Search Results: Titles starting with E from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[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.

[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.

[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

[Texas] Espuela Land & Cattle Co., Ltd. Two handwritten documents.
A).
Espuela Land & Cattle Co., Ltd. Abstracts from "Annual Reports." [No publication information.] (Circa 1906). Manuscript document. One sheet, lined paper. 8.5 x 14 in. Written on both sides. Initialed at end "W. H." Consists of summaries of portions of the reports from 1898-1906.
B).
Special Resolution of the Espuela Land & Cattle Co. Limited and Reduced.
[No publication information.] (Circa 1906). Manuscript document. One sheet, lined paper. 8.5 x 14 in. Written on one side. Summary of the resolution from 1900 changing the capitalization and dividends of the Ranch.
OCLC shows only the Espuela/Spur Ranch papers at Texas Tech (donated by the Swenson Land and Cattle Company and its manager), and no other holdings for this ranch. Adams, Herd lists no entries for the ranch. The Espuela Land and Cattle Company, Ltd., a British syndicate, founded the Spur Ranch in the early 1880s. The ranch was located… Read More

Rev. J. S. York (The Texas War Horse). Early Days in Texas or Experiences of a Pioneer Minister. Incidents in which the author participated over fifty years ago.
Corsicana, Texas: Press of Corsicana Printing Company, [Circa 1917]. First edition. Tan printed wrappers. 20 cm. Illustrated with two photographs of the author, one in Confederate uniform with guns. 86 pp. Light wear and staining, one inch split at bottom of spine, else very good.
OCLC shows 8 holdings (Yale; Baylor; Houston Pub. Lib.; SMU; Texas St. Lib. & Arch.; Trinity Univ.; UT-Arlington & UT-Austin). Rare Book Hub shows one auction record. Reminiscences of a plain-speaking circuit-riding preacher who came to Texas in 1859. He served in an Anderson County, Texas unit in the Civil War and spent the next 50 years as a Presbyterian preacher in North Texas. He recounts his adventures including a murder attempt on him by desperadoes. Delightfully written in ungrammatical but forthright language: "I had to learn them quick about the evils of dancing."

Hinkle, James F. Early Days of a Cowboy on the Pecos. Roswell: Privately Printed. 1937. White printed wraps. Illustrated. 35 pp. About fine.
Reese, Six Score 58. Campbell 101 #47. Adams, Herd 1041: "Rare." Howes H507. Graff 1898. Dykes, Billy the Kid 245. "The experiences of a New Mexico cowboy, written by a man who later became Governor of the state. A very rare book. Said to have been issued in an edition of only thirty-five copies." -- Adams. "One of the rarest of all pamphlets on ranching. Only 35 copies were printed, ... However, Dudley Dobie stated in a 1981 book catalogue that Gov. Hinkle had told him that 300 copies were printed, although none were sold. The rarity of the item in the marketplace would support the smaller number. It is possible, of course, that the bulk of a larger edition was destroyed. Hinkle was for a time Governor of New Mexico (1923-25), and was long a prominent rancher in southwest New Mexico. Although brief, this little pamphlet conveys the flavor of the range with a… Read More

[Nebraska] Charles Jonathan Freeman. Early History of Central Nebraska and Old Plum Creek, now Lexington. [Lexington, Neb.]: [Lexington Clipper] 1956. Tan printed wraps. 13 x 28 cm. [7] pp. Corner bump, else very good.
OCLC shows four holdings (Autry Mus.; Denver Pub. Lib.; Univ. Okla. & BYU-Provo). Cover title: A Short Story of Plum Creek (Lexington). Text runs parallel with back of cover. Reproduced, 2 columns to each leaf, from newsprint. This area is in southern Nebraska along the Platte River. Early days in the Nebraska Territory, interactions with Native Americans, including Sitting Bull.

[Texas] Eskildsen, John Peter. Eight Original Photographs of the Rio Grande Valley. [McAllen, Texas]: [Eskildsen Studio] [Circa 1920s]. 5 x 7 inches. Marked in the negative. One photo with small stain, else very good.
Scarce original photographs by early 20th-century Texas photographer John Peter Eskildsen, who worked in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1910s and 1920s. The Eskildsen Studio was located in McAllen, Texas. Images are titled: The Rooth Farm Home; Palm Heights – McAllen, Texas; The H. P. Hansen Farm Home; Llano Grande Lake and Stewart Club House; A Farm in the Valley; High School McAllen Tex.; The Ware Farm Home; & The Beautiful Shaw Home Near Mercedes Tex.

[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

[Texas] Bustamante, Anastasio. Pesado, José Joaquín. Ministerio de lo Interior. El Exmo. Sr. Presidente de la República Mexicana se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue ... el Congreso General ha decretado ... el Congreso General ... divide el territorio de la república en veinticuatro departamentos ... [Mexico]: [No publication information] June 30, 1838. Broadside decree. 31 x 22 cm. dated and signed in type at end: México Junio 30 de 1838. Pesado. Very good.
OCLC show 1 holding (Yale.) Broadside issued by the interior minister transmitting a national decree dividing the country into 24 departments, including Texas. Mexico is still formally asserting its claim to its rebellious province of Texas two years after the battle of San Jacinto.

Antonio López de Santa-Anna. El General Antonio L. De Santa Anna A Sus Compatriotas. [Place of publication not identified]: [No publication information] 1858. Bound in modern leather. 20. Cm. 20 pp. Text begins: "Mejicanos! Hace algun tiempo que me ocupo de mi propia historia militar y política." Dated at end: San Thómas Abril 12 de 1858. A few small worm holes, else very good.
OCLC shows two holdings (UC-Berkeley & Biblio. Nat. de Espana). Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. From his exile in San Thómas, Santa Anna presents his justifications for his various actions in his last administration and attempts to settle various scores with his adversaries. Of particular interest is his discussion of the adjustment of the boundary with the United States and the negotiations over this with U. S. Minister James Gadsden (The Gadsden Purchase); for which he had been criticized for conceding additional territory to the United States. After a discussion of the poor condition of the Mexican… Read More

[Texas] [Reconstruction] M. St. Johns, Register.
Elector Certificate and Oath. New Orleans: Peter O'Donnell, Stationer [1867]. Partially printed form with manuscript insertions. One sheet 22.5 x 28 cm printed on both sides. Has been folded. Some chips and small splits to one edge. Very good.
OCLC shows two holdings for similar forms in Louisiana (Tulane [2]). A Reconstruction Era form for elections in the former Confederated States. St. Johns certified that , a resident of Carthage, Panola County, Texas was registered as a qualified elector of the Panola County. On the back was an oath, signed by Jones, who declared that he had "not been disenfranchised for participating in any rebellion or civil war against the United States" never participated in "insurrection and rebellion against the United States" nor "held any executive of judicial office in any State and afterwards engages in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, and given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof" and will… Read More

Porter, Katherine Anne. Fair Typescript of "Enchanted." N.p. 1975. Blue card stock approximately 6 x 8 in. Fine.
A typed fair copy of Porter's poem "Enchanted." The author has added an autograph note at the bottom of the poem: "For Ronald Evans. The first poem I ever finished and published /S/ Katherine Anne Porter, September 26, 1975."

[Overland Diary][Oregon] [Captain George Barlow Sr.][Dr. T. W. Avery] Hattie Barlow Olson. Excerpts from the Diary of Captain George Barlow Sr. on the Oregon Trail in 1852. [Washington] [Self-published] 1911. Wraps. 23 x 30 cm. Handwritten. Illustrated with images cut from magazines. 57 pp. Very good.
Captain George Barlow Sr. (1808-1887), was born in Montgomery County, New York, in 1808. The Erie canal was the scene of his activity in his youth, and he became the captain of one of the boats that plied on that important highway of commerce. From there he made his way to Michigan, where he was employed at the carpenter's trade. In 1852 he, together with his wife Mary Ann (Purdy) Barlow (1813-1864) and their six children, began the journey to Oregon from Detroit Michigan in the spring of 1852. In 1854 he moved over into Washington and settled on a farm in Cowlitz County, situated on the Columbia River two miles below Mount Coffin. He spent the remainder of his life here, and in 1887, while on a visit to… Read More