Search Results: Authors starting with F from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Civil War] Fairbanks, Charles. The American Conflict as seen from a European Point of View. A Lecture Delivered at St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 4, 1863. Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery. 1863. Tan printed wraps. 24 cm. 44 pp. Age toning. Light stains. Very good.
Sabin Americana 23664. In Texas apparently only UT-Austin and UT-Arlington hold copies. Fairbanks had been in London and reports the European attitude towards the war.

Farmer, E[lihu] J[erome]. The Resources of the Rocky Mountains, Being a Brief Description of the Mineral, Grazing, Agricultural and Timber Resources of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Dakota... "Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way." Cleveland: Leader Printing Company. 1883. First edition. Dark green embossed stiff wraps. 20 cm. Illustrated. 196 pp. One page bound in slightly askew (p. 111), cover bump, else very good. OCLC shows 60 holdings, 6 in Texas (SMU; TAMU; Texas Tech; UT-Austin & UT-SA). Adams, Herd 787: "Scarce.". Flake 3505a: "Brief Description of the settling of Utah by the Mormons." Not in Howes or other standard sources. A work meant to promote emigration to the State of Colorado and territories of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and the Dakotas. Included is a section on Yellowstone National Park (with illustrations). The book is especially strong on the virtues of industries such as mining and stock raising. The natural beauty… Read More

Fierman, Floyd S. Insights and Hindsights of Some More El Paso Jewish Families. [El Paso, Texas]: El Paso Jewish Historical Society. 1984. Tan pictorial wraps in white pictorial dust jacket. 24 cm. Maps. Illustrated. 381 [2] [2 membership] [1] pp. Very good. OCLC shows 17 holdings for this journal. Scarce history and genealogy of early El Paso families. A very substantial book.

A BASIC TEXAS BOOK
1). [Texas] [Fiske, M. (attrib.) A Visit to Texas, Being the Journal of a Traveller Through Those Parts Most Interesting to American Settlers, With Descriptions of Scenery, Habits &c., &c. New York: Van Nostrand and Dwight; Mobile: Woodruff, Fiske, and M'Guire. 1836. Second, expanded edition. Rebound with original greenish patterned cloth laid down. 262 pp. Scattered light foxing and stains. Very good.
Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 209A. Streeter, Texas
1155A. Howes T 145. This second edition is enlarged and includes an account of the Texas Revolution, including an eyewitness account of the Battle of Salado. "This second edition makes a useful adjunct to the first because of the augmented text." - Dorothy Sloan. Howes notes that authorship has been attributed to Dr. M. Fiske and a Col. Morris. "This anonymous work is one of the most important accounts of Texas during a critical period in its history" - Jenkins. "The anonymous author arrived in Brazoria in March of 1831, to and check… Read More

[Texas Revolution] John Forbes, Solomon Peck and John Lampkin. In the Town of Nacogdoches…. [Nacogdoches, Texas?]: [No publishing information] 1835. Printed document with manuscript inserts. 21 x 32.5 cm. Deed of sale, one league of land received for record December 10, 1835. Printed on laid paper. Signed and witnessed. Long manuscript certification on verso by Forbes as Judge. Edges chipped. Repaired fold splits. Good.
Not in Streeter, Texas. OCLC shows one holding for a similar document dated 1837 (SMU). Perhaps printed in Nacogdoches by David E. Lawhon, whose press began printing there in November 1835. See Streeter, Texas p. xlii. In any event, an early and rare Texas imprint. Sale by John Lampkin of one league of land given to him by Commissioner Carlos S. Taylor; sold to Solomon Peck for $100 dollars. With certification by Judge John Forbes. John Forbes was a lawyer, judge, and military man of the Texan army during the Texas Revolution. Born of Scottish parent in Cork, Ireland, his family… Read More

[J. R Van Frank.] Scurry County.[Austin?]:General Land Office. [Circa 1882.] Map. Sheet size approx. 20.5 x 16.5 inches. Black ink on oil cloth. Very good.
OCLC shows an 1880 map of Scurry County (Hardin Simmons) and an 1880 version by Hans Helland (Univ. of Houston) and an 1889 version (Univ. of Houston). Delineator not identified, but definitely J. R. Van Frank as this is hand drawn and written so similarly as the above example of his work. One of the earliest maps of Scurry County. Plots are numbered. Large blocks of land allocated to the H. and C. R. R. Co. Other lands are specifying the Lavaca Navigation Co. and the H. and G. N.R. R. Co. Two identified bodies of water are the Colorado River and Ennis Creek. No date given, but town of Snyder was platted in 1884 and not shown. Van Frank probably delineated this map in 1882 when he also drew the Dawson County map listed above.

[Texas].J. R Van Frank. Dawson County. [Austin?]: General Land Office. September 2, 1882, Black ink on oil cloth. Hand drawn and written. 20.5 x 16.5 inches. Minor browning. Very good.
OCLC shows an 1879 map of Dawson County (Hardin Simmons) and an 1892 map (LOC). J. R Van Frank, Delineator printed by hand at the bottom left. Printed in the bottom right: "H. Aycock Fee = $8.00." Taylor County School Land. County lines in black with red ink lines outside that. Northern boundary line shown for the Texas & Pacific Ry. Apparently some county lines at issue in the top right. Some of the smaller plots have numbers and some names written in. The lower left side of the county, vacant in this map, was the Unorganized County School Lands. Lamesa, now the county seat, is not yet on the map.

1).[Frederic Remington] Goodenough, Joshua. A Rogers Ranger in the French and Indian War 1757-1759. [New York]: Harper's Magazine. 1897. Dark gray wraps. 24 x 17 cm. Illustrated by Frederick Remington. 12 pp. Small chips at head and foot of spine. Pages have a few folds and general wear, else very good.
Dykes Remington Rarity #1. Dykes Remington 308. OCLC shows 14 holdings. Five Remington Illustrations at p. 4, 6, 8, 10 & 11, four full page and one half page. Off print from Harper's Magazine where it appeared as Joshua Goodenough's Old Letter. "Merle Johnson says this is the rarest Remington illustrated item - this reprint from Harper's Magazine was probably limited to 100 copies." – Jeff Dykes. "Probably the rarest of all Remington books." - Merle Johnson.
"The excessively rare first separate edition, and the first copy to appear at public sale. In immaculate condition. This narrative was written by Remington himself, although his name did not appear as its author. The story is constructed in… Read More

[Remington, Frederic.][Books About Books] McCracken, Harold (Ed.) Frederic Remington Artist of the American West. N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1947. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt printing and decorations. Pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated. 157 + 48 plates [2] pp.
Inscribed by the author to Lucius Beebe, the prolific writer and expert on railroading:
"To- / Lucius Beebe - / with my highest regard – to one writer whom / I share a deep desire to perpetuate an honest memory / of the Old West & its honest documentarians / such as Frederic Remington. / With very best wishes -- / Sincerely, / Harold McCracken / 5/2/57"
Tipped in to the half title page is an original letter in Remington's hand, on his letterhead for 301 Webster Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. An interesting letter:
" My dear Emme -- / I am going West and want my winter things I left / up with you – will you / express them down here? / Happy New Year from / both / Yours / Frederic Remington. / 30th" "07" is written in… Read More