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By: Arnold, George
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Eakin Press: 2002
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31974
ISBN: 1571686878
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Foreword by Liz Carpenter. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages; 31974 View more info
Price: $24.50
Publisher: University of Texas: 1970
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 31346
ISBN: 0292700563
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Originally published in 1915 as Volume 3 of The University of California Publications in History, this reprint in 1970 has errata notice for pages 2, 9, 28, 32, 80. Index and bibliography. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 501 pages; 31346 View more info
Price: $19.50
Publisher: Austin, TX, University of Texas Press: 1994
Edition: Stated 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31351
ISBN: 0292708246
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
The author explores in fascinating detail what the Alamo means to the numerous groups that lay claim to its heritage. She shows how Alamo myths often diverge from the historical facts--and why. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 184 pages; 31351 View more info
By: Brown, Norman D.
Price: $29.50
Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press: 1984
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31350
ISBN: 0890961573
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Banner state for the Ku Klux Klan, fertile soil for both old-style demagoguery and business progressivism, battleground for bone-dry prohibitionists against wets, Texas in the 1920s played a pivotal role in the politics of the nation. National issues and local factionalism created a complex web that gave Texas, according to a 1928 New York Times editorial, "an importance...out of proportion to the size of its vote or the State's geographical and industrial significance", which shows an ignorance of Texas. 35 pictures. DJ in new mylar. ; Texas a & M Southwestern Studies, Number One Seri... View more info
By: Caren, Eric C.
Price: $42.50
Publisher: Castle Books: 1999
Seller ID: 28763
ISBN: 078581082X
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Newspaper clippings from all over Texas through a century of Texas events. Even though it's Folio size, a magnifying glass is still needed to read most of the articles. DJ in mylar. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 224 pages; 28763 View more info
Price: $27.50
Publisher: Wordware Publishing: 1990
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 28004
ISBN: 1556221347
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
This is a book of "what ifs" -- what if Travis, Bowie, Crockett, Bonham and the others had chosen Mission Concepcion as their fortress of destiny instead of the Alamo? (plats of both the Concepcion and the Alamo are included) . What if James Fannin was the hero of the Texas revolution instead of the goat? Map endpapers. A fun read. Pictorial glossy boards, rubbed on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages; 28004 View more info
By: Clark, Sara
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Austin, TX, Encino Press: 1975
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 18463
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
More than 100 photographs, drawings, etchings and paintings tell the story of different capital cities and Capitol buildings in which the government of Texas was located over the years. In the less than two years during which the Republic of Texas existed, the location of the seat of government changed eight times. Also included are photographs of the presidents and governors and others whose lives were intertwined with the saga of Texas during these important times. Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, Anson Jones, Marshall Pease, Abner Cook, Oran Roberts, John Ireland, Angelina Eberly, and Elisabet ... View more info
By: Cox, Mike
Price: $29.50
Publisher: San Antonio, TX, Historical Publishing Network: 1998
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31432
ISBN: 0965499987
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Mike Cox is a 5th generation Texan. He is the author of seven books: Stand-off in Texas; Texas Ranger Tales; the confessions of Henry Lee Lucas; The Texas Rangers; Lure of the Land; Fred Gipson, Texas Storyteller; Red Rooster Country, as of this publication. He has written many more and he and his wife operate Saddlebag Books, their used, rare, and out-o-print book business that specializes in books on Texas. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages; 31432 View more info
By: Cox, Mike
Price: $35.00
Publisher: NY, Forge Books, Tom Doherty: 2009
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31969
ISBN: 0765318156
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 512 pages; 31969 View more info
By: Crabb, Martha L
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Avon Books/Postroadpress: 2000
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31488
ISBN: 038097794x
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
In October 1861, the young men of the Confederac's newly formed Ninth Texas Cavalry forded the Red River between Texas and what is now eastern Oklahoma. They would remain on active duty throughout the entire Civil War, moving from skirmish to skirmish with little rest and no furloughs, distinguishing themselves in several major campaigns across the South. Two of the Civil War soldiers profiled were her great-uncles. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 423 pages; 31488 View more info
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Twodot: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition; 4th Printing
Seller ID: 12630
ISBN: 1560443200
Condition: Very Good
Fascinating stories about thirty-three events that helped make Texas what it is today. Includes little-known episodes that shaped the Lone Star State's colorful history. Occasional underlining. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages; 12630 View more info
By: Cushman, Dan (edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. )
Price: $16.51
Publisher: NY, McGraw Hill: 1966
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 26329
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
From Asia across Alaska down the Rocky Mountains to the plains of Texas. Map spread on free endpapers. The story of the Great North Trail sets the scene by giving, in thorough and exciting detail, the geological explanation for the birth of the Trail, its mountains and valleys; and by briskly covering thousands of years of anthropology. Minor wear to bottom edge of DJ. ; The American Trails Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 383 pages; 26329 View more info
By: Davis, M. E. M.
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Boston, MA, Ginn and Company: 1897
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 30908
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
The story of the history of Texas from the perspective of a late nineteenth-century Texas native. In the words of the author, " ...a story of knightly romance which calls the poet even as, in earlier days, the Land of the Tehas called across its borders the dreamer of dreams." Edgewear and rubbing to red boards. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages; 30908 View more info
By: Dimmick, Gregg
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Austin, TX, Texas State Historical Assn: 2006
Seller ID: 31971
ISBN: 0876112157
Condition: Near Fine
The author and his "digging buddies" have located many actual artifacts in the mud from soldados over 165 years ago. Many are pictured in this book, all serving to paint a more accurate picture than we have heretofore had of Santa Anna's army and its response to his order to retreat. 6 maps. Minor edgewear to covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages; 31971 View more info
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Shoal Creek Publishers: 1978
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 30223
ISBN: 0883190362
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Book deals with the segment of the Canadian River that passes through the ranch country in Hutchinson, Roberts, and the Hemphill Counties of the Texas Panhandle. Two short notes in ink on ffep and one chapter heading underlined in the Contents list. Minor edgewear to upper edge of DJ. ; Western Life Series Series; Photographs and cover art; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages; 30223 View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: El Paso, TX, Texas Western Press: 1983
Seller ID: 17558
ISBN: 0874040698
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
From the DJ: Offers a different kind of "Texas book" combining erudition with an abiding love of the land and a cosmopolitan insight into the history and present condition of the Lone Star State. Minor wear to DJ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 140 pages; 17558 View more info
By: Filisola, Vicente (translated by Wallace Woolsey)
Price: $59.50
Publisher: Austin, TX, Eakin Press: 1985
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31275
ISBN: 0890154619
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Abridged translation of "Memorias para la historia de la guerra de Tejas" originally published in 1848 by Santa Anna's second in command. This book is one of two volumes available (see also volume II). The first English translation and the First American edition. DJ worn and chipped, in mylar. Foxing. Occasional marginalia by another author of Texas history, Crystal Sassy Ragsdale. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 226 pages; 31275 View more info
By: Fitzhugh, Lester N., compiled by
Price: $24.50
Publisher: Midlothian, Texas, Mirror Press: 1959
Seller ID: 15455
Condition: Very Good-
In his introduction, Fitzhugh says: "The recent death of John Saling of Slant, Virginia, determined that a Texan would be the last surviving veteran of the Confederate States Army and of all those hosts, blue and gray, who fought in the Civil War. This compilation is dedicated to Walter Williams of Houston, Texas, sometime private,Company C, 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, of Hood's Texas Brigade, army of northern Virginia, now in his 117th year, the last living link between Americans of the nuclear era and the long-ago years of 1861-1865, still the time of our greatest national trial. Age-to... View more info
By: Flemmons, Jerry
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Ft. Worth, TX, Texas Christian University Press: 1995
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 17861
ISBN: 0875651380
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Hardcover not a paperback. Contents: Like Most Passionate Nations, Texas Has its Own History Based On, but Not Limited By, Facts (John Steinbeck in "Travels with Charley, 1962) ; Outsiders Never Understand That Texas Tall Talk is Not a Lie. It is the Expression of the Larger Truth (Paul Crume, "A Texan At Bay, 1961) , and so on. Yes, the chapter names are quotes. The book is a conglomeration of facts, history, vignettes and myths about Texas and Texans. Recipes for toasted pecans (p44) ; campfire biscuits and others. Flyleaf torn about a fourth of the page. ; Ex-Lib; Book/cover design;... View more info
By: Greene, John M
Price: $32.50
Publisher: Atlanta, GA, Franklin Printing and Publishing: 1901
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 28247
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Decorated endpapers, marbled page edges, gilt titling. Essay about Sam Houston as the hero of San Jacinto (Texas) at page 206 noted on ffep in pencil. Gilt fading; previous owner's name label; rear gutter cracked and serious edgewear and fraying to blue boards. Interior clean, tight; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 385 pages; 28247 View more info
