Search Results: Authors starting with C from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Texas] Frederick C Chabot. The Mavericks. On the occasion of Maury Maverick for Congress. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified] 1934. Cream printed wraps. 23 cm. Portrait. 8 pp. Small hole on one page, else very good.
OCLC shows 21 holdings. Privately published history of the Maverick family, including their involvement with the American Revolution, now uncommon.

William C Woodbridge. Modern atlas, physical, political and statistical ... accompanied by geographical and statistical tables. Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley. 1843. Tan printed wraps. 31 cm. [4] [ages [24] leaves. Maps, some color. Cover title: School atlas, to accompany the Modern school geography. Stains and corner wear, writing, some edge folds and chips. Maps are good to very good.
OCLC shows 25 holdings, 2 in Texas (UT-Austin & UT-Arlington). This copy has 5 double-page and 14 single-page engraved maps (12 are hand-colored): 1. Map of the World; 2. Moral and Political Chart of the Inhabited World; 3. Isothermal Chart; 4. Physical Map of North America; 5. Political Map of North America; 6. Physical Map of the United States; 7. Political Map of the United States, Mexico and the British Provinces; 8. N. Eastern States; 9. Northern Division U.S.; 10. Southern Division U. S.; 11. America & Africa; 12. Political Map of South America and Africa; 13. Physical Map of Europe; 14. Political Map of Europe;… Read More

[Missouri][Politics] Autograph Letter Signed. St Louis, Easter Sunday, April 7, 1844. From R. C. Cabeen to his Cousin Mr. J. W. Cabeen in Bluff Post office, Merced County, Illinois. One sheet folded into four leaves. Self-folded to stamp-less envelope. Very good. Legible writing.
Mentions the children have had the measles, and the Spring business season has not yet occurred. At the end a short discussion of wheat prices and crops. Most of the letter is a long discussion of Missouri politics, the election and Henry Clay, etc. In the 1844 election Henry Clay was the Whig candidate and James Polk was the Democratic candidate. A faction of the Democratic Party were known as the Loco Focos and the Whigs charged that Van Buren was a Loco Foco radical. Clay was referred to as "Ol Coon Clay," so that "coon" was a reference to Whigs. These terms are used in the letter:
"It is with joy that I tell you of the devilish licking the locos got here last Monday. The poor devils I pitied them. The City has been under… Read More

[National Convention of Cattlemen] Medal. Three pieces. Medal and plaque, hanging from steer horns. "St. Louis, November 1885." [St Louis]: (1885).
The second National Convention of Cattlemen was held Saint Louis, November 23-28, 1885. Items from early cattlemen's meetings are rare.

[Texas][San Antonio] Frederick C. Chabot. San Antonio of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. A chronology of her romantic past. San Antonio, Texas: [Naylor Print. Co.] 1929. Tan pictorial wraps. 20 cm. Illustrated. Map. 15 [1] pp. Corners are lightly bumped, along with light creasing to upper corners of front cover, and one corner, upper left, creased on rear cover. Lightly penciled price on upper right corner of front cover. Text is very good.
OCLC shows 33 holdings. Rare Book Hub shows one auction listing. Scarce today. Front illustration is signed E.O., for Eleanor Onderdonk, who also did the illustrations for Chabot's "San Fernando: The Villa Capital of the Province of Texas." Eleanor Rogers Onderdonk, was born in San Antonio on October 25, 1884, the second of three children born to Emily and Robert Jenkins Onderdonk. Stimulated by the work of her father and her brother Julian Onderdonk, she became an artist and was the art curator for the Witte Museum in San Antonio. – Handbook of Texas. Has… Read More

[Women][Texas][San Antonio] Frederick C. Chabot. San Fernando: The Villa Capital of the Province of Texas. San Antonio, Texas: Naylor Print. Co. 1930. Tan pictorial wraps. 20 cm. Illustrated. 31 [1] pp. Two inch split at top edge of spine, else very good.
OCLC shows 45 holdings. Rare Book Hub shows one auction listing. Scarce today. San Antonio series No. IV. Illustrations by Eleanor Onderdonk. Eleanor Rogers Onderdonk, was born in San Antonio on October 25, 28 father and her brother Julian Onderdonk, she became an artist and was the art curator for the Witte Museum in San Antonio. – Handbook of Texas. With an account of the present San Fernando cathedral and other landmarks, as well as of the settlers themselves.

[West] Gleed, Chas. A., editor. From River to Sea. A Tourists' and Miners' Guide from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean via Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Chicago: Rand McNally. 1882. Pictorial wraps. 20 cm. Illustrated. 194 pp.
OCLC shows 46 holdings, four in Texas (Amarillo Pub. Lib.; Sam Houston St.; SMU & TAMU). Adams, Herd 900. This is the wrappers edition without the advertisements or the stock laws of Colorado found in some copies. Numerous illustrations, several full page. While not in the subtitle, there is a section on "El Paso and Vicinity," covering the middle Rio Grande Valley; the City of El Paso; climate; Old Mexico; railroads; vineyards & prospects.

[Railroad][California] Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company. The "Short Line" from Chicago and Milwaukee to Council Bluffs, Omaha, San Francisco and all points in the far west, via the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Chicago: Poole Bros. Engravers. 1882. Yellow printed wraps. 21 cm. Maps. At head of cover: Westbound. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. There is an 1882 issue with 2 holdings (SMU & Univ. Utah). Rare Book Hub shows no listngs. Promotional material on California, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa. Small map of Chicago near the train station. Map of the lines from Chicago to Fan Francisco and connected lines.

[Railroad] Map of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad and its connections east and west. Chicago: Knight & Leonard, Printers. 1874. Map. 36 x 56 cm folded to 10 x 18 cm. Ads and timetables on verso. Panel titles: Burlington Route to Iowa Nebraska Kansas and California and all points in the Territories and on the Pacific Coast … Examination will show that the Burlington Route is 75 Miles the Shortest and 8 Hours the Quickest from Cincinnati and Indianapolis to the Great West! …Old tape repairs. Splits at folds. Good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this map. Map depicts the area from the east coast to Kearney, Nebraska. Insert of the entire route to California.

[Montana] [Railroad] Three Forks Country Montana. [Chicago, Ill.]: [Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company], 1913. Color pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 23 cm. Issued folded. Caption title The Three Forks Country. 23 pp. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this 1913 edition. There are two copies of a 1911 edition (Yale & Wis. Hist. Soc.) and three copies of the 1912 edition (SMU, Mont. Hist. Soc. & Wis. Hist. Soc.) Nice four-page map. Good photographs.

[Slavery] Daniel Clark. "Remarks on the Population, Culture, and Products of Louisiana." pp. 45 - 57 in The Literary Magazine and American Register, January 1807 Vol. VII, No. 40. Philadelphia. 1807. Bound with five monthly issues, front cover lacking. Pages are browned. The last few pages of the issue are lacking. Poor.
OCLC shows ten holdings for this magazine, seven in the US. Clark addresses the criticisms that New Orleans and the area along the Mississippi is unhealthy and then documents the opportunities for immigrants to take advantage of the fertile land for raising sugarcane and cotton. He provides extensive details on the actual sales, expenses and large profits that were being made, almost all dependent on enslaved labor. The cost of enslaved people is shown as a business expense. Enslaved people were valued higher in Louisiana ($500) then in Virginia and Maryland ($280) because of the higher economic benefit of their labor in Louisiana. In describing the economics of growing cotton versus… Read More

Clay, John. New World Notes. Being an Account of Journeyings and Sojournings in America and Canada. Kelso, Scotland: J. & J. H. Rutherford. 1875. Green cloth. First edition. One plate. 17.5 cm. 200 pp. + 4 pp. ads. [2]. Glue residue on front end papers, and on lower spine, corners bumped, spine rubbing, else very good.
Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog sales. Adams, Rampaging Herd 477: "Scarce." Dykes, Collecting Range Life Literature, Unlisted Range Rarity. Reese, Six Score 19 note. Howes 471 "aa." Graff 750. OCLC shows nineteen copies. "Clay represents a banker's view of the range cattle industry better than any other writer. A Scot, he traveled widely in the American West and Canada, observing closely and accurately. He played an important part in financing several large companies and was instrumental in the reorganization of the failed Swan Land and Cattle Co. … He wrote several other books [in addition to My Life on the Range] about his ranching experiences, the scarcest of which is… Read More

Clum, John P. Epilogue to Apache Agent. A transcript of additional material not contained in the original book, privately issued for the family only, in an edition of ten copies. [Los Angeles, Calif.?] Privately printed. [Circa 1930s] 22 x 28 cm. 14 mimeographed sheets. Age toning to cover sheet, else very good.
OCLC shows six copies in libraries (Yale, Wash. U.; UC-Santa Barbara, Univ. N. Ariz.; Ariz. Hist. Soc.; & U. Nev.) leaving only 4 potentially in private hands. An integral part of the book Apache Agent it contains additional material not contained in the original trade edition of the book. A total of ten original mimeographed copies were produced for the family. An interesting account of Clum's return to San Carlos and Tombstone. From the estate of Austin, Texas Bookseller Ray Walton via gift by Jeff Dykes.

[Texas][Galveston] USA Military Tournament. 2nd division U.S. Army. August 5-6-7-8-9, 1914, Galveston, Texas. [Cover title] [Galveston, Texas]: [No publication information] 1914. Tan printed wraps. 23 cm. Illustrated. [16] pp. Has been folded. Cover wear, corner bends. Last page loose. Good.
OCLC shows one holding (SMU). Program for the Army military tournament. Twelve blue tone images, including: Infantry Tent Camp; Artillery Battery; Pyramid Tents; Firing from the Saddle; Pack Train; Wireless in the Field; White Horse band; Physical Exercise Drill; Field Artillery Unpacking; Troop of Cavalry at Inspection; Infantry wall scaling; & Second Division Pack Trail. Advertisement on back cover for the Galveston Commercial Association promoting Galveston as the "Second Port of America."

Sheep Laws of Wyoming together with rules adopted by the Board of Sheep Commissioners, with extracts from the bounty laws, and other data of interest to Sheep Men. Cheyenne, Wyo.: S. A. Bristol Company, Printers and Bookbinders. 1900. Tan printed wraps. 21 cm. Map. 91 [ad] pp. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this issue. The 1899 issue is held by only University of Wyoming. In 1899 there were more than two million sheep in Wyoming. There were bounties on coyotes, wolves and mountain lions.

SCARCE 1904 MISSOURI PACIFIC MAP
1). [Railroads] Map of the Missouri Pacific Railway, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, Rio Grande Western Railway, Rio Grande Southern Railroad, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Texas & Pacific Railway, International & Great Northern Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway leased, operated & independent lines and connections. St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.: Missouri Pacific Railway Company. 1904. Color map 42 x 80 cm. folded to 22 x 10 cm. Pamphlet title: Missouri Pacific Railway. World's Fair Route, St. Louis to All Points South …. Yellow and black pictorial wraps. Some wear and small fold splits. Very good.
OCLC shows two holdings (Den. Pub. Lib. & U. Ill.). Shows routes via railroad from locations in the U.S. south of the 42nd parallel and west of the 87th meridian to the St. Louis World's Fair in St. Louis, an international exposition held from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Covers railroads and railroad stations from 87° west to… Read More

[Windmills] Challenge Wind Mill and Feed Mill Company. The Dandy Steel Mill. The Dandy Steel Tower. [Philadelphia]: Geo. S. Harris, Lith. [Circa 1880?] Pictorial wraps. One sheet 17 x 33.5 cm folded into a brochure 8.5 x 17 cm. Illustrated. One small spilt at fold, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this brochure. There are three holdings of other items for this company. Great chromolithograph illustrations.

Texas and Oklahoma Railway and Hotel Official Guide containing The Official Time Tables of all Railway lines operating in Texas and Oklahoma, also Useful and Valuable Information for the Traveling Public, for Shippers and for Railway Men Generally. St. Louis: The Texas Railway Guide Company, August, 1912. Vol. XVII, No. 8. Tan printed wraps. 21 cm. 140 pp. Booklet has front cover chips, rear cover tear across bottom, general wear. Map is very good, with a small tear at the binding and a few small edge splits.
OCLC shows three holdings for 1912 issues of the map (DRT; TAMU-SA & UT-Arlington). Folding railroad map of Texas, which also includes parts of Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico:
The Texas and Oklahoma Official Railway & Hotel Guide Map. 56 x 57 cm. The guide is of interest for the woodcut illustrations of hotels, many of which no longer exist.

[Texas] Texas Land and Colonization Company. Read! Read! If you read this it will surely induce you to secure a home for nothing. Hundreds have already found pleasant and profitable homes within the Lone Star State, such as no other could give them. Oxford, Milam County, Texas follows the example set by old cities of the West nearly a century ago. … [Cincinnati, Ohio?]: Texas Land and Colonization Company. [1875] Broadside. A few fold splits, small hole, stains. Has been folded. Good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this item or this company. Milam County is in east central Texas and is bordered by Robertson, Burleson, Lee, Williamson, Bell, and Falls counties. Cameron, the county seat, is sixty miles northeast of Austin and 140 miles south of Dallas. Until the first railroad arrived in the 1870s, the county was without a cheap and reliable way to ship or receive products. The International and Great Northern Railroad was built from the Brazos River to Rockdale in 1874 and from Rockdale to Austin in… Read More

[Mexican American War] Congreso. Cámara de Senadores. Comisión de Gobernación. Dictamen de la Comision de gobernacion, sobre el acuerdo de la Camara de diputados, relativo a aclaracion pedida por el gobierno, del decreto de 3 de agosto de 1847 y circular de 8 de febrero de 1848. Mexico: Impr. de la calle de Medinas. 1849. Printed green wraps. 21 cm. 18 [2] pp. In Spanish. Two worm holes, corner bend, else very good.
OCLC shows three holdings (Yale; UC-Berkeley & Biblio. Nat. Mexico). During the time parts of the country were occupied by troops of the United States certain regulations were adopted by the executive and Congress now seeks changes and clarifications since the war has ended. Outlines problems and hardships created by the regulations.