Search Results: Authors starting with B from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Railroad] Robert B Gorsuch. The Republic of Mexico and Railroads. A brief review of her past history and present conditions. A synopsis of railroad charters granted by the federal government since the fall of the empire under Maximilian and the reestablishment of the republic under Benito Juarez ... New York: Hosford & Sons, printers. 1881. Gray printed wraps. 24 cm. Folding map. 45 pp. Very good.OCLC shows 32 holdings. Contains much information of interest. The folding map shows Texas lines into Mexico.

[Texas] Rutherford B Hayes. Mexican Border Troubles. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports from the Secretaries of State and of War in reference to Mexican border troubles. [Washington, D.C.?]: [publisher not identified] 1877. Disbound. 24 cm. 45th Congress, 1st Session, HED No. 13. 244 pp. Very good
OCLC shows 29 holdings. Scarce today. Rare Book Hub shows one auction listing. Morrison, Nineteenth Century Texana shows one catalog listing. Collection of reports and official correspondence concerning border problems between Mexico and the United States. Reports concerning the incursions of Mexican Indians and bandits into the border towns of the United States, and of the operations carried out by the United States army to capture them, including incursions into Mexico, as well as the actions taken by the Mexican forces. Important first-hand information on the border conditions.

[Texas] S.B. Barron. The Lone Star Defenders. A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade.
New York and Washington. The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. Blue leather with gilt. First edition. Top edge gilt. Illustrated. Tissue guarded frontispiece of a battle flag. Ten full page black and white portraits of the officers of 3rd Texas Cavalry. 276 pp. Very good.
The Third Texas Cavalry was very active in the Western campaigns. This account features the organization of the unit, accounts of battles in Missouri, the Siege of Corinth, the Battle of Iuka, the surrender of Vicksburg, the Battle of Yazoo City, Kilpatrick's Raid, the Atlanta Campaign and the end of the war. Barron recalls the soldiers' lives in camp and in the field. Nevins, Vol. 1, pp.54 –"Even though based for the most part on memory, and occasionally drifting off on dramatic tangents, this narrative is a standard source for Texas in the Civil War."

[Texas] George W. Bailey. Autograph Letter Signed. Near San Antonio, Texas. December 6, 1880. Handwritten letter. Eight pages. Some 1,100+ words. Missing the initial pages.
George W. Bailey was born in 1844 in Bibb County (Macon area), Georgia. He was the son of Samuel T. Bailey. He writes on his life as a poor man trying to raise sheep in Texas in 1880:
"I do not like the sheep business as well as I thought I should, but should stick to it if my health would persist on, although it is a fearful life to live especially for one like myself who has but a little money to invest and has to work his way up, for such a one it is the same thing day in and day out and sometimes he sees no one for a month at a time, except the one he is to work for. … There is money in the business, but there is also great risks to run for sheep in this country are liable to die with the diseases or a cold storm may kill them. There were thousands die all around us last summer with what they called Lombriz[?] it is a Mexican… Read More

Beck, Mrs. Henry Harrison. (Fannie Davis Veale). On the Texas Frontier. Autobiography of a Texas Pioneer. (Written at the Request of Her Children.) St. Louis: Britt Printing and Publishing. 1937. First edition. Frontis. Illustrated by George Engelke, Jr. and photographs. Blue cloth with gold stamping. 295 [3] pp. This copy is from a private library and is missing the rear free end paper, which is in facsimile. Library stamp on top of pages. Bright gilt, no spine markings.
One of a handful of Texas ranching narratives from a woman's perspective. Not in Adams, Herd. Not in Sloan, Women of the Cattle Country. One of the rare books included in Trailing the Herd,
the exhibition of 152 rarities from the collection of Larry E. Myers. "Fannie Davis Veale Beck moved with her family to Palo Pinto, Texas, when she was a young girl. She recalls thousands of longhorn cattle roaming the countryside free for the taking and the lengthy process required to capture and brand them. When the cattle drives were coming… Read More

Dr. Ben K. Green. The Color of Horses. The Scientific and Authoritative Identification of the Color of the Horse. [Flagstaff]: Northland Press, 1974. Deluxe Edition of 150 copies, specially bound, numbered and slipcased. Signed by Green and the illustrator Darol Dickinson. 4to. 127 pages. Beautiful color illustrations by Darol Dickinson. Quarter leather over black cloth boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. A fine copy.
Profusely Illustrated from oil painting reproduces from Western painter Darol Dickinson. An excellent and interesting book on the standard reference on horse color at every race track, farm, and ranch in the world.

EARLY TRAVELS IN TEXAS WITH THE MAP
[Texas] [Page, Frederic Benjamin] Prairiedom: Rambles and Scrambles in Texas or New Estremadura. New York: Paine & Burgess. 1845. First edition. Modern quarter morocco and boards. Folding map. 166 pages + 18 pages of ads. Light scatted discoloration. Map has a repaired edge tear and discoloration at one fold.Streeter,
Texas 1604. Howes P 9 "aa." Graff 3159. Engraved folding map within ornate border: Mexico [showing Mexico, Texas, the borderlands, and the West (24.2 x 30.3 cm; 9-1/2 x 12 inches), with inset of the settled portions of Texas and the coast. An account of Page's travels, undertaken in the spring of 1839, from the Sabine via Nacogdoches, Houston and Bastrop to San Antonio, returning to Houston by way of Texana and Goliad. "This is a pleasant account of the author's travels in Texas, for the most part of a journey in the spring of 1839 from the Sabine by way of Nacogdoches, Houston, Bastrop to San Antonio and return to Houston by way of Goliad and Texana,… Read More

1). Benschoter, George E. Book of Facts Concerning the Early Settlement of Sherman County. Descriptive of its Present Business and Agricultural Developments and Natural Advantages. Loup City, Neb.: Loup City Northwestern Print. 1897. Yellow printed wraps. 19 cm. 76 pp. Stain to cover which lightly affects the next few pages and chip to head of spine. Rear hinge with small tear. .
OCLC shows 24 holdings. Adams, Six Guns
201: "Rare." Graff 264. Adams, Herd 244: "Rare." Howes B359a. Benschoter was an early settler in Sherman, Nebraska, arriving in 1873. Much on pioneer life, Indians, outlaws and biographical sketches of early settlers. "Contains quite a bit of history about the Olives and the murder of Luther Mitchell and of Ami Ketchum and some information on Doc Middleton." – Adams. "The author arrived in Sherman County on July 4, 1873, and camped four miles from the future location of Loup City. He gives interesting stories of pioneer life including the perilous adventures of Judge Wall… Read More

[Buffalo Bill] [Native Americans] General Nelson A. Miles and "Buffalo Bill" viewing Hostile Indian Camp, near Pine Ridge, S. D. January 16th, 1891. Baltimore, Md.: A Hoen & Co. [1892] Lithograph poster on tan paper. 27.5 cm x 42 cm. Light age toning and a few minor spots, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. There is a copy at the Buffalo Bill Museum. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (at left) and Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles were photographed by J. C. H. Grabill while scouting an Indian camp near Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, on January 16, 1891, soon after the massacre at nearby Wounded Knee. This lithograph is loosely based on the photographic record. As one newspaper (The Scotsman) reported on January 13th regarding the Pine Ridge Indian camp: "Should the Indians continue to move in this direction, and show a purpose of surrendering, the troops will not attack them; but if any renegades attempt to get away and succeed in piercing… Read More

Pawnee Bill's Wild West and Great Far East. Maj. Gordon W. Lilly Pawnee Bill. The White Chief of the Pawnees. The Hero of Oklahoma. [No publication information.] [Circa 1907.] 26.5 x 34.8 cm. [14] pp. Has been folded. Small split at center of spine, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. This is the first copy of this elaborate promotional that I have ever seen. "Lillie made his way into Indian Territory while working as a trapper …. He served as a teacher at the Pawnee agency …. During this time he became known as "Pawnee Bill." In 1883 he was recruited to help coordinate the efforts of the Pawnee troupe in the first-ever Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. … In 1888 he began touring the country with "Pawnee Bill's Wild West." … which traveled the United States and Europe, starring May Lillie as the Champion Horseback Shot of the West. In 1908 he joined forces with Buffalo Bill Cody, forming 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East,' a Wild West show that had no equal at… Read More

[Lincoln] Trial of the Conspirators for the Assassination of President Lincoln & Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate.... Washington: Government Printing Office. 1865. Printed wraps. 122 pp. Spine taped. Image of Lincoln's funeral car pasted to front inner wrap. Some ink notes, corner bends and chips to cover. Good.
OCLC shows 28 holdings, one in Texas (Texas Tech). Monaghan, Lincoln Bibliography 1839-1939 No. 403. Sabin 5451. McDade 625. Bingham was an American politician who is best remembered for his role in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination. Judge Bingham's powerful argument in the trial of seven men and one woman accused of conspiring to assassinate Lincoln, delivered June 1865, only two months after Abraham Lincoln's death, arguing that the "intense hate and rage" of Confederate President Jefferson Davis made him as "clearly proven guilty of conspiracy as is John Wilkes Booth." Here he answers the objections raised by the lawyers for the accused that the military… Read More

1905 Oklahoma Territory Map
[Oklahoma] Frank Bond. Map of Oklahoma Territory. Compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and from data in the Executive Office of the Territory, to accompany the Annual Report of the Governor of the Territory. Washington: The Morris Peters Co. 1905. Color map. 34 x 53 cm. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings of this 1905 map or the report from which it comes. There is one holding for the 1904 map (Mich. St. U.)Rare map of Oklahoma Territory, issued by the Territorial Governor, during the brief period when Oklahoma and Indian Territory were separate Territories of the United States. The map shows towns, railroads, Indian Tribal Lands, reservations, the Wichita Forest & Game Reserve and several Military Reserves, along with the township surveys and topographical information. The Capital is Guthrie

1906 Oklahoma Territory Map
[Oklahoma] Frank Bond. Map of Oklahoma Territory. Compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and from data in the Executive Office of the Territory, to accompany the Annual Report of the Governor of the Territory. Washington: The Morris Peters Co. 1906. Color map. 34 x 53 cm. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings of this 1906 map or the report from which it comes. There is one holding for the 1904 map (Mich. St. U.)Rare map of Oklahoma Territory, issued by the Territorial Governor, during the brief period when Oklahoma and Indian Territory were separate Territories of the United States. The map shows towns, railroads, Indian Tribal Lands, reservations, the Wichita Forest & Game Reserve and several Military Reserves, along with the township surveys and topographical information. The Capital is Guthrie.

1903 Oklahoma Territory Map
[Oklahoma] Frank Bond. Map of Oklahoma Territory. Compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and from data in the Executive Office of the Territory, to accompany the Annual Report of the Governor of the Territory. Washington: The Morris Peters Co. 1903. Color map. 34 x 53 cm. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings of this 1903 map or the report from which it comes. There is one holding for the 1904 map (Mich. St. U.) Rare map of Oklahoma Territory, issued by the Territorial Governor, during the brief period when Oklahoma and Indian Territory were separate Territories of the United States. The map shows towns, railroads, Indian Tribal Lands, reservations, the Wichita Forest & Game Reserve and several Military Reserves, along with the township surveys and topographical information. The Capital is Guthrie.

[Bourbon, Maria Antonia.] José Joaquín de Olmedo; José Joaquín de Larriva y Ruiz. Exequias de la serenísima Señora D. Maria Antonia de Borbon, princesa de Asturias. Lima, Imprenta de los Huerfanos. 1807. Disbound. 15 preliminary leaves, xliii pages.
OCLC shows 11 holdings (U. Conn.; Wesleyan U.; Yale; Indiana; Harvard; Duke; John Carter Brown; Br. Lib.; BM Lyon; Dibam Biblio. Nat. Chile; & Pontificia U. Peru.) Ode on the death of Maria Antonia de Borbon. Maria Antonia Princess of Asturias, was the consort of Ferdinand VII, King of Spain 1784-1806. Scarce. Rare Book Hub shows it was last offered in 1955 by Maggs Brothers.

[Civil War]Wesley Bradshaw. General M'Clellan's Dream.This production made its appearance some months ago, and is narrated by Wesley Bradshaw, Esq. We are unable to vouch for the truthfulness of its claim, yet the course pursued by our gallant commander-in-chief since his assumption of the control of the Army of the Potomac is the best argument for its truthfulness. ... : Two o'clock of the third night after General McClellan's arrival in Washington to take command of the United States Army, found that justly celebrated soldier poring over several maps and reports of scouts. ...[[No publication information] [1861?]. Broadside. Introductory remarks signed: The publishers. Apparently published "some months" after General McClellan assumed command of the United States Army and before March of 1862 . Text in two columns; printed area, including ornamental border, measures approximately 22 x 44 cm. Has been folded, some staining.
Rare and ephemeral. Concerns a vision in which George Washington… Read More

[Texas] Colquitt, Oscar Branch. Gov. O.B. Colquitt tells of Early Life and of his Newspaper and Political Experiences. [Pittsburg, Texas?]: [No publication information.] 1934. Tan printed wraps. 18.5 cm. Illustrated. 29 pp. Near fine.
OCLC shows 12 holdings (U. MO.; Duke; Baylor; Dallas Pub. Lib.; DRT Lib.; Houston Pub. Lib.; SMU; SFA U.; TAMU-SA; Texas State Lib.; Texas Tech.; & UT-Austin) Revised and reprinted from the Pittsburg gazette, February 13, 1934. The Colquitt family moved to Kaufman County, Texas in 1886. Gives some family history and his rise to Governor. Before politics he founded the newspaper the Pittsburg [Texas] Gazette.

[Civil War][Women][African Americans] Samuel W. Bridgham. Woman's Central Association of Relief Scrapbook. [New York?]: Privately prepared. [Circa 1863-1882] Leather spine and boards. 26.5 x 33 cm. 40 pp. Ownership signature by Bridgham. Some foxing, spotting, wear and splits to spine. Contents foxed, discolored, age toning.
Samuel Willard Bridgham (1813-1870), a partner in the New York banking firm of Jacob Little & Co., became Secretary, Director and General Superintendent of the Women's Central Relief Association (WCRA), the New York City branch of the U. S. Sanitary Commission. This is a scrapbook he compiled, containing 28 photographs, 20 printed and manuscript documents, 6 original letters and 3 badges, many relating to the women behind much of the effort. Two items relate to the NY Colored Troops regiments.
Photographs: a Mathew Brady photo of Rev. Dr. Henry Whitney Bellows (Sanitary Commission President); Howard Potter, (Treasurer); Samuel Bridgham; Louisa Lee Schuyler, Chair of… Read More

[California][Photography] Samuel W. Bridgham. Carmel Mission, San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo. [New York?]: [No publication information] [Circa 1885-1890] Photograph 15 x 21 cm. mounted on curved cabinet card 17.5 x 22.4 cm with gilt edges. Photographer's name (C. W. Bridgham) is blind-stamped into the image. Light spotting and age toning to the mount. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. Some of Bridgham's work is in the collection of the New York Public Library. The Mission has the new peaked roof erected by Father Angelo Delfino Casanova in 1884. It does not have piled up stones on the side shown in 1890 or stone steps shown in 1905 photographs. Bridgham (1842-1915) was a mining engineer with the firm of Hale, Bridgham & Harmer. He was active in the photography salons of the period and was often published in various photography publications, including the American Annual of Photography (1893 and 1907). He held various officer positions in… Read More

[Texas][Cattle] Contract to pasture and feed cattle. June 1, 1872. Hand written contract between Brooks, Knox & Co., of Gonzales, Texas and John Bradford of Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas. One sheet 10 x 16 in. folded to four leaves 5 x 8 in. Docketing information on the last page. Has been folded. Small tear not affecting text; glue reidue, else very good.
Nineteenth century manuscript pasturage contracts for Texas cattle driven to Kansas are rare. This shows how cattle moved from Texas up to Kansas for sale. Brooks, Knox & Co. were merchants in Gonzales, Texas and who appear in a Texas Supreme Court decision in 1872. Whiting is in northeast Kansas and currently has a population of 208.