Search Results: Titles starting with S from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

SCARCE 1904 MISSOURI PACIFIC MAP
1). [Railroads] Map of the Missouri Pacific Railway, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, Rio Grande Western Railway, Rio Grande Southern Railroad, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Texas & Pacific Railway, International & Great Northern Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway leased, operated & independent lines and connections. St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.: Missouri Pacific Railway Company. 1904. Color map 42 x 80 cm. folded to 22 x 10 cm. Pamphlet title: Missouri Pacific Railway. World's Fair Route, St. Louis to All Points South …. Yellow and black pictorial wraps. Some wear and small fold splits. Very good.
OCLC shows two holdings (Den. Pub. Lib. & U. Ill.). Shows routes via railroad from locations in the U.S. south of the 42nd parallel and west of the 87th meridian to the St. Louis World's Fair in St. Louis, an international exposition held from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Covers railroads and railroad stations from 87° west to… Read More

SCARCE GRAND ARMY BOSTON GUIDE
[Civil War][Boston] The G.A.R. Official Guide to Boston and Vicinity. A Pocket Directory and General Guide. Boston: F.W. Dodge & Co. 1890. Printed green wraps. 20 cm. Illustrated. 128 pp. Corner bumps and dog-ears. Cover split. Contents very good.OCLC shows one holding (Mass. Hist. Soc.) Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog records. Contains a business directory, lists of hotels, banks, public halls, train and steamer schedules, etc. Information on the 1890 National Encampment, the officers of the G.A.R. and the Roster of the Woman's Relief Core, etc. Advertisement for National League "Base Ball," featuring games against the "Philadelphias," the "Brooklyns" and the "New Yorks" in the South End Grounds. This is the team that later became the Braves. Great advertisements. Much potential for research.

[Civil War] James W White. Meeting of Loyal Citizens. New-York, July 11th, 1862. [New York, N.Y.]: [publisher not identified] 1862. 26 x 20 cm. [4] pages (the last 3 pages blank).
OCLC shows two holdings (Cornell & NY Hist. Soc.) Signed in type: James W. White [and 5 others], select committee, [Chas. Gould] secretary. With manuscript signature of Charles Gould. Invitation to a Mass Meeting of "all parties who are in favor of supporting the Government in the prosecution of the war and suppressing the rebellion."

[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.

[Slavery][Mexican War] Alfred Iverson. Speech of Alfred Iverson, of Georgia, on the Oregon Territory bill, and the presidential election. Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 26, 1848. Washington: Towers Printer. [1848.] 25 cm.16 pp. Has been folded, else near fine.
OCLC shows 9 holdings (Emory; S. Ill.; U. GA; Multnomah Cnty Lib.; Hayes Pres. Lib.; Spokane Pub. Lib.; U. KY; Yale; & St. Lib. PA.) Representative Iverson articulates the view of the South regarding the expansion of slavery into the West, as the US has acquired new territories after the Mexican War: "The first step in this great political and fanatical drama is the one now demanded, the exclusion of slavery from the newly acquired Territories of this Republic. If the South submits, the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia will follow in quick succession—then the overthrow of the slave trade between the States—then the application of the public treasure, drained from Southern pockets by partial laws… Read More

[Women] John Joseph Floherty. Your Duty Ashore … His Afloat. SPARS Apply Nearest Coast Guard Office. [Washington, D.C.?][No publication information] [Circa 1944] Color lithograph. 26.5 x 35 cm. Thumbtack holes at corners, not affecting image. Folds and light edge wear.
OCLC shows 15 holdings. Second World War recruitment poster issued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Poster shows a woman in Coast Guard uniform holding binoculars with an image of a soldier holding a weapon behind her. On Nov. 23, 1942, legislation was approved creating the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve, also known as the SPARs from the motto - Semper Parus, "Always Ready."

SAM HOUSTON SPEECH ON JUDGE WATROUS
1) [Texas] Sam Houston. Speech of Hon. Sam Houston, of Texas,Exposing the Malfeasance and Corruption of John Charles Watrous, Judge of the Federal Court in Texas, and of His Confederates. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 3, 1859. Washington: Lemuel Towers. 1859. Disbound. 23 cm. 32 pp. Text block darkened, else very good.
OCLC shows 15 holdings (NY Hist. Soc.; Univ. Rochester; Autrey Museum; AAS; Lamar Univ.; San Jac. Mus.; SMU; TAMU-CC; Texas St. Lib. & Arch.; UT-Arlington; UT-Austin; UT-SA; Univ. Vir.) Rare Book Hub shows no copies at auction. A scathing speech in which Houston attacks Watrous, a federal judge and Texas land speculator (he was associated with the Peters Colony as an attorney), for fraud and judicial misconduct. From the newspaper American Flag: "The noble old hero took upon himself to vindicate the honor of his State . [...] Nobly and witheringly has he performed the task. He makes disclosures of the most startling character, and… Read More

[Arkansas Promotional Newspaper] SPIRIT OF ARKANSAS. A JOURNAL FOR THE FARM, HOME AND WORKSHOP. Little Rock, Arkansas: Webber & Nowlin, Publishers. March 14, 1878. Vol. VII, No. 3. 28.2 x 36.5 cm. [16] pp. A double-page, wood-engraved map of Arkansas, 37 x 39 cm New Township Map of the State of Arkansas, is printed at pages 7-8. A few edge chips, small tears, else very good. This copy unopened along top edge. Rubber stamps from land agent Henry Hannan on front and rear covers.
OCLC shows 16 holdings for scattered issues, although apparently only five holdings of physical copies, and only two holdings of this issue (UT-Austin & SMU). Other institutions with physical copies are AAS, Yale & NY Pub. Lib. The Spirit of Arkansas was published from 1874-1882, either as a monthly or weekly, encouraging settlement in Arkansas. The map is dated 1875 and "as published by Webber & Nowlin." Shows counties, county seats, township grid, operating and projected railroads. Scale 20 miles to one inch.… Read More

[Texas] [Dallas] [Masons] Samuel Poyntz Cochran. An Honored Citizen, a Christion Gentleman and a True Freemason. [Dallas?]: [No publication information] [Circa 1920] Stiff leather wraps. 24.5 cm. Frontispiece is an original photograph of the statue dedicated to Cochran. Decorative initial capitals. [21 leaves,] Cover shows some wear. Original glassine dustjacket present but in pieces. A few light stains. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. "Printed for private circulation only." Cochran was born in 1855 in Lexington, Kentucky. He was deputy United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1878 until 1880. He moved across the Ohio River to Cincinnati for a brief period in 1881 and worked as an agent for the Lancashire and the Phoenix insurance companies. That year he moved to Dallas, Texas, where the Phoenix Company employed him as an itinerant agent. After three years of traveling the state by stagecoach, Cochran joined the insurance firm of Dargan and Trezevant in Dallas. In 1884, he… Read More

San Antonio, Texas. St. Louis: Gast. 1888, Pictorial wraps. 6.8 x 11 cm. Illustrated. Cover title: San Antonio Scenery compliments of Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. [16] pp. Rubber stamp on rear cover: Rock Island & Peoria Ry Dec. 1, 1888. Name in pencil: Jno. D. James. Front cover has 5 cm area where illustration is marred. Interior near fine.
OCLC shows 8 holdings (Baylor; Dallas Pub. Lib.; Hou. Pub. Lib.; SMU; Southwestern Univ.; Univ. Houston; UT-Austin & Wisc. Hist. Soc.) Rare today. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. Morrison, Nineteenth Century Texana shows no listings. The first copy I have handled. A wonderful association with the famous Menger Hotel. Ad for the International exposition at San Antonio, Texas, November 13th to 22d, 1888. Illustrations include Mexican Jacal; Alamo; Opera House; Old Aqueduct; U.S. Court House & Post Office; Mission Conception; City Hall; San Jose Mission; Menger Hotel; Third Mission; San Pedro Springs; San Antonio Arsenal; Mexican Cathedral &… 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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Jackson, Jack. Shooting the Sun. Cartographic Results of Military Activities in Texas, 1689-1829. Lubbock: Book Club of Texas. 1998. Reddish brown cloth in matching slipcase. Two volumes in clip case. Limited edition. One of 325 numbered copies. 40 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 544-564) and index. Pp. xi, 3, 275 + [3], 279-582 + colophon leaf in each volume. Inscribed by the author. Minor rubbing to the slipcase, both volumes are near fine, gift quality copies.
OCLC shows 47 holdings. Kate Broocks Bates Award for Historical Research, 1999. Designed and printed by Wind River Press, Austin. 110 maps printed in black & white. This book focuses on the cartographic history of the Texas interior. "The two-volume work concentrates on the maps them-selves and the history they reveal. Jackson's intention in writing the book was to give the reader a 'useful survey of Texas maps and mapmakers from the time Europeans first set foot on the land until the era of the Texas Revolution'… Read More

[Railroad][California] Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company. The "Short Line" from Chicago and Milwaukee to Council Bluffs, Omaha, San Francisco and all points in the far west, via the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Chicago: Poole Bros. Engravers. 1882. Yellow printed wraps. 21 cm. Maps. At head of cover: Westbound. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. There is an 1882 issue with 2 holdings (SMU & Univ. Utah). Rare Book Hub shows no listngs. Promotional material on California, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa. Small map of Chicago near the train station. Map of the lines from Chicago to Fan Francisco and connected lines.

The Silent Teacher, or The Great Map Novelty! Something for the Home, the School, and Kindergarten Instruction. … Map of the United States and the World. Norwich, N. Y.: Union Sectional Map Co. [1870s?] Jigsaw puzzle, double-sided (54 pieces). Paper on wood, color. 29 x 45 cm, in box 16 x 21 x 6.8 cm. Imprint on map: New Haven, N.Y.: D. & M. C. Wiggins. The top of the box is missing two flaps. The puzzle is complete with one knob separated. Some wear, staining and paper loose from one piece on world side. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this map. Apparently unrecorded. There is one holding for this publisher, for an 1876 dissected map of New York, also under the "Silent Teacher" brand. (Univ. S. Florida). That was a Colton map. These maps are not attributed. Title from container. The map shows the "Kansas Pacific R. R." to Denver, which was completed in 1870. In 1874 the Kansas Pacific was acquired by Jay Gould and in 1880 renamed the Union Pacific. Vignettes on side of world map: "Animals of… Read More

Vestal, Stanley. [Walter S. Campbell] Sitting Bull. Champion of the Sioux. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1932. Reddish brown cloth in dustjacket. Foxing to dust jacket. Book very good.
Unusual advance issue of the book used by salesmen to get orders of the forthcoming book. Howes V82. Luther, Custer High Spot
92. Very scarce in this format. Contains chapter one, two pages of photographs and ten blank leaves, partially un-opened. With two pages of typed information on the book tipped into the front endpaper and first free end paper. A novelist and a historian, Walter Stanley Campbell frequently used his given name and surname, Stanley Vestal, as a pen name during a publishing career that spanned the 1920s through the 1950s. He worked diligently to change Americans' negative perceptions of the Plains Indians. While growing up around Weatherford, young Campbell had counted many Cheyenne as playmates and companions. He learned much about their culture and Plains Indian cultures in general,… Read More

[Montana?] [Photography]
Six Cabinet Card Photographs of Pioneers. [California?]: [No publication information] [Circa 1900-1910?] Six black and white photographs 4.5 x 6,5 in on curved cardboard mounts 5 25 x 7.25 in.
Excellent images of cowboys with a covered wagon. The images show cowboys on horse-back with a covered wagon; using poles to get the wagon up a steep trail; wagon and riders on a trail; wagon, horses and men in camp; view of a town with hills in the background and view of a farm or ranch. I was told by my seller that these images were with other images of Lakota Sioux, perhaps in Montana or Wyoming.

[Montana][Railroad] South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana. "The New Constellation" "Stars of the First Magnitude: Added to the Galaxy of States. N.p.: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. [1890?] Pictorial wraps. Map. 8.5 x 11 in. Illustrated. 4 pp. Full page map St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Connections is by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Art-Printing Works, Buffalo, New York. Has been folded. Agent rubber stamp on rear cover. Very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. The St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway was the creation of James J. Hill. Hill and three other investors purchased the nearly bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1878, renaming it the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the following year. In 1890 all properties and operations were leased to the Great Northern Railway Company and the Great Northern purchased all of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company's investments, including stocks, bonds, and other miscellaneous… Read More

[Texas] [William Wittliff] Richard Holland, (Ed.) The Southwest Writers Collection Dedication. [San Marcos, Texas]: Southwest Texas State University, Albert B. Alkek Library. 1993. Boards. 18 x 26 cm. One of 100 copies of the hardcover edition, signed by all. Illustrated. Cover woodcut by Barbara Whitehead. Photographs. Designed and printed by W. Thomas Taylor. 34 pp. Near fine.
Text of remarks made at the ceremony officially dedicating the Southwestern Writers Collection, a major archive that captures the literary heritage of the American Southwest. Editor's Foreword; Introduction - Larry L. King; Welcome - Joan Heath, University Librarian; The Southwestern Writers Collection: an overview - Richard A. Holland, Head, Special Collections; Introduction of John Graves - Mark B. Busby, Director, Center for the Study of the Southwest; Dedicatory Speech - John Graves; President's award - Jerome H. Supple, President, Southwest Texas State University; Remarks - Bill Wittliff; Introduction of… Read More

Souvenir of South Dakota. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Brown & Saenger, printers. 1893. Pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 10 x 19 cm. Folding map. [32] pp. Minor smudges to cover, else near fine.
OCLC shows 12 holdings (SMU; NY Hist. Soc.; Stanford; Yale; Iowa St. Hist. Soc.; Field Mus.; AAS; Harvard [2]; Princeton; Ohio U. & Penn. Off. Comm. Lib.) Prepared for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Folding map of South Dakota attached to the inside back cover.

[Texas] [Unions] Souvenir of International Typographical Union, 83rd Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, August 19-26, 1939. Fort Worth, Texas: Allied Printing Trades Council. 1939. Pictorial stiff wraps with leather binding strip and silver concho. 24 x 32 cm. Illustrated. Portraits. Map. [92] pp. Very good.
OCLC shows three holdings (Univ. Chicago; UT-Arlington & UT-Austin). An elaborate production, as to be expected for a convention of printers. Short articles on Fort Worth, Dallas & Houston; the Texas Longhorn; Printers; Union activities and benefits; Women's Auxiliary; and more. Rosters of delegates. Many great advertisements.