Search Results: Authors starting with G from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Texas] [California] Mariano Galvan Rivera. Ordenanzas de tierras y aguas, ó sea: Formulario Geométrico-Judicial Para la Designacion, Establecimiento, Mensura, Amojonamiento y Deslinde de las Poblaciones y Todas Suertes de Tierras, Sitios, Caballerias, y Criaderos de Ganados Mayores y Menores, y Mercedes de Aguas: Recopiladas … Mexico: Impresa por Leandro J. Valdes, 1844. 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged. Period Mexican calf with leather label. 21 cm. Index. 184 pp. Book plate. Stickers. Wear to binding, interior very good.
OCLC shows 11 holdings (Columbia Law; UCLA; Yale Law; Tulane Law; Univ. Maryland; UT-Arlington; UT-Austin Law School; UT-SA; Univ. Iberoamericana; Staats & Univ. Hamburg; & Univ. Auto. Puebla). Rare today. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. No listings in Morrison, Nineteenth Century Texana. Not in Streeter, Texas. Not in Cowan, Bibliography of the History of California. Sabin lists only the 4th and subsequent editions, cf: Sabin 26466. Contains the… Read More

[Parker Ranch] Patton, George S., Jr. Typed Letter, Signed, to Hartwell Carter, Parker Ranch, Hawaii. 4 April 1938. One page. On Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, Jr.'s letterhead, Fort Riley, Kansas. Two hole punch at top, folds, age toning.
Wonderful letter with great content regarding the Parker Ranch. Patton was stationed in Hawaii from 1925 to 1928 and again from 1935 to 1937 and became friendly with the Carters. Carter was the manager of the 500,000 acre Parker Ranch. He purchased a number of horses from the Parker Ranch for himself and his family. At the time of the letter Patton was Director of Instruction at the cavalry school in Fort Riley, Kansas. The letter refers to a horse Patton bought on the Ranch, and mentions that his daughter "Ruth Ellen has been doing very well on the Hawaiian horses in the local horse shows here ...." The letter also refers to Patton's sailboat The Arcturas, which Patton reports he sold in Los Angeles, and that Patton is having a schooner built, which he wants… Read More

W. L. Gibson. Texas Border Troubles Report. Brownsville, Texas. 1915. Typed report on 8.5 x 11 in. paper ("legal size") from law office of Frank C. Pierce. 7 pp. Signed. Rust marks from paper clips, stains and light wear. A few pencil corrections.
A detailed first hand investigation into the Texas border troubles, based on "10 or 12 trips along the Texas side of the Rio Grande;" a trip to Monterey, Mexico; and "6 or 7 trips to Matamoros, Mexico" since May of 1914. The vast majority of the report consists of accounts of the events along the border, including robberies, murders, train derailments, etc., and the actions taken against those suspected of undertaking these actions. For example:
On June 14, at horse races at Ranchito, Cameron County, Texas, Juan Guerra Lerma, Lupe Benavides and Pablo Leal were killed, the former (Larma) having shop the latter (Leal), but Sherriff Manahan having killed Juan Guerra Lerma. At that killing were present Ranger Lupe Edwards, Dy. Sherriff Frank Carr,… Read More

[Arizona][Cattle][Food] Gill, E. E. and G. A. Kellond. (Comp.) Why an Arizona Beefsteak. A Publication in the Interest of "Arizona Beef Preferred." Tucson, Arizona: Acme Printing Inc. 1932. First edition. Copper metal pictorial covers. Illustrated. Map. 16 un-numbered pages. Copper cover discolored from oxidation. Interior near fine.
OCLC shows six holdings (Ariz. His. Soc.; U. Ariz.; TAMU, UT-Austin; Yale and Utah St.U.) Not in Adams, Herd. Contains the article "A Brief History of the Cattle Industry in Arizona and Pima County." Charming pamphlet promoting the Arizona beef industry, with unusual wraps made from a thin sheet of copper – appropriate due to the Arizona copper mining industry. The last four pages include "Menus built around Arizona beef," together with recipes and a chart of the cuts of beef.

[Texas][Mexico] Manuel Gómez Pedraza. Communiqué for dealing with army deserters. Mexico: Secretaria de Guerra y Marina, Seccion 5a. July 22, 1825. One sheet, printed on both sides. 21 cm. Very good.
OCLC shows three holdings (Brown Univ.; UC-Berkeley & BYU-Provo) First line of text: "Hoy digo al gefe del estado mayor general lo que cópio ...." Request that the deserters from military units in Mexico City be sent to the 9th battalion as a punishment. The officers in Mexico City requested their deserters who had been apprehended be returned to their units, but the Ministry of War wants to punish them and increase the forces in the 9th battalion, which was residing in Texas at the time. This document also explains the procedure to follow depending on where the deserter was apprehended, after general D. Vicente Filisola made a query on this matter.

[Manuel Eduardo De Gorostiza] Gorostiza Pamphlet. Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Copy and Translation of a Pamphlet, in the Spanish Language, Printed and Circulated by the Late Minister from Mexico before His Departure from the United States &c.. [Washington, D.C.]: [No publication information] 1838. Printed self-wraps. Disbound. 22 cm. Text in Spanish and in English. 25th Congress, 2d Session, House Ex. Doc. 190. 120 pp.
Streeter, Texas 1220 C. Howes G6 (noting only the Spanish and French editions). Raines p. 95 (not noting this edition). This is the first edition in English. The first half of this edition contains the original Spanish text; the last half, the English translation. Contains the correspondence related to General Edmund Pendleton Gaines' military occupation of northeast Texas from the Sabine River to Nacogdoches, officially to put down Indian attacks, but effectively aiding Stephen F. Austin's efforts to organize a government. The affair led to a… Read More

[Indian Wars] Governor Lionel Sheldon. Edward L. Bartlett, Adjutant General. General Orders No. 11. Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory: [No publication information]. March 21, 1882. Broadside. 13 x 21 cm. Two pin holes in top margin, else very good.
OCLC shows 3 holdings (Occidental Col.; Yale & Huntington). Orders from Governor Lionel A. Sheldon organizing two Independent Military Companies, one at Manzana, Valencia County and one at White Oaks, Lincoln County. Officers are named. Also listing promotions of three soldiers. The Militia Companies were involved in the Apache Indian conflicts in New Mexico Territory as well as suppressing lawlessness and outlaws.

J. N. Graves. The seven wonders of the ancient world. Souvenir from J. N. Graves, Real Estate Broker, Henrietta, Tex. [Texas?]: [No publication information] [Circa 1890-1900] Color pictorial wraps, with string ties. Ties are missing. 14 x 22.5 cm. Color illustrations. 7 leaves, with illustrations on one side and text on the verso. Wear to corners of front cover; old tape repair to top of the rear cover. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this item, with one holding for a similar item, sponsored by Nebraska City Cereal Mills (Univ. of Utah). The illustrations appear to be chromolithographs. Ad on the rear cover for 30,000 acres of choice farm lands in Clay County, Texas. Henrietta, Texas is the county seat of Clay County, twenty miles south of Wichita Falls. Henrietta was incorporated in 1881. In 1882 the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway reached Henrietta. In 1890 the town had a population of 2,100, a photographer, several saloons and hotels, restaurants, a 400-seat opera house, two banks, a… Read More

Horace Greeley. Mr. Greeley's Letters from Texas and the Lower Mississippi; to which are added his address to the farmers of Texas, and his speech on his return to New York, etc. New York: Tribune Office. 1871. First edition. Original printed wraps. 23 cm. 56 pp. Very good.
OCLC shows 39 holdings, 12 in Texas (Dallas Pub. Lib.; SMU; Baylor; Sam Houston St.; UT-Austin; Texas St. Lib. & Arch.; Houston Pub. Lib.; Rice Univ.; Univ. of Houston; UT-SA; San Antonio Pub. Lib.; & Corpus Christi Pub. Lib.) Rare today. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings since 1959. Morrison, Nineteenth Century Texana shows one listing. Greeley, the editor, and supposed source of "Go West young man" quote, visited Texas and this promotional effort has a number of articles or speeches with his observations on the state, which include the following, for example:
"Whether it be a recommendation or not, I judge that it has required less effort to live in Texas than in any other State of the Union. The common saying,… Read More

Zane Grey. The Shepherd of Guadaloupe. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First edition in color pictorial dust jacket. Blue textured cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in yellow onto upper board and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 335 [5] pp. With a publisher's brochure laid in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Grey being published by Harper. Small rub mark to top of pages, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Warm personal inscription in his characteristic purple ink to Grey's youngest son: "July 12, 1930 / To Loren / with the hope that / he will be a real author / in the same time this / book marks my years / of authorship. / Dad / Zane Grey" His son Loren would have been 15 at the time this book was published. Loren eventually published a number of novels, but after a bit more time than his father hoped here.
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José Guadalupe Posada. Los nuevos versos de Carlos Coronado. Mexico: Vanegas Arroyo. [1910]. Half sheet broadside 20 x 30 cm. Zinc etching and letterpress on yellow paper. On verso: Hojas de un arbol. Edge discoloration, else very good.
OCLC shows 2 holdings (SMU & Iberio-Amer. Inst.) Online Archive of California shows 3 holdings (Stanford, UC-Berkeley & Getty Inst.) There are also a copies at Amon Carter & Univ. Hawaii-Manoa. In this print taking place in an outdoor setting, three rurales are depicted--one runs away with hands over head, another runs forward with pistol in hand, and a third stands with a sword in one hand and a bugle in the other.

José Guadalupe Posada. Triste y Lamentable Corrido de Don Benito Canales. Mexico: Vanegas Arroyo. [1918]. Half sheet broadside 20 x 30 cm. Photo-relief and letterpress on red paper. 1.5 in. tear, else very good.
OCLC shows 2 holdings (SMU & Iberio-Amer. Inst.) Online Archive of California shows 3 holdings (Stanford, UCLA & Getty Inst.) There are also a copies at UT-Austin & the Met Museum in NY. Broadsheet of an alternate version of the famous corrido about Benito Canales, a revolutionary bandit who was assassinated in October 1912, for his ties with Emiliano Zapata against the government of Francisco I. Madero.

José Guadalupe Posada. Four Color Booklet Covers. Mexico: A. Venegas Arroyo. Each about 20 x 15 cm. Near fine. Great examples of his work.
Colección de canciones en alta mar. 1903. Zinc etching on front wrapper by José Guadalupe Posada of a woman with a tambourine.
Simon el Bobito. [1890s?] Zinc etching on front wrapper by José Guadalupe Posada of Simon the Little Fool with a donkey, knocking over a bucket.
Ramillete de felicitaciones. [1890s?] Signed Posada. Zinc etching on front wrapper by José Guadalupe Posada of Cherubs.
El joven ilusionista. [1890s?] Zinc etching on front wrapper by José Guadalupe Posada of a magician.

José Guadalupe Posada. Four Illustrated Booklet Covers. Mexico: A. Venegas Arroyo. Each about 20 x 15 cm. Very good. Great examples of his work.
La primavera 33 colección de canciones modernas para 1896. [1896] A young winged nymph surrounded by angels and flowers is featured on this chapbook cover by Posada titled "Spring #33:Collection of Modern Songs for the Year 1896." Type-metal engraving. Signed Posada.
Cantares Oaxaqueños. Nueva colección de canciones modernas para 1915. Cuaderno no. 20. [1915] The front cover of this pictorial chapbook wrapper for a collection of songs from Oaxaca is illustrated with a street scene depicting city life with a cathedral in the background. The back cover prints "La Cucaracha." Zinc etching. Signed.
El trovador popular escogidas y bonitas canciones para el presente año. [1907] The front cover is illustrated by a troubadour playing a guitar for a young woman. The back cover prints "El trovador." Zinc etching. Signed Posada.
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José Guadalupe Posada. La Calavera Oaxaqueña. Mexico, D.F.: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Calle de Santa Teresa Número 1. 1907. Broadside. One sheet printed on pink paper 30 x 28 cm. Printed on both sides. Damage to the lower right edge, else very good.
OCLC shows two holdings with this title, but these both appear to be later variants (Univ. of Arizona & Ibero-Amer. Instit.) Apparently unrecorded. Broadside with ballad and large print of Death as a skeleton brandishing a bloody knife, surrounded by a crowd of skeletons. Apparently the first printing of this Calavera. See, Tyler, Posada's Mexico p. 268, documenting a 1910 appearance of this fierce calavera in a broadside with the headline "Calaveras del Montón, Número 1."
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Jose Guadalupe Posada. Loteria. [Mexico]: Vanegas Arroyo. [Circa 1900]. Broadside. 30 cm x 33 cm.
OCLC shows one holding (Iberio Amerk. Instit.) Ohio State also has a copy. SMU has two lottery game boards by Posada but not separately described. First row: burro, borrego, caballo, imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, estrella. Pictorial game with 20 illustrations of animals and objects with printed words in Spanish or Náhuatl. The game of Lotería, often referred to as "Mexican Bingo" was among the most popular games of chance in Mexico; although it persists until the present day, the game has given a more educational and ludic purpose.
The game is similar to the American Bingo, however, they differ substantially on the way that the numbers or cards are given. In Bingo an announcer calls out the selected letters and numbers, such as "B-4" and the players mark their game boards accordingly. In Lotería, the announcer gives an improvised short poem or familiar phrase alluding to the image on the… Read More

Jose Guadalupe Posada. El Nuevo Coyote. [Mexico]: Vanegas Arroyo. [Circa 1900s?] Broadside. 36 cm x 28 cm. Zinc etching. Printed on thin yellow paper. One small edge tear, light age toning, else very good.
OCLC shows one holding (Univ. NM). Ohio State and the Library of Congress also have a copies. Listed in López Casillas, Juegos y diversiones de Posada. (2013). Printed game board shows illustrations of chickens on the border and a coyote eating a sheep at the center. The text gives the instructions to the game.

[Félix Díaz] José Guadalupe Posada. El Ejército Triunfante. Mexico: [Antonio Vanegas Arroyo]. [1913-14?] One sheet printed on pink paper. 30 x 40 cm. Edge wear and corner folds not affecting text or image.
OCLC shows one holding of this broadside. (Ibero-Ameri. Inst.) Anti-Maduro, pro-Felix Díaz tract. Illustrated with a portrait of General Felix Díaz. Lists Arroyo's address: Imprenta 2a. de la Penitenciaría Número 29. Felix was the nephew of Porfirio Díaz. When Porfirio Díaz was forced into exile by revolutionary forces in May 1911, most of his family went with him. Félix stayed in Mexico. In October 1912, he rose in an unsuccessful revolt against Madero, but was jailed and sentenced to death for treason. Madero commuted the sentence and he escaped from prison during La Decena Trágica ("Ten Tragic Days"), the coup against Madero led by General Victoriano Huerta in February 1913. Díaz held out in the downtown military arsenal of the Ciudadela, bombarding federal targets and the… Read More

POSADA'S GAME OF THE GOOSE
Jose Guadalupe Posada. Juego de la Oca. Mexico: Vanegas Arroyo. [1890-1900?] One sheet 38 cm x 30 cm. Relief etching, with text in letterpress on tan wood ground paper. Small edge chips, toning, else near fine.
OCLC shows 2 holdings (SMU & Univ. of Arizona) The Library of Congress also has a copy. Tyler, Posada's Mexico p. 190. "The race game whose prototype can be traced to ancient Egypt, is commonplace in all western and oriental cultures. The juego de la oca or game of goose, is a type of race game that originated in Florence during the late Sixteenth Century and was introduced in Spain under Phillip II. It may have been brought to Mexico—like card games (amapatolli) and chess (quaah patolli)—by the Spanish conquerors. Posada's version of the game retains the traditional spiral of 63 cells (casillas), along which a player's men move with a throw of the dice. The player tries to avoid the penalty cells, marked by such hazards as the pickpocket (no. 12), the calavera… Read More

José Guadalupe Posada. Corrida de Toros. Mexico: Vanegas Arroyo. [1898] One sheet 38.5 cm x 30 cm. Relief etching, with text in letterpress on green wood ground paper. Some fading and age toning on edge. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. No holdings at the Online Archive at California. There are copies at The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art; at The Andrés Blaisten Collection and at the Mexican Ministry of Culture (later variant without the 1898 date). It is listed in Casillas, Juegos y Diversiones de Posada (2013). This is a type of Goose game, where players threw the dice to reach the bullring. "[It] is a board for a board game. It consists of an oval divided into 32 squares that narrate, step by step, what happened in a bullfight. The image that occupies the center of the board shows people arriving and entering the square. In box 1, where the players were to start the course, you can see the square full and ready for the start of the run. Each numbered box shows a maneuver of the… Read More