Search Results: Titles starting with R from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

Ashton, John. Historic Ravenswood. Its Founders and Its Cattle. Preceded by a brief history of the Shorthorn breed up to its introduction into the United States.
Columbia, Missouri: Privately printed by E. W. Stephens Publishing Co. 1926. Limited edition. Red embossed cloth with gilt lettering and paper label on the cover. Illustrated. Bibliography.159 [5] pp. Corner wear. Scattered foxing.
Not in Adams, Herd, Graff or Howes. Limited to 50 numbered copies. This is copy No. 27 with a presentation inscription from Nelson Leonard, the owner of Ravenswood. Dykes Range Rarity. OCLC shows 14 of the 50 copies are held in institutional libraries. "A number of privately printed range memoirs were printed in small editions. ... Historic Ravenswood: Its Founders and Its Cattle with text by John Ashton and photos of the fine Shorthorns was issued in Columbia, Mo. In 1926 in an edition of 50 numbered copies - a beautiful book. ... All these privately printed items are very rare and much sought after… Read More

[Texas] President John Tyler. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting the Rejected Treaty for the Annexation of the Republic of Texas. [Washington]: Blair & Rives, printers. 1844. Disbound. 23 cm. 110 pp. 28th Cong., 1st Session. House Exec. doc.; no. 271. Read and referred to the Committee on foreign affairs, June 11, 1844. Very good.
OCLC shows 22 holdings. The annexation of Texas to the United States became a topic of political and diplomatic discussion after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and became a matter of international concern between 1836 and 1845, when Texas was a republic. President Mirabeau B. Lamar (1838–41) opposed annexation and did not reopen the question. Sam Houston, early in his second term (1841–44), tried without success to awaken the interest of the United States. In 1843 the United States became alarmed over the policy of Great Britain toward Texas. The British were opposed to annexation and even contemplated the use of force to prevent it. They did… Read More

[Texas][Exploration] Simpson, Lt. James H. Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. Letter from the Secretary of War, In compliance with a resolution of the House of the 6th February, a report |and map of Lieutenant Simpson, of the route from Fort Smith to Santa |Fe; also, a report on the same subject from Captain R. B. Marcy, 5th infantry. February 21, 1850. [Washington]: GPO. 1850. Disbound. Folding map. Two plates. 89 pp. Foxing. Map has split in half and has splits at folds. Good.
OCLC shows 31 holdings. Howes S500 "aa"; Graff 3790. The California Gold Rush in 1849 prompted the U.S. government to appoint army captains to escort prospective gold seekers to California. Captain Randolph B. Marcy was one of these captains appointed by the Secretary of War to escort and protect the "Forty-Niners" on their journey as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico. Captain Marcy brought with him the famed Delaware Scout Black Beaver and topographical engineer Lieutenant James H. Simpson to map a wagon road from Ft.… Read More

[Mexican-American War] [Antonio López de Santa Anna] Ramon Adame, Gobernador del Estado de San Luis Potosí, a sus habitants. San Luis Potosí. Impr. del Estado en Palacio, á cargo de Ventura Carrillo. Febero 27, 1847. Broadside. 21 x 31 cm. Printed in two columns. Dated and signed at end: San Luis Potosí Febrero 27 de 1847. Ramon Adame. Chip at top, tape stains on edges, good.
OCLC shows two holdings (Yale & Univ. Penn.) Contains Santa Anna's communique on the battle of Buena Vista dated: Campo en la Angostura sobre Buenavista, Febrero 23 de 1847. Newly restored to power, Santa Anna attempted to defeat the U.S. forces under General Taylor in the north before facing those under General Scott. Taylor's largely untested 4,600-man army won a closely contested battle against 15,000 Mexicans at Buena Vista on February 22–23, 1847. The astute reconnaissance work of Maj. Benjamin McCulloch's spy company contributed significantly to the American victory. – Handbook of Texas.

[Argentina] Recuerdo de Buenos Aires. Coleccion de 12 Vistas Importantes. [Buenos Aires?]: [No publication information.] [Circa 1890-1900s?] Tan cloth with gilt lettering. 10 x 13 cm. Illustrated. Accordion fold with twelve mounted silver-gelatin photographs. Cover abraded along top, chip missing from top of spine. Initial fold with old repair. Good. Photographs are very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. Images: Plaza 25 de Mayo; Palacio de Gobierno; Estatua General Belgrano; Puerto Darsena Sud; Boulevard Callao; Estacion Central de F. C.; Banco de la Nacion Argentina; Aduana Vieja; Cathdral y Calle San Martin; Puerto Dique No. 3; Bolsa de Comercio; & Teatro de la Opera. Each image captioned in Spanish, French, English and German. Date based on images of horse carriages and ships.

[Slavery] Daniel Clark. "Remarks on the Population, Culture, and Products of Louisiana." pp. 45 - 57 in The Literary Magazine and American Register, January 1807 Vol. VII, No. 40. Philadelphia. 1807. Bound with five monthly issues, front cover lacking. Pages are browned. The last few pages of the issue are lacking. Poor.
OCLC shows ten holdings for this magazine, seven in the US. Clark addresses the criticisms that New Orleans and the area along the Mississippi is unhealthy and then documents the opportunities for immigrants to take advantage of the fertile land for raising sugarcane and cotton. He provides extensive details on the actual sales, expenses and large profits that were being made, almost all dependent on enslaved labor. The cost of enslaved people is shown as a business expense. Enslaved people were valued higher in Louisiana ($500) then in Virginia and Maryland ($280) because of the higher economic benefit of their labor in Louisiana. In describing the economics of growing cotton versus… Read More

[Texas Revolution] Clarence Wharton; J H Barnard. Remember Goliad. Houston, McCurdy-Young. 1931. Maroon leather spine, red boards with gilt titles. Limited edition. 23 cm. Illustrated. 61 [9] pp. Presentation copy signed by the author. Bookplate. Wear to spine ends & edges, else very good.
Howes W300. OCLC shows 36 copies of the edition of 100 are in libraries. Wharton gives an account of the Goliad campaign and events leading up to the tragic massacre of Col. James Fannin and most of his Texas army. Includes biographical material on persons involved with the Battle

Willcox, R. N. Reminiscences of California Life. Being an Abridged Description of Scenes Which the Author Passed Through in California and Other Lands... Avery, Ohio: Willcox Printing. 1897. First edition. Black pebble cloth, spine lettering gilt. Plates. 21.5 cm. 290 pp. Front spine starting to tear. Ownership inscription. Covers show wear, bump to text near spine. Overall good plus copy of a scarce book.
OCLC shows 35 holdings in libraries. Adams, Herd 2520: "Scarce." Six-Guns 2394: "Rare." Cowan (II), p. 684. Decker 36: 447. Flake 9865. Graff 4673. Howes W436 ("aa"). Wheat, Gold Rush, 228. "It is said that only seventy-five copies of this work were issued. ... There is some material on Tom Bell, the California outlaw." - Adams. "Not over 100 copies printed." - Howes. Willcox, an apprentice carpenter in Connecticut, sailed for California by way of Panama in January, 1852. He spent time in San Francisco, Sacramento, and in the mines. His narrative meanders but is full of lively observations and… Read More

[Texas Frontier Troubles] Report and Accompanying Documents of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the Relations of the United States with Mexico. Washington: GPO. 1878. House Report No. 701, 45th Congress, 2nd Session. 23 cm. Rebound in quarter leather with raised bands, spine label and marbled boards. 2 preliminary leaves, xlii, 461 pp.
Scarce today. Not in Adams, Herd. OCLC shows 21 copies, 5 in Texas: (UT [2]; UT-RGV; Baylor; Tx. St. Lib.) Extensive information on the troubles in Texas along the Mexican border, beginning with the Cortina raid in 1859-60 through 1877. Reproduces more than 100 reports, including that of Robert E. Lee, along with documents on the US-Mexican relations, extradition, free trade zone and more. Additional information to that found in the 1876 document of the same subject listed in Reese, Six Score, which he calls "an important government document dealing with cattle theft along the Mexican border."

[Mexico][Jesuits] Francisco Mendizábal; Luis Abadiano y Valdés. Representación que al Soberano Congreso dirije el presbítero Francisco Mendizabal. México: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdes, 1841. Bound in new leather with gilt printing. Original wraps bound in. 17.5 cm. 26 pp. Initials and bookplate of J.R.H. Very good.
OCLC shows 10 holdings. (Univ. Ariz.; Fuller Theol. Sem.; Tulane; [2]; Univ. NM; SMU; UT-Austin; Biblio. Natl. de Chili; Biblio. Nat. de Espana; & Instit. Tech. de Estudios Sup.) The Jesuits established missions in North America early in the 17th Century. They disappeared during the suppression of the Society of Jesus around 1763. In this pamphlet Mendizába advocates to Congress for the return of the Jesuits. He talks about his unjust expulsion, and how they could once again occupy an important place in Mexican society. Of special interest is his mention of the important work they could do on the northern border, exploring and establishing missions, and evangelizing the… Read More

[Broadside] Republican Nomination. At a meeting of the Republican committees from the different towns in the county of Rensselaer, … Resolved unanimously, That this meeting do highly approve of the nomination of Morgan Lewis, for Governor, and the Honorable John Broome, for Lieutenant Governor. ... [New York?]: [No publication information] [1804] One sheet. 25 x 42 cm. Signed in type by Nathan Betts, Chairman and J. D. Selden, Secretary. Foxed and stained. In a custom frame.
OCLC shows no holdings. There are eight similar broadsides from this election, each known in one copy. (AAS; [2] NY Hist Soc.; [5] & U. Mich.) Possible extra shipping if sent in the frame.

[Broadside] Republican Nomination. At a meeting of the Republican committees from the different towns in the county of Rensselaer, … Resolved unanimously, That this meeting do highly approve of the nomination of Morgan Lewis, for Governor, and the Honorable John Broome, for Lieutenant Governor. ... [New York?]: [No publication information] [1804] One sheet. 25 x 42 cm. Signed in type by Nathan Betts, Chairman and J. D. Selden, Secretary. Foxed and stained. In a custom frame.
OCLC shows no holdings. There are eight similar broadsides from this election, each known in one copy. (AAS; [2] NY Hist Soc.; [5] & U. Mich.) Extra postage needed.

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

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Jose Maria Tornel; Juan. N. Almonte; Jose Justo Corro. Suplemento al Diario del Gobierno de la Republica Mexicana. Núm. 664. Mexico: Imprenta Del Aguila dirigida por José Ximeno, 1837. Broadsheet on watermarked laid paper. Printed on both sides. 31 x 21.5 cm. 4 pp. Text on 3 pp. Minor staining on the upper and lower margins. Very Good.
OCLC shows 1 holding (Yale) Streeter, Texas 919. Includes letters written by Santa Anna and others on his return to Veracruz on February 20, 1837. "The first letter dated Veracruz, February 20, 1837, is to the Secretary of War. Here Santa Anna denies categorically that he had signed any agreements affecting the dignity or independence of Mexico, or the integrity of its territory, and says that he would have died rather than be unfaithful to his country. A letter to the acting president, Jose Justo, Corro, follows, to the same effect with the added information that he will prepare a manifesto to the country. There are also letters by Juan… Read More

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