Search Results: Authors starting with D from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Texas] [Civil War] S. H. Darcy. Autograph letter, signed. La Grange, Texas. June 4, 1863. To Mrs. Jones. One page. 8 x 10.5 in. Black ink on blue paper. Approximately 250 words.
La Grange, Texas, the county seat of Fayette County, was untouched by fighting during the Civil War. This letter gives an interesting view of the home front in 1863. A long discussion on getting a quantity of sugar, which would have been scarce and which "cost me by the hogshead 1 dollar a pound" but will let her have a pound for "less than 1 dollar and 25 cents." Mentions someone who traveled to Arkansas and saw her sister, indicating that the war had not yet disrupted travel of that sort. In addition, a number of Confederate militia companies were organized at La Grange. The letter writer indicates that a friend had a letter from "Wink" who says "they are ordered to the Rio grande." Civil war material of this type from La Grange is uncommon.

[Mexican-American War] Francisco M. de Olaguíbel. El gobernador del estado libre y sobrano de mexico, a sus habitantes. Toluca, Mexico: [No publication information] Abril 21, 1847. Broadside printed on laid paper 31 cm. Signed in type: Francisco M. de Olaguíbel
OCLC shows no holdings for this apparently unrecorded decree, issued three days after the battle of Cerro Gordo, which saw Winfield Scott's United States troops outflank Antonio López de Santa Anna's larger Mexican army, driving it from a strong defensive position. Here the Governor of Toluca attempts to rally the people to continue the war, invoking their ancestors and calling for guerrilla tactics, among other things:
Fellow citizens: The time for combat has come. Cerro-Gordo has been occupied by the enemy, and there is no longer a so-called army. We have lost weapons of all kinds and artillery, and that inconceivable term of that action: that term, as shameful as it is so terrible, leaves the peoples alone to take care of the war. Let's… Read More

[Texas] Brownsville, Texas. The Friendly City of the South. Brownsville, Texas: Board of City Development. 1924. Color pictorial wraps. 28 cm. Illustrated. [24] pp. Has been folded. Splits at spine. Some minor stains and wear to cover, date written on first page. Overall good.
OCLC shows two holdings (SMU & UT-Austin). Includes bird's eye views of the city, information and photos of Point Isabel and Mexico, among many other photographs

[Texas] W. W. Dexter. Texas. Imperial State of America. With Her Diadem of Cities. St. Louis: Samuel F. Meyerson Printing Company. [1904]. Maroon pictorial wraps. 24 x 32 cm. Illustrated. Map. [146 pp.] Edge chips and splits, tear at top of spine, some wear and staining to cover, one inch tear to first two pages, else very good.
OCLC shows 22 holdings, scarce today. This copy has 146 pages, while most of the listings on OCLC (19) show 144 pages, but I have not compared the copies to determine the difference. Produced for the Texas exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in Saint Louis in 1904. "The Official and Exclusive Book of the Texas World's Fair Commission." Many great photographs. Contents include: Texas Supreme Court; Texas Capitol, including a photo of the dedication of the Confederate Monument in 1903; Governor's Mansion; Portraits of Texas Heroes and Statesmen; Austin; Dallas; sections on Cities, including Fort Worth; Galveston; Houston; San Antonio; Granbury; New Braunfels;… Read More

[Dueling] Dodge, John W. Handwritten Dialogue on Duelling. (sic) [No publication information] 1832. Green wraps. 9 pp. In Latin. Covers detached. Edge chips, stains.
A dialogue between two characters, Edward and Henry. Perhaps a school exercise. "As dialogue is a copy of that easy intercourse, and free communication, which men have with each other, it is a species of composition very generally pleasing. Accordingly, we find it in early estimation. Some parts of the Old Testament are written in this form; and the Greek, and Roman philosophy was often conveyed to the world through its intervention. Plato, and Tully were the great masters in philosophy of this mode of writing …. In the first place, a proper subject should be selected. Every subject is not proper for a dialogue. A subject either simply narrative, or simply didactic, is improper, because it throws all the conversation into one hand. It should be a subject which has two sides; and will therefore bear a debate." – William Gilpin, On… Read More

Broadside. New Boston [New Hampshire]: [No publication information] 1872. One sheet 26 x 37 cm. Folds and light toning, with text ghosting from where it was folded. Uneven edges and light chipping. Adhesive residue and staining with mounting paper at the lower edge. Otherwise good.
It reads, in part, that the auction will be held for "one undivided half of the noted Stock Horse Ephraim Clay…being all the interest the late Daniel Dodge owned in said horse…At the same time and place will be sold the undivided half of a splendid Blanket and other trappings that have been used with said horse."

Donaghey, George Washington. Autobiographical Sketch of George W. Donaghey. The First Three Stages of Life .... Little Rock, Arkansas: N.p. 1924. First Edition. Brown wraps. 22 cm. Frontis. Portrait. 31 [1] pp. Age toning to the covers. Has been folded. Very good.
Adams, Herd 711 "scarce." Merrill Aristocrat. Howes D414. Adams, Sixguns
611. OCLC shows 12 holdings (TAMU; UT-Austin; Baylor; Sul Ross; SMU; Yale, Cen. Ark. Lib.; U. Cen Ark.,; Hendrix College, Ark. ST. Arch.; U. Ark.-Mullins & U. Ark.-Littlerock) One of the most difficult of the Merrill items to find. "The author, onetime governor of Arkansas, tells of his early experiences as a cowboy in Texas. He makes some mention of Bill Longley and Sam Bass." – Adams

[California] Riverside. The Home of the Orange. An album of Riverside Views. Los Angeles, California: Out West Publishers and Engravers for Sun Drug Co. [Circa 1903]. Purple wraps. 16 x 24 cm. Photographs. [24] pp. Light cover wear and fading, else very good.
OCLC shows two holdings (Cal. State Library & UC-Berkeley). Twenty-nine great photographs, including a bird's eye view of the city. Shows President Theodore Roosevelt when he visited Riverside. A scarce Teddy Roosevelt image. Many images of buildings and houses, including a two-page view of "The New Glenwood," which is a good reference for architecture in the area. A promotional to attract people to move to the area. Also an advertising piece for the Riverside store the Sun Drug Co.

[World War II] Grand Duchess Charlotte. Proclamation. Printed broadside. Approx. 51 x 53 cm. [London?]: [No publication information] 1944. Black printing on white paper. Old fold lines and small marginal tears, otherwise very good. Text repeated in French and German.
Rare. OCLC lists no holdings. No copies at Library of Congress, the Eisenhower Presidential Library or the National Archives online listings. A very emotional appeal to the citizens of Luxembourg from the Grand Duchess: "By saluting in this historic hour, in our walls, the liberating armies of our Allies, we express our deepest gratitude to them. We are proud of ours who fought in their ranks. Honor to them and to the Luxembourgers, who on the soil of the country have loyally and courageously resisted the most cruel of oppressors. We salute with emotion the memory of our compatriots who died for their country or victims of German crimes." The date 9/44 is in the lower left corner. This coincides with the date for the Allies liberation of… Read More

[Texas] Duval, John C. Early Times in Texas or the Adventures of John Dobell. Austin, Texas: Gammel's Book Store. [1892]. Tan printed wraps. 20 cm. 253 pp. Upper spine has one inch loss; stains and wear to covers. Good.
OCLC shows five holdings for this issue (Harvard; Univ. Penn.; Ranger Col.; Rice Univ. & St. Edwards). Jenkins, Basic Texas Books
51B. Dobie p. 55. The book is the story of Duval's adventures during the Goliad Massacre and his escape from capture and adventures during the Texas revolution. "This is the most literate of all 19th century Texas memoirs. It is authentic history, with only a little exaggeration thrown in here and there. Of all personal accounts of old-time Texas, his book is perhaps the best written and most interesting. " – Jenkins. A classic account of life in Texas by "the first Texas man of letters." - J. Frank Dobie.