Search Results: Authors starting with O from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Ranching] O'Beirne, Mr. Report on the United States Cattle-Raising Industry in 1896, and the Export of Cattle and Beef to Great Britain. London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationary Office, by Harrison and Sons. 1896. First edition. White printed self-wraps. Tables. 21 pp.
OCLC shows one holding (Lib. & Arch. Canada). Not in Adams Herd. A rare report on the cattle industry by the British. Contains an analysis of the growth of the ranching and meat packing industries and their decline after 1885.

Chamber of Commerce. Palacios By-The-Sea. The Friendly Land that Loves a Playmate. Dallas, Texas: Melton Printing Co. [Circa 1923]. Pictorial wraps. One sheet 48 x 64 cm folded to 24 x 32 cm. Illustrated. Map. Edge wear, reinforced with tissue. Good.OCLC shows no holdings. Promoting both agriculture and tourism. Date is from one of the testimonial letters mentioning the crop of 1922.

Coleccion de los Decretos y Ordenes del soberano Congreso Mexicano.... Laws of the new Mexican Republic, 1822-28. 5 volumes in 4. (8vo & 4to), various bindings.
A. Coleccion de los decretos y ordenes del soberano Congreso Mexicano, Desde su instalacion en 24. de febrero de 1822, hasta 30. de octubre de 1823, en que cesó. Se imprime de orden de su soberania. [2], xxvi, 221, xi, [2] pp. Modern leather, spine gilt. (Worming most severe to last severa leaves, which have been repaired.) Imprenta del supremo gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en Palacio, 1825.
B. Coleccion de los decretos y ordenes del soberano Congreso Mexicano, Desde su instalacion en 5. de noviembre de 1823, hasta 24. de diciembre de 1824, en que cesó. Se imprime de orden de su soberania. [2], xviii, 190, xviii, iii pp. Modern leather. (Worming to earlier leaves which has been repaired, two leaves within flame damaged at top margin affecting a line or 2 of text, occasional wrinkling/creasing to contents.) Imprenta del… Read More

1). [Texas] Laws of the Republic of Texas, in Two Volumes. Printed by Order of the Secretary of State. Vol. I: [& II]. Houston: Printed at the Office of the Telegraph, 1838. Vol. I: 276, [i] ii-v [1, blank] pp. Vol. II: 122, [2, blank], [i] ii-v [3, blank] pp. [With]: Laws of the Republic of Texas. Volume Third.... Houston: National Banner Press--Niles & Co. Printers, 1838. 54 [2] iii [1] pp. 3 vols. in one. Rebound in quarter gilt ruled dark brown calf. Minor library marks, foxing and age toning, else very good.
Streeter, Texas 275-6. Eberstadt, Texas
794-5. "This is one of the fundamental works on the Republic of Texas…." – Dorothy Sloan. The set begins with a complete printing of the Constitution of 1836 and the Texas Declaration of Independence, followed by the foundation laws of the new Republic. It contains all the acts and resolutions passed by the First and Second Congress (1836-1838). As with many compilations of laws, these publications are important for revealing the day-to-day… Read More

[Republic of Texas] [Slavery] Texas. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Texas. Signed at London, 13th November, 1840. [and] Convention between Great Britain and Texas, relative to the Public Debt of Mexico. Signed at London, 16th November, 1840.
[and] Treaty between Great Britain and Texas for the suppression of the African slave trade. Signed at London, 16th November, 1840. Disbound section from Lewis Hertslet, A complete collection of the treaties and conventions, and reciprocal regulations, at present subsisting between Great Britain and foreign powers
…. Vol. VI, London: Henry Butterworth. 1845?. Pp. 807-834. Very good.
The Hertslet book with these treaties is very scarce, especially in the US. There are separate printings of the three treaties done in London in 1842, which are also held in a few institutions. Texas sought recognition by Britain after it declared its independence from Mexico as early as 1837. The British were fearful that recognition would… Read More

[Wild West Shows] Texas Jack's American Prairie Life Show. Pictorial letter sheet. [Paris?]: [No publication information] 1890s. Unused pictorial letter sheet printed on gridded paper. 8.5 x 11 in. Small stain below heading, else near fine.
OCLC shows no holdings. Depicts Texas Jack in portrait by X. A. Hans Dechant Co. and on horseback racing a bicyclist by Hartlieb, X. A. The text is in French. Texas Jack (1846 –1880), was an American frontier scout, actor, and cowboyJohn B. "Texas Jack" Omohundro was born July 26, 1846. He had spent two years working longhorn cattle in Texas, where he developed exceptional horsemanship and rifle skills. After serving in the Civil War Omohundro left Virginia and returned to Texas where he became a cowboy and trail driver. It was on a trail drive to Tennessee that Omohundro won his sobriquet of "Texas Jack." Texas Jack spent the next three years driving longhorns north up the Chisholm Trail. In the late summer of 1869, Omohundro was at Fort Hays, Kansas, where he… Read More

[Texas Boundary] Ortiz, José Maria. Primera Secretaria de Estado... Que á efecto de facilitar el cumplimienio del art. 3.o del Tratado de limites entre estos Estados y los Unidos del Norte America, se ha estipulado y concluido en esta Capital, por medio de plenipotenciaros de las dos Naciones, autorizados para el efecto... [Title from preliminary text.] México : El Departamento. 18 June 1836. Text primarily in 2 columns, parallel Spanish & English. 30.5x21.4 cm. One sheet folded into 4 pp. Slight wrinkling to the paper; near fine.
OCLC show 3 holdings (Indiana U.; NM ST. U. & Baylor). Not in Streeter, Texas. First edition of this rare amendment to the Treaty of 1828 establishing commissioners to survey the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers and fix the boundaries of the U.S. and Mexico. Though the U.S. had long since agreed to the boundaries, it had delayed the survey in hopes of extending the Louisiana boundary to the Nueces, thereby including Texas. The survey was completed, but the day… Read More

IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL AMNESTY IN 1849
[Mexican American War] Juan Mugica y Osorio. Decree. Puebla: Imprenta de Macias. 1849. One sheet, letterpress 32 cm. Signed in type: Juan Mùgica and Jośe Maria Fernandez, secretario. Very good, with some worm holes and bleed through of writing on the verso.
OCLC show no holdings for this decree. In the aftermath of the Mexican American War, a number of armed rebellions against the central government occurred, including ones led by former President Paredes y Arrillaga, along with other insurrectionists such as Cosió, Jarauta, Doblado, and Negrete, who opposed the peace treaty with the U.S. In 1849 Congress under President Herrera issued a general amnesty against the insurrectionists. Here the decree references the provisions of the general amnesty and sets out the specifics for groups to take advantage of it. Interesting details for the recovery in the aftermath of the loss in the war with the U.S.