt, Frazier  CAP MOSSMAN: Last of the Great Cowmen  1951, 1st edition, NY. Illustrations by Ross Santee.  Life story of Mossman who, in his younger days, worked on ranches in New Mexico and Arizona-- including the Hash Knife outfit, where he routed a deadly gang of rustlers-- before forming his own vast cattle company.   277pp.  HB/DJ….85.00 SOLD

72) Hunter, J. Marvin PEREGRINATIONS OF A PIONEER PRINTER: An Autobiography  1954, 1st edition, Grand Prairie.  Hunter’s life story parallels a lot of Central and West Texas’ pioneer history.  244pp w/photos, index. 
HB, INSCRIBED/SIGNED……..60.00
                72b) Another copy – Peregrinations of a Pioneer Printer – 1st edition, not signed……50.00

73) James, Bill C. & Mary Kay Shannon SHERIFF A.J. ROYAL: Fort Stockton, Texas 1984, 2nd printing, Wolfe City.  The story of the Pecos County sheriff who was mysteriously assassinated in 1894. 43pp w/photos, bibliography. Softcover…..18.00

74) Krueger, Max Amadeus Paulus SECOND FATHERLAND: The Life and Times of a German Immigrant 1976, 1st  printing of the revised edition, College Station. Edited and with an introduction by Marilyn McAdams Sibley.  The author recalls, among other things, the murderous “Helena Duel”, brutal Indian massacres, a cattleman’s war, and the thrills of a mustang or buffalo hunt. 161pp w/illus, map, index.  HB/DJ…25.00 SOLD

75) Kupper, Winifred [editor] TEXAS SHEEPMAN: The Reminiscences of Robert Maudslay 1951, 1st edition, Austin. Ranching experiences of a young Englishman who came to West Texas in 1880. 138pp w/illus, notes, index. HB/DJ w/small chips….40.00

76) [LLANO COUNTY]  COBWEBS AND CORNERSTONES: A History of Llano’s Business District by Phyllis Whitt Almond and Sarah Oatman Franklin. 1976, 1st edition, Kerrville. Many photos accompany this interesting history of Llano’s early businesses.  128pp w/bibliography.  Folio HB w/pictorial cover…….20.00

77) Lewis, Willie Newbury BETWEEN SUN AND SOD  1938, 1st edition, 2nd state (author’s name correctly spelled on title page), Clarendon.  Introduction by John McCarty; illustrations by H.D. Bugbee. In this classic frontier memoir, the author tells of life on the Texas Panhandle plains--Indians, buffalo hunters, cattlemen, cowboys, longhorns and trail drivers, pioneer settlers. 244pp w/ illustrations, appendix, bibliography.  HB/DJ has one inch chip at upper and lower spine, edgewear, SIGNED…..150.00 SOLD

78) Lomax, John & Alan Lomax  AMERICAN BALLADS & FOLK SONGS  1966, reprint, NY. A collection of songs and music that illustrate the many facets of American life and culture, from old favorites to new discoveries. 624pp w/biblio, index. HB..25.00

79) Marks, Richard  CORTES: The Great Adventurer and the Fate of Aztec Mexico  1993, 1st edition, NY. The story of the quintessential conquistador. 347pp w/maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…20.00

80) Matthews, Sallie Reynolds  TRUE TALES OF THE FRONTIER  1961, 1st of this edition, Albany.  The frontier stories in this volume were taken from Sallie Reynolds’ Interwoven, first published in 1936. Here, they were arranged, illustrated, and published by her grandson, Joseph E. Blanton, to commemorate Reynolds’ 100th birthday. Indian fights; death of Oliver Loving; Fort Griffin; Fort Davis; kidnappings; frontier ranch life, and more. 77pp w/illus. Folio HB/DJ….35.00

81) McAfee, W.R. THE CATTLEMEN 1989, 1st edition, Alvin. The story of the Reid brothers who founded the Eleven Bar 11 ranch in the Barrilla Mountains northeast of Fort Davis.  266pp w/map, photos, index. HB/DJ, SIGNED…..85.00

82) McCright, Grady E. & James H. Powell  JESSE EVANS: Lincoln County Badman  1983, 1st edition, limited, College Station. The story of Evans, an outlaw, hired gunfighter, cattle rustler, and a principal figure in the infamous Lincoln County War.  239pp w/photos, notes, appendix, bibliography, index.  Softcover……35.00 SOLD

83) McGinnis, Edith B.  THE PROMISED LAND 1947, 1st edition, Boerne. “A narrative featuring the life history and adventures of Frank G.. Brown, pioneer, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and founder of the Quaker settlement of Friendswood.”  Includes an interesting chapter on the 1900 Galveston storm, which reached Friendswood in all its fury. 160pp w/illustrations.  HB, scarce..65.00

84) Miller, Thomas Lloyd  THE PUBLIC LANDS OF TEXAS, 1519-1970  1972, 1st edition, Norman. This volume covers all important legislation relating to public lands—lands for settlers, for soldiers, for internal improvements, for schools—as well as the administration of laws related to timber/mineral rights. 341pp w/maps, illus, appendices, notes, biblio, index.  HB/DJ..40.00 SOLD
                84b) Another copy – Public Lands of Texas – also first edition in variant softcover binding….25.00 SOLD

85) Morfi, Juan Agustin EXCERPTS FROM THE MEMORIAS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF TEXAS  1932, limited edition of 400 copies, San Antonio.  With a prolog, appendix, and notes by Frederick C. Chabot. “Being a translation of those parts of the Memorias which particularly concern the various Indians of the Province of Texas; their tribal divisions, characteristics, customs, traditions, superstitions, and all else of interest concerning them.” [Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS says this of the original two volumes of Morfi’s Memorias: “This is the best contemporary 18th-century history of Texas…It is the most complete and detailed account known, as it presents a connected narrative of the principal events in the history of Texas from 1673 to 1779.”] The item presented here is excerpted from the original, and deals with the Indian cultures encountered by Morfi. 85pp w/illustrations, index. Folio HB has light scuffing to cover, some tanning of interior pages, otherwise a sound copy,  scarce..225.00

87) Newcomb, W.W., Jr. THE INDIANS OF TEXAS: From Prehistoric to Modern Times  1961, 1st edition, Austin.  Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “The best work on Texas Indian cultures, this volume is also an important work on Texas prior to the coming of the white man.”  404pp w/photos, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…….50.00

88) PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL REVIEW  THE BATTLES OF ADOBE WALLS  and LYMAN’S WAGON TRAIN, 1874  1964, special hardback edition, 1st printing, Canyon.  Contains “The Battle of Adobe Walls” by G. Derek West; “Damage Suits for Indian Depredations in the Adobe Walls Area, 1874” by Lowell H. Harrison; “J.W. McKinley’s Narrative” by a participant in the Adobe Walls Battle; “Kansas Newspaper Items Relating to the Red River War of 1874-75” by Lonnie J. White; and “The Battle of Lyman’s Wagon Train” by Ernest R. Archambeau.  HB, green cloth with gold embossed lettering., scarce..250.00 SOLD

 
90 Peterson, Jim and Barry R. Zimmer  BIRDS OF THE TRANS-PECOS  1998, 1st edition, Austin. A study of birds in an area of West Texas that is nearly the size of West Virginia and has a wider variety of recorded bird life than most states.184pp w/maps, photos, tables. HB…..20.00 SOLD

91) Pieratt, Shirley Insall  CADE INSALL, TEXAS RANGER…and His People  1985, limited 4th printing of 50 copies, San Antonio.  Biography and genealogy of Cade Insall who mustered into the Texas Ranger service, Co. F, Frontier Battalion, in 1874. Ironically, Cade’s immediate family included a “fugitive father wanted for murder; a habitual horse thief brother; and another brother who once stole a whole herd of cattle!” 164pp w/photos. Folio stiff softcover, spiral binding…..65.00 SOLD

92) [PRESIDIO COUNTY]  Keith, Noel L.  THE BRITES OF CAPOTE by Noel L. Keith. 1950, 1st edition, Fort Worth.  The story of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Brite and their famous Bar-Cross Ranch. The Brites were pioneers of the Big Bend Country who saw the be-ginning of the Bloys Camp Meeting; witnessed the aftermath of Pancho Villa’s defeat of Ojinaga; and had their own ranch raided in 1917.  Mr. Brite went “across the river” from Langtry to watch the Fitzsimmons/Maher fight that was promoted by Judge Roy Bean.  272pp w/photos, app., index. HB/DJ, SIGNED by Mrs. L. C. Brite and Keith, nice copy of a scarce Big Bend title..295.00 SOLD

94) Rasch, Philip J.  WARRIORS OF LINCOLN COUNTY 1998, 1st limited edition of 1,000 copies, Stillwater. Introduction by Robert Utley; edited by Robert K. DeArment. This book completes a trilogy of Rasch’s previously published and unpublished work on the 19th-century conflict in New Mexico.  335pp w/index. HB/DJ….35.00 SOLD

95) Rayburn, John C. & Virginia K. [editors] CENTURY OF CONFLICT, 1821-1913: Incidents in the Lives of William Neale and William A. Neale, Early Settlers in South Texas 1966, 1st edition, Waco. Neale lived alternately in Matamoros and Brownsville from 1834 until 1897and left a record of his experiences. After his death, his grandson continued the recounting of significant episodes in the border area. Includes the Cortina Raid, Battle of Palo Alto, Richard King, Jean Lafitte, McNelly's Rangers, and more. 170pp w/photos, bibliography, index. Signed by the editors……35.00 SOLD

96) Rejon, Manuel Garcia [translated and edited by Daniel J. Gelo] COMANCHE VOCABULARY: Trilingual Edition  1995, 1st edition, Austin. Comanche vocabulary lists in English, Comanche and Spanish. 75pp w/notes, bibliography. HB….35.00 SOLD

97) Rickards, Colin THE GUNFIGHT AT BLAZER’S MILL 1974, 1st edition, El Paso (Southwestern Studies Monograph #40)  Frontispiece drawing by Jose Cisneros. An account of one incident that occurred during the infamous Lincoln County War. 72pp w/photos, notes. Softcover........16.95 SOLD

98) Rister, Carl Coke THE SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER  1928, 1st ed, Arthur H. Clark Co., Cleveland. “A history of the coming of the settlers, Indian depredations and massacres, ranching activities, operations of white desperadoes and thieves, government protection, building of railways, and the disappearance of the frontier.” A significant book that includes much on the western Texas frontier. 336pp w/maps, photos, bibliography, index.  HB, nice copy, very scarce…..250.00 SOLD

99) [RYAN, TOM Cowboy Artist] TOM RYAN: A Painter in Four Sixes Country by Dean Krakel. 1971, 1st “Ranch Edition” limited to 500 copies, Northland Press, Flagstaff. Fifteen full-color paintings that chronicle the artist’s experiences on the Four-6’s, along with his narrative detailing what takes place. 111pp w/bibliography.  [This copy is missing a color print that was issued with it, and I’ve priced it accordingly.]  Oblong folio hardback in slipcase, fine condition, SIGNED ….75.00

100) Santleben, August A TEXAS PIONEER: Early Staging and Overland Freighting Days on the Frontiers of Texas and New Mexico  1967, W. M. Morrison’s facsimile reprint of the 1910 original, Waco.  Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “Santleben’s memoirs contain the most important account of a stage coach and freight service in Texas.  He presents an interesting picture of the ante-railroad days on both sides of the Rio Grande.” Also includes social and biographical recollections of his days spent in South and West Texas, with details about his friend Big Foot Wallace, and his employer Henri Castro. A lot of data on early San Antonio, including lists of prominent citizens and politicians. 321pp. HB/no dj as issued, scarce…..125.00 SOLD

101) [SCHLEICHER COUNTY] A HISTORY OF SCHLEICHER COUNTY, TEXAS 1979, 1st edition, San Angelo. 647pp w/photos, numerous historical articles, early community and pioneer histories; brands; civic organizations; churches; over 400 pages of family histories; index; much more.  Folio hardback with pictorial covers….125.00

102) [SHACKELFORD COUNTY] ) THE FRONTIER WORLD OF FORT GRIFFIN: The Life and Death of a Western Town by Robinson, Charles M., III.  1992, 1st edition, Spokane. Commonly known as The Flat, the town of Fort Griffin had it all: vigilantes, lynchings, ladies of the night, gambling, good and bad lawmen, posses, and more. 234pp w/illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index. HB/DJ……65.00 SOLD

103) Shafer, Harry J. (photographs by Jim Zintgraff) ANCIENT TEXANS: Rock Art and Lifeways Along the Lower Pecos 1986, 1st edition, San Antonio. Zintgraff’s color and black-and-white photographs accompany the author’s fascinating interpretation of the many faded Indian rock art images found in desolate canyons where the Pecos and Devil’s Rivers empty into the Rio Grande. 247pp w/bibliography, index.  Folio HB/DJ………95.00

104) Shaw, Charles  INDIAN LIFE IN TEXAS 1987, 1st edition, Austin. Foreword by James A. Michener.  A pen-and-ink illus-trated narrative that depicts the life of Texas Indians: the Apaches, Comanches, Caddos, Karankawas, and others. A second section gives a black and white photo essay by Reagan Bradshaw depicting Indians in a modern environment. 204pp. Folio HB/DJ....55.00 SOLD

105) Shirley, Glenn DESPERADO FROM COWBOY FLAT: The Saga of Zip Wyatt  1997, 1st edition, Barbed Wire Press, Stillwater.  Wyatt was a little known and elusive bandit from the Oklahoma Territory and a member of the Wyatt-Black Gang from Guthrie, Oklahoma. His last flight from justice lasted 125 days, and required the efforts of hundreds of men to finally corner him.  143pp w/illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ, SIGNED……….50.00 SOLD

106) Shirley, Glenn  THIRTEEN DAYS OF TERROR: The Rufus Buck Gang in Indian Territory  1996, 1st edition, Stillwater. “A fast-paced, thoroughly researched account of the sudden rise and just as sudden demise of the five-member Rufus Buck gang.” 86pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ…..45.00 SOLD

107) Shirley, Glenn  THEY OUTROBBED THEM ALL: The Rise and Fall of the Vicious Martins 1992, 1st edition, Stillwater. The story of the reign of terror across Oklahoma Territory by Sam and Will Martin and their gang at the turn of the 20th century. 122pp w/map, photos, bibliography, index. HB/DJ……45.00 SOLD

108) Shirley, Glenn SHOTGUN FOR HIRE: The Story of “Deacon” Jim Miller, Killer of Pat Garrett 1970, 1st edition, Norman. The story of Miller from the time he was eight years old when he murdered his own grandparents to 1909 when he died by lynch mob in Ada, Oklahoma. 131pp w/photos, bibliography, index. HB/DJ nice copy, and scarce……95.00 SOLD

109) Sibley, Marilyn McAdams  GEORGE W. BRACKENRIDGE: Maverick Philanthropist  1973, 1st edition, Austin. Brackenridge was post Civil War financier in San Antonio, and benefactor of numerous educational institutions. 280pp w/photos, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ.....20.00

110) Skovlin, Jon M. & Donna McDaniel IN PURSUIT OF THE McCARTYS  2001, 1st edition, Cove.  A biography of Tom McCarty, leader of the McCarty outlaw clan whose illegal activities extended all over the west from Canada to Mexico.  Tom is considered the founding father of what became Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch. 339pp w/maps, photos, appendices, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, SIGNED by both authors…….40.00 SOLD

111) Stanley, F. THE JICARILLA APACHES OF NEW MEXICO 1967, 1st limited edition of 500 copies, Pampa. An in-depth study of the tribe that includes their early history, and much on myths and culture. 376pp w/bibliography, index. HB/DJ has minor wear, very scarce, SIGNED……95.00

112) Stanley, F. FORT CRAIG  1963, 1st edition, Pampa. A history of the military post that was built as a defense against ma-rauding Apaches, and later played a major role during the Civil War against an attack by Sibley’s Confederates. 204pp w/index. HB/DJ, SIGNED….95.00 SOLD

113) Stanley, F.  SATANTA AND THE KIOWAS  1968, 1st edition, np. An extensive biography of Satanta and his Kiowa tribe, with chapters on both battles of Adobe Walls, General Hancock’s campaign, Mackenzie, Satanta’s life in prison, and much more.  391pp w/index. HB/DJ, SIGNED…..165.00

114) Stavlo, Lenora Rivers Brown REMEMBERING MY LIFE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE  1991, 1st edition, Sunray. Memories of life in the Panhandle during the first half of the 20th century. 171pp w/photos. HB….35.00 SOLD

116) Sullivan, Dulcie THE LS BRAND: the Story of a Texas Panhandle Ranch 1968, 1st ed, Austin. Intro by Loula Grace Erdman.  The story of the large Plains ranch from open range years to the barbed wire era. 178pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ…..65.00

117) Truett, Fred M. TEXAS WAS HIS LAND: Willis Day Twitchell, Pioneer Surveyor 1982, 1st edition Austin.  Twitchell was a surveyor who arrived in Texas in the 1880s.  During his career he worked for an immigration company, for the XIT ranch and other spreads, for railroads, for Amarillo and Texas, and oil companies. 142pp w/photos, biblio, index.  HB/DJ….35.00

118) Turner, Alford E. [editor] THE O.K. CORRAL INQUEST  1981, 1st edition, College Station.  Introduction by Stuart N. Lake; preface by Glenn G. Boyer. Presents the complete record of the coroner’s inquest and the hearing that followed the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral. 253pp w/appendices, bibliography, index. HB/DJ……45.00

119) Utley, Robert M. FOUR FIGHTERS OF LINCOLN COUNTY  1986, 1st edition, Albuquerque. Examines four principal characters involved in the infamous feud: Alexander McSween, Billy the Kid, Colonel Nathen A.M. Dudley, and Lew Wallace. 116pp w/maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…..35.00

120) Weber, David J.  ARMS, INDIANS, and the MISMANAGEMENT of NEW MEXICO: Donaciano Vigil, 1846  1986, 1st edition, El Paso. Two letters to officials in Mexico City, written by Vigil, published here in both English and Spanish, offer a leader’s perspective on New Mexico’s internal problems in June, 1846. 50pp w/notes. HB…..35.00

121) Williams, Clayton W. TEXAS’ LAST FRONTIER: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos, 1861-1895 1982, 1st  edition, College Station. A chronological, narrative history of the settling of the Texas frontier from the time the Fort Stockton post was abandoned to Confederate units in 1861 through the Indian battles for control of the region, to the time when frontier order arrived.  457pp w/maps, illustrations, photos, biblio, index. HB/DJ…..75.00

122) Williams, J. W. OLD TEXAS TRAILS 1979, 1st edition, Burnet. Published posthumously, edited by Kenneth F. Neighbors. This book is the result of  Williams’ life-long search for the truth about Texas trails and the men who carved them out of the wilderness.  Jenkins, BTB [p292]: “...a wealth of information on trails, roadways, and routes of early travelers in Texas between 1716 and 1886.”  447pp w/22 maps of Texas trails including two foldouts, more than 60 photos, bib, index. HB/DJ, scarce….250.00 SOLD

123) Windle, Janice Woods TRUE WOMEN 1993, 1st edition, NY.  Highly acclaimed historical novel about women on the Texas frontier. HB/DJ slight edgeworn….25.00

124) Windle, Janice Woods HILL COUNTRY  1998, 1st edition, NY. Another of the author’s novels based on the lives of her ancestors. 474pp. HB/DJ…..20.00

CATALOG #190:  March/April, 2010
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1) Adams, Andy THE CORPORAL SEGUNDO 1968, 1st limited edition of 750 copies, Encino Press, Austin. Edited and with an introduction by Wilson M. Hudson.  This three-act play was Adams’ first attempt at writing, and was published here for the first time. It’s a story about ranching.  56pp.  HB w/pictorial cover in acetate jacket, SIGNED by the editor………40.00

2) [ADAMS, ANDY] WHY THE CHISHOLM TRAIL FORKS: & Other Tales of the Cattle Country edited by William M. Hudson. 1956, 1st edition, Austin. Illustrations by Malcolm Thurgood.  A collection of range stories. 295pp. HB/DJ………..45.00 SOLD

3) Adams, Ramon F. SIX-GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen  1954, 1st edition, Norman.  No collector of Western Americana should be without this authoritative source of reference on writings about western outlaws.  1,132 titles are listed with bibliographic information. 426pp. HB/DJ SIGNED...85.00

5) [ARCHEOLOGY]  BULLETIN OF THE TEXAS ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Volume Two, 1930, 1st printing, Abilene.  Includes archeological studies in the Texas counties of Nueces, Coke, El Paso, Southwest Texas, and more. 99pp.w/illustrations. Softcover, now in protective cover……85.00 SOLD

6) [ARCHEOLOGY] BULLETIN OF THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Volume 24  1953, 1st printing, Abilene.  Eight archeological studies in various parts of Texas and Oklahoma. 266pp w/illustrations. Softcover, in protective cover..55.00 SOLD

7) [ARCHEOLOGY] BULLETIN OF THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIET, Volume 27  1956, 1st printing, Austin. Studies in Val Verde, San Saba, Travis counties, and other parts of Texas, Mexico and Oklahoma. 281pp w/illustrations. Softcover, now in protective cover….55.00 SOLD

8) [ARCHEOLOGY] BULLETIN OF THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIET, Volume 28  1967, 1st printing, Austin. 
13 archeological studies in Central and East Texas. 318pp w/illustrations. Softcover, now in protective cover….45.00 SOLD

9) Barker, Elliott S. BEATTY’S CABIN: Adventures in the High Pecos Country 1970, 2nd printing, Albuquerque. Author’s adventures include big game hunting, trout fishing, and more.  J. Frank Dobie says of the book: “He talks of deer, elk, grizzlies and mountain lions, and of people--women as well as men--who belong to the land.”  HB/DJ….40.00 SOLD

10) Barker, Eugene C. MEXICO AND TEXAS, 1821-1835: University of Texas Research Lectures on the Causes of the Texas Revolution  1928, 1st edition, Dallas. Four papers and a speech: 1) “The Racial and Political Background” 2) “Mexican Appreciations and Defensive Precautions” 3) “Colonial Grievances”  4) “The Development of the Revolution” 5) “Public Opinion in Texas Preceding the Revolution.” 167pp w/index, errata tipped in. HB front hinge beginning to crack,  very scarce…150.00 SOLD

11) Beatie, Russel H.  SADDLES  1981, 1st ed, Norman. Foreword by Dean Krakel; drawings by Nancy K. Niles  & Judy Osburn.  Besides giving a complete history of the saddle and its development, this book also explains basic saddle construction, describes the different types, and explains how they have been altered to meet the changing needs of riders down through the centuries. 391pp w/more than 800 illus, a state-by-state list of early saddlemakers, glossary of saddle and horse terms, biblio, index. HB/DJ..90.00

12) Bennett, Patrick TALKING WITH TEXAS WRITERS: Twelve Interviews  1980, 1st edition, College Station.  Insightful interviews with Larry McMurtry, John Graves, Elmer Kelton, Shelby Hearon, A.C. Greene, Max Apple, Leon Hale, Preston Jones, Frances Mossiker, William Goyen, Larry L. King and Tom Lea. These interviews were done before some of the authors’ best known works appeared, such as Lonesome Dove and The Wolf and the Buffalo, to name a couple. 307pp w/photos, a list of the authors’ works,  index. HB/DJ (uncommon in hardback).....40.00 SOLD

13) [BIG BEND]  PANCHO VILLA’S LAST HANGOUT—On Both Sides of the Rio Grande in the Big Bend Country by W.D. Smithers. Nd, np [circa 1960]  The foreword is a biographical essay by Dudlie R. Dobie about early 20th-century Big Bend area photographer Smithers.  Following that are two interesting articles by Smithers accompanied by his historical period photos:
1) “Natures Pharmacy and the Curanderos”; and 2) “The Border Trading Posts.”  95pp.  Hardback (scarce in cloth)…….40.00 SOLD

14) Biggers, Don H. FROM CATTLE RANGE TO COTTON PATCH  1944, 2nd edition printed by J. Marvin Hunter, Bandera. The lengthy subtitle reads: “A Series of Historical Sketches dealing with the industrial, social and commercial evolutions that have taken place in Western Texas from the beginning of the buffalo slaughter to date of first publication in 1904.” Dykes, Western High Spots: "Prime source material on the West Texas frontier, cattle, buffalo hunting, Indian fighting." Eighty  2-column pages softcover, very scarce……..200.00 SOLD

15) Blevins, Don  FROM ANGELS TO HELLCATS: Legendary Texas Women 1836 to 1880  2001, 1st edition, Missoula.  Eight entertaining tales of adventure, crime, courage and mystery. 149pp w/illus, index. Softcover….12.00

16) Bonham, Dora Dieterech  MERCHANT TO THE REPUBLIC  1958, 1st edition, San Antonio. Biography of Francis Dieterech, who sold supplied beef and other articles to government officials and the Army of the Republic. 210pp w/illustrations, bibliography, notes, index.  HB lacks dj, SIGNED……50.00 SOLD

18) [BREWSTER COUNTY] THE MAGNIFICENT MARATHON BASIN: A History of Marathon, Texas, Its People and Events by Annejo P. Wedin. 1989, 1st edition, Nortex Press, Austin. A well-rounded history of the ranch country around Marathon in far West Texas: frontier military with Fort Pena Colorado; histories of nearby settlements; cemetery inventory; cattle brands; some natural history; nearly 300 pages of family biographies; and more. 598pp w/photos, endpaper maps, bib, index. HB/DJ..95.00

19) Burns, Mamie Sypert  THIS I CAN LEAVE YOU: A Woman’s Days on the Pitchfork Ranch 1986, 1st edition, College Station. The author’s husband became manager of the Pitchfork in 1942, and for 23 years she jotted down and later published these memoirs about Pitchfork cowhands, cooks and gardeners, ranch guests, and her own family. 281pp w/photos. HB/DJ….30.00 SOLD

20) Butler, W.E. DOWN AMONG THE SUGAR CANE: the Story of Louisiana Sugar Plantations and Their Railroads 1980, 1st edition, Baton Rouge. Histories of over forty Louisiana sugar plantations and detailed and technical accounts of each of the small railroads that serviced them. 266pp w/map, over 240 photographs, appendix, bibliography, index. Folio HB/DJ,  iNSCRIBED/SIGNED, very scarce, nice copy……150.00 SOLD

23) Carroll, H. Bailey NOLAN’S “LOST NIGGER” EXPEDITION OF 1877 article in Southwestern Historical Quarterly July, 1940, p55.  The story of the tragic expedition of Buffalo Soldiers out of Fort Concho who got lost on the Staked Plains and went days without water.  Softcover ……30.00 SOLD

24) Case, Theresa A.  THE GREAT TEXAS RAILROAD STRIKE AND FREE LABOR  2010, 1st edition, College Station.  “The titanic battle between a railroad king [Jay Gould] and his workers that altered the course of the labor movement in America…” 279pp w/illustrations, noted, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, new [multiple copies available]……..40.00

25) Chalfant, William Y. WITHOUT QUARTER: The Wichita Expedition and the Fight on Crooked Creek  1991, 1st  ed,  Norman. The story of the first major U.S. military expedition against the Comanches in 1858.  170pp w/maps, photos, sketches, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…30.00 SOLD

26) Chappell, Gordon S. LOGGING ALONG THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE: Narrow Gauge Logging Railroads of Southwestern Colorado and Northern New Mexico 1971, 1st edition, published by Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden.  An interesting history of the lumber industry and railroad network in the area that ranges from southeast of Chama, New Mexico to northwest of Durango, Colorado.  190pp with errata sheet tipped in, “nearly 200 photos, maps, drawings and other illustrations,” bibliography, roster, plans, index. Folio HB/DJ very nice copy, and scarce.......100.00 SOLD

27) Charles, Mrs. Tom TALES OF THE TULAROSA 1954, 2nd revised edition, Alamogordo. Designed and produced by Carl Hertzog; map and frontispiece by Jose Cisneros. Has chapters on Eugene Manlove Rhodes; Geronimo; the Apache Kid; and more. 69pp w/photos. Softcover, SIGNED……35.00 SOLD

28) Charles, Mrs. Tom MORE TALES OF THE TULAROSA 1966, 2nd printing, Alamogordo. Compiled and designed by Carl Hertzog.  More frontier stories of New Mexico. 59pp w/photos.  Softcover…..30.00 SOLD

29) Clarke, Mary Whatley THE SWENSON SAGA AND THE SMS RANCHES  1976, 1st edition, Austin.  The fascinating story of the vast Swenson ranch holdings in Northwest Texas. 346pp w/photos, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, scarce …….175.00 SOLD

30) [COLEMAN COUNTY] INTO THE SETTING SUN: A History of Coleman County by Beatrice Grady Gay.  Circa 1936, 1st edition, no place. An early day pioneer history of Coleman county with some first-hand stories of Texas Rangers.  Adams: SIX-GUNS: “In one chapter an old-timer [C. M. Grady, of Maltby’s Co. E.] tells about his experiences as a Ranger and sheriff, his capture of John Wesley Hardin, his part in capturing Sam Bass near Round Rock after Bass was shot, and his roles in capturing lesser-known outlaws.” Also information on Santa Anna Mountain; Jim Ned’s treasure; Camp Colorado, Indians; more. Included are some fine old period photos. HB, very scarce, SIGNED….150.00 SOLD

31) Cunningham, Sharon & Mark Boardman [editors] REVENGE! And Other True Tales of the Old West  2004, 1st edition, np. Foreword by Frederick Nolan. From various contributors comes a collection of stories about violence and lawlessness, vengeance and vigilantism, gunfights and jailbreaks. 227pp w/photos, notes, index. Folio HB/DJ…….45.00 SOLD

32) Daughters of the Republic of Texas FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS: Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Book II  1984, 2nd edition, Austin. 523pp w/members index, ancestors index.  Folio HB….70.00 SOLD

33) Daughters of the Republic of Texas FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS:Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Vol. III 1985, 1st edition, Austin. 773pp w/index.  Folio HB….80.00

34) Daughters of the Republic of Texas FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS: Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Vol. IV  1993, 1st edition, Austin.  588pp w/index.  Folio HB…….80.00 SOLD

35) Daughters of the Republic of Texas FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS:Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Book V  1997, 1st edition, Austin.  571pp w/index. Folio HB…80.00 SOLD

36) Davis, Lute L.  BLANKETS ON THE SAND 1948, 1st edition, Wichita Falls.  Memoirs about life in the Indian Territory; cattle ranching and cowboys; the oil boom in Burkburnett, Texas.  72pp w/photos.  Softcover, scarce…..50.00

38) Day, James M. CAPTAIN CLINT PEOPLES: Texas Ranger, Fifty Years A Lawman 1980, 1st ed, Waco. The story of Peoples who began his law enforcement career in 1930, and served as a Ranger from 1953 to 1973.  201pp with many photos, notes, references, index.  Folio HB/DJ….50.00

39) Day, James, et al  SIX MISSIONS OF TEXAS  1965, 1st ed, Waco. Intro by Gov. John Connally; preface by Price Daniel; illustrations by Granville Bruce.  Six contributors present historical sketches of these missions: The Alamo; Concepcion; Espada; La Bahia; San Jose; and San Juan Capistrano. Beautiful color paintings accompany each article. 194pp. Folio HB/DJ…25.00 SOLD

40) DeGolyer, E. THE JOURNEY OF THREE ENGLISHMEN ACROSS TEXAS IN 1568 1947, 1st limited edition of 700 copies, El Paso. Designed and printed by Carl Hertzog; frontispiece and map illustrations by Jose Cisneros. Lowman (Printer at the Pass): “The odyssey of three Englishmen who journeyed from Texas to New Brunswick is a facsimile reprint, with an interpretive essay by E. DeGolyer, from the first edition of Hakluyt’s Voyages….The bulk of the edition was printed on English handmade paper reminiscent of Hakluyt’s time.  The binding is a rough gray paper, with an added touch—the prints of bare feet that left their mark on Texas soil.”  HB/DJ, quite scarce……300.00 SOLD

41) Dobie, J. Frank  A VAQUERO OF THE BRUSH COUNTRY  1929, 1st edition, 1st state [with uncorrected redundancy on endpaper map], Dallas. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS:  “Based on oral memoirs of John Young, the text includes, in addition to Young’s life as a pioneer cowman and outlaw chases, sections on roundups and cattle drives, on the hide and tallow business in Texas, on Billy the Kid and the Mexican outlaw Cortina, on life in the South Texas brush country, on Mexican and Indian warfare along the border after the Civil War, and on the folk ways of the Texas cattle industry.” HB w/simulated rattlesnake cover…275.00 SOLD

42) Dobie, J. Frank  THE VOICE OF THE COYOTE  1950, 1st edition, Boston. Illustrated by Olaus J. Murie. Dobie spent 30 years gathering material for this book, and wrote of the coyote “both as he is biologically and as he exists in human imagination.” 386pp w/illustrations, notes, index.  HB/DJ a light stain on back cover which is covered by very good dust jacket….150.00 SOLD

43) Dobie, J. Frank OUT OF THE OLD ROCK 1972, 1st edition, Boston. Sixteen interesting character profiles of folks of varied backgrounds whom Dobie knew and wrote about. Published posthumously. 237pp.  HB/DJ…..30.00 SOLD

45) Dunn, J.B. (Red) PERILOUS TRAILS OF TEXAS 1932, 1st edition, Dallas. Edited by Lilith Lorraine. Memoirs of an early day resident of the Corpus Christi and San Patricio County area of the Gulf Coast. He served with the Texas Rangers in South Texas and trailed cattle to Kansas. While ranching in the coastal region, he encountered raids by Mexican bandits. 163pp. HB outside back cover is blotched as if from water damage which hasn’t affected the interior, very scarce...150.00 (condition noted) SOLD

46) Edwards, Ross   FIDDLE DUST 1965, 1st edition, Denver.  Author tells of his early life as an adventurer and fiddler,  cowboying near Spur, Texas, and hunting and fishing along the Mexican border, and in Alaska.  Later, he became mayor of Lubbock. 102pp w/illustrations. HB/DJ….25.00

47) Fehrenbach, T.R. COMANCHES: The Destruction of a People  1974, 1st edition, NY. An authoritative and complete history of one of the most powerful Plains Indian tribes.  Illustrated w/2 maps, 37 black- and-white photographs, and 8 color plates by George Catlin. 557pp w/bibliography, index. HB/DJ…..95.00 SOLD

48) [FREESTONE COUNTY]  HISTORY OF FREESTONE COUNTY,TEXAS  by Freestone County Historical Commission. 1978, 1st edition, np. 788pp w/map, photos, community histories, family biographies, and more. Folio HB w/embossed cover.125 .00 SOLD

49) French, Hon. William  SOME RECOLLECTIONS of a WESTERN RANCHMAN and FURTHER RECOLLECTIONS OF A WESTERN RANCHMAN New Mexico, 1839-1899  Two Volume Set.  1965, reprint edition limited to 750 copies, NY.  Adams, SIX-GUNS:  “One of the really good, though obscure, books on the West, containing information about many of the western outlaws, such as the Wild Bunch, Joel Fowler, and Black Jack Ketchum.  Most of these outlaws worked for the author on his ranch.”  Reese, SIX-SCORE: “One of the best personal accounts of western ranching.”  527pp w/photos, index.  Both volumes hardback in green buckram covered boards w/black title block on the spine, in slipcase, very scarce, the set = 300.00 SOLD

50) Fuller, Henry C. A TEXAS SHERIFF: A.J. Spradley, Sheriff of Nacogdoches County for Thirty Years. 1931,1st edition, Nacogdoches. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “Tells about many Texas murders, including the one by Bill Mitchell of James Truitt, the result of one of Texas’ many feuds. The author also touches upon the Border-Wall-Brocks feud.”  80pp w/photos. Softcover, scarce..75.00

51) Gard, Wayne, et al ALONG THE EARLY TRAILS OF THE SOUTHWEST 1969, 1st edition, Austin. Six full-color paintings by Melvin Warren, plus a section in the back with more sketches.  Stories included: “Melvin Warren,  Western Artist” by John H. Jenkins; “The Butterfield Overland Mail Trail” by Dorman H. Winfrey; “The Old San Antonio Road” by Joe B. Frantz; “The Chisholm Trail” by Wayne Gard; “The Santa Fe Trail” by H. Gordon Frost; “The Dodge City Trail” by Dean Krakel; “The Goodnight-Loving Trail” by Donald Bubar. Folio HB/DJ has light edgewear…….45.00

52) Gard, Wayne CATTLE BRANDS OF TEXAS nd [circa 1950s] 1st edition, Dallas. The brands described in this book are from those reproduced on the Brand Wall of the Executive Room in First National Bank of Dallas. Gard’s foreword gives us a brief history of Texas brands. 36pp w/illustrations.  Oblong softcover…..25.00

54) Green, Ben K. BEN GREEN TALES  1974, 1st limited edition of 1250 copies, Flagstaff.  Four volumes in slipcase. Each volume contains a tale by Green: I) “When I Was Just A Colt,” illustrated by William Moyers; II) “Up Fool’s Hill Ahorseback” illustrated by John Hampton; “Beauty,” illustrated by Joe Beeler; IV) “How Come I Wrote A Book,” illustrated by James Boren. [The latter includes Green’s hilarious account of his spat with Barbara Walters over a statement he made during a nationally televised interview that wasn’t considered politically correct.]  4 volumes in slipcase –volume one SIGNED, very scarce….350.00

55) Haley, J. Evetts FORT CONCHO and the TEXAS FRONTIER  2006, 2nd edition limited to 1000 copies, West Texas Legacy Press, Midland. This edition with a new introduction by Elmer Kelton; new foreword by Mike Cox; original illustrations by H.D. Bugbee; and original typography designed by Carl Hertzog.  Haley’s classic history of  the frontier military outpost and the West Texas country that surrounds it. Chapters on the Great Comanche War Trail; the stage-coach mail; founding and building of Fort Concho; Mackenzie and his Indian campaigns; Grierson and Shafter; “Nolan’s Lost Nigger Expedition;” racial troubles on the Conchos; transportation and supply; everyday life at the post; and much more. 352pp w/maps, illustrations, index.
HB/DJ, SIGNED by Kelton, Cox, and Haley, Jr. ……85.00

56) Haley, J. Evetts ROBBING BANKS WAS MY BUSINESS: The Story of John Harvey Bailey, 1973, 1st edition, Canyon.  Illustrations by Theda Ray. The life story of a bank robber whose heyday was during the 1920s and ‘30s. 210pp w/photos, index.  HB/DJ has some edgewear, exceedingly scarce……225.00 SOLD

57) Haley, J. Evetts CHARLES GOODNIGHT: Cowman and Plainsman 1936, 1st edition, Boston. Illustrations by H.D. Bugbee. One of the best of the cowman’s biographies.  Much of Haley’s material came from first-hand interviews with Goodnight over a period of years. Reese, SIX SCORE: “Goodnight’s career spanned the history of the development of West Texas, from Indian fighting to oil wells…Haley’s beautifully written biography, perhaps his best book, is an ample vehicle for a mighty figure, and a classic of American biography.” 485pp w/bibliography, index. HB/DJ—original dust jacket suffering wear and tape rapairs, now in protective cover, very scarce, especially in original dust jacket……495.00 SOLD
 
58) Hall, Jerry F.  HELLO, TEXAS: A History of Telephony in the Lone Star State  1990, 1st edition, Austin. An enlightening  history of the Texas telephone industry that includes histories of many of the state’s smaller companies. 231pp w/photos, index. Folio HB, leather with embossed decorations, scarce….95.00

59) Hammond, George P. & Agapito Rey [editor/translators]  DON JUAN DE ONATE: Colonizer of New Mexico, 1595-1628  1953, 1st edition, Albuquerque. Two Volumes (Volumes V & VI of Coronado Cuarto Centennial Publications, 1540-1940). "This is the dramatic and complete story of the colonization of New Mexico, translated by two noted scholars, from documents, some previously published but most of them significantly new, found in the famous Archives of the Indies in Spain." An important work on the early Spanish settlement of the American Southwest. 1197pp w/2 b & w photos, foldout map. Two Volumes, HB/DJ’s have faded at spine, in protective cover, nice set, and very scarce……350.00

60) Hamner, Laura V. LIGHT ‘N HITCH: A Collection of Historical Writing Depicting Life on the High Plains 1958, 1st edition, Dallas. Paintings by Dord Fitz. A general history of the Texas Panhandle covering the period from the 1870s through the 1920s—Adobe Walls, Charles Goodnight, law and order, transportation and communications, pioneer women, town building, much more. 350pp w/photos, appendices, index.  HB…..50.00
 

62) Hastings, Frank S. A RANCHMAN’S RECOLLECTIONS 1985, reprint by Texas State Historical Association, Austin. Adams, HERD: “An excellent book...written by the manager of the SMS Ranch of Texas. Well-told stories of cowboy life.”  235pp with some fine old range photos.  Softcover….30.00 SOLD

63) Hood, R. Maurice [ed] EARLY TEXAS PHYSICIANS, 1830-1915 1999, 1st edition, State House Press.Introduction by T. R. Fehrenbach. Biographies of nineteen 19th-century doctors, including John S. “Rip” Ford, Anson Jones, the Herff’s, Labadie, and Lincecum. 370pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ…….25.00 SOLD

64) Horgan, Paul GREAT RIVER: The Rio Grande in North American History 1954, 1st edition, NY. Two Volumes Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “This is the most thorough...account of the vast region draining into the river that forms 900 miles of the Texas border...The work is arranged into four sections, chronologically, representing the four cultures that were imposed on the river valley--Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and American. 1020pp w/maps, bibliography, index. Hardbacks in slipcase…45.00 SOLD

65) Hunt, Aurora MAJOR GENERAL JAMES HENRY CARLETON, 1814-1873: Western Frontier Dragoon  1958, 1st ed, Glendale (No. II in Arthur H. Clark Co.’s Frontier Military Series.) Life and military career of Carleton who served on the New Mexico, Arizona and California frontiers before and during the Civil War. Includes detailed accounts of the Mexican War’s Battle of Buena Vista of 1847, and the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. 390pp w/illus, maps, bibliography, index.  HB, scarce..65.00 SOLD

66) Hunter, J. Marvin [editor] THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXAS 1963, 2nd revised edition limited to 85 numbered and SIGNED  copies, published by Argosy-Antiquarian LTD, NY.  TWO VOLUMES. Has a new introduction by Henry Sinclair Drago, and an index not available in the earlier editions.  Reese, SIX-SCORE: “This vast compilation of original accounts by old trail drivers is one of the best cattle books, and the largest collection of first-hand narratives of the range cattle industry .. [it] is an essential foundation book for any range library.”  Adams, HERD: “...the most important single contribution to the history of cattle driving on the western trails.”  1070pp w/photos. Two volumes bound in cloth and ¼ leather in slipcase, top of vol. 2 has been pulled and has tiny 1/8” tear, SIGNED by Drago, [this is #11 of 85], very scarce…….450.00 SOLD

67) Hunter, J. Marvin THE STORY OF LOTTIE DENO: Her Life and Times 1959, 1st ed, Bandera. Story of a gambling lady who left the gambling dens of San Antonio to ply her trade in the rough and tumble frontier town of Old Fort Griffin.  There she crossed paths with the likes of Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate, among others. Hunter tracked her down to find she spent her later days in obscurity in Deming, New Mexico. 199pp w/photos.  HB/DJ…….45.00

68) Jackson, Jack, et al  MAPPING TEXAS AND THE GULF COAST: The Contributions of Saint-Denis, Olivan, and Le Maire  1990, 1st edition, College Station. Other contributors include Robert S. Weddle and Winston DeVille. "This careful study of eighteenth-century cartography along the Gulf Coast reveals a fascinating mix of cooperation and competition between Spain and France."  92pp w/maps, notes, biblio, index. HB/DJ……29.95

69) [JAMES, WILL] WILL JAMES: The Gilt Edged Cowboy  by Anthony Amaral. 1967, 1st edition, Los Angeles. A candid portrayal of James’s life and works, and the result of much research. 206pp w/illustrations, sources, a James bibliography, index. HB/DJ w/scuffed edges, scarce….95.00

70) James, Will LONE COWBOY: My Life Story 1930, 1st edition, NY.  Includes more than 35 illustrations by the author who recounts his life in the west. 4431pp. HB vg w/faded spine…..60.00 SOLD

71) [JEFF DAVIS COUNTY] )  FORT DAVIS, TEXAS, 1583-1960 by Barry Scobee.  1963, 1st edition, El Paso.  A thoroughly researched account of the history of Fort Davis from the time of the Spanish explorers.  Includes information on Indian wars in West Texas with a chapter devoted to Colonel Grierson’s month-long campaign against Victorio; Milton Favor, the first cowman west of the Pecos; Texas Rangers and outlaws; wagon trains; the coming of the telegraph and railway; and the fort’s establishment as a national historic site. Considered Scobee’s best overall work on the Fort Davis region. 220pp w/photos, notes, index. HB/DJ, INSCRIBED/SIGNED, very scarce……….250.00

72) Jennings, N.A. A TEXAS RANGER 1959, facsimile reproduction by Steck Company, Austin.  Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS, considers this “the best edition, although poorly proofread.”  Adams, SIX-GUNS: “...contains much material on Texas gunmen, such as John Wesley Hardin, and King Fishers, and the Taylor-Sutton Feud and other border troubles.” It is an account of McNelly’s Rangers during the late 1870s.  Hardback w/pictorial cover….45.00

73) [KARNES COUNTY]  CAMP KENEDY, TEXAS by Robert H. Thonhoff. 2003, 1st edition, Austin. At this historical camp in South Texas, troops were trained during World War I; workers for the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps was based there; and during World War II,German and Japanese prisoners were detained there. 297pp w/photos, notes, bib, index. HB/DJ…45.00 SOLD

84) Kelton, Elmer CLOUDY IN THE WEST  1997, 1st edition, NY. Entertaining novel about a twelve-year-old runaway from East Texas in 1885, filled with memorable characters. 255pp. HB/DJ, fine copy….25.00

85) Kelton, Elmer PERMIAN: A Continuing Saga  1985, 1st limited edition of 300 copies, Midland. Kelton’s text traces the rich  history of the vast Permian Basin region and describes the action taking place in each of fourteen full-color illustrations by artist, Tom Lovell. [The paintings are: “Salt Bearers at Lake Juan Cordona,” “Trading at the Pecos Pueblo,” “Cabeza de Vaca,” “Coronado’s Expedition,” “Governor’s Palace, Santa Fe,” Horsehead Crossing of the Pecos River,” “Camels in Texas,” “Captain Pope’s Well,” “Comanche Moon,” “Fast Mail to Carlsbad,” “Free Lunch on the Slaughter Ranch,” “Plane Table Party Northeast of McCamey,” “A Bride’s Home at a Wildcat Well,” “A Trade at Midnight.”]  Includes a history of the Petroleum Museum in Midland, and biographical sketches of the members of the “Petroleum Hall of Fame.”  127pp Oblong folio HB, black cloth in black slipcase w/gold embossed lettering,  SIGNED by Kelton and Lovell……..295.00

86) Kelton, Elmer THE ART OF FRANK C. McCARTHY 1992, 1st edition, Trumbull. Kelton wrote the text for this overview of McCarthy’s outstanding western art. 2 double page foldouts are included with the many full-color reproductions of McCarthy’s work. Laid in is a special print from an original painted especially for this edition. Folio HB/DJ fine……..75.00 SOLD

88) Lake, Stuart N.  WYATT EARP: Frontier Marshal  1931, early reprint,  Boston.  A glorified biography of Earp, without the warts.  392pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ, nice copy….35.00

89) Lanning, Jim & Judy  TEXAS COWBOYS: Memories of the Early Days  1984, 2nd printing, College Station.  33 interviews with old cowhands from the Depression-era Federal Writers’ Project tell how the cowboy lived and felt about his life on the range.  Enhanced by contemporary range photos, mostly from the Erwin E. Smith collection. 233pp w/biblio. HB/DJ….25.00 SOLD

90) Lea, Tom THE MIGHTY RANCH OF RICHARD KING, Part 1 Article in Life Magazine, July 8, 1957. Text and drawings by To Lea; photographs by Eliot Elisofon.  The text in this article are a condensation of Lea’s book, The King Ranch, and are accompanied by a portfolio of spectacular color photographs. Folio magazine…..25.00 SOLD

91) Lea, Tom TWELVE TRAVELERS THROUGH THE PASS OF THE NORTH 1947, 1st trade edition [with Womack introduction] El Paso. Design by Carl Hertzog.  12 pen-and-ink drawings by the author. 44 pages. Tan softcover ....25.00

92) [LEA, TOM] TOM LEA: An Oral History edited by Rebecca Craver & Adair Margo. 1995, 1st limited edition of 150 copies,  El Paso. This compilation is the result of fifteen hours of taped interviews with Lea.  Included are family photographs and papers, and full-color reproductions of some of his work. 185pp w/bibliography, index. Folio HB in slipcase, SIGNED by Lea and the editors……350.00 SOLD

93) Leclerc, Frederic TEXAS AND ITS REVOLUTION  1950, 1st English edition in book  form, limited to 500 copies, Anson Jones Press, Houston.  Jenkins, BTB, describes this as the best edition; “...contains astute reflections and observations on the Republic of Texas...the work of a thoroughly impartial and detached observer.”  149pp w/illustrations, foldout map. Folio HB with unusual shipping jacket made of cloth and boards with map pasted on front, quite scarce……125.00

94) [LEE COUNTY]  A HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY, TEXAS by Lee County Historical Survey Committee.  1974, 1st edition, Quanah.  Historical articles, family histories, much more. 501pp w/endpaper maps, photos, appendices, bibliography, index. Folio HB…….85.00 SOLD

96) [LIMESTONE COUNTY]  A FAMILY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, Volume One  1986, 1st edition, Dallas. 360pp w/photos, historical essays, family histories, index. Folio HB….100.00

97) [Marlow, Charles & George Marlow] LIFE OF THE MARLOWS: A True Story of Frontier Days as Related by Themselves circa 1930, 2nd revised edition, Ouray. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “The first edition [1882] of this book is exceedingly rare, and the second is quite scarce….In these books, the Marlows tell their side of the trouble with the law.  Of the five brothers only the two authors of the book survived.”  100pp. Stiff softcover, fine condition, very scarce…..395.00

91b) McCarty, John L. ADOBE WALLS BRIDE: The Story of Billy and Olive King Dixon  1955, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio. Illustrations by H.D. Bugbee. This story of the famous buffalo hunter and scout and his wife came mostly from interviews with Mrs. Dixon. 281pp w/photos, notes, biblio, index.  HB/DJ, nice copy…..95.00 SOLD

92b) [McLENNAN COUNTY]  EARLY HOMES OF WACO by Lavonia Jenkins Barnes. 1981, 2nd printing, Waco. Photos and  histories of Waco homes built from 1849 to 1897, some still standing, some that aren’t. 229pp w/notes, biblio. Folio HB/DJ..55.00 SOLD

93b) [McCULLOCH COUNTY] HANDBOOK OF McCULLOCH COUNTY HISTORY Vol. I compiled by Wayne Spiller. 1976, 1st edition, Seagraves. A comprehensive history of this Central Texas county that includes its creation, community histories, ranching, pioneer life, evolution of education, weather, election registers, medical registers, census data, and much more. 618pp with numerous photos, index.  Folio HB very scarce…..200.00

94b) [McCULLOCH COUNTY]  SERVICE BOOK: McCulloch County, Texas, Second World War 1941-1945  no date.  Photos and biographical data of those from McCulloch County who served in World War II.  72pp. Folio softcover….35.00 SOLD

95b) Metz, Leon THE SHOOTERS 1976, reprnt, El Paso.  “This unique chronicle depicts rare, historical and true accounts of notorious gunmen.” Billy the Kid, Black Jack Ketchum, Pat Garrett, Dallas Stoudenmire, King Fisher, Chisum, Clay Allison, John Larn, and many others are profiled. 300pp w/bibliography,  HB/DJ, INSCRIBED/SIGNED….25.00 SOLD

97b) Myrick, David F. NEW MEXICO’S RAILROADS: An Historic Survey  1970, 1st edition, Golden. Gives histories of the major railroads, plus the minor ones including the coal, mines, lumber, and street car rails. 206pp w/many photos, maps, extensive index.  HB/DJ has some scuffing…..50.00

98b) Neal, Dorothy Jensen CAPTIVE MOUNTAIN WATERS 1961, 1st limited edition of 300 copies, El Paso. Illustrations by Bob Staggs; design by Carl Hertzog.  A history of Bonito Canyon, and of the Bonito Pipeline which was one of three built in the mountains of Southeastern New Mexico to furnish water for the railways. A unique chapter in the history of southeastern New Mexico. 103pp with photos, map, chronology, index.  HB/DJ.......85.00 SOLD

99) Palacios, Ricardo D.  TIO COWBOY: Juan Salinas, Rodeo Roper & Horseman 2007, 1st edition, College Station. Known to be one of the best tie-down ropers ever to come out of South Texas, Salinas roped in Texas Rodeos large and small during the 1920s and ‘30s. In 1991 he was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame. 195pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ…29.95 SOLD

100) Pendleton, Tom THE IRON ORCHARD 1966, 1st edition, NY. Novel of the West Texas oil patch.  373pp HB/DJ…….40.00

101) Poe, John W.  THE DEATH OF BILLY THE KID  1933, 1st edition, Boston. Introduction by Maurice Garland Fulton.  The author tells of being at Maxwell’s ranch the night Pat Garrett killed the Kid.  He also relates some firsthand history of the Lincoln County War.  60pp w/photos and other illustrations. HB with some scuffing at spine, very scarce…….150.00

102) Recko, Corey  MURDER ON THE WHITE SANDS: The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain  2007, 1st edition, Denton.  Albert Fountain and his son disappeared  in the White Sands of New Mexico in a suspected ambush by cattle thieves that Fountain was prosecuting.  Although the case is officially unsolved, the author here reconstructs what he believed really happened to them, and who the likely killers were. 165pp w/maps, illus, sources, index. HB/DJ….25.00 SOLD

103) Rister, Carl Coke SOUTHERN PLAINSMEN  1938, 1st  edition, Norman. A good history of how pioneers coped with life and hardships on the Great Plains--Indian raids and buffalo hunting, wagon trains, sod house hospitality, frontier justice, frontier schools, and much more. 289pp w/photos, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, nice copy, scarce…..150.00

104) Robertson, Pauline D.  & R.L. Robertson PANHANDLE PILGRIMAGE: Illustrated Tales Tracing History in the Texas Panhandle 1976, 1st edition, Amarillo. Interesting historical articles about the Texas Panhandle region—Spanish exploration; Indian marauders; Adobe Walls; the Red River War; Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker; the Mooar brothers ; cattle range; town building; more. 369pp w/photos, maps, index. Folio HB/DJ…80.00 SOLD

105) Sandburg, Carl ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1926/1927, early reprint, NY. 6 volumes. An extensive and probably the most complete biography of Lincoln. Volumes I & II: “The Prairie Years.” Volumes III thru VI: “The War Years.” All volumes hardbacks bound in blue cloth, the set.................85.00

107) [SCURRY COUNTY] FROM BUFFALO...TO OIL: History of Scurry County, Texas by Hooper Shelton 1973, 1st edition, Feather Press. 272pp w/photos, maps, historical articles, more. Winner of Texas Historical Commission’s award for “Best Publication of the Year on Local or Regional Texas History.”  HB/DJ……..45.00

108) Shirley, Glenn  PAWNEE BILL: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie   1993, 2nd revised and expanded edition, Stillwater.  The story of the flamboyant Wild West entertainer who was also an accomplished livestock breeder, banker, businessman, and friend to the Indians.  282pp w/illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ fine…30.00

109) Simmons, Marc  SPANISH GOVERNMENT IN NEW MEXICO 1968, 1st edition, Albuquerque. A look at the last fifty years of Spanish rule in New Mexico. 238pp w/maps, illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index. HB/DJ….45.00 SOLD

110) Sims, Judge Orland L. GUN-TOTERS I HAVE KNOWN 1967, 1st limited edition of 750 copies, Austin. Foreword by Joe B. Frantz. Stories of some of the old west’s gun-toters who may or may not have rode through the Concho Country, including the Kilpatrick and Ketchum gangs, Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Capt. Bill McDonald. He adds some interesting yarns about some preachers who carried their guns to the pulpits. 57pp w/photos. HB INSCRIBED/SIGNED….75.00 SOLD

111) Spencer, Elma Dill Russell GREEN RUSSELL AND GOLD  1966, 1st edition, Austin. Sketches and maps by Ben Carlton Mead.  The odyssey of the Russell brothers, 19th century prospectors and miners, who moved with the frontier as it followed fresh discoveries of gold from Georgia to Colorado to California.  239pp w/illus, maps, genealogical tables, bib, index. HB/DJ..40.00 SOLD

112) Stovall, Allan A. NUECES HEADWATER COUNTRY: A Regional History  1959, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio. An extensive regional history that deals primarily with Edwards and Real Counties in the heart of Texas’ Hill Country. Old Spanish missions; early settlers, Indian raids and massacres, lawmen and outlaws, much more. 468pp w/many photos, maps, appendices, detailed index.  HB/DJ, near fine copy, very scarce……….325.00

113) Thompson, Jerry  A WILD AND VIVID LAND: An Illustrated History of the South Texas Border  1997, 1st limited edition of 100 copies, Austin.  A comprehensive history of Texas’ southernmost border region: Mexican War, Civil War, Texas Rangers, Juan Cortina, railroads, the King Ranch, the conflict over the Nueces Strip, Gregorio Cortez, sheep and cattle industry, and more. 206pp, vividly illustrated with period photos, notes, index. Folio bound in cloth & leather, in cloth slipcase, SIGNED..100.00 SOLD

114) Tilghman, Zoe (Mrs. Bill Tilghman.) OUTLAW DAYS: A True History of Early-Day Oklahoma Characters
1926, 1st edition, Oklahoma City.  Included are biographical sketches of Oklahoma lawmen Bill Tilghman, Chris Madsen, Heck Thomas, and Bud Ledbetter.  Also included are chapters on Belle Starr, plus the Dalton, Doolin, and Jennings gangs, and incidents involving them. This was Mrs. Tilghman’s first book.  A small softcover, 138 pages with photos….45.00

115) [TRAVIS COUNTY]  AUSTIN: A Historical Portrait by Larry Willoughby. 1997, 2nd updated edition, Norfolk. This book is “an attempt to portray pictorially the essence of Austin and its people throughout the last century and a half.”  224pp w/photos, bibliography, index. Folio HB/DJ….35.00

116) Tyler, Ronnie C. & Lawrence R. Murphy  THE SLAVE NARRATIVES OF TEXAS 1997, 2nd printing, Encino Press, Austin.  The material in this book comes from interviews conducted during the 1930s by the Federal Writer’s Project of the WPA. Topics include the slaves’ coming to Texas, their masters, their work, runaways, their beliefs, and recollections of the Civil War. 143pp w/photos, biblio. HB/DJ…..25.00 SOLD

119) Wagner, F. Hol, Jr. THE COLORADO ROAD: History, Motive Power, & Equipment of the Colorado and Southern and Fort Worth and Denver Railways  1970, 1st edition, Denver.  The complete story of the Colorado and Texas railroad that embodied the entire scope of railroading--mountain narrow gauge, interurban electric, and high iron mainline. Included are four full-color paintings by noted railroad artists Otto Kuhler, Howard Fogg, Robert Jensen, and Ed McLaughlin.  415 pages with over 650 photographs (many from original glass-plate negatives); 100 locomotive and equipment plans and diagrams; and many maps, yard layouts and timetables, much more.  Folio HB/DJ has light edgewear and some scuffing (now in protective cover).....50.00

120) Walton, Gregg [editor]  BEAR MEAT ‘N’ HONEY: An Oral History of the Sabinal Canyon  1990, 1st edition, Onion Creek. Photos and illustrations by the author. “The legends and history of the Hill Country are preserved in the stories of the people who live there, particularly in the stories of oldtimers.”  203pp w/illustrations, foldout map, index. HB/DJ…..65.00

121) Waters, L.L. STEEL TRAILS TO SANTA FE  1950, 1st edition, Lawrence. A comprehensive, well-researched history of the Santa Fe Railroad. 500pp w/photos, maps, graphs, references, index. HB/DJ edgeworn with small chips…..35.00

122) Westmoreland, Ron  REMEMBER THAT OLD HORSE?  1990, 1st edition, College Station. Entertaining stories of breaking and trading horses, chasing cattle, and more.  114pp.  HB/DJ…..16.00

123) Williams, Ben O.  HUNTING THE QUAILS OF NORTH AMERICA  2001, 1st edition, Minocqua. Besides telling of his bird hunting experiences, the author discusses the origin, habitats and routines of six species of quail.158pp w/maps, photos.
Folio HB/DJ……25.00

124) Williams, Clayton NEVER AGAIN 1969, 1st edition, San Antonio; 3 volumes.  An extensive and well-written overview of the history of  the West Texas frontier from B.C to the beginning of the Civil War. Considerable attention to the Coahuiltecans and Jumanos during the Spanish colonial period, and the Comanche during the 19th century.  A good source for U.S. Army activities in western Texas during the period between the Mexican-American and Civil Wars. Three volumes hardbacks/dust jackets in slipcase, the set  = 110.00 SOLD

125) Wilson, R.L. SILK AND STEEL: Women At Arms  2003, 1st edition, NY.  This book tells of the surprising number of women who have been keen on the subject of firearms as shooters, hunters, collectors, engravers, and even gunmakers.318pp w/ many color photos and illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index. Oblong folio HB/DJ….25.00 SOLD

127) Wright, Marcus J. [compiler] and Col. Harold B. Simpson [editor] TEXAS IN THE WAR 1861-1865 1965, 2nd edition, Hillsboro.  Compiled by Marcus J. Wright, Brig. Gen., CSA. Portrays the important role Texas played in the Civil War.  Includes Simpson’s biographical sketches of more than 140 important civilian and military leaders of the Texas Confederate era.  246pp w/photos, appendices, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ…….75.00 SOLD

128) Young, Roy B. COCHISE COUNTY COWBOY WAR: A Cast of Characters  1999, 1st limited edition of 500 copies, Apache. A reference tool with much information on the people and places of Arizona’s Cochise County and the Earp-Tombstone saga. Includes a bibliography of Wyatt Earp/Cochise County era sources. 181pp w/illustrations, appendices.  Folio HB/DJ, SIGNED……….45.00 SOLD

CATALOG #189:  February, 2010
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1) Abernathy, Francis Edward [editor] LEGENDARY LADIES OF TEXAS  1981, 1st edition, Dallas [Texas Folklore Society Publication XLIII].  A montage of biographical sketches of many larger than life Texas women from Maria de Agreda to Janis Joplin. 222pp w/photos. HB/DJ….30.00

2) Abernathy, Francis Edward [editor] CHARREADA: Mexican Rodeo in Texas  2002, 1st edition, Denton [Texas Folklore Society Publication LIX]  Essays by Julia Hambric, Bryan Woolley, and Francis Edward Abernathy.  Photos by Al Rendon. Essays describe the history of the Charreada and its roots in Mexican culture. 99pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ….20.00 SOLD

3) Aguirre, Yginio F. MEMORIES OF RANCHEROS & VAQUEROS OF THE SOUTHWEST  2000, 1st edition, Casa Grande. Memoirs of ranch and cowboy life on both sides of the border from an old vaquero. 69pp w/illustrations. Softcover, SIGNED..25.00 SOLD

4) [ANDREWS COUNTY]  ANDREWS COUNTY HISTORY 1876-1978 compiled by Andrews County Heritage Committee.  1978, 1st edition, Andrews. 488pp w/photos, historical articles, community histories; agriculture, ranching and oil history; over 250 pages of family histories, and much more. Folio HB tan leather binding with raised gold decoration on front cover….185.00

5) Ball, Eve MA’AM JONES OF THE PECOS 1969, 1st edition, Tucson. Mother of ten, this frontier woman persevered during extreme hardships and saw members of her family caught up in the violence of New Mexico’s Lincoln County War.  328pp w/photos, index.  HB/DJ, dust jacket has a crease down front……65.00 SOLD

6) Barton, Henry W.  TEXAS VOLUNTEERS IN THE MEXICAN WAR   1970, 1st edition, Wichita Falls. Looks at how the volunteer Texas units were mustered into the War With Mexico. Although Texas was yet to be annexed, she furnished more than 100 companies to the war effort. 131pp w/notes, sources, index. HB/DJ….60.00

7) Bell, Thomas W.  A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTURE AND SUBSEQUENT SUFFERINGS OF THE MIER PRISONERS IN MEXICO… 1964, reprint, Waco. With a new introduction and notes by James M. Day. Bell was one of those captured, and his was the first published account of the ill-fated expedition. 97pp w/notes, index. HB/no dust jacket as issued..55.00 SOLD

8) Benner, Judith Ann SUL ROSS: Soldier, Statesman, Educator 1983, 1st edition, College Station. A full-scale biography of this famous Texan. 259pp w/photos, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…..70.00 SOLD

9) Bill, Alfred Hoyt  REHEARSAL FOR CONFLICT: The Story of our War with Mexico [1846-1848] 1947, 1st edition, NY.  A narrative history of the Mexican War with portraits of the leading figures involved, and the author’s view on how this it was a “an inevitable rehearsal for the Civil War.” 342pp w/maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ….20.00

10) Blackburn, J.K.P., et al TERRY TEXAS RANGER TRILOGY  1996,1st edition, State House Press, Austin.  Introduction by Thomas W. Cutrer.  Three war memoirs by members of Terry’s Rangers: 1) “Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers” by J.K.B. Blackburn; 2) “Terry’s Texas Rangers” by L.B. Giles; 3) “The Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd” by E.S. Dodd. 241pp w/illustrations, index. HB/DJ……35.00 SOLD

11) Boatright, Mody C. FOLKLORE OF THE OIL INDUSTRY  1964, 2nd printing, Dallas. Tales and anecdotes from the early days of the Texas oil boom. 220pp w/illustrations, index. HB/DJ…..18.00

12) Boyer, Glenn G. SUPPRESSED MURDER OF WYATT EARP  1967, 1st edition, Naylor Company, San Antonio. One of Boyer’s early attempts at chronicling the life of the legendary Wyatt Earp. This one deals mostly with Earp’s second wife, Mattie, who committed suicide after he broke off with her. 135pp w/photos, index. HB/DJ a fine copy, SIGNED, scarce….125.00

13) Bridge, Joe H., Jr.  THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOE H. BRIDGE: Texas Ranger, 1936-1956  2003, np. Bridge served in South Texas, and there’s some information about the George Parr era in Duval County. 131pp w/photos. Folio softcover….45.00 SOLD

14) Browning, John & Curt Gentry  JOHN M. BROWNING: American Gunmaker  1964, 1st edition, NY. “An illustrated biography of one of the world’s greatest inventor of firearms, with full data on the Browning guns.” 323pp w/illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. HB/DJ……..55.00 SOLD

16) Burns, Walter Noble  TOMBSTONE: An Iliad of the Southwest  1029, early reprint, NY. This edition illustrated by Will James. “The true story of gun-toting, cattle-rustling days in old Arizona.”  Much on the Earp-Clanton feud, and other characters of the era. 388pp w/photos, illustrations. HB/DJ….25.00 SOLD

18) Carroll, John M. CUSTER IN TEXAS: An Interrupted Narrative 1975, 1st edition, NY. Illustrations by Jose Cisneros and Joe Grandee.  Includes narratives of the First Iowa Cavalry, the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, the Fifth Illinois Cavalry, the Second Wisconsin Cavalry and the Military Mutiny in Custer's Command while in Louisiana. 288pp w/illustrations, appendices, sources, index. HB….35.00

19) Carter, Capt. Robert G. THE OLD SERGEANT’S STORY: Winning the West From the Indians and Bad Men in 1870 to 1876  1926, 1st edition, NY.  The reminiscences of Sergeant John B. Charlton who served with Carter in the 4th Cavalry under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie. The regiment conducted a series of successful operations against the Kiowa, Comanche and Kickapoo Indians on the Texas frontier.  The unit also chased and captured fugitives and deserters and some of these incidents are included.
220pp w/photos. HB, nice copy, exceedingly scarce…….495.00

20) Clarke, Mary Whatley THE SLAUGHTER RANCHES & THEIR MAKERS  1979, 1st edition, Austin. A good history of the Slaughter ranching empire which was important in the development of ranching in Texas and the Southwest.  Clarke traces  the Slaughter clan through the Texas Revolution, through the Cherokee Indian War and later the Civil War, and then recounts cattle drives up the Chisholm Trail with Indian attacks and stampedes.  254pp w/photos, notes, biblio, index. HB/DJ, scarce…250.00

21) Coe, Wilbur RANCH ON THE RUIDOSO: The Story of a Pioneer Family in New Mexico, 1871- 1968  1969, 3rd printing, NY. Typography, binding and jacket designed by Carl Hertzog; introduction and two paintings by Peter Hurd; four maps drawn by Jose Cisneros. The early chapters of this book tell about the author’s father, Frank Coe, and his life as a successful rancher, of his troubles during the Lincoln County War and his relationship with Billy the Kid. Gives an interesting look at early-day ranch life in New Mexico.  279pp w/photos. HB/DJ, SIGNED by Coe and Hurd……75.00 SOLD

22) Commager, Henry Steele  THE BLUE AND THE GRAY: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants  1950, 1st edition, Indianapolis.  TWO VOLUMES.  A well-organized and detailed description of the Civil War from firsthand accounts. Includes much information on the various officers and enlisted men from both sides. 1201pp w/maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. HB two volume set in slipcase…….50.00

23) Crichton, Kyle S. LAW AND ORDER, LTD: The Rousing Life of Elfega Baca of New Mexico  1928, 1st edition, Santa Fe. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “The first book devoted entirely to this noted gunman, it includes much information about the now famous fight at Frisco, New Mexico, his association with Billy the Kid, and two chapters on Joel Fowler.” There is also information on Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution, Albert Bacon Fall, and other characters of early-day New Mexico. 219pp w/photos. HB/DJ foxing to endpapers and dust jacket has some large chips and tears at spine, now in protective cover, very scarce….175.00 SOLD

24) Crosby, Thelma & Eve Ball BOB CROSBY: World Champion Cowboy  1966, 1st edition, Clarendon.  Illustrations by Olive Vandruff Bugbee.  Crosby’s wife tells of his life as a champion rodeo performer in the period between the world wars.  244pp. HB, this copy SIGNED by Eve Ball…….75.00
24b) Another copy, first edition, HB, not signed…….60.00

25) [DALLAS] DALLAS: The Deciding Years—A Historical Portrait by A.C. Greene. 1973, 1st edition, Encino Press, Austin. “This book is a portrait in words and pictures of the years when Dallas was growing up.” 186p. Oblong folio HB/DJ…25.00 SOLD

26) [DALLAS COUNTY]  DALLAS COUNTY: A Record of its Pioneers and Progress by John H. Cochran. 1928, 1st edition, Dallas. “Being a supplement to John Henry Brown’s History of Dallas County (1887) with correction of some errors contained therein, and much additional information about early settlers and their families.” Also contains muster rolls of the Civil War Cavalry units from Dallas with the names of their members.  296pp.  HB red cloth with gold stamped lettering, scarce, nice copy…125.00 SOLD

27) Davis, Burke  THEY CALLED HIM STONEWALL: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A.  1968, reprint, NY.  A narrative biography of “Stonewall” Jackson. 470pp w/illustrations, maps, appendix, bibliography, index. HB/DJ….19.95 SOLD

28) Denhardt, Robert Moorman THE HORSE OF THE AMERICAS 1947, 1st ed, Norman. Foreword by J. Frank Dobie. A comprehensive account of the arrival, spread, and development of the Spanish horse in America. 286pp w/photos, appendices, bibliographical sketch, index. HB/DJ, bright copy……50.00 SOLD

29) DeVoto, Bernard  THE YEAR OF DECISION 1848 1943, early reprint, Boston. A look at the eventful year that saw the outbreak of the War with Mexico, Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt, a great Oregon and California emigration, Doniphan’s Expedition, and the Donner Party tragedy.  524pp w/notes, bibliography, index. HB/DJ….20.00 SOLD

30) Dotson, Susan Merle [compiler]  WHO’S WHO OF THE CONFEDERACY  1966, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio.  Compiled and written by members of San Antonio Chapter No. 2060, United Daughters of the Confederacy.  Includes ninety-two biographies of Confederates complete with their name, rank and date of birth and death. Also gives an account of each individual’s participation in the War, and a genealogical listing of his descendants.  368pp w/photos, appendix, index. HB w/light scuffing at spine edges……..45.00 SOLD

31) Duke, Betty Dorsett  JESSE JAMES LIVED & DIED IN TEXAS  1998, 1st edition,, Austin. An attempt to prove the infamous outlaw actually came to Texas and died here in 1943. [At least the author is convinced of it. And if it’s true, Bob Ford would have been awfully disappointed. FC] 208pp w/photos, bibliography. HB/DJ, SIGNED….30.00

32) [EDWARDS COUNTY]  PIONEERING IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS: True Stories of Early Day Experiences in Edwards and Adjoining Counties by Frank s. Gray. 1949, 1st ed, Austin. Edited and with a foreword by J. Marvin Hunter. Pioneer history that centers around Edwards County, but includes information on Real and Kinney counties. Chapters on Devils Sink Hole; trail-driving; hunting rattlesnakes, coyotes, lions and bears; wild horses; the attempted train robbery in Coleman County; the last Indian raid in Frio Canyon; and much more. 247pp with photos, endpaper map. HB/DJ……150.00

33) [EL PASO COUNTY] THE PONCE DE LEON LAND GRANT by J. J. Bowden. 1969, 1st edition, [Southwestern Studies Monograph No. 24],  El Paso. A history of the 1827 land grant which includes the territory now occupied by El Paso, Texas. 
56pp w/notes, references.  Softcover…………15.00

34) Erwin, Allen A.  THE SOUTHWEST OF JOHN HORTON SLAUGHTER: Cattleman, Sheriff  1965, 1st edition, Glendale.  Adams, SIX-GUN: “...the first, and a long-needed, book on the famous John Slaughter and shows much research.”  Associates of the lawman/rancher included Big Foot Wallace, Ben Thompson, James H., Cook, The Earps, Tom Horn, Al Sieber, the Apache Kid, Geronimo, Pancho Villa, just to name a few.  The index looks like a virtual “Who’s Who” of Old West characters.  Forwards by Ramon F. Adams and Wm. McLeod Raine.  HB/DJ with faded spine, tiny chips, very scarce…..150.00 SOLD

35) Fenley, Florence [as told by John Leakey] GRANDAD AND I: Memories of a Pioneer and His Grandson  1951, 1st edition, Leakey. The story of the frontiersman who helped establish Leaky, Texas, in the years before the Civil War.  Tales of Indian raids and pioneer life in Frio Canyon above Uvalde; a chapter on King Fisher; some stories about wrangling cattle in the Dakotas and Wyoming. 179pp w/many period photos.  HB/DJ, SIGNED in blue ink by John Leakey under his frontispiece photo, scarce.125.00

36) Freeman, Douglas Southall  LEE’S LIEUTENANTS 1946, reprint, NY. Three Volumes.  The dramatic story of the leading generals in Lee’s command, and their campaigns. 772/862/760pp with illustrations, many maps, appendices, bibliography, index. HB, nice set ……..100.00

37) Freeman, Douglas Southall  GEORGE WASHINGTON 1949/1951/1952, mixed set of 1st editions and early reprints, NY. FIVE VOLUMES.  A complete and in-depth biography of our nation’s founder.  Each volume illustrated with reproductions of original documents, portraits, maps and plans. Five volume set, all hardbacks, four volumes in slipcases…..150.00

38) Fugate, Francis  THE SPANISH HERITAGE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1952, 1st limited edition of 525 copies; El Paso. Twelve drawings by Jose Cisneros; typography and book design by Carl Hertzog.  Lowman, Printer At The Pass: “This book was the first publication of the Texas Western Press at what is now The University of Texas at El Paso.”  33 unnumbered pages.  Folio HB/DJ, #14 of 525 copies,  SIGNED by Hertzog in two places…..295.00 SOLD

39) Gibson, A.M. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL ALBERT JENNINGS FOUNTAIN  1965, 1st edition, Norman.  Biography of one of New Mexico’s controversial 19th-century figures whose violent death in the White Sands still remains a mystery.  Adams, SIX-GUNS: “A well-written and long-needed book about one of the leading characters in New Mexico.  It contains much on the lawlessness of the state and tells about Oliver Lee, Jim Gilliland, Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid and others.”   301pp w/map, photos, bibliography, index. HB/DJ……50.00

40) Goodnight, Charles et al PIONEER DAYS IN THE SOUTHWEST FROM 1850 TO 1879 1909, 2nd edition, Guthrie. The subtitle reads: “Thrilling descriptions of Buffalo hunting, Indian fighting, massacres, cowboy life and home building.” Charles Goodnight, Emanuel Dubbs, John A. Hart, other contributors. 318pp w/period photos, in back is table of contents labeled “Index.” HB w/pictorial cover, a nice sound copy, very scarce in any edition…….425.00 SOLD

41) [GRAYSON COUNTY] AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GRAYSON COUNTY by Graham Landrum.  1960, 1st edition, Fort Worth. The title is somewhat misleading, as this book has more text than illustrations. Contains information on Peters Colony, southern precincts, Sherman, Whitesboro, Collinsville, Denison, Preston Bend, Kentucky Town, Whitemound, Pilot Grove, Howe, Bells, Whiteright, Pottsboro, Tom Bean, Iron Ore, Tioga, and others. And there is an extensive and detailed genealogical index of early Grayson county pioneers. 180pp w/map, illustrations,  index. Folio HB, nice copy, very scarce…..195.00

42) Green, Ben K. HORSE CONFORMATION: As To Soundness-Performance-Ability, and HOSS TRADES OF YESTERYEAR  1963, 1st edition, Cumby.  The first section of this rare book, “Horse Conformation,” contains sixteen articles with illustrations reprinted from the author’s periodical, The Tally Book. As Wilson in his Green bibliography puts it, “In these chapters the anatomical details are discussed in terms of their effect upon the animal’s suitability to the work for which its owner acquired it, whether for racing, polo, drayage, farm plowing, breeding, trotting, or showing.” The last section contains fifteen of Green’s entertaining yarns which he had previously published in The Tally Book. 141pp w/illustrations. HB/DJ scuffed, INSCRIBED/SIGNED, rare…………495.00 SOLD

43) Greer, James K. BOIS D’ARC TO BARBED WIRE: Ken Carey: Southwestern Frontier Born 1936, 1st edition, Dallas. Pioneer life in Texas in the 1850s thru 1880s, with details of buffalo hunting, Indian fights, cattle trails, outlaws, fence-cutting wars, and more.  A frontier classic. 428pp w/map endpapers, photos and maps, bibliographical notes, index.  HB/DJ missing large piece at spine, now in protective cover, tnis copy inscribed to Dudley R. Dobie, and SIGNED by the author, very scarce……195.00 SOLD

44) Haecker, Charles M. & Jeffrey G. Mauck  ON THE PRAIRIE OF PALO ALTO: Historical Archaeology of the U.S. –Mexican War Battlefield  1997, 1st edition, College Station. A good overview and history of the Battle of Palo Alto in May 1846. Historical summary; weapons, accoutrements; topographic; much more. 227pp w/maps, illus., bibliography, index. HB/DJ..30.00

45) [HALEY, J. EVETTS]  VINTAGE J. EVETTS HALEY: A Reader’s Handbook compiled and edited by Evetts Haley, Jr.  1991, 1st limited edition of 100 copies, Midland. Frontispiece by Tom Ryan; introduction by Otto Scott; and an essay “On Collecting” by Mike Cox. “A collection of 112 pungent quotes from the life and works of the Texas Cowman-Author-Historian submitted by 27 associates, family members and other avid readers.” 51pp w/illus. HB, bound in red cloth, number 79 of 100, SIGNED by J. Evetts Haley & Tom Ryan, very scarce……295.00 SOLD

46) Haley, J. Evetts ROUGH TIMES--TOUGH FIBER: A Fragmentary Family Chronicle  1976, 1st edition, Canyon.  Designed by Carl Hertzog.  Interesting stories of the Haley family’s pioneer days. 196pp w/photos, index. HB/no dust jacket as issued..65.00

48) Havins, T. R. BEYOND THE CIMARRON: Major Earl Van Dorn In Comanche Land  1968, 1st edition, Brownwood.  A good account of Van Dorn’s 1858 campaign against the Comanche in West Texas and Oklahoma. Fort Chadbourne, Camp Colorado, Fort Sill, more. 113pp w/maps, illustrations, biblio. HB/DJ, nice copy, scarce……125.00 SOLD

49) Henry, Robert Selph  THE STORY OF THE MEXICAN WAR  1950, 1st edition, NY. An unapologetic overview of the War With Mexico. 424pp w/maps, a synoptic table of events, index. HB/DJ….35.00 SOLD

50) [HERTZOG, CARL]  A TRIBUTE TO CARL HERTZOG  1983, 1st limited edition of 945 copies, University of Texas at El Paso. Edited and designed by Evan Haywood Antone. This tribute includes “So I Came West By The Spirit” by Carl Hertzog; “Perfection is no Trifle” by J. Evetts Haley; a portrait by Tom Lea; a pen and ink sketch by Jose Cisneros.  8 unnumbered pages. Folio softcover with extended edges, scarce…….125.00 SOLD

51) Holden, W.C. THE ESPUELA LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY: A Study of a Foreign-Owned Ranch in Texas  1970, 1st edition, Austin.  A greatly expanded study and history of the vast Spur Ranch in West Texas. 268pp w/photos, maps, appendices, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, fine copy……50.00

52) Horan, James D. THE PINKERTONS: The Detective Dynasty That Made History  1967, 1st edition, NY.  The full story of the famed detective agency founded in the  19th-century and its influence on America. 564pp w/photos, notes, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…….30.00 SOLD

53) Howard, Joseph Kinsey  STRANGE EMPIRE: A Narrative of the Northwest 1952, 1st edition, NY.  A detailed account of the mixed-blood Metis and their struggle to establish their own empire in the heart of the North American continent. Their fathers were the English, French and Scots frontiersmen, their mothers Native Americans. 601pp w/maps, bibliography, index. HB/DJ….25.00

54) Hughes, Stella HASHKNIFE COWBOY: Recollections of Mack Hughes  1984, 1st ed, Tucson. Illustrations by Joe Beeler. Entertaining memoirs from a cowboy who worked on Arizona’s Hashknife outfit in the 1920s and ‘30s. 234pp w/illustrations, index. HB/DJ……..45.00 SOLD

55) Hunter, J. Marvin [editor] THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXAS 1963, 2nd revised edition limited to 85 numbered and SIGNED  copies, published by Argosy-Antiquarian LTD, NY.  TWO VOLUMES. Has a new introduction by Henry Sinclair Drago, and an index not available in the earlier editions.  Reese, SIX-SCORE: “This vast compilation of original accounts by old trail drivers is one of the best cattle books, and the largest collection of first-hand narratives of the range cattle industry .. [it] is an essential foundation book for any range library.”  Adams, HERD: “...the most important single contribution to the history of cattle driving on the western trails.”  1070pp w/photos. Two volumes bound in cloth and ¼ leather, in slipcase, top of vol. 2 has been pulled and has tiny 1/8” tear, SIGNED by Drago, [no. 11 of 85]…….450.00 SOLD

56) Jackson, Grace CYNTHIA ANN PARKER 1959, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio. A good account of  the life and times of Texas’ most famous Indian captive. 138pp w/photos, biblio. HB a few pages have light pencil underlining, SIGNED ..35.00 SOLD

57) James, Bill C.  BUCK CHADBORN: Border Lawman  1995, 1st limited edition of 400 copies, Wolfe City.  Chadborn was a Big Bend rancher who got caught up in the Jim Miller/Bud Frazer feud, and is probably best known for killing Barney Riggs. He was acquitted of that charge, and later served with the Customs Service in New Mexico.  In this book, he relates his version of the Columbus Raid by Villistas. 67pp w/photos.  HB w/decorated cover…….55.00

59) James, Will THE DARK HORSE  1939, 1st edition, NY. Illustrated by the author. 306pp.  HB/DJ has some edgewear and small chips, now in protective cover…..295.00

60) James, Will HORSES I’VE KNOWN 1940, 1st edition, NY. Illustrations by the author. 281pp. [Note: title on dust jacket incorrectly reads “Horses I Have Known.” HB/DJ edgeworn, a small 2-inch chip at upper front cover, in protective cover……200.00

61) Jordan, Terry G.  NORTH AMERICAN CATTLE-RANCHING FRONTIERS: Origins, Diffusion, and Differentiation  1993, 1st edition, Albuquerque. A comprehensive overview of the range industry. Chapter Headings: Nature of Cattle Ranching; Cattle Frontiers in Northern Mexico; The Anglo-Texan Ranching System; Pastoral California Extended; The Midwest Triumphant; and more. 439pp w/maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ, nice …….40.00

62) Kelton, Elmer LOOKING BACK WEST 1972, 1st edition, San Angelo. From June, 1970 through October, 1974, Kelton edited and published a monthly, Pioneer News-Observer.  For each of the 53 issues he wrote the lead historical article. This book includes fifteen of those special feature articles, including: The Buffalo Hunter, Texas Feud [Shelby County], The Killing of Dora Hand, Race Riot at Fort Concho, The Frontier Army, Train Wreck, and others. 120pp w/illus. HB/DJ near fine copy…95.00

63) Kelton, Elmer  THE DAY THE COWBOYS QUIT  1971, 1st edition, NY.  Kelton’s first entry into the hardback fiction market.  This book also won him the WWA Spur Award. 227pp. HB/DJ, a near fine copy, SIGNED…395.00 (net to all—no discount on signed Kelton titles.)

64) Kelton, Elmer THE TIME IT NEVER RAINED   1973, 1st edition, NY. This classic novel, considered by most to be Kelton’s best novel, won the WWA Spur Award, and the Western Heritage Award.  373pp. HB/DJ, near fine copy, SIGNED…395.00 (net to
all—no discount on signed Kelton titles.)

65) Kelton, Elmer   DARK THICKET  1985, 1st edition, NY. A story of turmoil in Texas during the Civil War.  182pp.  HB/DJ, SIGNED…..150.00 (net to all—no discount on signed Kelton titles.)
                65b) Another Copy – Dark Thicket – 1985, 1st edition, NY. HB/DJ, not signed….75.00

66) Kelton, Elmer THE ART OF JAMES BAMA  1993, 1st edition, NY. Beautiful full-color reproductions by Bama accompany Kelton’s interesting text that tells the history behind the paintings. Folio HB/DJ, fine copy…......60.00

67) Kelton, Elmer THE ART OF HOWARD TERPNING 1992, 1st edition, Trumbull. Kelton interprets the beautiful historical paintings by Terpning.  160pp. Folio HB/DJ, fine copy…….60.00

68) [KELTON, ELMER]  THE WORKS OF ELMER KELTON  Spring, 1984, Special Edition of Southwestern American Literature, Hobbs. Four articles: “Kelton’s Early Novels of the Cattle Kingdom” by Lawrence Clayton; “Car-Roping, Tall Tale-Telling, and Finding Direction Out by Indirection: Humor in Elmer Kelton’s The Good Old Boys” by Bob J. Frye; “La Ficcion de Chacho Fernandez” by Dorys Crow Grover; “The Classical Side of Elmer Kelton” by Ken Hammes.  Cover illustration by Jose Cisneros. 52pp w/frontispiece of Kelton, endnotes. Softcover……….35.00

69) [KELTON, ELMER]  ELMER KELTON: A Serious Western Novelist” by Lawrence Clayton. Article in Spring, 1983 edition of Southwestern American Literature, Hobbs.  Softcover…..25.00

70) King, Frank M. PIONEER WESTERN EMPIRE BUILDERS: A True Story of the Men and Women of Pioneer Days  1946, 1st edition, Pasadena.  Over 75 stories and biographies of many Western pioneers: lawmen, pioneer women and men, cattle barons, and others.  383pp w/photos.  HB scarce…..65.00

71) King, Frank M. WRANGLIN’ THE PAST: The Reminiscences of Frank M. King  1946, “First revised edition after limited edition, privately published in 1935, by the author for his friends,” Pasadena.  Cattle drives, outlaws, politics, Indian fighting, Jeff Milton, Billy the Kid and Jim East, the Earps, much more. 284pp w/photos. HB, scarce…..75.00

72) Kraisinger, Gary & Margaret  THE WESTERN: The Greatest Texas Cattle Trail, 1874-1886 2004, 1st edition, Newton. A fully researched history of the famous cattle trail which includes “tales and true accounts about cowboys, cattle, saloons, and watering holes on the trail north as related by cowboys and homesteaders.” 373pp w/photos, dozens of detailed maps, appendices, bibliography, index.  Folio HB/DJ, [laid in is a detailed and illustrated 24” X 35” map of Central Texas showing the location of the Western Trail with landmarks], SIGNED by both authors………85.00

73) Lavender, David   BENT’S FORT  1954, early reprint, NY. A full-length and dramatic account of the adventurous Bent Brothers’ adobe empire on the banks of the Arkansas River and their role in the American expansion to the West. 450pp w/map endpapers, notes, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ….25.00

74) Lawrence, F. Lee & Robert W. Glover  CAMP FORD, C.S.A. The Story of Union Prisoners in Texas  1964, 1st limited edition of 550 copies, published by Texas Civil War Centennial Advisory Committee, Austin. Illustration and map by Jose Cisneros; designed by Carl Hertzog. A detailed history of the Confederate prisoner-of-war camp at Tyler, Texas: living conditions; units and morale; escapes; treatment and punishment; last days at the camp. 99pp w/notes, appendices, sources, index. HB in clear Mylar cover. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by both authors, very scarce……225.00

75) Lea, Tom THE HANDS OF CANTU 1964, 1st edition, Boston. Novel set in the untamed Southwest of 400 years ago with 30 Chinese ink illustrations by the author.  HB/DJ….50.00

76) Lomax, John A. & Alan Lomax  COWBOY SONGS AND OTHER FRONTIER BALLADS 1965, revised and enlarged edition, NY.  A great collection of cowboy songs and ballads, some with music. 431pp w/index.  HB/DJ nice copy…30.00 SOLD

77) Loomis, Noel M. THE TEXAN-SANTA FE PIONEERS 1958, 1st edition, Norman. A well-documented account of the 1841 when nearly 400 frontiersmen left Austin to establish a trade route to Santa Fe. Before it was over, twenty were scalped by Indians, and the entire troop endured prairie fires, stampedes, starvation, illness and captivity by Mexican militia. 329pp with illustrations, map, appendices, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, this copy inscribed to author/poet S. Omar Barker, and SIGNED by the author..45.00 SOLD

78) Mahan, William  PADRE ISLAND: Treasure Kingdom of the World  1967, 1st edition, Waco.  Gives a chronological history  of the barrier island’s past, and includes a translation of Fray Marcos de Mena’s diary who was shipwrecked on Padre in 1553. 139pp w/illustrations.  HB/DJ w/small chips…..35.00

79) Martin, Jack  BORDER BOSS: Captain John R. Hughes, Texas Ranger  1942, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio. Biography of Hughes who served as a Ranger from 1887 to 1915, with sketches, comments and reminiscences relating to some of his contemporaries. 236pp bibliography, index.  HB, light brown spots on front cover, otherwise a very good copy, scarce…150.00

82) McCoy, Joseph G. HISTORIC SKETCHES of the CATTLE TRADE of the WEST and SOUTHWEST 1932, an early reprint, Washington, D.C.  Adams, HERD: “One of the ‘big four’ cattle books, written by a man who opened the market for Texas cattle...one of the first and most important books on the cattle trade.” 427pp w/illus, including interesting  reproductions of ads that appeared in the back of the original.  HB, nice copy….165.00

83) Metz, Leon BORDER: The U.S.-Mexico Line 1989, 1st edition, El Paso. A historical chronicle of the two-thousand mile border between the U.S. and Mexico.  467pp w/photos, 15 maps, notes, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ fine copy, SIGNED….35.00 SOLD

84) Metz, Leon C. FORT BLISS: An Illustrated History  1981, 1st edition, El Paso. Designed by Frank Mangan; illustrations by Frederick Carter, Antonio Castro, Jose Cisneros, and Tom Lea; maps by Placido Cano. A complete history of one of the oldest and most important military bases in the U.S. 180pp w/photos, appendix, bibliography, index.  Folio HB/DJ, nice copy….65.00

86) Moore, Stephen L.  SAVAGE FRONTIER: Rangers, Riflemen, And Indian Wars of Texas, Volume I  2002, reprint, Denton.  This first volume is a comprehensive account of the formative years of the legendary Texas Rangers, focusing on the years 1835 through 1837, when Texas was struggling to gain its independence from Mexico.  Firsthand accounts of many fights and skirmishes. A fascinating look at the origins of the Rangers.  335pp w/maps, illus, notes, biblio, early roster, index. HB/DJ…..34.95

87) Moore, Stephen L.  SAVAGE FRONTIER: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, Volume II  2006. 1st edition, Denton.  The second volume in Moore’s Frontier series focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, 1838 and 1839. Gives detailed accounts of  fighting from the Surveyor’s Fight to the battle of Brushy Creek, and ends with the Cherokee War of 1839.  426pp w/maps, illus., bibliography, muster rolls, Texian casualty lists form Indian Wars, notes, index. HB/DJ………..34.95       

88) Moore, Stephen L.  SAVAGE FRONTIER: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, Volume III 2007, 1st edition, Denton. This volume in the series focuses on the evolution of the Texas Rangers and frontier warfare in Texas during the years 1840 and 1841:  Council House Fight; Great Comanche Raid of 1840 which culminated in the Battle of Plum Creek; many more frontier engagements are explained in detail. 436pp w/maps, illus., muster rolls, Texan casualty lists, notes, biblio , index. HB/DJ…….34.95 

89) Mulroy, Kevin FREEDOM ON THE BORDER: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, The Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas  1993, 1st edition, Lubbock.  A history of the Seminole Indians, from their beginnings in the Florida Everglades, through their role in the Texas Indian Wars, and their subsequent quest for freedom along both sides of the border with Mexico. 246pp w/maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. HB/DJ fine copy….45.00

90) Murrah, David J. C.C. SLAUGHTER: Rancher, Banker, Baptist 1981, 1st edition, Austin. Biography of the innovative West Texas rancher who, from 1877 to 1905, increased his holdings to over a million acres. 173pp w/photos, map, endnotes, index.
HB/DJ slightly edgeworn….75.00

91) Newcomb, W.W., Jr. THE ROCK ART OF TEXAS INDIANS  1967, 1st edition, Austin. Paintings by Forrest Kirkland, 32 in full color, 128 in black and white, plus many photos. This book is the result of a decades-long study of rock art in West Texas from the Pecos and Devil’s rivers to the Big Bend and Hueco Tanks northeast of El Paso.  Hundreds of examples of petroglyphs and pictographs are reproduced. 239pp w/appendix, bibliography, index.  Folio HB/DJ showing some edgewear….

92) Nordyke, Lewis GREAT ROUNDUP: The Story of Texas and Southwestern Cowmen  1955, 1st edition, NY. Illustrations by H.D. Bugbee. A history of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. 288pp w/photos, maps, index.
HB/DJ edgeworn..30.00 SOLD

93) Otero, Miguel Antonio  MY LIFE ON THE FRONTIER 1864-1882: Incidents and Characters of the Period when Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico were Passing Through the Last of their Wild and Romantic Years  1935, 1st limited edition of 750 copies, New York.   Once governor of New Mexico, the author cites many events in which well-known frontier characters participated, including Clay Allison, Billy the Kid, Dave Rudabaugh and Pat Garrett, Uncle Dick Wootan, Kit Carson, Chata Baca, and many others.  293pp w/illustrations, index. HB sound copy, numbered and SIGNED……125.00 SOLD
                93b) Another Copy – My Life on the Frontier – 1935, 1st trade edition,   HB……..85.00

94) Paine, Lauran  TOM HORN: Man of the West  1963, 1st edition, Barre. Biography of the U.S. Army scout and later range detective whose life ended tragically in Cheyenne, Wyoming.  186pp. HB/DJ……25.00 SOLD

95) Patterson, Paul E. & Joy Poole GREAT PLAINS CATTLE EMPIRE: Thatcher Brothers and Asssociates (1875-1945)   2000, 1st edition, Lubbock.  Foreword by Elmer Kelton. The story of the Thatcher brothers of Pueblo, Colorado, who founded a cattle empire in the 19th-century that included the financing and direction of Bloom Land and Cattle Co., Diamond A Cattle Co., and the Hatchet Cattle Co. 211pp w/maps, photos, notes, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…..25.00 SOLD

96) Pope, Clarence AN OIL SCOUT IN THE PERMIAN BASIN 1972, 1st edition, El Paso.  Author gives us a firsthand account of the oil boom days and the subsequent growth of West Texas’ early petroleum industry.  150pp w/photos. HB/DJ, SIGNED..35.00

97) Pratt, Fletcher  CIVIL WAR ON WESTERN WATERS: The Story of the Union and Confederate River Navies  1956, 1st edition, NY.  The story of the naval war on the Mississippi and its tributaries.  255pp w/maps, illus, biblio, index. HB/DJ…35.00

98) [PRESIDIO COUNTY] HISTORY OF MARFA AND PRESIDIO COUNTY, TEXAS, 1535-1946 by Cecilia Thompson. 1985, 1st edition, Austin. Two Volumes. This highly sought after work deservedly won the 1985 T.R. Fehrenbach Award For Best County History In Texas.  It is a chronologically arranged narrative history of the remote West Texas county that spans four centuries, from the earliest Spanish explorers to contemporary times. A total of 1024 pages with maps, many period photos, appendices, bibliography, index. Two volumes, hardback in slipcase, fine condition, out-of-print and quite scarce…….450.00
 
99) Ragsdale, Kenneth Baxter QUICKSILVER: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company 1976, 1st edition, College Station. A good history of Howard Perry’s mining empire in the Big Bend. 327pp with photos, biblio, index.  HB/DJ….45.00

100) Ratchford, Fannie E. [editor] THE STORY OF CHAMP D’ASILE As Told by Two of the Colonists 1937, 1st limited edition of 300 copies, The Book Club of Texas, Dallas. Translated from the French by Donald Joseph. In 1817, some 150 French exiles settled in a fort near the mouth of the Trinity River. When the Spanish began a march toward the fort, the settlers fled to Galveston where they were caught in a hurricane. Aided by Jean Lafitte, the survivors returned to Louisiana. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “This is the best contemporary account of the ill-fated colony of Napoleonic refugees in Texas.”  180pp w/illustrated endpapers. HB, a fine copy in slipcase, scarce…….195.00

101) Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan  THE YEARLING  1961, reprint, NY.  Fourteen full-page, color illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. The heart-warming classic  tale of a boy and his adopted deer in rural Florida.405pp. HB/DJ slightly edgeworn……..19.95

102) Raymond, Dora Neill  CAPTAIN LEE HALL OF TEXAS  1940, 1st edition, Norman. Illustrations by Louis Lundean and Frederic Remington. Biography of a famous 19th-century Texas Ranger. Adams, SIX-GUNS: “A well-written biography which shows scholarly research.  There are reliable chapters on Sam Bass and the Taylor-Sutton Feud and a good account of the killing of Ben Thompson.”  350pp w/foldout map, index.  HB/DJ worn, now in protective cover….75.00 SOLD

103) [RHODES, EUGENE MANLOVE] ) A BAR CROSS MAN: The Life and Personal Writings of Eugene Manlove Rhodes edited by W. H. Hutchinson. 1956, 1st edition, Norman. Besides some of his writings, this book includes a biography of the man who punched cattle and ranged the wild New Mexico badlands before he won recognition as a leading literary figure. 432pp w/photos, a checklist of Rhodes works, index.  HB/DJ showing some edgewear….65.00 SOLD

104) Richardson, Rupert Norval THE COMANCHE BARRIER TO SOUTH PLAINS SETTLEMENT: A Century and a Half of Savage Resistance to the Advancing White Frontier  1996, reprint, Eakin Press, Austin. Edited and with notes by Kenneth R. Jacobs; a new introduction by A.C. Greene. A scholarly and readable account of the Comanche Indians and their resistance to white settlement. Considered by many to be the most comprehensive of any study yet done. 253pp w/photos, maps, bibliography, index. Folio HB/no dj as issued, as new………29.95 SOLD

105) Rister, Carl Coke COMANCHE BONDAGE: Beale’s Settlement of Dolores and Sarah Horn’s Narrative of Her Captivity 1955, 1st edition, Glendale. Jenkins, BTB (p. 468): “Rister’s Comanche Bondage relates to the outpost of Beales Colony and to the more specific captivity of Sarah Ann Horn, including a complete annotated reprint of A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Horn, and Her Two Children, with Mrs. Harris, by the Comanche Indians [published in 1839].” In the first section of the book, Rister traces the short-lived attempt by Beale to found a settlement in the heart of Comanche country on Las Moras Creek in South Texas in 1834. 210pp w/illustrations, map, notes, biblio, index. HB, an unread copy with many pages still uncut, scarce….165.00

106) Roberts, Mrs. D.W.  A WOMAN’S REMINISCENCES OF SIX YEARS IN CAMP WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS 
nd, ca 1928, 1st edition, Austin. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “Known as the ‘Assistant Commander’ of Company D, [Mrs. Roberts] was in the field with her husband during most of his time of service. Her memoirs are full of incidents of tent life in West Texas, and include some photographs of the Rangers in the field and in camp.” Those seven photographs were taken by M.C. Ragsdale, of San Angelo, in 1878.  Contents: A Ranger’s Bride; Camp at Menard; Pay Day; A Tour of Duty in South Texas; Camp on San Saba; Camp on the Llano River near Junction City; New Mexico; An Adventure Near Nogales; Reunion of the Rangers at Menard; Our Golden Wedding. 64pp. Softcover w/extended edges, nice copy, very scarce……295.00

107) Rouse, John E. WORLD CATTLE  1970, 1st edition, Norman. TWO VOLUMES. “From systematic, firsthand observations, the author describes cattle breeds, management practices, abattoir facilities, cattle diseases, marketing procedures, the effect of Government on the cattle and the outlook for cattle in each of the eighty-five countries. Probably the most comprehensive illustrated account of world cattle breeds ever issued.”  1046pp w/illustrations, maps, biblio, index. HB, two volume set in slipcase….125.00 SOLD

108) Rundell, Walter, Jr.  EARLY TEXAS OIL: A Photographic History, 1866-1936 1977, 3rd printing, College Station. The author’s text and 328 contemporary photographs give a dramatic portrayal of life in Texas’ oil fields and boom towns in the early days. 260pp w/map, bibliography, index. Folio HB/DJ....35.00

109) Salinas, Mrs. Porfirio  THE LIFE OF PORFIRIO SALINAS  1975, #4 of a limited edition of 500 copies, np.  This biography of the renowned artist by his wife, Maria, includes many black and white sketches, and numerous full-page, full-color reproductions of Porfirio’s paintings. 42pp w/some photos. Large oblong folio HB, INSCRIBED/SIGNED, exceedingly scarce……495.00 SOLD

110) Sampanaro, Frank N. & Paul J. Vanderwood WAR SCARE ON THE RIO GRANDE: Robert Runyon’s Photographs of the Border Conflict, 1913-1916 1992, 1st edition, Austin. Over one hundred of  Runyon’s spectacular photographs cover the Mexican Bandit raids in Brownsville in 1915, the massive buildup of American military forces along the border in 1916, and rare photos of the revolution that raged in northeastern Mexico 1913-1914. 135pp w/appendices—including the radical and evil “Plan of San Diego of 1916”—bibliography, index. Oblong folio hardback/dust jacket, INSCRIBED/SIGNED….125.00

111) [SAN SABA COUNTY]  THE CALL OF THE SAN SABA: A History of San Saba County by Alma Ward Hamrick.
1941, 1st edition, Naylor Co., San Antonio.  Includes prehistory, establishment of forts and Indian fights; cattle ranching and trail driving; mob and vigilante problems; community, church and social histories; some pioneer biographical sketches, much more. 331pp w/photos, index. HB, long out-of-print and very scarce……….495.00

112) Schmitt, Martin F. [editor] THE CATTLE DRIVES OF DAVID SHIRK From Texas to the Idaho Mines 1871 and 1873  1956, 1st limited edition of 750 copies, Portland. The reminiscences of David Shirk describing two cattle drives from Texas with his partner, George T. Miller.  Includes his details of cattle raising in eastern Oregon with depredations by hostile Indians, and the range warfare with Pete French.  148pp w/illustrations.  HB/onion skin jacket…..130.00 SOLD

113) Shirley, Glenn  MARAUDERS OF THE INDIAN NATIONS: The Bill Cook Gang and Cherokee Bill  1994, 1st edition, Barbed Wire Press, Stillwater.  The story of the homicidal band who terrorized the law-abiding citizens of Indian Territory in the mid-1890s.  180pp w/photos, notes, bibliography, index.  HB/DJ, scarce……65.00

114) Shirley, Glenn THE FIGHTING MARLOWS: Men Who Wouldn’t Be Lynched  1994, 1st edition, Fort Worth. Tells of  the exploits of the Marlow brothers and their fights against mob justice in Texas and Oklahoma. 188pp w/photos, notes, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…….35.00 SOLD

115) Siringo, Charles A. TWO EVIL ISMS: Pinkertonism and Anarchism  1967, facsimile reprint of the original, Austin. New introduction by Charles D. Peavy.  A scathing condemnation of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in which Siringo alleges the agency used blackmail, bribery and intimidation, fixed elections, bribed juries, kidnapped witnesses, and even hired killers for their clients.  A few copies escaped the court’s seizure and destruction order, thus its rare status. This is the only reprint, also scarce.  109pp.  Hardback with pictorial cover, fine copy…..70.00

116) Smith, Diane Solether  THE ARMSTRONG CHRONICLE: A Ranching History  1986, 1st ed, San Antonio. An epic history of the generations-old ranch that includes a lot of information on the early settlement of South Texas. 358pp w/photos, maps, chapter notes, bibliography,  appendices, index.  HB bound in two-tone cloth has tiny scrape at bottom of spine, scarce..165.00 SOLD

117) Sowell, A.J. EARLY SETTLERS AND INDIAN FIGHTERS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS 1986, facs. reproduction of the 1900 original, State House Press, Abilene. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “The work contains 132 accounts of early pioneers, mostly as told to them directly to Sowell...Most of the work pertains to Indian fights and Texas Rangers.”
861pp with index. HB w/decorated cover…….45.00

118) Steffen, Randy THE HORSE SOLDIER 1776 - 1943 Four Volumes: 1977, 1978, 1979, all 1st editions, Norman. This massive four volume set is a detailed study of the United States Cavalryman and his uniforms, arms, accoutrements and equipments, from the Revolutionary War to the last days of the Horse Soldier in World War II when the cavalry became mechanized.  Profusely illustrated with over 500 illustrations, many in color, by the author. This study was endorsed by the Company of Military Historians. The author died during its production in 1977.  All four volumes are folio hardbacks in very good condition with only light scuffing to dust jackets of volumes I and II, very scarce, especially as a set……450.00

119) Stephens, Robert W. MANNEN CLEMENTS: Texas Gunfighter 1996, 1st limited edition of 200 copies, np. Biography of Clements who was a cousin to John Wesley Hardin, was the last significant participant in the Taylor-Sutton feud, and was shot down in a Ballinger, Texas, saloon. 98pp w/photos.  HB numbered & SIGNED……65.00 SOLD

120) Sterling, William Warren TRAILS AND TRIALS OF A TEXAS RANGER  1959, 1st edition, np. Drawings by Bob Schoenke. Sterling spends the first half of the book telling of his Ranger service during the early part of the 20th-century along the Mexican border and in the Texas oilfield boomtowns.  The balance of the book has chapters on L. S. Ross, Sam Bass, John H. Rogers, Capt. John R. Hughes, Frank Hamer, James B. Gillett, the King Ranch, Gregorio Cortez, and other notables. 524pp with many photos, bibliography. HB/DJ suffers edgewear, now in protective cover……125.00

121) Stewart, Edgar I.  CUSTER’S LUCK  1955, 2nd printing, Norman. Examines “ the pertinent facts of the Grant administration, the embitterment of the Great Plains tribes, and the deteriorating Civil War army. The book is the record not only of the dashing Seventh Cavalry and its leader, but also of the Grant-Custer feud, Sitting Bull, the Belknap scandal, Rain-in-the-Face, the battle strategy of the Indians, and Custer's military rivals." 522pp w/illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…..35.00

122) Sullivan, Sergeant W.J.L. TWELVE YEARS in the SADDLE FOR LAW and ORDER on the FRONTIERS OF TEXAS  1966, 2nd edition, NY. Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS: “The author served under Bill McDonald and others between 1888 and 1900, a period for which there are few surviving ranger recollections... Provides us with a first-hand account of Texas Ranger activities in West Texas during the 1890s, particularly at Amarillo, Quanah, and El Paso. [He] chased and captured bank robbers, cattle thieves, murderers, and train robbers, and had his share of gunfights.”  Included are some excellent photographs of rangers on duty and several outlaws.  284pp.  HB/no dust jacket as issued…….75.00

123) Tinsley, Jim Bob  HE WAS SINGIN’ THIS SONG  1981, 1st edition, Orlando. Forewords by Gene Autry and S. Omar Barker.  “A collection of forty-eight traditional songs of the American Cowboy, with words, music, pictures, and stories.”  255pp w/index.  Folio HB/DJ, INSCRIBED/SIGNED…..50.00

125) Weddle, Robert S.  SPANISH SEA: The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery, 1500-1685  1985, 1st edition, College Station. An in-depth and possibly controversial study of early Spanish exploration of the Gulf of Mexico which was the theater for the earliest and most determined efforts to conquer natives and settle the continent’s interior. 457pp w/maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. HB/DJ…..70.00

126) Wentworth, M. P. [editor] FORGED IN STRONG FIRES: The Early Life and Experiences of John Edward Dalton  1948, 1st edition limited to 1,000 copies, Caldwell.  Dalton was the son of a Texas rancher, and a drifter who worked on ranches and rodeos in Texas and Montana, and as a cowboy entertainer in Europe. 373pp w/illustrations.  HB/DJ, SIGNED….60.00 SOLD

127) Wyeth, John Allan  THAT DEVIL FORREST: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest  1959, reprint of the original 1899 edition, NY.  Biography of the legendary Confederate commander.  614pp w/many maps, illustrations, notes, index. HB/DJ….40.00