New York: A.S. Barnes, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 6, [v]-xii pp., 2 ff., [17]-657 pp. (including frontispiece. With 33 illustrations, of which 25 are full-page plates. Very attractively bound in recent half-calf over marbled boards in the antique style. Some minor wear to outer margins of the first..... More
San Antonio: Yanaguana Society Publications (vol. 1), 1937. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Octavo, 167 pp. Original maroon cloth (bindings a trifle worn but perfectly sound). ¶ Castaneda here presents a documented history of San Antonio from its founding up to Santa Anna's defeat at San Jacinto in 1836. The work is..... More
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Houston: Webb & Jarum, Attorneys for the Defendant, 1862 (January). Two separate manuscript drafts on leaves of lined legal paper held together by a strip of paste near the top edge; verso of last leaf of both copies docketed with short title and the case number (?) 1826. First draft..... More
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Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1908. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Small folio. Bound in original publisher's brown boards, upper cover decorated with a large vignette of acorns and oak leaves (signed "M.T."), recent brown morocco spine. Excellent, attractive copy. ¶ EARLY TEXAS JURISPRUDENCE AS PRACTICED BY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. "Hans..... More
Canyon, Texas: Panhandle Plains Historical Society, 1949. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 4to. 36pp. Illus. with 8 monochrome facsimiles and 8 vignette headpieces. Original brown linen, front cover stamped in gilt, dust-jacket in excellent condition (two tiny chips at top of lower panel), preserved in a mylar sleeve. ¶ FINE COPY, RARE..... More
San Marcos, Texas: German-Texan Heritage Society, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. 261, [4] pp. with a useful index, bibliography, appendix, with 9 fold maps and numerous illustrations and diagrams. Beautifully bound in radiant green and sienna cloth, original wrappers bound in. ¶ THE STANDARD WORK ON THE SUBJECT -- STILL INDISPENSIBLE --..... More
St. Louis, MO: The Texas Railway Guide Company, 1919. Softcover. Published by The Texas Railway Guide Company of St. Louis, Missouri, the map measures 23" x 23" (570 x 570 mm). Staining and tears along the folds, else near very good. Professionally matted and framed. WITH THE RARE BOOKLET: 8vo..... More
Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, large 8vo. [2], x, [4], 504; [2], iv, [2], 538 pp. With numerous full-page photographic plates. Bound in original publisher's black cloth, rebacked and recornered in very handsome dark brown morocco, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. ¶ This vast and..... More
Kyle, Texas: 1881. Hardcover. Dates: 1881-1885. Folio (16" x 10.5"). 27 double-pages (i.e. 54 pp.) of manuscript entries. Bound in original leather-backed marbled boards with tabbed alphabetical index in front; cover worn with spine partly perished, mild toning, scattered minor staining, last few leaves damp stained, etc., generally clean internally..... More
