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THE MEDICAL STORY OF EARLY TEXAS, 1528-1853.
by Nixon, Pat Ireland
Mollie Bennett Lupe Memorial Fund,, 1946. 1st edition. Hardcover. FINE. 507pp., index, extensive bib. No owner's names. Two color printed paper labels on spine and upper board. Superior copy in every way. Interesting chapter on Indian medicine, appendix of several hundred early Texas doctors. A graduate of Johns Hopkins in 1909, Dr. Nixon practiced medicine in Texas for 56 years and he covers much more here than his professional interest in medicine of his day, as well as Native Indian medicinal...
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£243.87
FISCHER'S STORE DANCE HALL"
by Nunn, Ancel E
Austin: Encino Press, 1970. First Edition. Original print, SIGNED lower left. image size: 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, plus wide linen mat and gold frame. Overall 24 x 22 inches.Some damage associated with age and moisture, would benefit from modest restoration. From a Portfolio of Six Paintings by Ancel Nunn with a foreword by A.C. Greene. Sticker on back reflects it has once been in the collection of the First City National Bank of Austin and was framed by the Country Store in Austin, Texas. Fischer's is...
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£40.64
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide
by James A. Mundie, Dean E. Letzring, Bruce S. Allardice, John H. Luckey
Hillsboro, Texas: Hill College Press, 2002. N4 - A hardcover book SIGNED by James A. Mundie, Dean E. Letzring, Bruce S. Allardice, John H. Luckey on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book has previous owner's inscription written on the half-title page, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes a laid in Updates, Revisions, and Correction (1/08/03) sheet. Foreword by Jerry D. Thompson....
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£32.51
Untitled, Original Oil Painting - Hill Country Barn & Wagon
by Boren, James (American 1921-1990)
1969. FINE. Original oil on board, 11 1/2 x 8 in. framed with linen mat. SIGNED and dated CAA lower right, framed dimensions 17 1/2 x 14 label on back "General Store Gallery / Austin, Texas" and sealed. Photos on request. James Boren was one of the deans of modern western painters in Texas. Born in Waxahachie, Boren was inducted into the Cowboy Artists of America and became one of its most celebrated and honored members. His preferred media was watercolor. Few oils have come to market. In the late...
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£609.68
HURRICANE JUNCTION, A History of Port Aransas.
by Kuehne, Cyril
San Antonio : St. Mary's University, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. 216pp., photos. No names. White clith, with green titles and pictorial. Clean and bright but cloth is lightly rippling along exterior edges of upper board.
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£32.52
THE RAINCROW
by Rushing, Jane Gilmore
Garden City: Doubleday, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Novel set during a summer on a farm in West Texas. Dust jacket is lightly shelf rubbed and edge worn..
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£24.39
Temple Houston: Lawyer With a Gun
by Glenn Shirley
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980. AT6 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tears on the edges, corners, and some sides, vertical crease on the front and back, some scattered scratches and rubbing, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some highlighting, previous owner's name written and library seal emboss on the title page, a few scattered stains, wrinkling and...
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£6.50
PICHARDO'S TREATISE ON THE LIMITS OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.
by Hackett, Charles Wilson
Freeport, New York: University of Texas Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Four volumes, complete. 5 maps, 4 folding, index contained in each vol., 630pp., 618pp., 623pp., 514pp. All in original navy blue cloth, two with dust jackets. Vol. II ; No names, no writing, top edge sprinkled with foxing, 618pp., biblio., footnotes, index, interesting large folding map called for in rear pocket is present, gilt-stamped navy blue cloth. Published for the first time from a transcript of the original...
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£975.48
Six Score: The 120 Best Books on the Range Cattle Industry
by Reese, W.S
Austin, Texas: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1976 Illustrated with title pages. List, with brief synopsis. 85 pp, indexed. Some wear to covers, usual ex-library markings, first endpaper and half-title page have clipped corners.
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£24.39
El Diablo en Texas: literatura Chicana
by Brito, Aristeo
Tucson: Editorial Peregrinos, 1976. Paperback. [iv] 99p., text in Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. True first edition. In translation, Brito's masterwork won the Western States Book Award in 1990.
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£20.32
Texas Mammals East of the Balcones Fault Zone
by Schmidly, David J., Illustrated by John L. Tveten
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1983 ISBN:0890961719. 400 pgs. B&W photos. by John Tveten, maps. 90 species of mammals from the coastal prairies, tall grass prairies, forests, and savannahs. Author includes name, identification, subspecies, distribution and habitat, life history, references and distribution map.
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£6.50
Big Thicket Legacy
by Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller (Compiled and Edited by)
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1977. BB4 - A first edition (no additional printings) hardcover book SIGNED and dated by Lynn Loughmiller and Campbell Loughmiller with "With best wishes" written on the front free endpaper in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has old price label adhered on the front flap, wrinkling, chipping, crease, and small tears on the edges, corners, and sides, scattered scratches and rubbing, tanning, and light shelf...
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£30.88
A Rose Blooms in Texas: Coming of Age in the Civil War Era
by Carlos R. Hamilton Jr
Houston, Texas: Bright Sky Press, 2015. CV4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Includes a laid in promotional bookmark. 9.5"x6.5", 448 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SHORTLY AFTER CARLOS Hamilton began his medical practice in Houston, he inherited an over-sized piano that had belonged to his...
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£12.19
Daring and Desperate Attack- Surprise and Capture of the U.S. Gunboat Harriet Lane by the Rebels Under Gen. Magruder, and Destruction of the Flagship Westfield in Galveston Harobr, Texas, Jan 1, 1863
by [CIVIL WAR PRINT] Editors
NY: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863. Original. VERY GOOD. January 24, 1863: Artist unknown. Wood engraving 35.6 x 49.3 cm, engraver unknown, extracted pp. 280-82. Large double page center fold. With The Battle of Galveston, Magruder had retaken Galveston with a loss of twenty-six killed and 117 wounded. Union losses included the captured infantry and the Harriet Lane, about 150 casualties on the naval ships, as well as the destruction of the Westfield. The port remained under Confederate...
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£121.93
Stirring Prose: Cooking With Texas Authors
by Deborah Douglas
College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1998. CC4 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by 10 contributors - Jay Brandon, Anita Richmond Bunkley, Norma Elia Cantu, Elizabeth Crook, John Erickson, Kinky Friedman, Stephen Harrigan, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Bryan Wooley, on the table of contents page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket have some light scratches, dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. This book...
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£12.19
LAS TEJANAS 300 YEARS OF HISTORY
by Acosta, Teresa Palomo and Ruthe Winegarten
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE/fine. SIGNED by both authors with presentation. Photographs, 436pp., index, appendix, bibliography. Red cloth, gilt titles, dj in archival mylar. Since the early 1700s, women of Spanish/Mexican origin or descent have played a central, if often unacknowledged role in Texas history. Includes women ranchers.
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£28.45
Great Texas Birds
by John P. O'Neill
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1999. AK1 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by John P. O'Neill to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, scattered scratches, rubbing, scuffing, foxing, and some small tears/scrapes, tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some scattered stains and light soiled patches on the...
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£32.51
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY TOM LEA December 1971 - January 1972
by Hinshaw, Glennis and Lisabeth Lovelace, Compiled by
El Paso: El Paso Public Library, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE/good. SIGNED limited edition. An Illustrated Catalog of the Exhibition. Introduction by Frank Connally. 54pp., index. Oblong 4to gilt-stamped green cloth spine over white homespun. No. 25, of 280 copies SIGNED by Tom Lea and illustrated by him through out. DJ chipped with edge wear in custom mylar. Arranged chronologically. A near fine copy.
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£40.64
EMPRESARIOS' CHILDREN, THE WELDERS OF TEXAS
by Walraven, Bill & Marjorie
Corpurs Christi: Javelina, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE IN FINE DJ/fine. 256pp. , photos, index, 4to, dj in archival mylar cover. The story of the Spanish, German and Irish colonists who became the Welder ranching family and their role in Texas history.
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£60.97
The Battle of the Alamo
by Procter, Ben H
Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 1986. CY2 - A stapled booklet in very good condition that has some stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.5"x5.5", 36 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Stapled Booklet. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£2.03
TEXAS RANCH BOY
by (ART) Mauzey, Merritt
NY: Abelard-Schuman, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD /good. 77pp., b/w illustrations, biographical sketch of the artist. Stamped approved for New York schools, clean and tight, no writing, in dj with edge chips, price unclipped in mylar cover. 4to rust boards with loss of color to the cloth and wear along the bottom edges. Chapters on the Ballard Ranch, the Parker Ranch and Boatright Ranch. Mauzey was a founding member of the Lone Star Printmakers in 1938. Merritt Mauzey was born in Bosque...
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£24.39
Under the Lone Star Flagstick: A Collection of Writings on Texas Golf and Golfers
by Hauser, Melanie (edited by)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. BY1 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling on some edges, DJ and book have wrinkling on the spine edges and gutter edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book was signed by Mickey Herskowitz on his story pages 77 & 221. Includes laid in publisher's news about the book. Forewords by Dave Marr and Tom Kite. This book assembles all the stories that make the state of Texas the kingdom of American golf-piece upon piece of the best...
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£8.13
As Your Acknowledged Leader the best of Lynn Ashby
by Lynn Ashby
Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1983. AD3 - A first edition (complete letterline) hardcover book SIGNED by Lynn Ashby on the front free endpaper in very good condition in good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and tears on the edges, corners and some sides, fading, some scatterd scratches, rubbing and scuffing, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling and some chipping on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. The first collection of...
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£4.87
