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Austin, TX: Steck Company, 1947. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Facsimile reprint of the 1871 edition. 1947. Steck Company US. Front board pulling away.

311pp; With xxiv full page plates of line drawings to rear

Pumpkin colored cloth, dust jacket illustrated with an Apache warrior and squaw in full color surrounded by sepia vignettes of their non-native American adversaries, profusely illustrated by Tom Lea with five full color paintings as plates and numerous B&W in-text sketches. 366 pp

Not price clipped, signed dedication by author 3-22-76.

Ex-library. Dust jacket not clipped; library sticker on spine. Library card pocket attached inside, Humboldt County, Eureka, California. Maps, end-paper maps. Illustrations by Syl Caylor, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index, 146 pp

Ex-library, only dust jacket flap remains and is pasted in.

Naylor 1942 First Edition Signed in dustjacket; rather elusive as such.

8vo. Cloth, ix [3], 326 pp., frontis., preface, illustrated, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Biography of one of the most infamous characters of the American/Mexican borderlands, often referred to as a scalp hunter, Kirker was a U.S. immigrant from Ireland who moved from Missouri to New Mexico and was eventually employed by the Mexican government to end the Apache raids in Mexico and the southwest territories.

Signed by Author

6.5 x 10, 406 pages in length, clean pages, tight spine, light corner wear, spine label toned and torn. Early diseases, frontier medicine, Texas Revolution, the Alamo, World War, San Antonio, more. Illustrations include: Bexar County Medical Society, The Alamo; Dr. Amos Pollard, Surgeon in chief at the Battle of the Alamo; Dr. Joseph H. Barnard, Survivor of the Goliad Massacre; Hospital advertisement in San Antonio City directory 1881; San Antonio Infirmary 1885; Operating Room Santa Rosa Hospital 1895 and numerous other doctors including George Cupples, Ferdinand Herff Graham Watts and Julius Braunnagel.

This book is a unique tale describing 19th-century Christmas experiences including festivities at the White House, the Royal Palace in Prussia and at the Alamo mission.

1949 Fiesta Edition - with Boyce House's signature in space indicated. Thirty-three chapters about events and people important in San Antonio and Texas history. Fifteen illustrations by Melvan D. Jordan. Green cloth-covered boards, endpapers illustrated in green. 214 pp. Herd 074; Six-Guns 039

Facsimile reprint.

1996 Hard cover with dust jacket, 499 pp, printed on heavy stock,heavily illustrated

158 pp. Situated farther west than any other Confederate state, Texas would prove itself a valuable partner against the Union. Texas citizens raised scores of infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments, which served in all theaters of war. John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade (First, Fourth and Fifth Regiments) earned numerous laurels fighting in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. At the Wilderness, they refused to allow General Robert E. Lee to lead a charge against the enemy, grasping the reins of his horse and guiding him to the rear until safe. Texas regiments also fought gallantly in the Western Theater-at the battles of Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and Franklin. Texas units did great service in the Trans-Mississippi. In Louisiana, they fought at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and in the Red River Campaign. They defended their home state at Galveston, Sabine Pass, and Palmito Ranch. Texans even went as far as New Mexico to fight the enemy. Twenty officers from Texas became generals in… Read More

[publisher: M.A. Donohue & Company, Chicago] (1899? , Difficult to see the last digit.) Worn spine ends and scuffed corners. Made with cheap paper. Black & white illustrations. Pages toned, board corners bent and worn. Title page detached and chipped, next page complete but torn. Fairly tight and clean, printed on cheap paper. "A realistic and True Recital of Wild Life on the Boundless Plains of Texas, being the actual experiences of Twenty-Seven years in the exciting life of a Genuine Cow-Boy among the Roughs and Toughs of Texas". Over 50 illustrations, taken from life. 215pp.

Dust jacket price clipped

1978. Bound in the original dark yellow pictorial cloth, stamped in brown. Reference for providing treatment for injuries due to encounters with dangerous plant, animal and marine life in Texas and elsewhere. Color photograph with a general description and discussion of symptoms and treatment. Bibliographical references after each chapter. Index.

1932

First Edition, 1998 Hard cover with dust jacket; VG+/VG+;