Heritage Auctions Texana Auction Catalog #6067

MARCH 3, 2012 | HOUSTONTEXANA AUCTION

Front Cover Lots: 42123 & 42169

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42001 Thomas Affleck. Affleck’s Southern Rural Almanac, and Plantation and Garden Calendar, for 1857; Being the First after Bissextile, or Leap Year; and Until the Fourth of July, the Eighty-First Year of Independence of the United States. Galveston: Published [sic] at the Office of Civilian and Gazette, [1857]. First edition. 12mo. 144 pp. Sewn wrappers. Covers somewhat wrinkled with light folding and foxing. Bottom corner lightly folded for first 25 pp. Interior clean with light foxing, toning, and occasional pencil marking. A very good copy of a scarce item. From the papers of B. A. Shepherd.

Articles in this issue include “The Kitchen Garden in the South,” “Fruit-Growing in the South,” “Texas and Her Lands,” as well as features on “Bermuda Grass” and “The Rose.” Also included is the 1856 and 1857 Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Plants, cultivated at The Southern Nurseries, by Mr. Affleck, grown at his establishment in Mississippi. Affleck was instrumental in pro-moting species better adapted for the climate and landscape of Texas. In addition, Affleck introduced many rose varieties to Texas and the South which are now considered heirloom varieties. “He was a great nurseryman and progressive agriculturist, and one of the greatest forces in the rehabilitation of Texas after the Civil War” (Eisler, Horticulture & Horticulturists in Early Texas, pp. 31-32). From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750

42002 [William Allen (attributed)]. Five Years in the West; or, How an Inexperienced Young Man Finds his Occupation. With Reminiscences and Sketches of Real Life. By a Texas Preacher. Nashville: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1884. First edition. 12mo, 211 pages. Rebound in green leather over boards with lettering gilt stamped to spine and five raised bands in a clear dust jacket. Marbled endpapers. Mildly toned with light foxing scattered in places. Very light shelf wear. Fine.

The author chronicles his life in Kansas and Texas from 1856-1861, where, after being cheated out of a sum of money, he turns to teaching school and preaching from horseback. Howes lists this title on page 203 with the reference to “See Allen, Wm. M,” but no entry for the title is under Allen.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

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42003 Moses Austin Autograph Endorsement Signed “Moses Austin.” One page, 8” x 5.25”, Mine au Burton [Louisiana Territory], October 24, 1806. Austin writes three lines at the bottom of a promissory note by Mr. Whittlesey to pay seventy dollars by May of 1809. Austin’s text reads in full: “On condition Mr. Whittlesey should not be capable to pay the above I will on the condition pay the sum of Seventy Dollars.” In 1796, Moses Austin (1761-1821) settled at the small Missouri community of Mine au Burton (modern-day Potosi, Missouri), the first settlement in Washington County and then part of Upper Spanish Louisiana. The com-munity was established near lead deposits, which Austin mined and shipped from the nearby Mississippi River port town of Ste. Genevieve. His Missouri lead busi-ness venture was not successful, and he ran into trouble after 1812 for not paying his debts, so he traveled to Texas in 1820 in search of other opportunities. After receiving a grant to bring 300 colonists to Texas, he returned to Missouri to make preparations for his new Texas colony. Just two months after arriving back in Missouri, however, he died, but not before requesting his son Stephen to carry out his plan to begin a colony in Texas. A portion of the right corner is detached, but

does not affect the text. Toned along the edges. Austin’s signature is bold with a beautiful paraph. Very good.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42004 [Moses Austin]. Message from the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress. 8th November 1804. Read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee of the whole House on the State of the Union. Washington City: Printed by William Duane & Son, 1804. 12mo, 22 pages. Bound in plain wrappers. Containing the extract of a letter from Don Pedro Cevallos to Charles Pinckney, with translation, and a letter to Secretary of State James Madison from the Marquis of Casa Yrujo, with transla-tion, assuring the president of Spain’s lack of opposition to the impending Louisiana Purchase.

Also included is A Summary Description of the Lead Mines in Upper Louisiana: Also, an Estimate of their Produce for Three Years submitted by Moses Austin informing President Thomas Jefferson of “the number, extent and situation of the Lead Mines in Upper Louisiana, with an estimate of the average quality of mineral produced, and the number of hands employed at each mine; with the probable quantity which may be annually produced, when the country becomes populated so as to afford workmen sufficient to occupy the mines to advantage“ for ten mines: Mine á Burton, Mine á Robuna, Old Mines, Mine Ranault, Mine á Maneto, Mine á la Plate, Mine á Joe, Mine á Lanye, Mine á la Mott, and Mine á Gerbore. Each mine is given specific treatment concerning its geographical location, the quantity and quality of mineral raised, a short history of each, and, in some cases, the amount of manpower needed to work the mine. Austin states that “no country yet known furnishes greater indications of an inexhaustible quantity of lead mineral, and so easily obtained.” He concludes by providing an estimate for the production “of the several mines“ and adds: “This calculation, perhaps, by some, may be deemed incredible, but the riches and extent of the mines justify the calculation.” This is believed to be the only printed item containing original material by Moses Austin.

Having already established himself as a pioneer in lead industry while working in Virginia, where he simultaneously immersed himself in debt, Austin set his sights on the rumored lead deposits in what was then Spanish Upper Louisiana (modern-day Missouri). Acquiring a grant to Mine á Burton, he quickly gained control of all smelting in the area. Initially successful, he ran into trouble after 1812 for not paying his debts, so he traveled to Texas in 1820 in search of other opportunities. After receiving a grant to bring 300 colonists to Texas, he returned to Missouri to make preparations for his new Texas colony. Just two months after arriving back in Missouri, however, he died, but not before requesting his son Stephen to carry out his plan to begin a colony in Texas.

The booklet contains ink notations throughout the first portion titled President’s Message, November 8th, 1804. This copy once belonged to Congressman Samuel W. Dana of Connecticut who has placed his signature on the title page. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Evenly toned. An overall fine copy. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.

Reference: American Imprints, 7551. Graff 4405. Howes A401 (under Austin). Sabin 2419 (under Austin).Estimate: $2,000-$4,000 Starting Bid: $1,000


42005 Stephen F. Austin Land Transfer Document Signed “Estevan F. Austin.“ Two and one-half pages, 8.5” x 12”, on seal paper, in Spanish, Villa de San Felipe de Austin, December 18, 1830. The deed states, in Spanish, “Estevan F. Austin, Empresario to establish Three Hundred Families within the ten coastal leagues on the coast of the Mexican interior, between the La Baca River and the San Jacinto River; and special commissioner of the Supreme Government of the State of Coahuila and Texas for the partition and possession of lands, and issuing of titles inside the empresario’s limits to the new Colonists...” to grant “one sitio” of land situated on the Bay of Carancawa (Carancawa Bayou) to “Nancy Artemecia McFarland, the widow of Jose White.” Countersigned by W. T. Lightfoot and C. C. Givens. The execution of this deed was one of the four steps required for an immigrant to obtain land in Austin’s Colony. Docketed incorrectly to “Nancy A. Madison“ for “One League of land...on Carancawa Bayou.”

Joseph (Jose) White was a member of Stephen F. Austin’s Old Three Hundred. In 1821, the Spanish government granted Moses Austin, Stephen’s father, a permit to settle three hundred families in present-day Texas. Moses died before he could see the plan to fruition, but the venture was taken up by his son. White came to Texas via Georgia in 1824 and, by 1828, had been elected alcalde, a position whereby the holder is both mayor, head of the city coun-cil, and judge rolled into one, of San Felipe de Austin. He died on June 14, 1830.

Reference: Streeter 14Estimate: $6,000-$9,000 Starting Bid: $3,000

42006 [Stephen F. Austin] and [Nashville Company] and [Leftwich Grant] and [Sterling C. Robertson] Manuscript Document Regarding the Original Grants Issued to the Nashville Company Later Given to Stephen F. Austin and Samuel Williams. Four pages of a bifolium, on seal paper of the state of Coahuila y Tejas, Sello Tercero; 8.5” x 12.75”, San Fernando de Bexar, May 20, 1833. A period fair copy of the cancellation of the empresario contract for the Nashville Company, in favor of a new contract with Stephen F. Austin. Page one reads, in part: “the foreigner Sterling C. Robertson, as agent for the company of Nesh=vville [sic] which in April of the year 1825 contracted with the Government of this state an empresa to Colonize the territories of Texas conducted by the citizen of the United States of the North Roberto Leptvich, and whose con-tract was annulled - in light of not having completed in the six years the plans that were pro-posed...“ The document goes on to state that a new contract for colonization undertaken by “Estevan Austin y Samuel M Williams“ is issued.

Pages two and three of the agreement outline the lands to be used, and states that Austin and Williams will bring 800 families, Mexican and foreign, to colonize the lands that are being awarded. Of particular note is Article 7 which states that the Empresarios will not allow criminals or derelicts, and explicitly forbids the trade of arms with the Indians. Manuscript ends abruptly on page four. Overall condition is excellent, with uneven toning and a few spots of paper loss occurring at the folds or as a result of ink-burn.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400


42007 D. W. C. Baker. A Texas Scrap-Book. Made Up of the History, Biography and Miscellany of Texas and Its People. New York, Chicago, and New Orleans: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1875. 8vo, 639 pages. Appendix. Portrait of Stephen F. Austin as frontispiece. Thirty-three illustrations. Publisher’s original brown cloth, stamped in black on the boards and spine, title gilt stamped on the spine. Signatures are oversewn. Bumped corners and shelf wear. Raines calls it, “An invaluable book of reference as to information about Texas.”Reference: Raines, p. 18.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42008 W. P. Ballinger. To the Citizens of the Counties of Galveston, Harris, Liberty and Chambers. One page broadside, 7.5” x 11.75”, printed on blue paper, Galveston, October 29, 1861, regarding a law passed under an Act of the Confederate Congress on August 20, 1861, whereby “All the lands, tenements and heredita-ments, goods and chattels, rights and credits, within the Confederate States, and every right and interest therein, held, owned, possessed or enjoyed, by or for any alien enemy, since 21st May, 1861...are thereby sequestrated by the C.S., and shall be held for the full indemnity of the citizens or residents of, or other person aiding the Confederate States in the present war, against losses by the seizure, condemnation or confiscation of their property, under any act of the United States, or any State thereof, authorizing the same.”

The law describes “alien enemies“ as “All persons...who have a domicil in any of the United States, whether citizens or not. Thus, ‘the subjects of Great Britain, France and other neutral nations who have a domicil, or are carrying on business or traffic, within the States at war with this Confederate States, or aid or abet the United States in the existing war.’”

W. P. Ballinger was appointed Receiver by “the Judge of the Confederate Court of this District“ to carry out the execution of the law. All citizens were re-quired to report “all such property, rights, credits, &c.”Grand Juries of the Confederate Courts were obliged to “report all property, &c., held by or for alien enemies.” In addition, those persons “indebted to alien enemies become the debtors of the Confederate States, and are required to render a written statement of all such indebtedness.”

Mildly toned along the folds with one half inch tear at the top edge. Light staining at the bottom left corner. Else fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300

42009 John Russell Bartlett. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, During the Years 1850, ‘51, ‘52, and ‘53. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1854. First edition. Two 8vo volumes, xxii, 506 pages; xvii, 624 pages. Index. Six pages of ads in Volume I. Illustrated with two folding frontispieces, large folding map of the U.S. and Mexican border area. Sixteen tinted lithograph plates (with an unlisted plate facing page 292 of Volume II); many other black and white plates and smaller text cuts throughout. Original dark green, blind stamped ruled cloth over boards. Gilt lettering and cactus design to spines. Blue endpapers. Two bookplates each on the front pastedowns of both volumes from the library of Mrs. Moye Wicks. Page edges untrimmed. Moderate to heavy toning and foxing to text and some plates. The map has a small tear on the right; staining on pages opposite plates. Wrinkling of the spine on Volume I. Some bumping to the corners. Head of spine on Volume II shows some slight chipping. Small pencil scribbles on half title page of Volume I. Overall, a set in very good condition.

References: Abbey 658. Basic Texas Books 12. Graff 198. Howes B201. Raines, p. 22. Sabin 3746. Wagner-Camp 234:1.Estimate: $700-$900 Starting Bid: $350


42010 [Joseph P. Blessington]. The Campaigns of Walker’s Texas Division. By a Private Soldier. New York: Lange, Little & Co., 1875. First edition. 8vo, 314 pages. Green, blind stamped cloth over boards with lettering and Lone Star gilt stamped to spine. Bookplate of R. E. Lee Glasgow to front pastedown. Boards lightly scuffed and stained; edges are fraying in places. Chipping at the head and foot of spine. Small hole in spine covering. Cloth is wrinkling on the rear board. Small stain on page 14. Volume contained in a clear dust jacket. Near very good.

“The names of the officers and diary of marches also included, with an ac-count of the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department. One of the best war histories written, as to the Texas troops” (Raines).

References: Basic Texas Books 17. Howes B533. Raines, p. 27.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

42011 Town of Bolivar Stock Certificate. One page, 6.5” x 4”, December 3, 1838, number 44. “Certificate of Stock in the Town of Bolivar“ certifying “A. Wynns & Wm. Lawrence“ as holders of one share, “being the one thousandth part of the Stock of said Town, which is situated on Point Bolivar on Galveston Bay.“ Printed by “Telegraph Press.”

Archibald Wynns was a one-time congressman and lawyer who, along with his partner, William Lawrence, is said to have purchased 960 acres of land from surveyor Samuel D. Parr on Point Bolivar and founded a town called Ismail or Ishmael. Lightly toned, else fine.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42012 Town of Bolivar Stock Certificate. One page, 6.5” x 3.75” (sight), December 3, 1838, number 52. “Certificate of Stock in the Town of Bolivar“ certifying “A. Wynns & Wm. Lawrence“ as holders of one share, “being the one thousandth part of the Stock of said Town, which is situated on Point Bolivar on Galveston Bay.“ Printed by “Telegraph Press.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 12.75” x 10.75”.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42013 [Colonial Texas Military Commander]. Bernardo Bonavía y Zapata Manuscript Edict Signed Signed on seal paper. One page, 12” x 17”, Durango, dated July 7, 1802. Untranslated, but content regarding land values, and mandating that land claims be settled and cultivated within a year. With seals from the reign of both Carolus IV and Carolus III along the left margin, and signed “Berndo Bonavía“. With dockets beneath and on verso indicating that edict has been copied and printed . With single vertical and horizontal folds and a few creases, otherwise near fine.

Bonavía was appointed governor of Texas in 1788, but did not serve because his services were needed elsewhere. He was appointed governor-intendant of Durango in 1796, in which capacity this document is signed. He would later serve as military commander of Texas beginning in 1809.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42014 [Colonial Texas Military Commander]. Bernardo Bonavía y Zapata Signed Broadside Issued by Miguel la Grua Talamanca y Branciforte. One sheet on seal paper, 12” x 16.75”, issued in Mexico on December 29, 1796, and endorsed and signed by Bonavía in Durango on February 7, 1797. Talamanca became viceroy of New Spain in July 1794, and as was customary, had issued an edict demonetizing the previous cur-rency in favor of his own. The broadside offered here states that the year he had allowed for the collection and destruction of all old coinage beginning on December 19, 1795, will be extended by six months. The broadside further prohibits the exportation of all old silver and gold coinage, as well as its use in commerce. Bonavía endorses and signs at bottom indicating that the broadside will be published in the province under his charge. On laid paper with two seals from the reign of Carolus IV on verso. Gently toned, with folds and creasing thereat, otherwise fine.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

Edward Borein Original Art

42015 Edward Borein Ink Drawing and Etching on recto and verso, single sheet. On the recto, Cowboys on Horseback, Indian ink and graphite draw-ing, signed by the artist, 7.13” x 11.25” (sight). Verso, Cowpunchers, No. 2, G27, soft-ground etching, 7.25” x 11” (sight). The works are similar in composition and scale; they depict three heavily shadowed cowboys on horseback riding into the sun. The similarity of the works allows them to be presented together, such that one can hold the frame to the light and see both images together.

The American artist Edward Borein (1872-1945) is known as an authentic early cowboy artist. In the late 19th cen-tury, Borein lived in Mexico as a ranch hand, learning Spanish and sketching his surroundings. In 1900, he began work as an illustrator and on assignments he was able to venture across the Southwest,


observing the culture of cowboy life and interacting with several Native American tribes. For these reasons, Borein’s work is valued as authenti-cally depicting the cowboy lifestyle with its ups and downs, its camarade-rie and its lonesomeness.

Edward Borein’s commercial success as an illustrator is demonstrated by the appearance of his ink drawings in Harpers and Colliers Weekly as well as in ads for Stetson Hats, Pierre Arrow and Aunt Jemima. Cowboys on Horseback with some creasing and a spot of discoloration on left border. Cowpunchers, No. 2, G27 exhibits slight surface paper loss at top center. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Estimate: $6,000-$8,000 Starting Bid: $3,000

42016 The Life and Adventures of Robert McKimie, Alias “Little Reddy,” from Texas. Subtitled, The Dare-Devil Desperado of the Black Hills Region, Chief of the Murderous Gang of Treasure Coach Robbers. Compiled from Authentic Sources by J. W. Bridwell. [Hillsboro, Ohio: Hillsboro Gazette Office. 1878.] 5.5” x 9”. 56pp. Sewn. With five illustrations (Robert McKimie [on cover and page 3], Seth Bullock [page 9], Sheriff Newell [page 17], “Granstaff’s Cabin“ [page 40], and John T. Norris [page 55]). The tan wrappers (original) are worn, foxed, and moder-ately stained.

“Little Reddy” McKimie killed the stage driver of a Deadwood stage during a hold up in 1877. He was captured in Ohio a year later, but made several escapes with the help of female accomplices.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750

42017 John Henry Brown. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas. Austin: L. E. Daniell, [1896]. First edition. 4to, 762 pages, in double columns. Indexed. Illustrated with photographs, engraved and painted por-traits, and text illustrations. Rebound in blind stamped leather with gilt stamped title on front board; original blind and gilt stamped spine covering kept, but heav-ily damaged. Marbled page edges. Corners bumped and extremities worn. Moderate wear to boards. Mildly toned, else very good.

“This is Brown’s most important book and one of the best works on Texas Indian fighters and early pioneers. The information was gathered over his entire fifty years in Texas, and the text was completed shortly before his death. Although he felt his History of Texas was his major contribution,

that work pales beside Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas for interest, infor-mation, and reliability.” (Jenkins) TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.

Reference: Basic Texas Books 23. Howes B857.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

42018 David G. Burnet Autograph Letter Signed “David G. Burnet.” One and one-half pages, 8.5” x 10.5”, “near Lynchburg, Harris Cy,” October 20, 1856, to “His Excellency“ Texas Governor Elisha M. Pease, he writes in full:

“I have not seen the laws providing for a State Engineer and assistant; but understand that the assistant is to be appointed by the Executive. I therefore make this my first application to the government of Texas for a personal favor. My son, William E. Burnet, a native Texian, graduated at the State Military Institute of Kentucky something more than a year ago. His studies were spe-cially directed to the science of applied engineering and he has a corresponding diploma. Our mutual friend, Dr Ashbel Smith will probably write to you on this subject and I will defer any further allusion to my son’s qualifications.

“Should you conceive it proper to confer the appointment of assistant Engineer upon him, you will render an important favor to one who has but small means of reciprocation. He will however know how to appreciate it.”

David G. Burnet (1788-1870) served as the first (ad interim) President of the Republic of Texas from March through October of 1836, the second vice-president under Mirabeau B. Lamar, and first Secretary of State of Texas from 1846 through 1848, but in 1856, after failed bids at acquiring positions as a United States district judge and Galveston customs col-lector, he was making a meager living as a subsistence farmer. His only surviving son, William, joined the United States Army, a position he would later resign, to join the Confederate States Army. He was killed at Spanish Fort, Alabama, in 1865.

Signature is bold and bright. Toning along the right margin; some chip-ping along the edge. Ink bleeding on the verso.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750


42019 David G. Burnet Republic of Texas Land Grant Signed “David G. Burnet“ as president and Thomas W. Ward as commissioner of the General Land Office. One page, partially printed on vellum, 14.75” x 12.5”, Austin, January 20, 1841, granting to “James Dunn his heirs or assigns Forever Twelve Hundred and Eighty acres of Land...In Milam County, on the waters of Davidson’s Creek...” and “...all the right and title, in and to said Land, heretofore held and possessed by the government of said Republic [of Texas].” Blind stamped seal of the Republic of Texas and blind embossed seal of the General Land Office. Folds, else fine.

At the time of issue, Burnet was acting President of the Republic (for the second time), President Mirabeau Lamar having been ill and seeking med-ical treatment. As his first “official” act, he tried to convince Congress to declare war on Mexico, but was thwarted by supporters of his old nemesis, Sam Houston. His second “term” put him more at odds with the citizens of Texas and during the presidential election of 1841, he was defeated by Houston. Thomas William “Peg Leg” Ward had fought at the siege of Bexar in December 1835. During the battle, at the head of an artillery company, Capt. Ward lost his leg to a cannonball and was later fitted with a peg leg. He served as commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas from 1841-1848.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

Texas Ranger appointment

42020 David G. Burnet and James Pinckney Henderson Military Appointment Signed as Texas Secretary of State and Governor of Texas respectively. One page, 16” x 14”, Austin, February [8], 1847, appointing

“C. C. Colley First Lieutenant of Rangers in the Company mustered into the Service of the United States on the 20th October 1846.” Blind stamped Seal of the State of Texas at left. The document is nearly torn in two down the

vertical fold crease and is detaching on all three horizontal folds; paper loss along the top edge with uneven toning and light foxing. The ink is heavily faded making parts illegible, but both signatures remain bold and bright.

During the Mexican War (1846-1848), the Texas Rangers were enlisted to assist the regular armed forces of the United States. Volunteer regi-ments were forming all over the state to aid the U. S. army leading to the formation of the Texas Volunteers. Wanting to serve his state in more than just a political role, Governor Henderson, himself a former brigadier general in the Texas Army, with special permission from the state legis-lature, was given a command over the Second Texas Regiment of Texas Volunteers. The Second Texas saw action at the Battle of Monterrey and Henderson was tasked with helping in the negotiations for surrender of the city. Toward the end of the war he was given a major general rank of Texas volunteers. After the war, he served out the remainder of his term as governor. David G. Burnet (1788-1870) served as the first (ad interim) President of the Republic of Texas from March through October of 1836, the second vice-president under Mirabeau B. Lamar, and first Secretary of State of Texas from 1846 through 1848.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $350

42021 Mathew Caldwell Document Signed. Two pages, 7.63” x 9.75” (folded), December 22, 1835, Gonzales, Texas. Written just months after the Battle of Gonzales, this document gives authorization to Eli Mitchel as a contractor for the Volunteer Army. The appointment is signed by Matthew Caldwell, Captain of the Gonzales-Seguin Rangers, Sub Contractor in the Volunteer Army and later, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Notably, this appointment is also co-signed by Ezekiel Williams, one of the Old Eighteen, the group of American colonists who defended Gonzales’ town cannon in events that ultimately led to the Battle of Gonzales. Opens to 9.75” x 15.25”, with some paper loss at the folds, moderate toning, and foxing throughout.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42022 Capt. Robert G. Carter. On the Border with Mackenzie; or, Winning West Texas from the Comanches. Washington D. C.: Eynon Printing Company, Inc.,

[1935]. Inscribed by the author on a note pasted to the half title page. First edition. 8vo, xviii, 542 pages. Illustrated with three black and white plates. Red cloth binding with title and author’s name in gilt let-tering on front board and spine. Some rubbing on binding; adhesive ghosting on front pastedown and shallow nibbling on bottom edge, however, the copy is in fine condition.

“One of the best sources on the Federal cavalry campaigns against the Indians in the 1870s.” (Basic Texas Books). Michael Tate describes Carter’s account in The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography: “Perhaps the best first-hand description of Texas military life and campaigns against Comanches and Kiowas during the turbu-lent 1870s. As a captain in Ranald Mackenzie’s Fourth Cavalry, Carter participated in some of the most important events, and he describes these in great detail.”

References: Basic Texas Books 25. Howes C195. Rader 611.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750

42023 Two Accounts of Army Life in Texas including: Robert G. Carter. On the Border with Mackenzie; Or, Winning West Texas from the Comanches. Washington D. C.: Eynon Printing Company, Inc., 1935. First edition. 8vo, 542 pages. Three black-and-white photo-graphic plates. Original red cloth with gilt titles and blind ruled borders. Separation at spine; corners lightly rubbed. Previous owner’s stamped signature on the front free endpaper. Text tight and clean. A scarce volume in near fine condition. “One of the best sources on the Federal cavalry campaigns against the Indians in the 1870s” (Basic Texas Books). Michael Tate describes Carter’s account in The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography: “Perhaps the best first-hand de-scription of Texas military life and campaigns against Comanches and Kiowas during the turbulent 1870s. As a captain in Ranald Mackenzie’s Fourth Cavalry, Carter participated in some of the most important events, and he describes these in great detail.” [and:] Robert G. Carter. The Old Sergeant’s Story. Winning the West From the Indians and Bad Men in 1870 to 1876. New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 220 pages. Photographic portrait of John B. Charlton used as the frontispiece and seven additional plates. Publisher’s original red cloth over boards with titles stamped in black on the front board and spine. Some minor shelf wear; bumped corners. Carter’s story of his former comrade, John B. Charlton, the “old sergeant”, was written from the many letters between the two men until Charlton’s death in 1922.Robert G. Carter was a Medal of Honor recipient and participated in many campaigns against Comanche and Kiowa Indians while serving in the 4th Cavalry.

References: Basic Texas Books 25. Howes C195. Rader 611. Adams Six-Guns 383; Howes C194.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750


42024 George Catlin. Westward Bound A Hundred Years Ago. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1939. First edition, limited to 115 hand-numbered and signed copies of which this is number 80. Signed by illustrator Tom Lea on the limitation page. 4to, 10 pages printed on the recto side only. With sketches by Tom Lea throughout text. Quarter-bound gray paper over yellow printed boards; clear dust jacket. Dust jacket has repair work on back, but otherwise a beautiful copy in fine condition.

While reading Catlin’s Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, artist Tom Lea stumbled upon a page where “Catlin’s thick-spread prose was a song to me - the song of that old traveler’s heart, and the West a cry of freedom. Every paragraph asked its own page and every page its picture.” At the time of original issue only 57 copies were bound. Due to slow sales it was only in 1944, five years after the original publication, that the remaining books were bound, including this beautiful volume, one of only six bound in cloth.

Reference: Lowman 11.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

Scarce copy of History of the Cattlemen of Texas


42025 History of the Cattlemen of Texas. A Brief Resume of the Stock Industry of the Southwest and a Biographical Sketch of Many of the Important Characters Whose Lives are Interwoven Therein. Dallas: Johnston Printing and Advertising Company, 1914. First edition. Large 8vo. 327 pp. Frontispiece. 55 illustrations. Rebound to style in black textured cloth, with original leather title label with gilt lettering mounted to front board. Gilt lettering to spine. Some mild rubbing to extremities. Mild to moderate foxing to three blank fly-leaves, to half-title, and to fore-edge. A tight and bright copy in near fine condition.

From the foreword: “The private libraries of Texans and the public libraries of the Southwest will be enriched by the addition of a volume dedicated to the lives and deeds and work of the cattlemen of Texas, the men who have been identified with the industry in all its vicissitudes of fortune and whose names are household words in the city and hamlet as well as in the country range.” The first 61 pages give a history and overview of Texas ranching, followed by 58 biographic sketches of cattlemen.

This book was sold in a very limited run to subscribers. Adams calls it “exceedingly rare.” And William Reese, in Six-Score, considers this “the rarest, most important, and least known book on the range cattle industry. No author is known. My personal belief is that Russell Evan Ward, whose sketch appears last in the book, may have had something to do with its compiling.” He concludes that it “should be one of the most prized books of any collector fortu-nate enough to own one.” TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.

References: Haley, Vandale, pp. 23-215. Herd 2254. Howes T127. Six-Score 59.Estimate: $18,000-$25,000 Starting Bid: $9,000


42026 Texas 1936 Centennial China with Bluebonnets. Four pieces, produced by Cavitt-Shaw, white with blue rims and blue-bonnet flourishes, made for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition.Shallow bowl with small handle, 6.75” x 2”. Notably, there is an assemblage of bluebonnets in the shape of a Texas five-point star on the bottom of the bowl. Additionally, there are two small bunches of bluebonnets on the sides. Inside the bowl, stamped in silver, “Texas 1936 Centennial“. No chipping or cracking.Egg cup, 2.75” x 3.75”. Decorated with two bunches of bluebon-nets, one on the façade of the cup and another on the base. No markings or stamps on the egg cup. No chipping or cracking.Small Cream Pitcher, 2.25” x 3.5” (with handle and lip, 4.75”). Stamped in silver “Texas 1936 Centennial“. There is a very small (2mm) chip to lip of the creamer. Adorned with one bluebonnet

on the inside of the creamer with several additional bunches around base of the exterior.Chocolate Pot, 3.75” x 6.75”. On bottom, stamped with “Texas 1936 Centennial“ in silver and “Cavitt-Shaw 136D“ in green. No chipping or cracking.

Cavitt-Shaw was a division of W.S. George, which at one time was the largest pottery manufacturer in the United States. Known for its “utilityware,” china and pottery for hotels and restaurants, in addition to kitchenware, crockery and dinnerware sets for the individual buyer. The company was dis-solved in 1955.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

42027 [General Thomas Jefferson Chambers]. Documents Connected with the Late Controversy between Gen. T. J. Chambers of Texas, and Messrs. Wilson & Postlethwaite of Kentucky. Louisville: Prentice & Weissinger, Printers, 1836. 8vo, 27 pages. Plain blue wraps. Modern quarter-bound slipcase in red cloth with red, gilt lettered spine and red tri-fold protective case in red cloth over boards. During the Texas Revolution, agents from Texas roamed the United States pleading for military aid. Thomas J. Chambers was one such agent. Having first been against the rebellion, but now in full support of it, he requested a major general’s commission and in exchange he traveled to Kentucky where he would

“engage emigrants and raise the means to equip and supply the army by pledging the faith of our republic.” Colonel Edward J. Wilson and Captain G. L. Postlethwaite were among those that answered the call.

Receiving a chilly reception by President Burnet and his Cabinet, they returned to Kentucky with 80 of their men, and wrote a disparaging letter about the people of Texas, and General Chambers in particular, which ignited a war of words in a Louisville newspaper. Chambers then retaliated with a letter in defense not only of himself, but of Texas. Wilson, he says,

“appeared to be animated by the same noble and chivalric feelings as his companions, but who, it would seem by his subsequent conduct, was actuated by motives purely selfish, and is capable of cherishing feelings of the deepest revenge for the slightest disappointment of his avarice or vanity.” He goes on to present testimonies of the situation by other volunteers from Kentucky which refutes the stance of Wilson and Postlethwaite. Chambers, still in Louisville, remained to await the arrival of Wilson and Postlethwaite and was advised of “the probability of a street attack...made upon him“ to which he made “arrangements to call them out and fight them on the same day...if challenged.”

With the possibility of an impending duel, the remainder of the publication consists of letters between the friends of both parties negotiating an honor-able way for the men to avoid bloodshed. A fascinating read. Light shelfwear to slipcase. Light to moderate scattered foxing; toned margins. Else fine.

Reference: Sabin 95079.Estimate: $2,500-$3,500 Starting Bid: $1,250


42028 Thomas Jefferson Chambers. To the People of Texas. Twelve pages, 5.25” x 8”, printed and bound in booklet form, Austin, February 20, 1863, introducing himself as “a candidate for the office of Governor of Texas“ for the upcoming gubernatorial election later that year. Chambers feels it necessary to lay before the citizenry of Texas the events of the past two years in which he sought an appointment to the Confederate army and left the Confederate capital “with some feelings of exasperation against the President and his cabinet on account of his failure to have our coast properly defended, to provide our Texas troops with Texian commanders, and...to treat with due respect the recommendation and request of our State.“

Chambers presents as evidence letters from Texas Governor Frank R. Lubbock, the Texas Senate, and the Texas House of Representatives, dat-ing 1861 to 1862, requesting an appointment in the Confederate army in his name. Lubbock pleads his case best when he describes Chambers as “one of the earliest settlers of Texas, and held the rank of Major General and second in command in the Texas revolution, and he received two votes of thanks for the Congress of the Republic, for the distinguished services he ren-dered in that position.”

He goes on to explain his volunteer service as an aide to General Hood and his plea to the Confederate government to defend the coast of Texas. At the end he outlines his plans for the future of Texas if he is elected and concludes by appealing to the sense of patriotism felt by her citizens:

“Be of good cheer, my fellow-countrymen, for our cause is just and holy, and it will triumph. God, in his inscrutable wisdom and justice...has permitted our vandal foes to occupy for a season, and to devastate some of the fairest portions of our beloved South...in order to harden our hearts against, and to separate us forever from , a barbarian people, fanatical, intolerant, deaf to the voice of conscience, meddlesome, corrupt, conceited, perfidious, incapable of maintaining and administering a free Government, and wholly unworthy of our association; and He will, in his own good time, accord to us the final vic-tory, and our independence.”

Chambers lost the election to Pendleton Murrah. Remnant of bind-ing along the left edge; the majority of pages detached. Heavy toning. Damage to first page and ink notations. Corner dog-eared on page 12. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $350

42029 Franklin Chase Archive spanning the years 1839 through 1866, it includes letters, a copy of a decree by President Benito Juárez, a broad-side from Ignacio Comonfort, and payment cards all owned by Franklin Chase, who collected the documents during his time with the United States Consulate. Franklin Chase (?-1890) was a United States consular agent, vice-consul, and then consul for Tampico, Mexico, for a total of thirty-seven years. After being forced to leave Tampico at the start of the Mexican War, his wife Ann, who was Irish and held British citizenship, refused to leave and carried out her husband’s business. She fed informa-tion to the U. S. military through British officers that led to the bloodless capture of the city by the Americans. He returned to Mexico and, after the recall of the German, Spanish, and French consuls, he filled in, served as consul to four nations at one time. He died in New York in December 27, 1890.

The seven letters contained are of a professional nature and all but one is addressed to Franklin Chase. The include:

Gideon Welles Letter Signed as Secretary of the Navy. One page, 7.75” x 10”, “Navy Department,” October 17, 1862, to Ann Chase, the wife of Franklin Chase. In full: “The Department has received your letter of the 13th inst, in which you ask that a government vessel may be sent to Tampico Mexico, to afford you a passage to your home there, (other means being uncer-tain) and regrets that the exigencies of the service will not permit a compliance with your request.”Signature has slight smudging; folds. Very fine.

[Mexican War] Henry Pinkney Autograph Letter Signed “Henry Pinkney.” One page, 7.75” x 9.5”, written aboard the “US Steamer Vixen off the Tuspan [Tuxpan] reef,” April 18, 1848, to Franklin Chase. In part:

“Our communication with Vera Cruz is so rare, and at such uncertain inter-vals, that I am induced to take the liberty of enclosing some letters for home to your care... We are completely out of the way of getting news here, and I am ignorant of the prospects that there may be of concluding a peace, and as we feel a great interest in the progress of the negotiation, you would confer a favor by giving us any intelligence repeating it.” The bottom margin of the letter has the following note: “A few days after the receipt of this letter Mr Chase received the melancholy news of the death of Comds Pinkney & [William S.] Harris. They were both drowned on the Bar of Tuspan!!”

D. Sanzac Autograph Letter Signed. Three pages, 5” x 8”, New Orleans, January 12, 1866, to Franklin Chase regarding the case of the Steamer Sonora. In part: “...Thanking you for extraordinary exertions in case of steamer ‘Sonora’ I have to state to you that all papers relating thereto are in the hands of his Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State... Possessing copies of Registers of evidences I will at once proceed to Tampico and hope your aid and ability will bring this case to a close.” On page three is the copy of a letter sent to Mr. Clavel from Secretary of State William Seward in which he writes: “Your communication of the 22nd of October, relative to the steamer ‘Sonora,’ has been received and will engage my attention.”

During the Civil War, the Sonora was a merchant vessel of the United States owned by F. Clavel. In 1864, she was seized by a part of her crew while on route to New Orleans and was diverted and docked in Aransas bay (Texas) where she was delivered to Confederate agents. The agents


pretended to condemn the event and “sold” the ship, splitting the sum of $11,000 with those who stole her. On June 9, 1865, flying the flag of the Confederacy, she sailed for Tampico, Mexico.

[Mexican War]. William Gates Letter Signed “Wm. Gates.” One page, 8” x 9.75”, “Head Quarters Artillery Battalion“, Tampico [Mexico], December 3, 1846, to Franklin Chase appointing him “Actg Collector of the Port of Tampico“ after the capture of the port during the first year of the Mexican War. Folds; very fine.

Additional letters include: Richard Pinckney Letter Signed, August 21 (n. y.), regarding the detainment of the Sloop Robert May in Tuxpan for not having proper receipts for her cargo; Charles R. Webster Autograph Letter Signed, January 13, 1857, informing Chase of his appointment as “consul for Tehuantecpec, and Huatulco“; and Treasury Department Letter, August 24, 1855, informing Ann Chase that “the receipt which you were desired to transmit to this office for the sum of $1913.30...is not absolutely necessary...”

Also included: Decree by President Benito Juarez to the “Secretary of State and the Dispatch of Foreign Relations.“ Twenty-one pages, 9” x 14”, Vera Cruz, November 26, 1859. Fair copy of a decree by the president establishing consuls, vice-consuls, and consular agents of those countries with which Mexico has peaceful relations with to enter Mexico, granted they have first received an exequatur based on the character of those ap-pointed. What follows is a list of thirty-four articles giving rules for the conduct of the agents as well as the powers of the consul to “further...the interests of their countrymen, specially [sic] of those engaged in commercial pursuits.”

[War of Reform]. El Progreso Broadside regarding the resignation of President Ignacio Comonfort and his subsequent flight to Veracruz one week prior. One Page, in Spanish, 4.75” x 10.75”, Vera Cruz, January 28, 1858.

Also, three payment cards including: One in the amount of two pesos. 7.5” x 3.25”, 1839, in Spanish; Carta de Pago. Paid to Franklin Chase in the amount of MXN $63.00, 8.25” x 3.5”, 1840, in Spanish; Carta de Pago. Paid to Franklin Chase in the amount of MXN $279.38, 8.25” x 3.5”, 1840, in Spanish.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

A scarce Mexican passport issued to a citizen of the Austin colony

42030 Horatio Chriesman Signed Mexican Passport Granting Safe Passage to the United States. One page, 8” x 8.25”, “Villa de Austin“, May 24, 1832. Signing as

“Alcalde” of the jurisdiction of Austin, Chriesman grants the “colonist Benj McKinney passage to the United States of the North“ for business purposes. Some restoration to the separations at the folds on verso, with dampstaining and toning.

Chriesman arrived in Texas in 1822 as one of Stephen Austin’s Old Three Hundred. In addition to acting as Alcalde, he also served as Stephen Austin’s surveyor until 1836.Estimate: $600-$900 Starting Bid: $300

42031 José Cisneros Original Pen and Ink Drawing titled Sp.- Mexican “Hacendado” - Mid. 18th Cent. 14“ x 19” (sight), matted and framed to an overall size of 20.75” x 25.75”. Signed “J. Cisneros / El Paso/ ‘90“ in the lower left corner. The self-taught artist is best known for his Riders Across the Centuries: Horsemen of the Spanish Borderlands, a collection of more than 100 original illustrations that received the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler Award in 1985. Cisneros was also presented with the National Humanities Medal in 2002. Very minor soiling in margins.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $400

42032 Nestor Clay Autographed Letter Signed Twice “N. Clay.“ Two and one-half pages, 7.75” x 12.5”,

“Austin’s Colony,” April, 28, 1832, in ink, it reads, in full:

“I have just met with an op-portunity of writing to you by a gentleman from Christian County Ky. Mr. Estis he is so well pleased he wishes to give a way one of the finest homes & farm in Ky to get leave to come to this free fighting stock raise-ing [sic] money hunting coun-trys [sic] I have just got home having been gone since the 15th of January last on a cam-paign against the Indians in the mountains we traveled about 300 miles up the Colorado across to the Brazos Thence down that & the Rio San Andrews in a king 681 miles & saw no Indians but we got a chance to living for 3 months on 19 different kinds of animals to wit Buffalo Mustang horse wild cow Deer antelope panther Bear wild cat mountain cat polecat Leopard cat together with a variety of fish fowl turtle &c making 19 in all we started to be gone 20 or 30 days so that we were 60 days without Bread salt coffee sugar Tobacco or in fact any thing beat Horse beef at times but I do assure You that it is better than Buffalo wild cow or venison so that if you have an old fat horse that is worth no more than an ox of the same size you can try it & I can also State that polecat is the worst meete [sic] I have ever tasted. The family are all in good health having children & all she says she


is trying to make arrangements for us all to come to see you this fall she is sole maneger [sic] here she has & tolerable crop of corn some rye wheat & oats that looks pretty well she has 40 calves in her pen & expects 60 this season they are now fine beef even the milch [sic] cows she has about 200 head & is getting quite proud of her stock & farm for you must know that I have my bottle of Brandy by me & have gave ale up but arms your grand children & child looks very well to be serious I should be glad to hear from you & all my friend often but you have badly neglected writing as well as the rest of my friends write how all are & give us all the news“

“PS I had like to have forgot to tell you of the quantity of silver oar [sic] we found I think from the experiment made and the silver smelted that we may calculate on a fortune some day from it. N. Clay“

Nestor Clay (1799-1835), a cousin of the famous politician Henry Clay, first moved to “Austin’s Colony“ in 1822. Austin’s Colony had been established in 1821 by an empresario grant issued by the Spanish government to Moses Austin, who died before his plan could be put into action. His son, Stephen F. Austin, deemed the rightful heir of the grant which allowed three hundred families (the Old Three Hundred) to settle as colonists in Texas, carried on his father’s work. In 1824, Clay, a former state senator from Kentucky, returned to Texas after a brief visit to Kentucky where he had gone to be married. He was a member of the Conventions of 1832 and 1833 and was killed during an Indian raid in 1834. While not a member of the Old Three Hundred, by the time of his death he held title issued by the Mexican government for 25,000 acres.

The letter is toned and there is some foxing. The paper exhibits the usual fold creases and there are some minor tears along these. Ghosting from the original wax seal; the script is bold and beautifully preserved. In fine condition.Estimate: $700-$900 Starting Bid: $350

Colorado Springs

42033 Colorado Springs Vacation Home. A five day stay in Colorado Springs, located 8950 above sea level. The house includes sev-en bedrooms and 4 ½ baths on three levels, with views of Pikes Peak, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and the Collegiate Range. Fully equipped gourmet kitchen looks out onto an expansive living room, ideal for entertain-ing and family fun. The house sits on 160 acres, and includes a two acre trout lake on the northern edge of the property. (Fishing is strictly catch and release.) Hiking, photog-raphy, bird watching, wild life, fishing, ski-ing, gaming/gambling, shopping, picnicking, camping and golf are all within easy reach of the property.

Blackout dates are: May 15-June 15; September 15-October 15. Option/backup dates are a good idea in case of any schedul-ing conflicts, especially for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Labor Day and July 4. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Estimate: $5,000-$7,000 Starting Bid: $2,500

42034 Roscoe P. Conkling and Margaret B. Conkling. The Butterfield Overland Mail 1857-1869. Its Organization and Operation over the Southern Route to 1861; subsequently over the Central Route to 1866; and under Wells, Fargo and Company in 1869. Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1947. First edition. Three 8vo volumes, 412 pages; 446 pages. Atlas volume with seventy-seven plates and three folding maps. Original publisher’s maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spines. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. A beautiful set with only trivial fading to spines and light shelf wear, otherwise in near fine condition.

The Conklings (husband and wife) began writing their history in 1920 and upon publi-cation in 1947 it became the primary source of information for the Butterfield Overland Mail, the first great overland mail service running from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. The Conklings allegedly traveled over 65,000 miles in preparation for their book, interviewing anyone they could find associated with Butterfield as well as taking over 6,000 photographs.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300


42035 Victor Considerant. European Colonization in Texas: An Address to the American People. New York: Baker, Godwin & Co., Book and Job Printers, 1855. First American edition. 8vo. 38 pp. Wrappers. Pages 1-4 excised. Covers lightly foxed and soiled. Pages with light to mod-erate foxing. Otherwise, very good copy of a scarce text. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

References: Eberstadt 134:616. Howes C699. Sabin 15927.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42036 [Cortina War] and [Samuel P. Heintzelman]. Later Fair Copy of a Letter to Colonel Robert E. Lee. Thirty-five pages, held with two staples at the top, 8.5” x 14”, Fort Brown [Texas], March 1, 1860. Written from the “Headquarters Brownsville Expedition,” Lee had just returned

to Texas two weeks prior to resume command of his regiment and Heintzelman is giving an account of activities leading up to, and includ-ing his involvement in, the so-called First Cortina War.

Heintzelman begins by giving a description of Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, “the leader of the banditti who have for the last five months been in arms on the Lower Rio Grande, murdering, robbing, and burning.” He describes Cortina as: “...a ranchero, at one time claiming to be an American, and at another a Mexican. At the same time General [Zachary] Taylor arrived...he was a soldier in General Arista’s army. He has been for years noted as a lawless, desperate man.”

He describes the first incident of hostilities: “on the 13th of July last he was in Brownsville with some of his ranchero friends, when a man who was formerly a servant of his was arrested by the city marshal for abusing a cof-feehouse keeper. Cortinas attempted to rescue the man; he fired twice on the marshall [sic], the second shot wounding him in the shoulder, and rescued the prisoner. He mounted his horse, took the prisoner up behind him, and with his friends around him rode off defying the authorities to arrest him. He escaped to Matamoros, and there was treated with consideration and lauded s the de-fender of Mexican rights.”

On September 28, 1859, Cortina and forty to eighty men entered the town of Brownsville. “The citizens were awakened by firing and cries of ‘Viva cheno Cortinas!’...’Viva Mexico!’ The city was already in his possession...He avowed his determination to kill the Americans, but assured the Mexicans and foreigners that they should not be molested. Thus was a city of two thousand to three thousand inhabitants occupied by a band of armed bandits.” Two days later, after evacuating Brownsville, Cortina issues a proclamation, “in which he bid defiance to law, and assumed to protect those whom he alleged had been injured on account of their Mexican origin.”

Heintzelman describes the events up to his arrival on December 5 with a detachment of the United States army. Trying to get assess the situation, he writes: “The morning after our arrival I endeavored to get information as to the number, position, and objects of Cortinas; everyone appeared to be as ig-norant of these matters as I was.” A combined force of Texas Rangers under John S. Ford and U. S. Cavalry finally defeat Cortina at the battle of Rio Grande City. Of the victory, Heintzelman says: “The defeat was complete. We captured his guns, ammunition and baggage carts, provisions, everything he could throw away to lighten his flight, and entirely dispersed his force.“

One year later, with the eruption of the Civil War, Heintzelman would be promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and brevetted the same rank in the regular army in 1862. He commanded at First and Second Manassas. Robert E. Lee remained in Texas until the secession of the southern states forced his recall to Washington to take command of the Union army. He politely declined and followed his home state of Virginia into the Confederate States.

Heavy damage along the margins of the first and last page with moderate toning of page edges throughout; text is unaffected and is bright. The letter was intended as a report of events to a superior officer, but uninten-tionally reads like a western novel. Except for the flaws mentioned, it is in near fine condition.Estimate: $700-$900 Starting Bid: $350


42037 James Cox. Historical and Biographical Record Of The Cattle Industry & The Cattlemen of Texas & Adjacent Territory. St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan, 1895. First edition. 4to. 743pp. Indices. Illustrations. Cloth over board, gray color with stamped spine. Marbled endpapers. Some soiling to the edges and occasionally throughout the book. A few small tears to pages toward the end of the book and have been repaired with cellotape. Otherwise, pages in good condition with corners crisp. Signed and dated by original owner, “January 1, 1896“.

The first 293 pages concern the history of the cattle industry, but the bulk of the book, nearly 400 double-columned pages, is devoted to biographical sketches of 449 cattlemen. There is also a short section concerning the importance of the railroads on the cattle industry. “One of the ‘big four’ cattle books. An important book on the history of the cattle industry, and no collector’s library would be complete without it. It is rarely found with the frontispiece, and since it is an unusually heavy book and the leather has deteriorated with age, its back strip is usually missing or in bad condition. It is said that the scarcity of this book is due to the fact that nearly all the editions were lost in a warehouse fire” (Adams, Herd). Reese, in Six Score, calls this book “the cornerstone of any range library.”

References: Basic Texas Books 34. Herd 593. Howes J820. Reese 24.Estimate: $8,000-$12,000 Starting Bid: $4,000


42038 [Crime]. Report of the Directors and Officers of the Texas Penitentiary, For the Years 1856, ‘57. Printed by order of the Legislature of the State of Texas. Austin: Printed by John Marshall & Co., State Printers, 1857. First edition. 8vo. Slim wrappers. 46 pages. Original printed wrappers. One corner of rear wrapper and spine ends chipped, occasional mild foxing. With “B. A. Shepherd, Presented by Genl. [John S.] Besser, February 2nd, 1858“ written in ink on front cover; ink list on rear cover. Very good. Scarce. Biennial report of the state prison at Huntsville, containing Directors’ Report, Financial Agent’s Report (John S. Besser), Superintendent’s Report (James Gillaspie), and Physician’s Report for the state prison at Huntsville. With a detailed list of the 94 inmates, including their crimes and sentences, received in that two-year period. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

Rare signature of David Crockett signed days before the end of his first term as a congressman

42039 David Crockett Promissory Note Signed “David Crockett.” One page, 7.75” x 2”, Washington, February 24, 1829. Folk hero David Crockett was representing western Tennessee as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives when he signed this promissory note to payee Bob McHatton for the sum of $700. The note reads in full:

“On the 26th of December next, I prom-ise to pay to the order of Bob McHatton, seven hundred dollars for value received, payable at the office of D[?] & Deposits.”

Only days before his first term as a congressman adjourned, Crockett was suffering from nostalgia and was anxious to get away from Washington and back to his home in Tennessee. But he first had to pay off several debts, which is likely the rea-son for this loan. Money was always hard to come by for the frontiersman - he put himself in a financial bind in 1828 when he bought 250 additional acres in western Tennessee. He also


needed funds for his upcoming reelection campaign, which promised to be a difficult one for him since his only real success during his first term had been to secure a U.S. postal route through his home district.

The frontiersman won reelection, but in his final bid for the U.S. House five years later, he lost. Days after that defeat, Crockett met one last time with his Tennessee constituents and delivered a short speech. “I put the ingredients in the cup pretty strong,” he wrote in his autobi-ography. “I concluded my speech by telling them that I was done with politics for the present, and that they might all go to hell, and I would go to Texas.” Then he and his rifle Betsey left “to give the Texians a helping hand.” He was killed doing just that at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. (David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee [Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1834],31, 33.) This document is boldly signed. Framed to an over-all size of 17.75” x 21.75”.Estimate: $25,000-$35,000 Starting Bid: $12,500

Texas historian Alexander Dienst’s copy

42040 [Richard Penn Smith]. Col. Crockett’s Exploits and Adventures in Texas: Wherein is Contained a Full Account of his Journey from Tennessee to the Red River and Natchitoches, and Thence Across Texas to San Antonio Including his Many Hair-Breadth Escapes: Together with a Topographical, Historical and Political View of Texas. London: R. Kennett, 1837. First English edition. 12mo, 152 pages. Sixteen pages of ads preceding the title page. Bound in modern brown leather with blind and gilt stamped to front board and gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. This copy once belonged to Alex Dienst, who has made many pencil and ink notations throughout. Moderate to heavy foxing scattered throughout, especially in the front and near the back. Light scuffing to boards. In clear dust jacket.

Although we are assured on the title page that this book was indeed “Written by [Crockett] Himself,” we are also informed that “The Narrative [was] Brought Down From the Death Of Col. Crockett To the Battle Of San Jacinto, by an Eye-Witness.” In fact, the book was written by one Richard Penn Smith, the son of a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, who reached his widest literary audience and left his most lasting mark on the American literary tradition through his anonymous authorship of Col. Crockett’s Exploits, a book that gave his countrymen a new, sanitized Crockett as a figure worthy of emulation. Although a clumsy fabrication produced with pecuniary profit and political gain as its only goals, Smith’s work was the early forerunner of one of America’s unique art forms - the popular western.

Dr. Alexander Dienst was a dentist, author, and historian who amassed a collection of books and primary sources dealing with Texas history, primarily the Texas Revolution and the Texas Navy. From 1932 to 1935 served as president of the Texas State Historical Association and au-thored the book “The Navy of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1845.”Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42041 [Confederate States]. Reports of the Committee on Public Safety to the Convention of the People of the State of Texas, Which Assembled at Austin, the 28th January, 1861, and Re-assembled on the 2nd Day of March, 1861: Containing the Missions to San Antonio, to the Rio Grande, and to the N. W. Frontier. Gen’l Roger’s Mission to Louisiana, to Procure Arms and the Conference of the Sub-Committee With the Late Gov. Houston, With Accompanying Documents. Austin: John Marshall, 1861. First edition. 8vo, 173 pages. Bound in modern brown leather with gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Foxed and toned throughout. Very good.

This report provides a wealth of detail regarding the early days of the secession in Texas. Various reports describe in fascinating detail the handover of installations, weapons and other military stores from Federal troops in San Antonio and other Texas locations - the wide range of “acquired” booty includes furniture, weapons, building materi-als, and cash. The report also details the meeting between Governor Sam Houston and the “Public Safety Committee,” in which the gover-nor was effectively forced from office. An invaluable resource for refer-ence and a fascinating read when opened at any random spot.

References: Crandall, Confederate Imprints 2167.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $350


Texas Confederate Printings

42042 [Confederate Texas] Six Volumes of the Laws of the State of Texas Printed during the Civil War. Laws of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas. Extra Session. By Authority. Austin: Printed by John Marshall & Co., State Printers. 1861. First edition. 8vo. 70 pp. including indices. Disbound and stitched. Light age toning throughout; minor foxing on wrappers. During this extra ses-sion, the Congress passed An Act for submitting the Ordinance of Secession to the People, as well as acts for the disposition of runaway slaves, and au-thorization for border counties to organize a militia of forty “Minute Men,” ten of whom could be used as spies. Reference: Parrish, Confederate Imprints 4191. Winkler 228. Very good condition.

General Laws of the Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas. By Authority. Houston: Printed by E.H. Cushing, Telegraph Book and Job Establishment. 1862. First edition. 8vo. 64 pp., xii pp. Index. Disbound and sewn. Light age toning throughout; minor foxing on outermost leaves. This session of the Texas Legislature puts the State on a war footing by organizing State troops, and by organizing the government as part of the Confederacy. Joint Resolutions justify secession by Texas and the South and the establishment of a new government. Reference: Parrish and Willingham 4181. Winkler 497. Very good condi-tion.

General Laws of the Extra Session of the Ninth Legislature, of the State of Texas. Published by Authority. Austin: Printed at the Office of the Texas Almanac. 1863. First edition. 8vo. 44 pp. including Index. Disbound and stitched. Light age toning throughout; minor foxing on wrappers. This legislative session concerns itself with issues relating to the Civil War. The legislature defines the offense of inciting slave insurrections to include any Union officer’s entry onto Texas soil: “Our enemies are seeking to bring upon us a servile war by arming our slaves and placing them in the ranks of their armies.” Also included is An Act to provide against the hostile invasion of the State of Texas by persons of color, which treats as a criminal, and would sell into slavery, “any person of color invading or coming into the State of Texas for the purpose of waging war against the people of said State.” Reference: Parrish and Willingham 4182. Crandall 2172. Winkler 976. Very good condition.

General Laws of the Tenth Legislature of the State of Texas. Published by Authority. Houston: Printed at the Office of the Galveston News. 1864. First edition. 8vo. 60 pp. including Index. Light age toning; final leaf shows some foxing. Among other legislation, this session defines treason, sedition, and disloyalty to the State of Texas or to the Confederacy as:

“Any act, the tendency of which is to give aid and comfort to the public enemy, committed with intent to aid his operations,“ including written and/or spoken words to that effect. Reference: Parrish and Willingham 4183. Winkler 1243. Fine condition.

General Laws of the Tenth Legislature, (Called Session,) with the Provisional and Permanent Constitutions of the Confederate States; Also, the Constitution of the State of Texas. Houston, Texas. Printed at the Galveston “News” Book and Job Office. 1864. First edition. 8vo. 44 pp. including Index. Disbound and stitched, with separation of final three leaves. Light age toning throughout. In addition to publishing in their entirety the Constitution of the State of Texas and the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, this

legislative session also enacted An Act to transfer the State Troops to the Confederate States service and another Act to provide for the protection of the Frontier, and turning over the Frontier Regiment to the Confederate States service. Very good condition.

General Laws of the Tenth Legislature (Second Extra Session,) of the State of Texas. By Authority. Austin: Printed at the “State Gazette” Book and Job Office. 1865. First edition. 8vo. 28 pp. including Index. Disbound and sewn. Lightly age toned; light to moderate foxing throughout. As the War Between the States continued, this session of the legislature enacted laws to finance the War through tax levies, to assist destitute families of Texas soldiers, and to guarantee the right to counsel in civilian and military courts. A Joint Resolution asserts that the Confederate States of America (not any separate Confederate State) should be the exclusive negotiator with the Union in any peace treaties.

Reference: Parrish and Willingham 4185. Crandall 2175. Winkler 1407. Very good.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42043 [Texas Legislature]. General Laws of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas, By Authority. Austin: Printed by John Marshall & Co., 1860. First edition. 8vo. Wrappers. 151 pages. Printed wrappers. Large portion of front cover torn away. Ink to both covers which appear to have been used as blotting material. Some offsetting and toning to pages. In generally very good condition. Scarce.

The Eighth Legislature met from November 1859 to April 1861; Sam Houston was elected the seventh Governor of Texas in December 1859. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Winkler 1427.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42044 [C.S.A.]. The Constitution of the State of Texas, as Amended in 1861. The Constitution of the Confederate States of America. The Ordinances of the Texas Convention: and an Address to the People of Texas. Printed by order of the Convention and the Senate. Austin: Printed by John Marshall, State Printer, 1861. First edition. 8vo. Wrappers. 40 pages. Sewn self-wrappers. Moderate foxing throughout. With “A. M. Gentry / Senate” in ink on front cover. Very good. The secessionist consti-tution of Texas. Scarce.

Abram Morris Gentry (1821-1883) was a legislator and one of the earliest railroad promoters in Texas. He was one of four delegates elected to the Constitutional Union Party’s national convention in Baltimore, and as a Union Democrat had been an active participant at the San Jacinto assembly.

The Texas Constitution was a conservative document designed partly to allay public fear of the more radical of the secessionists, and partly to ease the transition of Texas into the Confederacy. It was as remarkable for what it did not do as for what it did. It did not substantially change any important law, it did not take an extreme position on the issue of states’ rights, nor did it legalize the resumption of the African slave trade, a move advocated by some leaders of the secession movement.

Following ratification of secession from the Union on February 23, 1861, the Secession Convention reconvened. Delegates were dedicated to overseeing the transition of Texas as it left union with the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. In this effort, they relied heavily on the United States Constitution, making a few distinct changes to the text to suit the circumstances. Slavery and states’ rights were more directly defended. A clause providing for emancipation of slaves was eliminated, and the freeing of slaves was declared illegal. All current state officials were required to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy, and all existing laws not in conflict with the constitutions of Texas or the Confederate States were declared valid. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

References: Parrish & Willingham 4147. Winkler 70.Estimate: $500-$800 Starting Bid: $250

42045 [C.S.A.]. Constitution of the State of Texas as Amended in 1861. The Constitution of the Confederate States of America. The Ordinances of the Texas Convention: and An Address to the People of Texas. Printed by Order of the Convention and the Senate. Austin: John Marshall, State Printer, 1861. First edition. 8vo, 40 pages. Bound in modern brown leather with gilt lettering to spine.

Marbled endpapers. Light to moderate toning. Light foxing. Dampstained along the fore edge throughout. Very good.

The Texas Constitution was a conservative document designed partly to allay public fear of the more radical of the secessionists, and partly to ease the transition of Texas into the Confederacy. It was as remarkable for what it did not do as for what it did. It did not substantially change any important law, it did not take an extreme position on the issue of states’ rights, nor did it legalize the resumption of the African slave trade, a move advocated by some leaders of the secession movement.

Following ratification of secession from the Union on February 23, 1861, the Secession Convention reconvened. Delegates were dedicated to overseeing the transition of Texas as it left union with the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. In this effort, they relied heavily on the United States Constitution, making a few distinct changes to the text to suit the circumstances. Slavery and states’ rights were more directly defended. A clause providing for emancipation of slaves was eliminated, and the freeing of slaves was declared illegal. All current state officials were required to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy, and all existing laws not in conflict with the constitutions of Texas or the Confederate States were declared valid.

Reference: Parrish & Willingham 4147. Winkler 70.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $350

42046 Dallas Morning News, Eight Leather Bound Volumes of Typed Indexes for the Years 1903-1910. Large quarto, three-quarter morocco over cloth. Each 300+ page volume begins with a listing of categories of the news stories contained within. Story “Classifications” include: Accidents and Tragedies, Agriculture, Crime, Dallas Fair, Local Matters, Oil Matters, and many more. Each hand-typed volume is orga-nized alphabetically by category, and then chronologically by the date of the story, giving a brief synopsis of the event. Among the crime stories are an alarming number of lynchings. A few of the boards are detached, and several volumes have broken spines. Each volume bears the library stamp of the Dallas Morning News. A unique set.Estimate: $800-$1,000 Starting Bid: $400


42047 Teodoro DeCroix Signed Printed “Vando” Broadside Announcing an Embargo Against England. Oversized “vando” broadside on seal paper, 16.25” x 23.25”, issued by Don Martin de Mayorga, Viceroy of New Spain. Dated Mexico, December 14, 1779, the broad-side announces the embargo issued by Charles III, King of Spain, against England. Mayorga has signed with is paraph directly beneath his printed name. DeCroix signs in the bottom margin beneath a handwritten endorsement stating that the broadside will be printed in the provinces under his care. DeCroix’s signature and endorsement is dated February 1780. The

“vando” is made of two bifoliums conjoined, a third sheet measuring 8.25” x 9.5” has been added at bottom to record additional dockets and endorsements. A few tears, and chips at margins, with tiny bits of paper loss at folds.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

42048 Teodoro DeCroix Signed Broadside Issued by Viceroy Martin de Mayorga Demonetizing the Currency of his Predecessor Antonio Bucareli y Ursúa. Single sheet, 12” x 16.75”, printed on the recto with multiple endorsements and signatures on the verso. Originally issued in Mexico on December 2, 1779, the broadside extends the deadline for the collection and destruction of old coinage. The decree further states that only the new coinage is to be exported. DeCroix signs on the verso beneath a lengthy endorsement. Also signed by Antonio Bonilla, early historian of Texas. Uneven margins, with modest chipping, and a few points of paper loss occurring at the folds. Near fine.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300

42049 Empresario Green DeWitt Signed Document Granting Land to George W. Davis in Gonzales. Two pages (front and back) on “Coahuila Y Tejas” seal paper, 8.25” x 12.25”, Gonzales, December 24, 1833. The document states that George W. Davis is entitled to two lots of land, in accordance


with “article 30 of the colonization law of March 24, 1825.“ Davis signs on the first page, directly beneath the statement. The document also includes a signed statement by James Blair Patrick attesting that Davis is entitled to the two lots of land at no cost. Green DeWitt and Stephen Smith sign as wit-nesses to Patrick’s statement. With dampstaining and fading throughout, deep folds, and minor chipping not affecting the text along the right margin.

Green DeWitt was awarded an empresario grant in 1825 to settle 400 families adjacent to Stephen F. Austin’s colony. Although many families settled in the colony, DeWitt was unable to fulfill his contract which expired on April 15, 1831. He never held an elected position, but did represent Gonzales county at the Convention of 1833.

George Washington Davis also attended the Convention of 1833 as a delegate. He served as the secretary of the safety committee for Gonzales, and par-ticipated in the first battle of the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Gonzales.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42050 Almeron Dickinson Land Purchase Signed “Almeron Dickinson“ as witness. Two pages, 8” (width varies) x 12.25”, partially printed, Gonzales, December 23, 1833, confirming that “Green Dewitt of the jurisdiction of Gonzales department of Bexar... in consideration of the sum of one hundred Dolars [sic]...hath granted, bargained and sold... unto...William W. Arrington...that parcel of land situated in the Town of Gonzales.” Dickinson’s signature is found at the very bottom of the verso on the right certifying “that the above is a true copy of the original.” Right edge is unevenly torn and the left and top edges are chipped. Heavily dampstained throughout leading to fading of the majority of text, which remains entirely legible. Weakened folds.

Prior to moving to Texas, Almeron Dickinson (sometimes spelled Almaron) was a blacksmith and an artilleryman in the U.S. Army. In 1831, he and his wife Susanna moved to Gonzales, Texas, as colonists in DeWitt’s Colony. Three months before signing this document, Dickinson fought in the first battle of the Texas Revolution at Gonzales. At that battle, the artilleryman was entrusted with the Gonzales cannon (the subject of the famous white flag bearing the taunt, “Come and Take It” stitched beneath the likenesses of a single star and cannon). On the morning of October 2, Dickinson, fol-lowing orders, fired the small cannon at the Mexican force led by Francisco de Castaneda. That shot is traditionally known as the first shot of the Texas Revolution. Later at the Siege of Bexar, which lasted from October through early December 1835, Dickinson served as lieutenant of artillery. Then at the Alamo, accompanied by his wife and baby, Angelina, he was again in command of the Texian artillery. Early on March 6, 1836, he said goodbye to his family before being killed along with 189 other men when General Santa Anna’s troops stormed the Texas mission. His wife and daughter, whom Santa Anna offered to adopt, survived and were released.Estimate: $1,800-$2,500 Starting Bid: $900


42051 J. Frank Dobie. The Longhorns. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1941. First edition, limited to 265 numbered copies of which this is number 227. Signed by the author and illustrator Tom Lea. 8vo, xxiii, 388 pages. Illustrated by Tom Lea and pictures. Indexed. Unopened leaves. Decorative leather over boards. Fore and bottom page edges are uncut. Slight scuffing and bumps to boards and spine; boards faded. Minor staining to front and rear endpapers. Leaves are tight and like new. In pictorial board slipcase marked “No. 227“ in ink. Also the original adver-tising pamphlet; 16 pages.

A chronicle of the longhorns of Texas and the cowboys who tended them. From the introduction of cattle by the Spanish conquistadors, through colonial times, and into the early twentieth century and the breed’s near extinction. “One of the true classics of range cattle literature” (Reese, Six Score).

References: Graff 1099. Adams, Herd 694. Howes D375. Six Score 33.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750

42052 J. Frank Dobie. Apache Gold & Yaqui Silver. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. Sierra Madre edition, limited to 265 num-bered copies of which this is number 213 signed by the author and illus-trator, Tom Lea, on a special limitation page inserted in front. 8vo, 366 pages. Color frontispiece and additional illustrations in text by Tom Lea. Original tan mottled paper over boards with light brown backstrip and titles in black on a silver spine label which has been rubbed and damaged

at the top corners. Edges untrimmed. Minimal shelf wear; pages are like new. In the original slip case. Includes an extra silver spine label laid-in back and a brown envelope containing a set of illustrations produced by offset lithography for the book by Tom Lea. Near fine copy.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

42053 John C. Duval. Early Times in Texas. Austin: H. P. N. Gammel & Co., 1892. First edition. 8vo, vii, 135; 243-253 pages. Appendix. Consisting of part one, “Early Times in Texas,” only. Stapled together in booklet form with heavily damaged printed paper covers. Front and rear wraps detached. Contents toned and brittle.

Also, a typed transmittal letter signed by Roy M. Farrar to Walter W. Fondren, dated December 22, 1925, reading: “I am sending you a copy of what I understand to be a true story of a Texas soldier who escaped the Massacre at Goliad, March 27th, 1836. You may have seen this old booklet before, but if you have not, I am sure you will enjoy the story.”

John Duval served variously and valiantly in the Texas Army achieving merit for his actions under the leadership of James W. Fannin, for his escape from the Goliad massacre, and for his service with John C. (Jack) Hays’ company of Texas Rangers. An inveterate dreamer and explorer, reader and writer, Duval is often referred to as “the first Texas man of let-ters.” Originally published serially in ‘Burke’s Weekly” in 1867, Early Times in Texas did not appear in book form (and then only as a pamphlet) until 1892. The story of Duval’s remarkable escape from the Goliad Massacre and his other adventures became a Texas classic. “Of all personal ad-ventures of old-time Texans, it is perhaps the best written and the most interesting” (Dobie).

References: Basic Texas Books 51. Raines, p. 74. Howes D603. Graff 1188.Estimate: $400-$700 Starting Bid: $200


42054 David B. Edward. The History of Texas; or, The Emigrant’s, Farmer’s, and Politician’s Guide to the Character, Climate, Soil, and Productions of that Country: Geographically Arranged from Personal Observation and Experience. Cincinnati: J. A. James & Co., 1836. 8vo, xii, 336 pages. Folding map of Texas, approximately 12.5” x 8.5”, “containing the latest Grants and Discoveries,” with colored boundaries, by E. F. Lee. Blue cloth over boards, with an additional covering on the front and back boards. Paper title label to spine is lightly rubbed. Notation in ink “15“ on the title page. Map is in excellent condition. In a clear dust jacket that is coming apart in places. Minor shelfwear. A very good copy of this scarce item, infrequently encountered with the map.

One of the best early accounts of Texas, written by a Scotsman who settled in Texas in the early 1830s. His descriptions of the recent re-volt, of the land, the people, and the economy were the most accurate to-date, but it was his inclusion and analysis of colonization regulations and translations of Mexican decrees which, from a historical perspective, prove particularly useful. As informative as the book was, it caused a great

furor upon its publication and was described as being “a slander upon the people of Texas,” for a variety of reasons, not least of which was its rather incendiary anti-Texan/pro-Mexican stance. An accusation hurled by Stephen F. Austin against a man he thought was the author of this book even precipitated the challenge of a duel by the wrongly-accused man to defend his honor. The duel was avoided, but soon after the publication of his book, Edward and his family removed to Ohio.

“This contemporary history by Edward, notwithstanding some idiosyncra-sies of the author, is one of the essential Texas books. It gives a good ac-count of the physical features and towns and products of the Texas of 1835, followed (p. 142-176) by an excellent analysis of the colonization laws of the republic and state. Pages 177 to the end are devoted for the most part to the political events from 1832 to about October, 1835, with copious extracts from the New Orleans newspapers of December, 1835, on the ill-fated Tampico expedition of Mexia. Edwards performs a useful service in giving lengthy verbatim extracts from many of the important documents of the period” (Streeter). “One of the best accounts of Texas on the eve of the Revolution” (Jenkins).

References: Basic Texas Books 53. Graff 1208. Howes E48. Rader 1279. Raines, p. 74. Sabin 21886. Streeter 1199.Estimate: $3,000-$4,000 Starting Bid: $1,500

42055 David B. Edward. The History of Texas; or, The Emigrant’s, Farmer’s, and Politician’s Guide to the Character, Climate, Soil, and Productions of that Country: Geographically Arranged from Personal Observation and Experience. Cincinnati: J. A. James & Co., 1836. First edition. 8vo. xii, 13-336pp plus [2] pages of publisher’s ads. Facsimile hand-colored folding map: “Map of Texas containing the latest Grants and Discoveries“ by E. F. Lee (9.25” x 14”). Original blue cloth spine with partial paper label; contemporary re-covered boards, repaired. Binding well-worn, espe-cially at the corners, with some scattered soiling and spotting to boards. Original spine worn and faded. Scattered foxing, heavy on some pages. Replaced pastedowns and endpapers. Former owner’s bookplate on the front pastedown. A good, sound copy of this scarce item.

References: Basic Texas Books 53. Graff 1208. Howes E48. Rader 1279. Raines, p. 74. Sabin 21886. Streeter 1199.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300


42056 [James Fannin]. Presentation Cane from the Grave of Colonel Fannin. Gold-plated, ball-handled presentation cane. Ball-handle is deco-rated with floral scrolls and bears the inscription: “Wm. L. Hunter/to/E. R. Lane/I cut this stick/from the grave/of/Col. Fannin.“ Metal tip. Overall length 34”.

Following the Battle of Coleto on March 20, 1836, Colonel Fannin sur-rendered his command to Mexican General José de Urrea and he and his men were subsequently marched to Goliad and imprisoned in the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Presidio. The men, under the assumption that they had surrendered honorably as prisoners of war and would be paroled and re-turned to the United States, had in actuality been surrendered by Fannin as prisoners of the Supreme Mexican Government.

Urrea wrote General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna informing him of the surrender and requesting clemency for the prisoners. Santa Anna, in no mood to placate the rebels in Texas by showing mercy to their fellow soldiers and operating well within the laws of Mexico, ordered the im-mediate execution of all prisoners, including eighty men of the Georgia Battalion who had surrendered after the Battle of Refugio and been added to the prison population on March 25. Three hundred and forty-two men were executed on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836. Fannin, after witnessing the deaths of his men, was the last to be dispatched. He asked for three things: that his belongings are sent home to his family, that he be shot in the heart, not in the face, and that he be given a Christian burial. Seated in a chair due to a wound to the leg suffered at Coleto, he was blindfolded, shot in the face, and along with his men, had his body burned and left to the elements. The Mexicans took his belongings.

William Lockhart Hunter (1809-1886) was born in Tinkling Springs, Virginia. He came to Texas in 1835 as a member of the New Orleans Greys under the command of Capt. Robert C. Morris. He served under Col. James Fannin and was present at the siege of Bexar and the Battle of Coleto, after which he was imprisoned at Nuestra Señora de Loreto Presidio in Goliad. He, along with the rest of Fannin’s men, was marched out of the presidio on March 27, 1836 and shot in what is now infamously known as the Goliad Massacre. Two versions of the incident exist, but Hunter was shot and survived, being nursed at a nearby farmhouse. He went on to serve as a judge in Refugio County and in the Republic of Texas House. In 1845 he was a representative of Goliad at the Annexation Convention.Estimate: $10,000-$15,000 Starting Bid: $8,000

42057 [Vicente Filisola]. Memorias para la Historia de la guerra de Tejas, por el General de Division, D. Vicente Filisola, ac-tual Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Guerra y Marina de la Republica.... Mexico: Ignacio Cumplido, 1849. First Cumplido edition. Two volumes in one 8vo. 256, 267-511 [1 blank], [2, himno]; 267 [1 blank] pp. Contemporary Mexican mottled calf with decorative gilt borders to covers. Spine neatly rebacked with elaborate decorative gilt titles, ruling, and device laid on; missing top third. Corners and edges of binding expertly renewed. Marbled end-papers with modern bookplate of José L. González and his blind embossed stamp on lower corner of title and p. 19. Covers lightly rubbed with some small abrasions. Pages lightly and uniformly toned with occasional small areas of foxing. Text block browned with a few minute stains. Interior clean. With pagi-nation errors on pp. 238-256 as cited in Basic Texas Books. A better than very good copy of this “best account by a Mexican contemporary of the American conquest of Texas” (Basic Texas Books).

Though Rafael published an edition in Mexico in 1848 and 1849, the Cumplido edition provides the best coverage of the Battle of the Alamo and the 1836 campaign, and the two editions complement one another.

“The Cumplido edition repeats some material from the previous Rafael edition, but is basically an entire new work, relating primarily to the pe-riod from March, 1836, through July, 1837” (Basic Texas Books).

“Largely made up of army orders issued during the period.... One of the most important sources on Texas from the 1820s through 1837...enriched with scores of original documents and military orders unavailable else-where” (Streeter 853n)

References: Basic Texas Books 62. Eberstadt, Texas 162:236. Howes F126. Palau 91612. Raines, p. 82. Sabin 24324. Streeter 853n.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $850

42058 Henry Francis Fisher Autograph Document Twice Signed “Henry F. Fisher.” Two pages, 8.5” x 13.75”, Harris County, June 16, 1859. Engrossed in his own hand, Fisher is selling to Theodore D. Ormsby for “Thirty two Dollars to me in hand...onehundred [sic] and sixty acres, situated in Fisher & Millers colony...to-gether with all and singular the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging, or in any wise incident or appertaining.” Harris County notary public red paper seal at bottom and blind embossed seal of Mason County court on verso. Docketed on the verso.


Dampstaining in the bottom half does not affect the text. Uneven toning and some chipping at the top edge. Folds are weakened and detaching slightly along the right edge. Else very good.

In 1842 and 1843, Fisher, along with Burchard Miller and Joseph Baker, was granted by the Republic of Texas the right to settle 1,000 families and single men from western and northern Europe on three million acres of land between the Colorado and Llano Rivers, known as the Fisher-Miller Land Grant. They failed in the time given to colonize the area. The deadline was extended and the number of colonists was increased to 6,000. Fisher and Miller’s in-terest in the grant sold to the Adelsverein for $5,000. In the end, few colonists settled the area.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42059 [M. Fiske (attributed)]. A Visit to Texas, Being the Journal of a Traveller Through Those Parts Most Interesting to American Settlers. New York: Goodrich and Wiley, 1834. First edition. 12mo, iv, [9]-264 [4, Meteorological Journal] pages. Illustrated with four copper-engraved plates by J.T. Hammond. Folding map: “Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas,” W. Hooker, sculp; original map present, but silked. Spine rebacked with original spine laid on and original cloth boards; lettering gilt-stamped on spine. The first page of Chapter I is repaired on the top corner; pages eleven through eighteen have become unattached from the binding. Lightly toned and heavily foxed throughout. Bumped corners. Notations in pencil on the front pastedown.

“This anonymous work is one of the most important accounts of Texas during a critical period in its history” (Jenkins, Basic Texas Books).

References: Basic Texas Books 209. Howes T145. Sabin 95133. Streeter 1155.Estimate: $3,000-$4,000 Starting Bid: $1,500


42060 Henry Stuart Foote. Texas and the Texans; or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West; Including a History of Leading Events in Mexico, From the Conquest by Fernando Cortes to the Termination of the Texan Revolution. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1841. First edition. Two 8vo volumes. viii, 314 pages; v, 403 pages. Original brown cloth over boards. Decorative blind stamp-ing to front and back boards. Gilt lettering and lone star designs gilt stamped to spine. Boards scuffed and shelfworn at the edges, with some abra-sions to the corners. Board edge bumped on Volume II. Spine

ends worn and fraying at the top. The letter “R” has been written in pen-cil on the title page of both volumes. Moderate foxing scattered through-out both volumes. Does not include James H. Young’s “A New Map of Texas” (Philadelphia, 1842), which the publisher inserted in some of the remaining copies of the book in 1842. Very good condition.

Raines calls this two-volume set “One of the best histories of Texas for the period covered.” Streeter notes that “This is a very discursive account of Texas history down to the opening years of the Republic of Texas, but, with judicious skipping, a rather entertaining one.” Eugene C. Barker remarked that “One’s impatience with Foote’s betrayal of the historian’s obligation to tell the truth as he knows it gives way to amusement at the ingenuity of his grandiose distortions.”

An important contemporary history of the early days in Texas. The first volume includes five chapters on Mexican history, along with chapters on Spanish-American relations, the Burr Conspiracy, and James Long. There are also four chapters, described by Jenkins as among the best in the book, on the Fredonian Rebellion. The second volume reviews the history of colonization and the Texas Revolution, concluding with an essay by Ashbel Smith.

References: Basic Texas Books 63. Graff 1376. Howes F238 (“aa”). Rader 1425. Raines, p. 84. Sabin 25019. Streeter 1377.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

42061 John S. “RIP” Ford Signed Promissory Note. One page, 7.75” x 2.75”, n. p, July 19, 1838, promising to pay “George C. Lucas One hundred & fifty Dollars for the use of his compass three months.” Texas Ranger John S. “RIP” Ford was a journalist and newspaper editor, a physician, an explorer, a congressman, and a valiant soldier who served in the Texan army from 1836 to 1838, commanded operations against Juan N. Cortina for terror-izing Brownsville Texas, helped create the Cavalry of the West to protect Texan interests along the Rio Grande, and commanded Confederate forces during the Civil War, winning the last known engagement of that great conflict at the Battle of Palmito Ranch. Attested by E. W. Cullen, probably Ezekiel Wymberly Cullen, a veteran of the siege of Bexar and later congressman for the Republic of Texas. Staining along the top half

and chipping along the edges. Else very good.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750

42062 [John S. “RIP” Ford]. Civil War Era Autograph Letter Signed by Four Officers of the Army of the Republic of Mexico to Ford, in Spanish, with contemporary translation. Twelve and one-half pages, 8.25” x 10.25”, on blue, lined paper, Brownsville, October 4, 1864. Translated into English by N[estor] Maxan on fourteen, 5.25” x 8” pages, written on the verso only. Written to Ford by four officers in the army of Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, Colonel Julian Cerda, Colonel Servando Canales, Lieutenant Colonel Mario G. Hidalgo, and Major Jose A Puentes, to explain the actions of Cortina against the Confederates and their disap-proval of it.

As the Civil War raged in 1864, tensions along the Texas-Mexico border were strained. The Union army had abandoned the town of Brownsville that summer and the “Cavalry of the West” under Confederate Colonel John S. “RIP” Ford had reoccupied the town. Ford’s old enemy, Mexican General Juan N. Cortina, was across the river in the town of Matamoros dealing with French occupation troops during the Franco-Mexican war. Cortina was convinced Ford had allied with the French to drive him out of Matamoros.

In late August, Cortina organized a junta to argue that the Mexican cause would be best preserved by allying with the United States and the Federal army. The officers write: “He stated further that as we were surrounded on all sides by hostile forces [French and Confederate] which would not long delay in attacking us, this step was the only one remaining to us...” and also

“the Commander of the U. S. troops had the greatest willingness, not only to make the said agreement, but also to attack in concert with us the French forces.” Cortina had Puente translate into English his idea to the U. S. Consul stating: “...with the force under his command agreed to the most sol-emn manner to aid in every manner the forces of the U. S. and even to attack Brownsville if necessary.” The Consul replied that neither he, nor the U. S. commander, “were sufficiently empowered to make this treaty, and that he could only assure that...the Cortina Brigade would be well received.”

Shortly thereafter, Cortina attacked the French at La Burrita as a ruse to cross the border into Texas where he would join the Federals, and after half-heartedly attacking the French, he “opened fire on a Confederate force on this side of the river.” Cortina’s adjutant confirmed to Canales that

“Cortinas had opened fire on the Confederate Troops, and that the cavalry had crossed the river & were still fighting the forces of the South.”

Cols. Canales, Cerda, and Echazarreta agreed that “Cortina had just taken a wild & criminal measure, which on no account should be sanctioned by us if we desired to preserved the good name of our State, that it was now impossible to prevent the crossing of the cavalry, because that has already been accomplished, but that it was very easy for us to refuse to cross over however much it might displease Cortina.” Canales reports he confronted Cortina telling him his action was “not only insane but criminal, that the people of Tamaulipas would not pardon him such an act, and that it was a treacherous deed to set aside his own flag in order to array himself against a people fighting for its independence just as we are.”


They conclude by stating: “...that in this last expedition which started from Matamoros to attack a French force said to be coming up the river, the Battalion of Colonel Canales was placed in the rear, and neither he, or any of his command ever saw the vessels. Colonel Cerda, who by that time was the senior officer of the Brigade embraces this opportunity to state that the force directly under Cortina, was the only one which fired on the foremost vessel, and this by direct orders of that officer which could not be destroyed even when it was found out that the said vessel carried a flag of truce; and further that whatever was done on this occasion was by the express orders of Genl. Cortina.”

Text of the original letter is faded, but the signatures of all four officers are bold and bright. Translated text is easily legible with little damage to paper other than the usual folds and some minor staining. Fine.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

42063 [John S. “RIP” Ford]. Manuscript Orders Appointing Ford as Commander of Brownsville. One page, 7.75” x 9.75”, on lined paper, Brownsville, May 26, 1863. The special orders read in full: “In addition to the Command of the southern Division of this sub. Dist. Col. John S. Ford will assume command of the troops at the Post of Brownsville.” Former Texas Senator John Salmon “RIP” Ford, a veteran of the Texas army, Texas Rangers, and the Mexican War, was elected colonel of the Second Texas Cavalry and given a command along the Mexican border, including the town of Brownsville. While near the border he oversaw trade be-tween Mexico and the Confederacy. He is most noted as the commander of Confederate forces during the Battle of Palmito Ranch in May of 1865, the last land engagement of the Civil War, fought one month after the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Courthouse. In 1874, he was elected mayor of Brownsville. Despite light toning around the edges, the document is in fine condition.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42064 Caleb Forshey. Annual Catalogue of Texas Military Institute, embracing Board of Trustees; Visiting Board; Academic Staff or Faculty; Course of Studies; Catalogue and Merit Roll

of Cadets; Report of Superintendent; Rules and Regulations; Advertisements and Circulars. Caleb G. Forshey, Superintendent. June 30, 1858. Galveston: Printed at the News Book and Job Office, [1858]. 8vo. 12 pp. Wrappers. Light folding, toning, and wear with a few minute tears at spine. Otherwise, a near fine copy of this scarce pamphlet. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Winkler, 1846-1860. 1095.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

Burgundy, France Vacation

42065 Burgundy, France. Week stay in a fully restored farmhouse in Burgundy, France. Originally built a century ago, the house sits on ¾ acres of land in the small village of Salornay sur Guye, near Cluny and Macon. The main house has two bedrooms and one and ½ baths, large kitchen, living room-dining room combo, TV, telephone, Internet connection, and is fully equipped. The guest house has a double bed, a tiny kitchen, and a walk-in shower. Salornay sur Guye is in the Department of Saone et Loire in Burgundy and is approximately one hour travel time from the airport in Lyon. From Paris by TGV, the stop at Macon-Loche is one hour and forty five minutes. House will be available for one week beginning early June until mid-July in 2013 or 2014. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Estimate: $5,000-$7,000 Starting Bid: $2,500


42066 Two Directories of the City of Galveston including: Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Galveston, 1881-82. Containing a Synopsis of the Business Pursuits and Progress, the Present State, County and City Governments, an Index of All Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Houston: Morrison & Fourmy, 1881. 8vo, 396 pages. Printed paper

over boards. Extensive wear along the edges of the boards. Some of the spine covering is gone. Pages show some discoloration on the edges, but overall are in very good condition. [and:] Morrison & Fourmy, compil-ers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Galveston, 1882-83. Containing an Historical Business Review; the Present State, County and City Governments; a Complete List of All County Officials, Post Offices, Telegraph, Express, and Money Order Offices in Texas; Population of the United States and Principal Cities, Population of Principal Nations and Foreign Cities; Also, an Index of Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, 1882. 8vo, 452 pages. Printed paper over boards. Front board detached; spine covering is totally gone. Pages are toned and foxed.

An amazing reference resource bursting with genealogical and historical research possibilities. Scores of display ads for Galveston businesses plus a business directory listing businesses by category. The general directory lists not only residents’ general address but also their profession. Further distinctions such as “widow” or “colored” are also noted.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

42067 [Galveston Island]. Abstract of Title with Related Map. Abstract of Title to Lots Numbered Five Hundred and Seven and Five Hundred and Eight in Section One, Galveston Island, Galveston County, Texas. From the law and abstract offices of Maco & Clegg Stewart. Maco & Clegg Stewart purchased the “Abstract of Title Books“ as compiled by the Gulf City Abstract Company and the Galveston Trust, Title Guaranty and Abstract Company comprising “the records of the ‘Joseph Franklin Abstract Office’...and contains the history of the Marriages, Deaths, Heirship and Community Estates, Registration of Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Mortgages, Vendor’s Liens, Judgment Liens, and the Proceedings of the District, County and United States Courts in all matters affecting or pertaining to Real Estate in the City and County of Galveston.” Notable names include Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, doctor and Republic of Texas Congressman Levi Jones, Federal Judge John C. Waltrous, who went through a trial of impeachment charged with dealing fraudulent land certificates in 1851, Benjamin A. Shepherd, landowner and founder of the First National Bank of Houston, and others. Wrapper is heavily damaged and detached near the top. Evenly toned, with some chipping of page edges through the first few pages. Pencil notations scattered throughout.

Also a hand drawn map of “Lot 511 Section I Galveston Island/Galveston, Texas/January 31, 1898,” drawn for Maco L. Stewart, showing lots owned by “Mr. Jno. Kennelly“ and “B. A. Shepherd.“ From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42068 [Governor Rafael Gonzales]. Nota Estadistica Remitida por el Gobierno Supremo del Estado de Coahuila y Tejas a la Camara de Senadores del Soberano Congreso General, con Arreglo al Articulo 161 numero 8° de la Constitucion Federal de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos el Ano de 1826. Mexico: En la Imprenta del Aguila, 1826. 8vo, 9 pages. Disbound. Modern casing of brown, quarter-bound cloth over boards with brown leather spine featuring two raised bands and gilt lettering and an integral chemise. In Spanish, “an invaluable summary of the state of affairs in Coahuila and Texas at this time.”(Streeter) Topics include the opening of more cemeteries due to an outbreak of measles and fever, the organization of a one hundred man militia around San Antonio due to attacks by Indians, and the settlement of 3,100 families from the United States through six colonization contracts and another 400 families from England. Smoothed fold at bottom right corner. Light stain at top left page fore edge. Adhesive staining on verso of page 9. A scarce piece of Texana. Fine.

Rafael Gonzales (1789-1857) was a soldier active in the Mexican Independence move-ment where he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel before being named governor of Coahuila y Tejas. The town of Gonzalez, Texas, is named for him.

Reference: Streeter 709. Eberstadt Texas 162:340. Howes C506.Estimate: $3,000-$5,000 Starting Bid: $1,500

42069 [Charles Goodnight]. Possible Dictated Letter to George Findley. One page, 8.5” x 10.5”, from the “Office of C. Goodnight,” Goodnight [Texas], February 21, 1896. Charles Goodnight only received six months of formal education and could barely read or write. It is probable that this letter was dictated by Goodnight to his wife or an associate who wrote it for him. It reads in full:

“Yours of 11th just received, and will say I am doing every thing in my power to have the quarantine matter adjusted. As I understand the matter, our Gov. is doing all he can for us in the right direction. I think if he can satisfy the department, I mean Morton. the line will be respected when established & there will be but little difficulty in getting the matter settled. all parties interested should be at Ft. Worth as that will be regular meeting of the Association.”

Shortly after the Civil War, one of the most celebrated cattlemen in Texas history, Charles Goodnight (1836-1929), along with his partner Oliver Loving, set out from Belknap, Texas, and forged a trail west to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, with 2,000 head of cattle establishing the now famous Goodnight-Loving Trail. It quickly became the most traveled trail in the southwest, spurring Goodnight to extend it to Granada, Colorado. Due to the influx of dis-ease, most notably Texas fever, which infected cattle in states to the north as they came in contact with cattle from Texas, many states passed quarantine laws barring any cattle from Texas to pass beyond borders. Texas cattle carried the disease, but remained unaffected and in relatively good health. These quarantining laws effectively ended the Texas cattle-trailing industry that flourished in the late nineteenth century.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200


Presentation copy

42070 Thomas J. Green. Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier; Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His Sufferings, and Final Escape From the Castle of Perote. With Reflections Upon the Present Political and Probable Future Relations of Texas, Mexico, and the United States. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First edition. Presentation copy from the author. In ink on the front free flyleaf: “To N. A. M. Dudley, Esq. With the Author’s Compliments.“ (This is, perhaps, Col. Nathan Augustus Monroe Dudley, infamous participant in the Lincoln County War.) 8vo. xiv; [3], 18-487pp. Engraved plates from drawings by Charles McLaughlin (a fellow prisoner). One plate is out of order and placed as the frontispiece. One fold-out map and one diagram. Mild foxing throughout. Significant foxing to the plates, as is often the case with this title. Green cloth over boards. Some chipping to the backstrip. Bumping to extremities. Binding slightly cocked. In later slipcase. Overall, a very good copy.

Green was on the Rio Grande as a member of the Somervell punitive expedition when it was deemed a failure and aborted. Many of the men, including Green, decided to continue their raids into Mexico. With the unsuccessful attack on the Mexican village of Mier, he and other Texians were taken pris-oner and marched to the prison at Perote near Vera Cruz. “As a participant Green was able to write a vivid and terrifying tale. He was particularly bitter toward Sam Houston and believed Houston was responsible for the deaths of those Americans shot as brigands” (Graff).

References: Basic Texas Books 80 (“the most important account of the tragic Texan expedition against Mier”). Graff 1643. Howes G371. Raines, p. 98. Sabin 28562. Streeter 1581.Estimate: $700-$900 Starting Bid: $350

42071 [Texas Republic]. General Thomas Jefferson Green. Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier. Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His Sufferings, and Final Escape From the Castle of Perote. With Reflections Upon the Present Political and Probably Future Relations of Texas, Mexico, and the United States. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First edition. 8vo, xiv, 487 pages. With eleven plate drawings from life by Charles McLaughlin (a fellow prisoner), one fold-out map and one diagram. Engraving “Shooting Capt Cameron“ as frontispiece. Brown, blind stamped cloth over boards with lettering gilt stamped on the spine. Heavy scuffing on the boards and spine; head and foot of spine frayed, with repair tape at the head. Textblock trimmed with some minor soiling near the top. Mild toning and scattered foxing, somewhat heavy in places, throughout. Good.

Green enlisted as a volunteer for a punitive expedition to retaliate for the Mexican pillage of San Antonio. He co-led an unsuccessful attack on the Mexican village of Mier and he and other Texians were taken prisoner and marched to the prison at Perote near Vera Cruz. He gives a vivid first-hand account of his treatment and subse-quent escape.

“The most important account of the tragic Texan expedition against Mier” (Basic Texas Books). “Green’s is one of the most exciting accounts of the tragic affair of the Texian Expedition... He was particularly bitter toward Sam Houston and believed Houston was responsible for the deaths of those Americans shot as brigands” (Graff).

References: Howes G371. Basic Texas Books 80. Streeter 1581. Rader 1670. Jones 1104. Raines, p. 98. Sabin 28562. Graff 1643. Dobie, p. 55.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42072 Thomas Jefferson Green Military Appointment Twice Signed “Thos. J. Green“ as “Brigadier General of the Army of Texas.” One page, 7.5” x 12.5”, n.p., August 11, 1836. Green appoints James H. Milroy “Colonel, in the first Regiment of Infantry in my Brigade, in the Army of Texas: having full and ample authority so to do from David G. Burnett [sic] President of the Republic of Texas and his Cabinet Council.“ Below his first signature, Green writes, “I certify that Jas. H. Milroy was duly elected this day by said Regiment Colonial commandant August 11th 1836. [Signed] Thos. J. Green / Brig Genl. Texas Army.” James Milroy was the uncle of Union General Robert H. Milroy. The document, boldly signed by Green, is toned with folds.

Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863), a graduate of West Point, moved to Texas in early 1836. After joining the Texas cause, he was commissioned a brigadier general and raised volunteers in the U.S. Following the success-ful Texas revolution, he participated in the Somervell Expedition in 1842 and was second-in-command on the Mier Expedition. He surrendered to General Ampudia and was imprisoned at Perote Prison, from which he escaped and returned to Texas.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750

42073 Josiah Gregg. Commerce of the Prairies: or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader During Eight Expeditions Across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings. New York: Henry G. Langley, 1845. Second edition. Two 12mo volumes, 320 pages; 318 pages. Illustrated with engravings and maps; in-dexed. Twentieth century quarter-bound binding with maroon cloth and leather spine, lettered in gilt on the spine with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Heavy

foxing and browning to the pages, particularly along the outer margins. Bumped corners on both volumes and some rubbing on both spines. Overall, a very good copy.

One of the landmark books of Western Americana, Gregg’s book is acclaimed by all sources as the principal contemporary authority on the Santa Fe Trail and trade, the Indians of the south plains, and New Mexico in the Mexican period. Gregg originally moved to Santa Fe for health considerations, but he quickly became one of the foremost traders of the region. J. Frank Dobie calls his book “one of the classics of bedrock Americana.” It gives a lively, intimate and personal account of experiences on the prairies and in northern Mexico.

Reference: Graff 1559. Bay pages 367, 371-2. Howes G401. Jones 1087. Clark, Travels III 172. Dobie 75-76. Raines, p. 99. Wagner-Camp-Becker 108:1. Streeter Texas 1502. Streeter Sale 378. Rittenhouse 255.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42074 J. Evetts Haley. The Heraldry of the Range. Canyon: Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1949. First edition of 375. Signed by the author on the title page. 4to, 35 pages. Illustrated by H. D. Bugbee. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Some minor wear and marks on the plastic dust jacket and mark on the front free endpaper. Near fine condition.

Dallas Morning News writer Paul Crume wrote of Haley’s work: “The Heraldry of the Range doesn’t properly belong to the body of his [Haley] work. It is a bookmaker’s item, really, done in sepia and black by the in-comparable Carl Hertzog of El Paso, and the growing number of collectors who admire Hertzog’s work will probably seek it out.”

References: Lowman 62A; Adams, Herd 962.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42075 Lucille Hall Landscape Painting of Bluebonnets Signed. One oil on canvas work, 13” x 9” (sight), signed “L. Hall“ in lower right corner, undated. Hall began her artistic training in El Paso in 1925 under the tutelage of Cyril Kay-Scott, Xavier Gonzalez, Alice Chilton and Jewel Myers. Her work was exhibited in 1935 at the El Paso Women’s Club. The artist, a native of Texas, here depicts a landscape replete with the state flower in an impressionistic style. With an ornate gold frame, an overall size of 15” x 11.5”. Minor and typical cracking of the oil paint.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

42076 Samuel W. Harman. Hell on the Border; He Hanged Eighty-Eight Men. A History of the great United States Criminal Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and of Crime and Criminals in the Indian Territory, and the Trial and Punishment thereof before his Honor Judge Isaac C. Parker. Fort Smith, Arkansas: The Phoenix Publishing Company, [1898]. First edition. 8vo, xiii, 714 pages. Includes six pages of reviews of the book at the end. Portrait of Judge Isaac C. Parker as frontispiece, which is chipped at the top. Illustrated mostly with photographs, but a few drawings are present. Original green printed wrappers decorated with black; edges are chipped and worn. Soiling of the spine and covers are evident. Rubbing on the back cover exposes the stitching of the textblock in places. Very mild ton-ing on the pages, some pages are faded toward the back, but no text loss. Soiling on the bottom page edge.

Judge Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896) first sought a career in Republican politics, and was elected to two terms in Congress beginning in

1870. However, when political fortunes in the area turned against the Republicans, like many dispossessed officeholders, he sought a federal ap-pointment. In March 1875 President Grant appointed Parker to his judge-ship, based at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the Western District of Arkansas, an area of some 74,000 square miles, which included the entirety of the Indian Territory. His disgraced predecessor, Judge William Story, had resigned rather than face charges of graft and corruption. Anxious to restore the Court’s reputation, Parker went after violent crime aggres-sively. The number of hangings he ordered was in part simply the result of the large number of cases which came up for trial in his jurisdiction (he often held court six days a week, and up to ten hours daily). Executions in those days were often public events attended by rambunctious crowds, and Parker brought this to a halt by erecting a tall fence which closed off the gallows from public view. Nonetheless, he was known far and wide as the

“Hanging Judge.”

Of the book, Adams said: “Exceedingly rare. The rare original edition has become a collector’s item and is the chief source of practically every book and feature story about the old court and Oklahoma outlaws. It originated from an idea of J. Warren Reed, the criminal lawyer who was such a thorn in Judge Parker’s side. Although Reed’s name does not appear, he financed its publication. He had Samuel W. Harman, a professional juryman, write it, and it appears under his name. The book was printed in an edition of only 1000 copies, and though large, statistical and dry, the first edition was soon exhausted because of the reputation of Judge Parker’s court.” From Graff: “An important source book, - all the statistical part of the book, the biographical sketches of those connected with the court and the transcriptions from the Court records, were the work of C.P. Stearns and are said to be scrupulously accurate...”

Reference: Adams, Burs I:171. Adams, Guns 929. Adams, One-Fifty 68. Campbell, pp. 71-72. Anderson 1642:525. Rader 1780. Dykes, Rare Western Outlaw Books, pp. 22-23. Bauer 386. Graff 1785. Littell 800. Howes H203.Estimate: $1,200-$1,500 Starting Bid: $600

42077 John C. Hays Treasury Warrant Signed “John C. Hays.” One page, 6.75” x 3.75”, n. p., January 23, 1845. Signed by Hays on the verso. In full:

“The Treasurer of the Republic of Texas will pay to the Order of John C. Hays Comd of Spies Nine hundred Sixteen 50/ Dollars, out of any money appropri-ated by Act of February 5, 1844 for Protection of Frontier This amount being drawn on requisition, the Auditor will charge accordingly.”

Signed “Charles Mason“ as Auditor and “James B. Shaw“ as Comptroller.


Signed on the verso by William B. Ochiltree as Secretary of the Treasury for the Republic of Texas . Also included is a photograph of Hays that has been removed from a magazine.

John Coffee “Jack” Hays moved to Texas in 1836 to join the Texas Revolution; he was assigned to the Texas Rangers. After the revolution, Hays’ Ranger group became one of the first to successfully adopt the use of the Colt five-shot revolving-cylinder pistol in 1844, which changed the way Texas Rangers engaged Indians in battle. In the years of the Republic (1836-1845), Hays and his men defended Texas from Indians and Mexican troops.

Charles Mason saw action in the Battles of Gonzales, Bexar and San Jacinto. He was Acting Secretary of War (1838-1839) and was appointed First Auditor of the Republic in 1839. James B. Shaw was Comptroller of the Republic (1839-1845) and State (1845-1859) of Texas. William Beck Ochiltree served the Republic of Texas as a judge, Secretary of the Treasury (1844), adjutant general (1845), and as a delegate to the Convention of 1845. During the first years of the Civil War, he served as a member of the Confederate Provisional Congress.Estimate: $800-$1,000 Starting Bid: $400

42078 Texas First Class Headright Grant of Land in Jasper County Signed “John Bevil“ as President, “W.H. Stark“ as Commissioner, and at-tested to by “A.G. Parker.” One page, partially printed, 7.5” x 7.75”, Jasper County, July 5, 1839. This grant is number 141 and is imprinted with a five-pointed star at top center. The grant reads in full:

“This is to certify that Rufus Lugleman has appeared before the Board of Land Commissioners for the County of Jasper and proved according to law that he arrived in this Republic in the year A.D. 1834 and that he is a married man and entitled to One League & one Labor of Land upon the condition of paying at the rate of Three Dollars & fifty cents for each labor of irrigable land Two dollars & fifty cents for each labor of temporal or arable land and one dollar & twenty cents for each labor of pasture land which may be contained in the survey secured to by this Certificate.“

Lugleman’s name also appears on the verso. Head Right grants were is-sued to individuals by Boards of Land Commissioners in each county. A First Class Head Right Grant was issued to every “free white person” who arrived in Texas before independence, March 2, 1836. Heads of families received one league (4,428 acres) and one labor (177.1 acres), while single men received 1/3 league (1,476.1 acres). Bevil’s Settlement was a commu-nity of pre-Republic of Texas settlers who settled between the Neches and Sabine rivers on land that was eventually organized as Jasper and Newton counties. The settlement was named for John Bevil, who moved there be-fore 1829. Bevil served as Chief Justice of Jasper County and as a member of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas from 1839-1840. William H. Stark of Orange, Texas, had a successful career in lumber, oil, rice, in-surance and banking. He was recognized as one of the outstanding finan-cial and industrial leaders of Texas. Argalus G. Parker was Clerk of the Jasper County Court, working in the office of County Surveyor Martin B. Lewis. Uniformly toned. Three vertical folds, else fine.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42079 [Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla] and [Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez]. Two Unsigned Portrait Paintings of Heroes of Mexican War of Independence. One rectangular oil on canvas portrait of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, 19.63” x 25”. The second portrait, an oval

-shaped oil on canvas painting in profile of Josefa Ortiz, 20” x 24”. Both portraits are undated, but most likely late 19th or early 20th Century.

In 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), a priest and intellectual, led a rebellion that is considered an important prelude to the Mexican War of Independence. Known as the Father of the Nation, Hidalgo’s im-age has been immortalized by many artists including Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Many versions of his like-ness have been reproduced through portraits, stamps, currency and popu-lar media. This picture is most likely derived from one of the many widely disseminated portraits of the revolutionary. This half-length portrait is staple-mounted to a wooden stretcher. Some cracking and chipping of the oil paint, especially around the periphery. One very tiny puncture on the sitter’s collar.

The second portrait is of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (1768-1829), a rec-ognized heroine of the Mexican War of Independence. In opposition to Spanish authority, Ortiz hosted in her home secret political meetings attended by insurgents such as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Ignacio Allende.

The portrait of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez is also an oil on canvas. She is depicted in profile against a solid brown background wearing a brooch and earrings. While the work is mounted to a stretcher, there is some looseness to the canvas in the upper left corner. Some creasing and chip-ping of paint, especially around the edges.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750


42080 Mary Austin Holley. Texas. Observations, Historical, Geographical and Descriptive, In a Series of Letters, Written during a Visit to Austin’s Colony, with a view to a permanent settlement in that country, in the Autumn of 1831. By Mrs. Mary Austin Holley. With an Appendix, Containing specific an-swers to certain questions, relative to Colonization in Texas, issued some time since by the London Geographical Society. Also, some notice of the recent political events in that quarter. Baltimore: Armstrong & Plaskitt, 1833. First American edition, hav-ing first been published in London the year before. This is the first book written entirely about Texas in English. 12mo, 167 pages. Appendix. With folding map, Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas by W. Hooker (13.25” x 10.75”). Map has one archival repair and very light foxing; right edge is slightly chipped. “Copper Mine“ and “Whaco a Village“ circled in pencil. There is, however, no paper loss and the map is in near pristine condition. Taliaferro calls Hooker’s map “one of the earliest maps of Texas to show all of Texas to the Arkansas River, including the Panhandle.” This map conforms to Streeter’s 2nd with “Beales and Rayuelles Grant“ at top left, Hooker’s name added beneath the title, and Milam’s Grant labeled “Beales Grant.“ Reddish-brown cloth, with title and decorative device in gilt on front board. Cloth is rubbed and soiled and heavily faded in parts; spine faded with the author’s name and title handwritten in black ink. Edges and ex-tremities are worn; corners bumped and frayed. Joints worn causing spine covering to detach in places; front hinge cracked, but binding is tight. Gilt dulled slightly. Moderately foxed throughout. Pencil notations in places. Page 86 is misnumbered as “62” and covered over with black ink. In a clear dust jacket. Book is in generally very good condition.


A signature reading “Almonte“ dated 1834 appears on the front pastedown and is purported to be that of Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, a Mexican general who served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Santa Anna throughout his invasion of Texas during the Texas Revolution. Below the signature appears the following: “Rare autograph of ‘Almonte’/Mexican leader/Texas Revolution/[illegible] his [illegible] given at San Antonio/Alex Dienst.” While the above notation by Dienst is heavily damaged by waterstains to the point of being nearly illegible, the “autograph” of Almonte is bold and bright, despite a portion of it lying in the same dampstaining. Directly opposite, on the front free endpaper, is written: “Dr. Alex Dienst/Temple/1915.” Several notations in pencil also appear on the rear pastedown endpaper listing the contents of the book, also in the hand of Dienst. Alexander Dienst was a dentist and histo-rian who amassed a large collection of books and primary sources dealing with Texas history, primarily the Texas Revolution and the Texas Navy. From 1932 to 1935 served as president of the Texas State Historical Association and authored the book “The Navy of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1845.”

“Texas” is an epistolary account of the author’s journey to Texas (specifically to Austin’s Colony) in the fall of 1831. Mrs. Holley was, in fact, a cousin of Stephen F. Austin, and the book is dedicated to him. Holley was enthusiastic about the country and its prospects, and in this series of letters, she de-scribes many aspects of the region, including the landscape as well as the political, economic, and social climate. Holley was so taken with this “splendid country” that she rhapsodizes about Texas, describing it as an almost idyllic utopia: “Ones feelings in Texas are unique and original, and very like a dream or youthful vision realized. Here, as in Eden, man feels alone with the God of nature, and seems, in a peculiar manner, to enjoy the rich bounties of heav-en, in common with all created things. [...] [T]he profound stillness; the genial sun and soft air, - all are impressive, and are calculated, both to delight the imagination, and to fill the heart, with religious emotions” (Holley, p. 127). She concludes - somewhat vehemently - that a person would do well to “settle accounts at home, and begin life anew in Texas. He will find, here, abundant exercise for all his faculties, both of body and mind, a new stimulus to his ex-ertions, and a new current for his affections. He may be obliged to labour hard, but riches are a very certain reward of his exertions” (p. 131). Mrs. Holley was certainly one of the most persuasive boosters of emigration to Texas, and many of her readers were no doubt swayed to head to this new Promised Land as soon as they could!

Reference: Basic Texas Books 93. Graff 1934. Howes H593. Raines, p. 116. Sabin 32528. Streeter Texas 1135, 1136. Taliaferro 241.Estimate: $8,000-$12,000 Starting Bid: $4,000


42081 Two Directories of the City of Houston including: Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Houston, 1884-85. Containing an Historical Business Review; the Present State, County and City Governments; a Complete List of All County Officials, Post Offices, Telegraph, Express, and Money Order Offices in Texas; Population of the United States and Principal Cities, Population of Principal Nations and Foreign Cities; Also, an Index of Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory; also, a Valuable Street Index or Guide. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, Printers, Lithographers, 1884. 8vo, 359 pages. Printed paper over boards. Front board is hanging on. Bindings show extensive wear, especially along the spine, but the pages are in wonder-ful condition and are like new. [and:] Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Houston, 1887-88. Containing the Present State, County and City Governments, and a Complete List of All County Officials, Post Offices and Money Order Offices in Texas; Also, an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupation or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory; also, a Valuable Street Index or Guide. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, Printers, Lithographers, 1887. 8vo, 357 pages. Red cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the front, back and partially on the spine. Title is also stamped into the spine. Page edges are stamped in black “August Menger, Manufa. Of Laundry and Toilet Soaps, Houston, Texas.” Boards exhibit normal shelf wear, but the book is in near very good condition.

An amazing reference resource bursting with genealogical and historical research possibilities. Scores of display ads for Houston businesses plus a business directory listing businesses by category. The general directory lists not only residents’ general address but also their profession. Further distinctions such as “widow” or “colored” are also noted.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42082 [Houston]. First Baptist Church Archive for the years 1883 through 1884 containing three work contracts, list of First Baptist Church subscribers, donation booklet, and a report on work done.

Established by a group of sixteen believers in 1841, the congregation grew along with the city of Houston. It survived several outbreaks of yellow fe-ver, war, and, at the turn of the century, the deadly hurricane that struck Galveston Island in 1900. The church was in need of a new building and, by 1883, the Building Committee had been established to accomplish just that. Serving as chairman of the committee was Benjamin Armistead Shepherd (1814-1891), president and co-founder of the First National Bank of Houston and a prominent landowner, who had arrived in Houston in 1844 and established a mercantile firm before entering into the banking business. The new building was completed circa 1884 and has since been demolished.

Agreement for Building Contract signed by B. A. Shepherd as chair-man of the Building Committee. Four pages, 9” x 14”, partially printed, Houston, June 26, 1883, between contractor W. G. C. Johnson and B. A. Shepherd for “Brickwork required in the erection and completion of the First Baptist Church in the City of Houston...agreeably to the Plans, Drawings and Specifications prepared for the said works by Geo. E. Dickey Architect...for the sum of Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Five Dollars.” Countersigned by W. G. C. Johnson. Folds, else fine. [and:] Labor Indenture for Slate Work. One page, 7.75” x 12.5”, “County of Harris [Houston]”, June [no day], 1883, “between John Geilig...and B. A. Shepherd...in consideration of the sum of One Thousand and Fifty Eight Dollars the party of the first part [Geilig] agrees to furnish all the material and do all the work of slating required for the erection and completion of the First Baptist Church in the City of Houston.” Folds, else fine. [and:] Labor Indenture for Iron and Tin Work signed by B. A. Shepherd as chairman of the Building Committee. Three pages, verso only, 7.75” x 12.5”, “County of Harris [Houston],” June 29, 1883, between “M. Schmidt & Curtin...and B. A. Shepherd...in consideration of the sum of Five Hundred and Twenty Dollars of lawful money of United States...[for] all the Galvanized Iron and Tin Work of every kind required in the erection and finishing of the First Baptist Church now being erected in the City of Houston.” Countersigned by M. Schmidt & Curtin. Folds, else fine.

Also included is a List of Subscribers to First Baptist Church. Three pages, 7.75” x 12.5”, [Houston], n. d. (circa 1883), containing the names of eighty-two parishioners and organizations as subscribers, the amounts subscribed, the amounts paid, and the amounts still due. Notable names include B. A. Shepherd; Abram Groesbeeck, director of the railroad com-pany and namesake of Groesbeck, Texas; Sam Allen, rancher and largest shipper of cattle in southeast Texas; and Charles Stewart, Confederate veteran and U. S. Congressman. Weakened folds, detaching at the top. Staining on verso of page four that affects page two and three, but not affecting the text. Good. [and:] Donation Booklet. On front cover is written in ink “Collection for First Baptist Church new church Building by Benjamin Armistead Shepherd.” Originally a First National Bank of Houston account book, it contains sixteen pages of names and amounts given toward the construction of a new church. [and:] Copy of the Report of B. A. Shepherd Chairman of Building Committee of First Baptist Church. Two pages, 8.75” x 13”, [Houston], April 2, 1884. Being a report of work done and cost of work for the construction of a new church build-ing. Lower two-thirds stained, not affecting text. Folds are detaching. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400


42083 Sam Houston Treasury Warrant as President of the Republic of Texas Endorsed “Sam Houston.“ One page, 6.25” x 3.5”. Washington [Texas], February 15, 1844. Boldly endorsed by Houston with his ornate paraph on the verso. Signed “Charles Mason“ as Auditor and “James B. Shaw“ as Comptroller. It reads in full:

“The Treasurer of the Republic of Texas will pay to the Order of Sam Houston Presdt Two Thousand Dollars, out of any money appropriated by Act of February 5, 1844 for Contingent fund Executive Department this amount be-ing Drawn on Requisition the Auditor will charge accordingly.“

Charles Mason saw action in the Battles of Gonzales, Bexar and San Jacinto. He was Acting Secretary of War (1838-1839) and was appointed First Auditor of the Republic in 1839. James B. Shaw was Comptroller of the Republic (1839-1845) and State (1845-1859) of Texas.

The Act of February 5, 1844, passed on the last day of the 8th Congress, made “appropriations for the support of the Government” for 1844. The September 29, 1843 treaty between the Republic of Texas and nine Indian tribes, the Delawares, Chickasaws, Wacos, Tawakonis, Kichais, Anadarkos, Hainais, Biloxis, and Cherokees, was ratified by the Texas Senate on January 31, 1844, and signed by Houston on February 3, 1844, two days before the Texas Congress adjourned. Very fine condition.Estimate: $4,000-$6,000 Starting Bid: $2,000

42084 Sam Houston Autograph Endorsement Signed Twice As President of the Republic of Texas. Two pages, 8.13” x 7.63”, 1844. On the recto, an invoice addressed to “General Sam Houston for the Indian Department“ for payment to John Ramsay. A total sum of $45.43 ¾, the in-voice details items such as coats, shirts, and handkerchiefs that were sup-plied between December 1843 and February 1844. The invoice is endorsed by Sam Houston twice: First, along the bottom margin, “Approved, Sam Houston“. The second endorsement signature, written perpendicularly over the invoice, reads: “Sam Houston, May 30th, ‘44“. Verso acknowl-edges receipt of payment, including a signature by John Ramsey. With remnants of red wax seal in upper left corner, usual mail folds and toning.

Sam Houston’s respect, sympathy and fondness for Native Americas are demonstrated throughout his life: First as a teenager living with the Cherokee Indians for three years, and then in 1817 as an agent to the same tribe to assist in their relocation West of the Mississippi. In 1829, Houston returned to live with the Cherokee after a failed married. He again stayed for three years, adopting the tribe’s native dress and taking a mixed blood women as his wife. Later in his political life, in 1836 he nego-tiated a peace treaty with the Cherokee of East Texas. Houston continued his involvement in such negotiations throughout his second presidency between December 1841 and December 9, 1844. As such, the invoice here is another iteration of Houston’s support of Native Americans, this time through the supply of textile provisions.Estimate: $3,000-$5,000 Starting Bid: $2,500


42085 Sam Houston Land Grant Signed “Sam Houston“ as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives for the State of Tennessee. Two pages, 8.25” x 10.25”, hand written in ink,

“Murfreesbourgh“, November 9, 1825, granting in “pursuance of an act of the General Assembly, of the State of Tennessee, passed on the 5th day of October 1824...’an act for the encouragement of iron works’...unto Mark Reeves and Sons, they being owners of iron works...a certain tract of parcel of land, containing Six hundred and forty acres, lying in the county of Carter...designated and according to Law, for the use of iron works.” Blind embossed paper Seal of the State of Tennessee at top left of recto. Marginal toning. Folds have weakened and detached, but have been archivally repaired leaving some slight staining and minor loss of text. Houston’s usual bold signature remains unaffected. Very good.

Before his move to Texas in the early 1830s, Sam Houston was an active participant in the poli-tics of Tennessee. The protégé of Andrew Jackson, Houston began his life in public office as the District Attorney for the District of Nashville before being elected to two consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives, 1823-1827.Estimate: $2,000-$3,000 Starting Bid: $1,800

42086 [Houston vs. Runnels Gubernatorial campaign]. Facts for the People. 8vo. 32 pp. Possibly dis-bound pages from a pamphlet. Text in two columns. Moderate foxing with some rippling, small tears, and very minor loss to edges. Minor pencil marking at rear. A generally very good copy of this exceedingly scarce item.

This publication presents reasons for voting against Sam Houston—and re-electing H. R. Runnels—in the upcoming Texas Gubernatorial election of 1859. After a general outline and synopsis of Houston’s record,

“Governor Runnels and the Frontier,” along with the “Constitutional Powers,” and the “Record of Gov. Runnels” is is addressed. Runnels additionally authors a “Circular” to his fellow citizens dated June 23rd, 1859. Following is a “Report of the Peace Commissioners to his Excellency Gov. H. R. Runnels,” along with state-ments of Maj. Neighbors, Capt. John A. Nelson, and numerous others. A damning indictment of “Houston’s Frontier Record” and his protection of the Indians is given ample room later in these pages. Several pages of reprinted letters follow.

“The people of Texas have never been called upon to exercise the right of suffrage in an ejection of such im-portance as that which is to come off in August next.

The recent letter of Gen. Houston accepting the nomination of the “Austin Faction,” as their candidate for Governor, has aroused the democracy of the State, and we are encouraged in the belief that proper exertions on our part will give us a most triumphant majority, and extinguish forever the little vitality left in the Know Nothing-Opposition Party.” From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42087 Sam Houston State of Texas Land Grant Signed “Sam Houston“ as governor and Francis M. White as commissioner of the General Land Office. One page, partially printed, 14.75” x 12.5”, “City of Austin,” April, 28, 1860, granting “William McGovern...Three Hundred and twenty acres of Land...in Jones County on the W Bank of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River.” Blind stamped seals of the State of Texas and General Land Office at the bottom. Ink is faded heavily in places, but Houston’s signature is bold and still wholly legible. Archival repair to the verso. In near very good condition.

Sam Houston had been elected governor of Texas in 1859, becoming the only person to date to serve as governor of two states (he was governor of Tennessee from 1827 to 1829) and the only to be a former head of state to a foreign nation. After Lincoln’s election to the U. S. presidency in 1860, the Texas Secession Convention convened and Houston fervently opposed to secession. When Texas seceded in February, 1861, Houston was forced from office for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. Francis M. White served as a lieutenant in the Texan army during the Revolution and was pres-ent for the siege of Bexar and the Grass Fight. He was a member of the Texas House and served as commissioner of the General Land Office from 1857 until 1862.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750


42088 [Matilda Charlotte Houstoun]. Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; or Yachting in the New World: By Mrs. Houstoun. With Portraits and Illustrations. London: John Murray, 1844. First edition. Two octavo vol-umes in twelves (7.75” x 4.75”). vii, 314; viii, 360 pages; no advertisements. Illustrated with seven engraved plates. Bound full in leather with “The Society of Writers to the Signet” seal gilt stamped to the covers of both volumes. Spines tastefully rebacked with original spine laid on; Vol. I has new material at tail. Gilt ruling and five raised bands with morocco spine labels and gilt titles on spine. Covers lightly worn with minor loss to cor-ners and spine ends. Small library label to front pastedowns with no other markings present. Endpapers have minor browning at edges. Very light toning to pages. Light offsetting at engravings. Cloth slipcase. Otherwise, a better than very good set of volumes.

“This sprightly account was written by a wealthy English lady who visited Texas in 1842 in her husband’s private yacht. Her view of the Texans is surprisingly free of snobbery, although she viewed them with the same paternalism that the English of her day viewed all non-Englishmen. Moreover, she had that rare gift of intellect and character that enabled her to perceive the idiosyncrasies of the Texans.”

“

‘Were I asked what is the national religion of the Texan people, I should answer none.’ She called Texans ‘an impatient people; they drive to, and at their end, with greater velocity than any individuals I ever saw or ever heard of. Nothing stops them in their go-ahead career’” (Basic Texas Books).

References: Basic Texas Books 97. Clark III-182. Howes H693. Raines, p. 120. Sabin 33202. Streeter, 1506.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $500

42089 [Matilda Charlotte Houstoun]. Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; or Yachting in the New World. By Mrs. Houstoun. With Portraits and Illustrations. Philadelphia: G. B. Zeiber & Co., 1845. 18mo, xii, 288 pages. Lithograph portrait of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna by Thomas Sinclair as frontispiece. Three illustrations. Oversewn and bound in a brown paper covering, the front cover features a lovely vignette of a chair, globe, and books titled “The Home & Travellers Library.” Untrimmed page edges. Spine cover is chipped at the head and the foot; moderate foxing through-out. Contained within a later, modern casing of blue cloth over boards with integral chemise; “Texas and the Gulf of Mexico“ giltstamped on the spine.

“This sprightly account was written by a wealthy English lady who visited Texas in 1842 in her husband’s private yacht. Her view of the Texans is surprisingly free of snobbery, although she viewed them with the same paternalism that the English of her day viewed all non-Englishmen. Moreover, she had that rare gift of intellect and character that enabled her to perceive the idiosyncrasies of the Texans.”

“‘Were I asked what is the national religion of the Texan people, I should answer none.’ She called Texans ‘an impatient people; they drive to, and at their end, with greater velocity than any individuals I ever saw or ever heard of. Nothing stops them in their go-ahead career’” (Basic Texas Books).

References: Basic Texas Books 97. Clark III-182. Howes H693. Raines, p. 120. Sabin 33202. Streeter, 1506.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42090 [Mexican War]. John T. Hughes. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney’s Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan’s Campaign against the Navajos; His Unparalleled March upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operations of General Price at Santa Fé: With a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan. Illustrated with Plans of Battle-Fields and Fine Engravings. Cincinnati: J. A. & U. P. James, [1847]. 8vo, 144 pages. Frontispiece portrait J. D. Tisdell’s “The Volunteer.” Eight wood-engraved vignettes and one on the cover; three single-page plans: Plan of Santa Fe and Its Environs, Plan of the Battle of Brazito, and Plan of the Battle of Sacramento. Salmon printed wrappers with adver-tisements on the verso of the front wrapper and verso and recto of the

rear wrapper. Leaves are gathered. Held in a tri-fold, brown cloth case with marbled boards which has be slipped into a half-bound, brown cloth and leather slipcase with two raised bands and “Doniphan’s Expedition

- 1847“ gilt-stamped on the spine and gilt border. Altogether a very good, desirable copy.

Reference: Cowan, page 115. Edwards, The Enduring Desert, page 122. Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 999a (Maclean) and page 214 (Tisdell). Hill, page 452. Howes H769: “Doniphan’s and Kearney’s conquests gave the U.S. its claim to New Mexico and Arizona.” Plains & Rockies IV: 134:5: “Recounts the ad-ventures of the First Regiment of Missouri Cavalry in New Mexico and Chihuahua....Hughes’ brightly-written account of the regiment proved popular; by 1851 the Jameses reported more than 14,000 copies, and it remained in print for many years thereafter. Despite the quantity, and the many printings, it is now rare and avidly sought.” Rittenhouse 311: “A classic work.” Wheat, Transmississippi West 546.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300

42091 General Memucan Hunt. The Public Debt and Lands of Texas. [New Orleans]: n. p, [1849]. 8vo, 16 pages. Modern slipcase quarter-bound in blue cloth over boards with navy blue leather spine. Gilt letter-ing and five raised bands on spine. Tri-fold protec-tive case in blue cloth over boards. Light to moderate toning and wrinkling of pages. “A letter from Hunt dated Austin, November 30, 1848, to J. B. Shaw and J. M. Swisher, comptroller and auditor of Texas, regarding his clients who are present-ing claims against ‘the late Republic of Texas,’ and ask-

ing the state not to repudiate the obligations.” (Eberstadt) Hunt, a former Republic of Texas minister to the United States, was acting “as agent and attorney of many claimants against the late Republic.” Light to moderate toning with uneven top and bottom edges. Also included is a letter from an unknown author to Ovid J. Johnston Esq., dated September, 1848, from Philadelphia, outlining the sections of an act passed by the Texas legislature regarding the repayment of the debt passed on March 20, 1848,

“An Act to provide for Ascertaining the Debt of the late Republic of Texas.” The author expresses his concern, as a creditor to the republic, in receiv-ing the full refund of the debt owed.

When the United States annexed the Republic of Texas, it was estimated that the republic held a $12 million debt, from loans by private citizens in Texas and the United States and in service provided for the defense of Texas. In 1848, the Second State Legislature called for the auditor and comptroller to assess the debt and scale it down to “face” value. By 1851, the debt was scaled to $6.8 million. Having little to no money in the trea-sury, Texas was allowed to keep all of her unappropriated lands to be first used as payment toward her debt, at a proposed rate of fifty cents an acre. The creditors refused and with the Compromise of 1850, the federal gov-ernment gave Texas, in return for giving up its claim to New Mexico and parts of present-day Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, and Oklahoma, totaling 6.7 million acres, $10 million dollars in U. S. Bonds. All told, the federal government and the State of Texas paid out a total of $9.28 million of the estimated $12 million.

Reference: Eberstadt Texas 162:423. Sabin 33883.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750

42092 Richard S. Hunt and Jesse F. Randel. (1839) Guide to the Republic of Texas: Consisting of a Brief Outline of the History of its Settlement; A General View of the Surface of the Country; Its Climate, Soil, Productions; Rivers, Counties, Towns, and Internal Improvements; The Colonization and Land Laws; List of Courts and Judicial Officers; Tariff and Ports of Entry &c. Accompanied by a New and Correct Map. By Richard S. Hunt and Jesse F. Randel, Houston, Texas. [New York: J. H. Colton, 1839.] 3.75” x 6”. 64pp. Lacks the original map, but con-tains a small facsimile map. An inscription on the front free endpaper states that the original book was bought in

1844. Toned and foxed throughout.

The text of the Guide to the Republic of Texas has been rebound without the map in boards from the Guide to Texas . . . Published by J. H. Colton. 1859. The boards are tan with stains and soiling.

According to Streeter, “The contents of this Guide, the first general guide to Texas, are pretty well stated in its title. It must have been a useful book for intending settlers, and its contemporary account of existing conditions makes it a valuable book now.”

References: Graff 2017. Howes H809. Raines, p. 122. Sabin 33887. Streeter 1348.Estimate: $1,200-$1,500 Starting Bid: $600


42093 Agustin Iturbide Letter Signed as President of the Regency. Six pages, 8.25” x 11.5”, Mexico, January 9, 1822. Great content letter addressed to the bishop of the cathedral of “N. Reyno de Leon.“ Iturbide had masterfully created an alliance amongst Mexican liberal insurgents, landed nobility, and the church. Their goal was to establish an indepen-dent Mexico, which would be ruled by a monarch. In this letter, Iturbide informs the bishop that the preceding government had left the country in chaos. Iturbide states that the first order of business for the ruling junta was to ensure that the future congress would be able to set up a general system of economic policy. Over the next six pages, he carefully outlines his ideas about policy regarding economics, the church, and the court system. He deftly declares that the church has the most wealth, and can continue to collect their rents; however he is careful to explain that he does not expect the church to make any sacrifices.

At the time this letter is written, the newly formed Republic was unstable with multiple factions vying for control. Iturbide would crown himself em-peror of Mexico a few months later, but would reign for less than a year. In near fine condition, with only gentle toning.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750

42094 Anson Jones Land Grant Signed as president of the Republic of Texas. One partially printed vellum page, 15.75” x 13.5”, Austin, October

10, 1845, granting Lovick P. Moore and his heirs land in Goliad County. Jones’ large signature and paraph are located in the lower right corner. A blind embossed paper seal is in the lower left corner. Heavy folds with some fading to text along the uppermost horizontal fold. Uneven toning; small holes at the intersection of folds that do not obscure the text.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42095 Anson Jones Land Grant Signed “Anson Jones“ as president of the Republic of Texas. One page, 15” x 12.5” (sight), partially printed on vellum, Austin, August 28, 1845, granting “Edmund Tucker...Three 618.440/1000.000 Labors of Land...In Fannin County, on Mineral Creek.” Blind embossed paper seal of the general land office affixed at bottom left. Folds and uneven toning, else fine. Matted and framed to an overall size of 19” x 16.75”.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42096 Anson Jones Document Signed “Anson Jones“ as president of the Republic of Texas. One page, partially printed, 9.25” x 11.25”, Washington [Texas], August 12, 1845, granting “John H. Seward...duly elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, in and for Precinct No. 3, in the County of Washington...power to exercise and discharge all and singular the duties and trusts, under the Constitution and Laws, to the office aforesaid.” Countersigned by Secretary of State Ebenezer Allen. Jones’ bold signa-ture and paraph is bright. Blind stamped seal of the Republic of Texas at left. Middle fold is detaching on the right edge. Toning along the left and top margins. Very good. Included with an engraved portrait of “The Architect of Annexation” Anson Jones.Estimate: $700-$900 Starting Bid: $350


42097 [Maximilian Affair]. Benito Juarez Autograph Letter Signed. Two page (front and back of a single sheet), 5” x 8”, El Paso [del Norte], May 25, 1866. Juarez is writing to his daughter, relating news of American support for the cause of Mexican indepen-dence from French rule. In part: “I will celebrate that you have returned without incidence from Washington and that you have enjoyed the monuments and environs of that notable capital. The politi-cal news that my [two illegible words] are very interesting for our country. There remains no doubt regarding the next stage

of our work.“ He tells her that he will be going to Chihuahua, because no enemy remains in that area. Juarez had been deposed by French forces, which had place Maximilian as Emperor. Juarez turned to the United States for support. Citing the Monroe Doctrine, President Andrew Johnson’s administration recognized Juarez’s government. Although Congress would not authorize funding for Juarez’s army, General Phillip Sheridan wrote in his journal that he “mis-placed” some 30,000 muskets along the Mexican border. With American support and growing threats elsewhere, the French began withdrawing their forces in the later months of 1866. The letter we offer is written at time when the tides were turning in Juarez’s favor. Emperor Maximilian would be captured and executed the following year.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

42098 Benito Juarez Military Appointment Signed “Benito Juarez“ as Constitutional President of the United Mexican States. Two pages, 10.25” x 16.5”, partially printed on blue paper, in Spanish, Mexico City, July 3, 1862, confer-ring the rank of Colonel of Cavalry on Mariano Escobedo. Two months before his appointment, on May 5, Escobedo had taken part in the Battle of Puebla where invading French forces, sent by Napoleon III and under the command of Charles de Lorencez, were repelled by a smaller force of Mexicans commanded by Ignacio Zaragoza near the town of Puebla, Mexico. The French returned the next year and eventually captured the town (Second Battle of Puebla) before heading to, and subsequently capturing, Mexico City. President Benito Juarez and his administration fled the city and the Austrian Archduke Maximilian was installed as Emperor of Mexico. The first battle of Puebla, however, had been an inspiration to the Mexican people and on the 16 of September, 1862, President Juarez made the obser-vance of the anniversary of the battle a national holiday. Cinco de Mayo is

still celebrated today. Mariano Escobedo would later be promoted to gen-eral and go on to hold the position of commander-in-chief of the northern zone and, later, governor of Nuevo Leon. Folds and light toning. Else fine.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42099 George Wilkins Kendall. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, Comprising a Description of A Tour Through Texas, and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygua Hunting-Grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians, and Final Capture of the Texans, and Their March, as Prisoners, to the City of Mexico. With Illustrations and a Map. By Geo. Wilkins Kendall. In Two Volumes. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. Two 12mo volumes, xii, 405 pages and frontispiece; xii, 406 pages

and frontispiece. Fold out map in volume I (12” x 16.75”) engraved by W. Kemble N. York, “Texas and Part of Mexico & the United States Showing


the Route of the First Santa Fe Expedition,” mildly foxed and torn where it is tipped in; some staining and chipping along the edges. Volume I illus-trated (aside from frontispiece) with one engraved plate; Volume II with two engraved plates. Both volumes beautifully rebound and reinforced in black cloth over boards with blind and gilt stamped spines. Moderate foxing of Volume I; light to moderate foxing in Volume II. Small hole on page 13 of Volume I, but not affecting the text. Text of both volumes re-mains bright. Light shelfwear, especially to spine. Despite the flaws, both are in fine condition.

This classic of western Americana recounts the adventurers and suffering of a small group of Texans who set out across the plains in 1841 to seize neighboring New Mexico. President Mirabeau Lamar had directed the group to take control of New Mexico either through diplomacy or force. Instead, the poorly provisioned party became lost on the arid high plains, eventually arriving in desperate straits. Alerted to the Texans’ intentions, New Mexico officials sent a force to meet them. The Texans were per-suaded to surrender, taken prisoner, and marched to Mexico City. George Wilkins Kendall, the owner of a New Orleans newspaper, accompanied the Texans and shared their fate, but along the way he kept notes and sent dispatches to his newspaper that became the basis of his remarkable book. Kendall’s “Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition” earned a wide readership, selling an amazing 40,000 copies in its first eight years. A classic travel narrative and cornerstone book about early Texas. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.

Reference: Field 818. Graff 2304. Howes K75. Rader 2157. Streeter 1515; Streeter Sale 379. Jenkins 116(a). Wagner-Camp 110:1. Sabin 37360.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42100 William A. Kendrick Signed Oil Painting. Oil on board, 8.75” x 12”, signed “Will A Kendrick 1930“ in lower right corner. In earthen tones, the painting depicts a bearded elderly gentleman who wears a red turban and rests his head and hand on his cane. William A. Kendrick (1889-1969) was born in Alabama, but lived most of his life in Texas. His paint-ings are included in the permanent collections of the Red Men Museum and Nations Bank. Framed to an overall size of 18.5” x 21.5”. Very good condition. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

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42101 William Kennedy. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. In Two Volumes. London: R. Hastings, 1841. First edition. Two 8vo volumes. lii, 378 pages; vi, 548 pages. Appendices. Bound in brown cloth, blind stamped and featuring the Lone Star; giltstamped spine. Two folding maps and two full page maps. With a complete map by John Arrowsmith, at-tached opposite the title page: Map of Texas, compiled from Surveys recorded in the Land Office of Texas, and other Official Surveys. Measuring 20” x 24”, outlined in color, marking towns, coun-ties, roads, military routes, rivers, creeks, and other physical features. With insets of the “Plan of Galveston Bay“ and the western U.S. and Mexico. Printed along the lower edge of the map,

“London Pubd. 17 April, 1841, by John Arrowsmith. 10 Soho Square.” The map is beginning to sepa-rate from the book in places, but is otherwise in great condition.

The spine covering of Volume I is detached at the top and torn in the bottom half, exposing what appears to be excerpts from a newspaper and a magazine. The boards are faded and stained; corners are bumped. The foot of the spine is chipped, but no loss of cloth. Pages are only slightly toned and remain bright. Binding is tight. Boards of Volume II are faded with some chipping at the top and middle of the spine. Corners are bumped; pages mildly toned. Binding of Volume II is also tight.

Both volumes have the bookplate of the previous owner, the Earl of Ellenborough, attached to the front pastedown. Edward Law (1790-1871), the first and only Earl of Ellenborough, was a member of the Privy Council and is most remembered as the seventeenth Governor-General of India. In both volumes is also found handwritten above the bookplates “Ellenborough,“ though it is likely that this is not in Edward Law’s hand.


Jenkins, in his Basic Texas Books, writes that the Arrowsmith map was, apparently, “included in only a portion of the copies of the original edi-tion, as only a small percentage of surviving copies contain it.” The second folding map, facing page 336 of Volume I, is a Map of the Republic of Texas and the Adjacent Territories, Indicating the Grants of Land Conceded under the Empresario System of Mexico. It measures 16” x 13”.

Considered the single best work on early Texas and hugely important in encouraging European emigration. This publication by William Kennedy (1799-1871) covers the geography and natural features of Texas as well as its history during the revolution and early years of the Republic, with many of the basic documents of the revolution seeing their first European publication in these volumes. Texans were shocked that such a thorough and comprehensive overview of Texas could have been written by a European, but “Kennedy himself gives a clue as to how he was able to ob-tain such a wealth of reliable data when he reveals that he was given ac-cess to M[irabeau]. B. Lamar’s private papers — a collection that was then and is still now an unexcelled mine of information on Texas history and geography” (Jenkins). This work had such a profound influence on gain-ing recognition of Texan independence abroad — particularly in England and Germany — that Kennedy, an Irishman, was appointed by the Texas government as Texan Consul in London and later as British Consul at Galveston. Per Raines: “This book was pronounced to be the best history of Texas extant. The Texan Congress passed a resolution of thanks to the author. The physical description of Texas [is] the best published up to that time. No historian of Texas has more eloquent paragraphs.” “An impor-tant work on Texas . . . [and] a most interesting book . . . Kennedy brings in various contemporary comments not usually found in the conventional account, and there is much in the way of contemporary articles and obser-vations.” (Streeter).

An extremely important book that helped to establish Texas as an inter-national presence.

References: Basic Texas Books 117. Graff 2308. Howes K92. Raines, pp. 132-133. Sabin 37440. Streeter 1385.Estimate: $12,000-$15,000 Starting Bid: $6,000

42102 William Kennedy. Texas: Its Geography, Natural History, and Topography. New York: Benjamin and Young, 1844. First edition, thus. 8vo. 118pp. Later contemporary binding with marbled boards and red buckram back strip. The title has been hand-written on a makeshift paper label and mounted to the front board and spine. The boards are generally scuffed and worn, especially along the edges. The back board is detached. The pages are slightly toned with some light scattered foxing throughout and some damp stains on the title page. The front free endpaper is detached but present and a former owner’s bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown. Still the contents are in very good con-dition, in a binding in need of conservation and restoration.

This is an abridged version of Kennedy’s very popular first volume Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects (London: 1841). Kennedy was an Irish poet who spent two short months in the Texas Republic in 1839 and returned home to write one of the most important works on Texas ever

printed. As noted by Howes: “Paints a favorable picture of Texas, and may have hastened English recognition of her independence.” Jenkins assures us that Kennedy’s work is “The most comprehensive account of Texas published during its decade as an independent nation ... a work of profound influence.”

Also includes Copy of Field Notes and Journal of Survey by A. Le Grand, the man in charge of the survey party to map out a land grant for the New Arkansas and Texas Land Company. Unlike the English issue of this book, the American edition does not include the map, but is generally consid-ered rarer and more desirable.

Reference: Streeter 1385B. Sabin 37441. Graff 2308. Howes K92. Raines p. 132-133. Basic Texas Books 117. Clark III: 189.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42103 Henrietta Lamar Document Signed. One page, 8.5” x 10.5”, Galveston, March 31, 1860, regarding the receipt of $9,000. In part: “On the 2nd day of February 1860, Mrs. Henrietta Lamar deposited with Shepherd, Shaw & Co. of Galveston a United States Treasury Warrant...for ten thou-sand Dollars, on which the said Shepherd, Shaw & Co. advanced One thou-sand Dollars, the remaining Nine thousand Dollars the said Shepherd, Shaw & Co agreed to retain...for the space of Ninety days paying Interest...Whereas, Mrs. Lamar desires to control the said Nine thousand Dollars before the ex-piration of the said 90 days...she is willing and hereby relinquishes the interest which may have accrued on the said amount to this date.”

Henrietta Lamar was the widow and second wife of Mirabeau B. Lamar, former President of the Republic of Texas, who had died of a heart attack three months before. Folds with scattered foxing and uneven toning. Else near fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200


42104 Mirabeau B. Lamar. Address of His Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar to the Citizens of Santa Fe. [Austin]: Austin City Gazette Office, [1841]. Also Proclama de su Excellencia Mirabeau B. Lamar a los Ciudadanos de Santa Fe, Constitucion de la Republica de Tejas, Constitution of the Republic of Texas, Decreto Relativo a las Yglesias Catolicas y propriedades pertenecientes a ellas, and An Act Concerning the Catholic Churches. 8vo, 14; 47 pages. Disbound with all signatures intact and all of the pages have been silked for preservation. Modern casing of red, quarter-bound cloth over boards with red leather spine featuring two raised bands and gilt lettering and an integral chemise. Moderate to heavy toning, with stain-ing found scattered throughout. Text is faded in parts, but still entirely legible. Some small holes and wrinkling from silking resulting in minimal text loss. Some light water damage. Composed of two letters, the first, dated June 5, 1841, opens with an address to “the Inhabitants of Santa Fe, and of the other portions of New Mexico, to the East of the Rio Grande,” where he bluntly states the position of Texas toward the citizens of New Mexico:

“The country has been won by our valor, and is consecrated to civil and religious liberty; and in no portion of it, will the enemy who provoked our resentment...ever be permitted to continue its authority, or perpetuate its domination. Knowing such to be the feelings of our people, it is due to candor to apprise you of the fact; and to let you know that the position which you now occupy towards the Government is temporary only...Although residing within our established limits, you are at present paying tribute to our enemies, professing allegiance to them, and receiving laws from their hands - a state of things ut-terly incompatible with our right of sovereignty, and which certainly cannot be permit-ted to be of long continuance. We do not use this language in any spirit of unkindness to you...Our purpose is simply to place before you the rights which we claim, and admon-ish you of the change in your condition, which the force of circumstances will inevitably bring about at no distant period, eight with or without your consent...that constituting, as you do, a portion of the civilized population of this Republic, you cannot...be allowed to exist as a separate and independent people, but must be finally compelled to unite with us under the same Constitution and laws, and share our destiny, as an undivided nation. That which you will have to do ultimately, we invite you to do now.”


Lamar continues by enticing the people to join him by laying out the ad-vantages of living under the umbrella of Texas democracy and expound-ing upon the valor of the people of Texas by telling of their glories during the Revolution, as well as the “cold-blooded butcheries of Goliad and the Alamo“ by their friends, the Mexicans. Translated into Spanish, it is found in the accompanying pamphlet, “Proclama de su Excellencia Mirabeau B. Lamar a los Ciudadanos de Santa Fe.” The second letter, “To the Citizens of Santa Fe: Friends and Compatriots,” dated a year earlier, April 14, 1840, is less hostile and talks about the “glorious revolution“ and urges the joining of the two peoples. Most of the copies of the Address were destroyed dur-ing the Santa Fe Expedition, leading Streeter to proclaim the Address to be one of the fifteen most desirable items of Texana.

In an aggressive maneuver to lure some of the westward flow of goods through Texas and away from the Santa Fe Trail, President Mirabeau Lamar unofficially commenced the Texas Santa Fe Expedition in 1841. (The reason for the expedition was much more complicated than sim-ply a trade mission: President Lamar, without the backing of the Texas Congress, was also attempting to lure the citizens of New Mexico to come under the jurisdiction of the republic, by force if necessary.) Merchants, with twenty-one wagons of goods valued near $200,000, were escorted by 321 soldiers with artillery, carrying copies of the Address with them. The expedition was poorly organized and executed. Traveling northwest in unfamiliar terrain, the party got lost. Meanwhile, food and water supplies ran short as hostile Indians harassed the party. When they finally arrived in New Mexico in mid-September 1841, they were met by a large Mexican Army. In no position to fight, the merchants and soldiers surrendered and were marched as prisoners to Mexico City. While there, they were rescued by U.S. diplomacy and released in April, 1842. Though an unfortunate episode, it did bring Texas into the consciousness of the U.S. as war with Mexico loomed closer.

Reference: Streeter 480; 483.Estimate: $15,000-$20,000 Starting Bid: $7,500

42105 Tom Lea. A Grizzly From the Coral Sea. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1944. First edition. Limited to 295 cop-ies, then the type and plates were sub-sequently destroyed. Inscribed by Tom Lea and signed by Carl Hertzog. 8vo, 32 pages. Green cloth over boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers by Tom Lea. Illustrations by Lea. Fore edge of pages uncut. The dust jacket has some tearing and staining, but overall this edition is in good condition.

This short prose work (Lea’s second book) draws from his experiences aboard the USS Hornet. This scarce title wasn’t reprinted until 1988, and it remains a highly sought-after item for collectors of both Tom Lea and Carl Hertzog.

Reference: Lowman 25B.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42106 Tom Lea. Peleliu Landing. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1945. Deluxe edi-tion limited to 500 copies, hand-numbered and signed twice by the author on intro-duction page bound in front. With an autograph note laid-in: “To Elley with affec-tion from Tom Lea“. 4to, 34 pages. Illustrated with ten of

the author’s original battle sketches. Lacking the eight-page Life magazine color insert laid-in all copies of the deluxe edition. Bound in olive green herringbone twill cloth, the same material as Marine Corps combat dun-garees, with titles printed in black on the front board. Tom Lea combat photograph used as endpapers. Page edges untrimmed. This copy is very nice and in near fine condition.

As a war correspondent for Life magazine, Lea was present for the first 32 hours of the Marine’s assault on Peleliu Island. His text and sketches bril-liantly capture the terror and shock experienced by the Marines in those first few critical hours. Hertzog’s choice of type face, paper and binding is integral to Lea’s narrative and sketches and one finds it difficult to im-age that one could stand without the other. Certainly this work must be counted as one of Hertzog’s greatest achievements.

Reference: Lowman 29A.Estimate: $700-$900 Starting Bid: $350

42107 [Tom Lea]. The Ben Lilly Legend. Measuring 48.75” x 41.25”, this oversized poster is a black and white reproduction of the cover of J. Frank Dobie’s book “The Ben Lilly Legend,” painted by famed Texas art-ist Tom Lea. The painting features Lilly, holding a rifle as the wind whips through his beard, and one of his hounds on a hunt.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200


42108 Edwin Oswald Legrand Signed Republic of Texas Oath. One page, 8” x 10”, partially print-ed on blue paper, San Augustine, April 4, 1839, issued to Washington P. Mann who declares: “that I in was a resident Citizen of Texas previous to the first of October 1838, and that I intend remaining perma-nently in the country...and consider myself justly entitled to Six hundred & forty acres of Land.” In 1836, Edwin O. Legrand was elected as a delegate from San Augustine to the Convention of 1836, where he signed both the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. Shortly thereafter, he enlisted in the army and saw action at the Battle of San Jacinto. Following the war, Legrand served as Justice of San Augustine County until 1838. Folds with light toning along the edges, especially the top. Fine.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

42109 John H. Lendrum Mexican War Archive containing the epau-lets of Mexican General Gabriel Valencia, the sword of a Mexican officer, a map of the Battle of El Molino del Rey, a presidential commission to captain by brevet, and orders.

Lieutenant John H. Lendrum, Third Artillery, United States Army, served with distinction throughout General Winfield Scott’s Mexico City Campaign during the Mexican-American War. Lendrum kept a detailed journal in which he documents the movement of the American army from his arrival at the Port of Veracruz on May 29, 1847, until the fall of Mexico City and beyond, giving us an eyewitness account of such famous battles as Churubusco, El Marino del Rey, and Chapultepec.

During the Battle of Chapultepec, Lendrum and a “Lt. Jones” carried a mountain howitzer into the belfry of a church where they began to rain fire upon “the soldiers at the Gateway.” Curiously, Ulysses S. Grant, who was also present at the Battle of Chapultepec, recounts a similar story in the “Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant”: “I got an officer...with a mountain howitzer...to go with me...The gun was carried to the belfry and put togeth-er...The shots from our little gun dropped in upon the enemy...” Neither men make mention of the other in their memoirs. The War Department, however, contains the report of Brevet Colonel John Garland who states:

“...I recognized the command as it came up, mounted a howitzer on the top of a convent, which, under the direction of Lt. Grant...and Lt. Lendrum...annoyed the enemy considerably.” It was for this action that Lendrum was awarded a brevet commission to captain.


Lendrum was also ordered to occupy the house of Mexican General Gabriel Valencia during the same battle. In his journal, Lendrum writes:

“We were now sent to occupy the house-top of Gen’l Valencia. We found the house deserted but everything left untouched. We remained in quar-ters here until the morning of the 15th...” It is probable that this is where he obtained the epaulets and the officer’s sword.

After the war, Lendrum is ordered to California in command of two companies. He is still in California when, at San Francisco on October 21, 1861, he is injured by a train of dirt cars. Captain John Lendrum died four days later, aged thirty-three years.

Gabriel Valencia’s Epaulets. Set of two Mexican officer’s epaulets measuring roughly 5.5” x 7.75”. On the interior of one epaulet is written:

“Gem’s Valencia [sic]/Mexican officer surrendered/Capt. John H. Lendrum/Co. I, 3rd U. S. Arty/1845.” Inside the second epaulet is written: “Capt. John H. Lendrum/Co. I, 3rd U. S. Arty/Gen’l Vallencia [sic]/1845/Mexican War.“ The date has been changed with pencil on both epaulets to read 1847.

The brass and gilt epaulets feature gold thread and coils that extend down from the shoulder boards and display the Mexican coat of arms (an eagle with wings outstretched grasping a cactus with its left claw while holding a snake with its right claw and beak) on the gold, silk-threaded boards. Unlike American epaulets, the tassels are rigid.

Gabriel Valencia (1799-1848) served in the Spanish Army as a young man. During the Mexican War of Independence he fought under Agustin de Iturbide and continued his military career as a brigadier general in the Mexican Army. He made an uneasy coalition with General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna where both men would work together for the benefit of mutually attaining political gain. During the Mexican War (1846-1848) Santa Anna ordered Valencia to halt the advance of American General Winfield Scott as he pushed toward Mexico City from Veracruz. Valencia’s army settled in at the town of Contreras. Santa Anna ordered Valencia to fall back to Churubusco, but Valencia ignored him. Santa Anna with-held reinforcements and Valencia’s army was subsequently routed. The fate of Valencia after the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco is unclear. Allegedly Santa Anna ordered him to be shot on sight. It is believed Valencia died in Mexico City in 1848, cause unknown.

Mexican Officer’s Sword. 33” blade, 37.75” overall. Ricasso marked “Weyersberg Frères / Solingen“, three branch “D” guard hilt with leather inner liner, wood with twisted wire grip, black leather soft scabbard with two ring mounts (missing the drag), the hilt and mounts are iron. A fine example.

Battle of El Molino del Rey Map. “Sketch of the Operations/of the/1st Division United States Army/under the command of/General Worth/on the 8th Sept. 1847/by/Edmd. L. F. Hardcastle/ Brt. 2nd. Lieut. Top Engineer.” Philadelphia: P. S. Duval Lithographer, n. d. (circa 1850). This handsome map measures 20.75” x 14.75” and is mounted to a black backing board to an overall size 21.75” x 15.75”. The map shows the location of General Winfield Scott’s headquarters at Tacubaya, the buildings comprising Molino del Rey and Casa de Mata, lines representing infantry movements and artillery, and the Castle of Chapultepec.

The Battle of El Molino del Rey was fought on September 8, 1847, shortly after the Battle of Churubusco. General Winfield Scott had received reports of Santa Anna rushing church bells to a foundry 1,000 yards from Chapultepec Castle called El Molino del Rey (the King’s Mills). Comprised of several buildings nearly 500 yards in length, the bells were to be melted down and cast into cannon. The fighting took place here and at another large stone building known as Casa de Mata, approximate-ly 400 yards away, which was used in the storage of gunpowder. The Casa de Mata was destroyed along with the molds for the cannon. The result was a costly American victory.

Fold creases are found throughout and some adhesive ghosting is present on the corners, but otherwise in fine condition.

Additional documents include: Millard Fillmore Military Appointment Signed as president. One partially-printed vellum page, 14.5” x 18”, Washington, March 12, 1851, appointing Brevet First Lieutenant John H. Lendrum a Captain by Brevet for “gallant conduct at Chapultepec.“. Countersigned by Charles M. Conrad as Secretary of War. Large blind embossed paper seal in the lower margin. The president’s signature is bold and clear. Aside from normal fold creases, this document is in very fine condition. [and:] Orders No. 84. One page, 7.5” x 9.5” (sight), issued from “Head Quarters/Fort Monroe Va./September 25, 1848,“ regarding the transfer of Lieutenant Lendrum to California where he will command two companies, it reads in full:

“I. Lient Lendrum 3rd Arty, in command of Companies ‘I’ and ‘M’ of this regiment destined for Calafornia [sic], will embark with them this morning on Board the Schooner ‘Lady Suffolk.’ Baker Master, and proceed to Forth Columbus, N. York where he will report to the Commanding officer of that Post.

“II. Sergeant McAerins of Company ‘H’ and Corporal Gardner of Co. ‘A’ are detailed for Regtl. Recruiting Service with Bvt. Lieut Col. H. Brown at New Brunswick, N. J. and will proceed to Fort Columbus, en route to that place, where they will report to the Commanding officer of the Post.”

Beautifully double matted and framed to overall size of 10.75” x 12.75”. Smoothed folds, but in fine condition.Estimate: $8,000-$10,000 Starting Bid: $4,000

42110 John J. Linn. Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1883. First edition. 12mo, 369 pages. Frontispiece engrav-ing of Linn with facsimile signature. Tipped in Errata sheet on page 369. Maroon, blind stamped cloth over boards; gilt lettering and blind stamping on spine. Boards are heavily scuffed and bowed outward. Rear board edge is frayed in places. Bumped corners. Spine is faded and chipped at the head and foot. Front hinge is cracked exposing the stitching. The name “Clara B. Mitchel“ is handwritten on the front free endpaper. Notations in pencil scattered throughout. Some slight ton-ing and foxing; binding is tight.

John Joseph Linn gives a first-hand account of Texas during the days of the revolution. Among other positions, Linn held the post of quartermas-ter of the Texas army and served in the second and third congresses of the new Republic of Texas. An important work, essential to any serious library of early Texas history.

References: Howes L363. Graff 2503. Jenkins Basic Texas Books 127.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300


42111 [Tony Lama]. Set of Display Longhorns. Unknown Maker, n. d. Once belong-ing to Texas bootmaker Tony Lama, Sr. Measuring 75.75” x 16” from tip to tip, mounted to a 19” x 4.5” wooden plaque. Center brown leather is blind stamped with floral/botani-cal patterns. There is a crack at the base of the left horn, giving evidence of past restoration. Excellent condition.

With a black and white photo of Tony Lama’s factory office picturing Tony Lama and the horns on the wall in the background. Also a note on “Tony Lama“ letterhead which reads in full: “The cattle horns on the wall in this photo of Tony Lama’s office at the boot factory are in the wall in the smallest bedroom.” The name “Roger Sauder“ is printed in the bottom corner.

Tony Lama, Sr. (1887-1974) was born in Syracuse, New York, orphaned at eleven, and was apprenticed as a shoemaker by his uncle who raised him. Lama joined the army and served as a cobbler while stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, serving under General John Pershing. After leaving the service in 1912, he opened a shoe repair business in El Paso where he continued making boots for the army. By the 1930s, he was exclusively making western style boots for local ranchers. The Tony Lama Corporation intro-duced changes to the typical western boot by making it comfortable for walking as well as riding.Estimate: $2,500-$5,000 Starting Bid: $1,250

42112 Texas Longhorn Shoulder Mount. This steer was named “Outlaw”, and was reputed to be the meanest fighting steer in the Texas Hill Country. He was from the Candy Mountain Ranches breeding pro-gram, one of the largest registered Longhorn breeding programs in central Texas. Expertly mounted by Demuth Taxidermy; the mount is 41” tall, measures 46.75” across from tip to tip of horns, and projects 40” from wall to nose. TSHA will deliver the mount free of charge to the winning bidder! All proceeds from this lot, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to TSHA.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42113 [Francis Lubbock, et al.]. Address of the Military Board to the People of Texas. Austin: Printed by John Marshall & Co., [n.d., 1862]. First edition. 8vo. Slim pamphlet. 8 pages. Original printed orange wrappers. Pages splitting along spine. Foxing throughout. Pamphlet has been folded in half vertically, with light crease running the length of the booklet. Generally very good. Scarce.

An appeal to the citizens of Texas for aid in its defense during the Civil War from the state Military Board, comprised of Governor F. R. Lubbock, Comptroller Clem R. Johns, and Treasurer C. H. Randolph. “We feel con-fident that our appeal to you will not be in vain: we do not doubt that you will rally to the call of your State: we cannot believe that you will fail to afford the means to repel and chastise the insolent foe, should he attempt to desecrate the soil of Texas with his polluting tread.... Act that you may remain freemen.” From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Parrish & Willingham 4302. Winkler 500.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42114 Francis Richard Lubbock. Six Decades in Texas or Memoirs of Francis Richard Lubbock, Governor of Texas in War-Time, 1861-1863. A Personal Experience in Business, War, and Politics. Edited by C. W. Raines. Austin: Ben C. Jones & Co., 1900. First edition. 8vo, xvi, 685 pages. Appendix and indexed. Illustrated with portraits, fac-simile reprints of documents, photographs, and scenery. Beautiful modern half-binding in maroon with black stamp-ing and gilt lettering to spine. Light shelf wear; soiling at bot-tom front corner. Front board bows inward slightly. Some damage to the fore and bottom edge of the pages, most notably some minor paper loss on pages 141 through 144, not affecting the text. Pages are very lightly toned. Very good.

From the book: “ ...not a history of Texas, but a personal memoir interspersed with such public events as came into my mind, and it extends over the entire life of the Republic and the Confederacy, coming down in a more desultory way to the present time...” As noted in Basic Texas Books: “His memoirs...are


entertaining and forthright, full of humor and entirely lacking in vanity.... Lubbock gives us one of the best accounts of business life in early Texas.”

References: Dobie, p. 52. Howes L542. Nevins, Civil War Books II, p. 196. Parrish, Civil War Texana 59. Raines, p. 141. Basic Texas Books 130. Rader 2259. Agatha, p. 70f. Broadfoot (5th) at 600.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42115 Francis R. Lubbock Autograph Letter Signed as assistant secretary and treasurer of the Texas Veteran Association. One and one-half pages, 8.25” x 11”, on “Texas Veteran Association“ letterhead, Austin, August 15, 1902. Written in pencil on lined paper and addressed to John Henninger Reagan declining an offer to visit shortly after the death of his wife. It reads in part: “I...at present think it best to remain at home looking af-ter little matters of business and keeping up my routine habits. I really think it is best for me, my Dear Friend...My wife many years ago led me to Christ and taught me to put my trust in him it has made me a happier and I trust a better man. She taught me to say ‘Lord thy will and not mine be done.’ So that I am now possessed of Christian fortitude enough to bear up under all inflictions. I think it is due myself, the memory of my departed wife to my friends and the people of Texas to meet everything that comes hardy and like a Christian.“

Folds and small chips toward the bottom; very fine condition.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42116 [Benjamin Lundy]. The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances Showing that This Contest is a Result of a Long Premeditated Crusade Against the Government, Set on Foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, Land Speculators,

&c. with the View of Re-Establishing, Extending, and Perpetuating the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Republic of Mexico. By a Citizen of the United States. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Gunn, 1836. 8vo. 56 pp, in double columns. Errata sheet. Pamphlet bound in three-quarter tan mo-rocco with marbled paper over boards. Gilt spine titles. Slight rubbing to covers. Moderate foxing throughout. Otherwise, very good.

Anti-slavery tract written by Benjamin Lundy, a Quaker abolitionist, who spent years traveling in search of a location for freed slaves to settle, in-cluding areas of Texas then under control of Mexico. C. W. Raines, in his Bibliography of Texas, sums up Lundy’s treatise in one sentence. “Anything but favorable to Texas.”

References: Howes L569. Raines, p. 141. Sabin 95134. Streeter 1217.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300

42117 [Douglas MacArthur]. West Texas Military Academy Photograph. 16” x 13.5” (sight), n.d. (circa 1896). Future Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers General Douglas MacArthur is pho-tographed as a cadet at the West Texas Military Academy. He is seen first from the left, sitting on the front row. Matted and framed to an overall size of 22” x 19.5”. Included with the photograph is a copy of Francis Trevelyan Miller’s General Douglas MacArthur: Fighter for Freedom. Illustrated with photographs, the book contains two photographs of a young cadet-age MacArthur. The first features MacArthur and his football teammates while a student at the West Texas Military Academy and the second, a few years later, as a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point.Estimate: $500-$750 Starting Bid: $250


42118 [Map]. Johann Baptista Homann. Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae, nec non Insularum, Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali accurata Tabula exhibita a Ioh. Babtista Homann. 22.75” x 19” (sight), matted to an overall size of 28” x 25”, Nuremberg, circa 1720. Copper-engraved, hand colored in outline and wa-tercolor wash; black and white cartouches and vignettes.

This extremely decorative map shows the Great Lakes and Nova Scotia through Central America and Venezuela, and from present day New Mexico to the east-ern seaboard. The map is geographically based on an early work by Guillaume de l’Isle. The British colonies are shown to the east of the Appalachians. The map itself is filled with Indian tribes, settlement place names, and villages. The map is embellished with a fine title cartouche depicting two native figures and symbols of America’s natural resources. In the center right is a large engraved scene of extensive gold mining operations with Indians bringing treasures to the waiting Europeans.

Smoothed folds and wrinkling; repair on the bottom edge along the center fold. Else very good.

Reference: Cumming SE, 137.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42119 [Map]. Jeremiah Greenleaf. Texas Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities. 14.75” x 12”, [Brattleboro]: [G. R. French], [1842]. Removed from a larger, bound atlas: “A Universal Atlas; Comprising of all the Principal Empires, Kingdoms & States throughout the World: and forming a distinct Atlas of the United States” by Jeremiah Greenleaf. Plate number 64. Copperplate engraving with hand coloring. Toned edges with light chipping at the top edge and bottom right corner. Else fine.

One of the earliest maps to show the counties of an independent Texas. Also shows the locations of roads, cities and settlements, and military installations. Indian villag-es and the locations of various western Indian tribes are depicted. Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and the Mexican state of New Leon (Nueva Leon) also displayed.

Reference: Day, p. 22. Phillips, America, p. 843. Atlases, p. 784.Estimate: $800-$1,000 Starting Bid: $400

42120 [Map]. C. S. Williams. Map of Texas from the Most Recent Authorities. 17.5” x 13.5”, Philadelphia: Published by C. S. Williams, [1845]. Removed from a larger, bound atlas: “A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of The World” by Henry S. Tanner. Plate number 35. Lithograph map drawn and engraved by J. H. Young. Beautifully hand colored. Toned along the margins with some page edge chipping, else fine.

Features nearly forty counties of the Republic of Texas. Nearly the entire west-ern half is consumed by the counties of Bexar, Milam, and Robertson, and San Patricio. Inset at lower left titled “Texas North of Red River.” San Jacinto battle-field is marked with a flag. Settlements and cities, mines, roads also indicated. At the top left is printed: “This tract of Country as far as North Canadian Fork was explored by Le Grand in 1833, it is naturally fertile, well wooded, and with a fair proportion of water.”

Reference: Streeter 1629.Estimate: $600-$900 Starting Bid: $300


42121 [Map]. Humphrey Phelps. The United States 1776 |At One View| 1846. (New York: Humphrey Phelps, 1845). One page, 20” x 28”, printed and hand colored. Comprised primarily of statistical charts and lists of populations, bodies of water, mountains and rail-roads. Bottom margin devoted to Oregon and Texas, describing the boundaries, geography, climate, Nation American populations and distances between cities. Also features an im-ages of an 1846 Fifty Dollar bill at center right. With medium foxing throughout as well as chipping and paper loss to edges. Framed to an overall size of 24.5” x 31.75”.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $300

42122 [Map]. Humphrey Phelps. Ornamental Map of the United States & Mexico. (New York: Humphrey Phelps, 1846). One page, broadside, 21.75” x 29” (sight), printed and hand-colored. Second edition of the decorative map from a popular series, with images of Cortez, Washington, Montezuma, Gen. Taylor and Santa Ana. Also with statistical charts of populations and distances as well as territory boundary descriptions and brief chronologies. With color wash added by hand. Toning, chipping, and separation along the folds. Framed to an overall size of 24.5” x 31.75”.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $300

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42123 [Map]. J[acob] De Cordova. De Cordova’s Map of Texas. Compiled from the Records of the General Land Office of the State, By Robert Creuzbaur, Revised & Corrected by Charles W. Pressler. New York: J. H. Colton & Co., 1857. Next to the title is printed, “Without my signature all copies of this map have been fraudulently obtained,” followed by De Cordova’s facsimile signature. Large format lithograph map, measuring 33.5” x 36.25”, elegantly colored by hand, showing coun-ties, cities and towns, roads, rivers, and Indian villages. Folded into original brown, blind and gilt stamped cloth covers with title in gilt on front cover. Text along the left edge titled “Reference to Land Districts“ and lists the corresponding counties of each district. At lower left is found the official seals of the State of Texas and of the General Land Office with printed comments regard-ing the map from noted Texans Sam Houston, Thomas Rusk, etc. and their facsimile signatures. Inset map at lower right, measuring 10.75” x 9”, is brightly colored and depicts west Texas, the southwestern state, and the Rocky Mountain States and territories. Inside of front board features period ads for works published by J. H. Colton & Co. and for De Cordova’s General Land Agency. Scattered light foxing; staining from water droplets in the middle along the bottom edge. Toned in places along the folds with archival repairing to central horizontal fold. Chipped along the top and bottom edges. Adhesive ghosting where it is attached to the cover. Boards are heavily worn, but the map is in fine condition.

The map was first issued in 1849, 1850, and revised by German cartographer Charles W. Pressler for the Colton Company at least four times (1856, 1857, 1858, and 1861). With each new edition or issue the map makers have adjusted for the continuing change in Texas development. The for-mat remained generally the same over the years. Jenkins states: “Sam Houston delivered a speech


praising the map [the 1849 edition] on the floor of the U.S. Senate ...that it was ‘the most correct and authentic map of Texas ever com-piled.’” Of the 1850 edition: “An important and authentic map-possibly the finest of the period.” (Eberstadt)

“[Jacob] De Cordova, a native of Jamaica, was one of the earliest Jewish settlers in Texas. He supplied goods for the Texas Revolution from New Orleans and settled in Galveston in 1837. [...] He was fluent in English, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew, and several Indian languages. He became one of the leading land merchants in Texas, and worked for thirty years promoting immigration into the state” (Jenkins). In 1847, De Cordova was elected to the Texas House of Representatives, but lost his bid for reelection in 1849. Working as a land agent, he, along with George B. Erath, laid out the town of Waco. He was instrumental in promoting immigration to Texas through speeches professing her won-ders given throughout the United States and as far away as England. He also published a number of pamphlets and guidebooks including “The Texas Immigrant and Traveller’s Guide Book” (1856) and “Texas, Her Resources and Her Public Men” (1858). De Cordova died in 1868.

Reference: Basic Texas Books 38; 38n. Eberstadt, Texas 162:241. Phillips, America, p. 845 (cites editions 1849-1857).Estimate: $40,000-$50,000 Starting Bid: $20,000

42124 Charles W. Pressler. Traveller’s Map of the State of Texas. Compiled, from the records of the General Land Office, the maps of the Coast Survey, the reports of the Boundary Commission and various other Military surveys and reconnoissances. New York: American Photo-Lithographic Company, 1867. Originally bound in a case of brown, blind and gilt stamped cloth over boards, the map is now detached, but still held securely in the casing when closed. Measuring 39.5” x 42”, this beautifully hand colored map of Texas shows counties and the ter-ritories of Presidio, Bexar, El Paso, and Young, cities, towns, forts, rivers, post offices, roads, and the locations of several Indian tribes. Insets of the “Western Part of Texas“ and “Northern Part of Texas“ are fea-tured along the bottom edge. Portions of northern Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory also shown. This map is a second revision of “Pressler’s Map of the State of Texas” published by James Root & Company in 1858. Folds with only slight toning. Else a very fine example rarely seen.

A native of Prussia, Charles Pressler studied cartography and surveying in Weisensee before joining the Adelsverein and immigrating to Texas in 1846. Almost immediately he began work for Jacob De Cordova, leading his surveying expeditions and assisting him on his well-known 1849 map of Texas. In 1850 he began work with the General Land Office, a post he would hold for 49 years, only interrupted by his time spent in the Confederate engineering department, during the Civil War. After the war, he returned to the General Land Office.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750

42125 [Map]. Jones & Murphy’s Map of the City of Dallas, Texas. Prepared for Morrison & Fourmy’s City Directory. Compiled from the reports of Dallas Co., and latest surveys of the City Engineer. N. p: n. p., 1882. Lithographed by August Gast & Co., St. Louis. Black and white map, measuring 31” x 23”, giving a bird’s eye view of the city of Dallas with land divided into lots which are numerically designated. Also in-cludes several rail lines that serviced the Dallas area, streets, cemeteries, parks, and the Old Fair Grounds. Certified that “this is the most complete and correct Map ever compiled and drawn of the City of Dallas...from field-notes and actual surveys Dallas. April 22d A. D. 1878” with three facsimile signatures of the City Engineer and two “Late“ City Engineers.

Originally found as a fold out map in “Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Dallas.” Mildly toned with small tears along the smoothed folds. Chipped edges. Else fine.Estimate: $500-$1,000 Starting Bid: $250

42126 [Map]. Map of the South West Rail System. Missouri Pacific RY. (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1883). One page, printed in color, 28.5” x 16”. The map illustrates the routes of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railway, the Missouri Pacific, with routes originating in St. Louis and traveling westward. Rightmost panels with advertisement de-scriptions of the coaches and classes of travel available. Verso, printed in red and blue, with time tables of specific branches. Folds into itself to 3.63” x 8”. With tears and separation at several of the folds. Very light soiling at margins, corners at good condition.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $350


42127 [Pacific Railroad Survey]. Collection of Thirty-Two Maps from Volume XI of “Reports of Explorations and Survey to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.”

Between 1803 and the end of the Mexican War in 1848, the United States had attained vast swaths of land stretching from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Travel from east to west took two forms: overland using the slow, cum-bersome horse and wagon or a long sea voyage around the southern tip of South America. It was agreed that a faster mode of transportation was needed. Railroads, which had been employed in the east since the 1830s and could be used to quickly transport passengers and freight, were the natural choice. The question that re-mained was where to put it.

In the 1840s, the United States government had sponsored several expeditions to determine the most appropriate route of a transcontinental railway, but due to sectional and economic rivalry, no one route gained complete support. In 1853, Congress authorized Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, who enlisted the support of the U. S. Army’s Corp of Topographical Engineers, to send out four expeditions to determine the most practical placement of the railway. The Northern Pacific to assess a northern route roughly along the 47th and 49th parallels; the Central Pacific, along the 37th and 39th parallels; a southerly route along the 35th parallel; and a second southern route, favored by Davis, through Texas to San Diego.

The massive amount of data collected by the expeditions was published by the War Department in twelve volumes between 1855 and 1861 . The maps contained in this excellent archive are taken from Volume XI “Reports of Explorations.”Estimate: $4,000-$5,000 Starting Bid: $2,800

Dove Hunting for a party of four at Maravillas Ranch

42128 Dove Hunt at the Famous Maravillas Ranch. Accommodations for four people for two days and two nights including meals at the famous Gage hotel; and dove hunting for four at the Maravillas Ranch. You can hunt doves at the same ranch as President Bush. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Estimate: $4,000-$6,000 Starting Bid: $2,000


42129 Maximiliano, Emperor of Mexico, Manuscript Appointment Signed. Two pages of a bifolium, 10.25” x 15.25”, Mexico, November 18, 1865. Maximiliano ap-points Don Paulino Raigosa to the post of Imperial Commissioner of the Sixth Division. Signed

“Maximiliano“ at the top of page two. With slight dampstaining affecting the bottom right margins of the document.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42130 Henry A. McArdle Group including: Henry McArdle Autograph Document Twice Signed. One page, 19” x 6”. Handwritten, in pencil. A key to the painting The Battle of San Jacinto (1895) list-ing the Texans and Mexicans portrayed. Both signatures are located along the top margin. Some prominent figures in the painting are Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, Thomas J. Rusk, a general during San Jacinto and the first Texas Secretary of War, Sam Houston, Erastus “Deaf” Smith, Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. The original painting is hang-ing in the Senate Chamber in the Texas Capitol along with another McArdle painting, Dawn at the Alamo. [and:] Portrait of an Unknown Man. Untitled, 7.25” x 9.25”. Drawing of a man by the artist Henry A. McArdle, whose name appears at the bottom right. The man is sport-ing long sideburns and wears a frock coat, white high-collared shirt,

and scarf. Repair work is present on the back; edges are torn are taped. [and:] Albumen Photograph of Dawn at the Alamo. 8.5” x 5.25”. In his famous painting, McArdle is attempting to capture the entire battle on one canvas. He intentionally made William Travis, James Bowie, and David Crockett prominent within the chaos. [and:] Key to the Painting Dawn at the Alamo. 22” x 2.5”, printed. Folded and torn along the edges.

Henry Arthur McArdle (1836-1908) was born in Belfast, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States with his aunt at the age of 14 follow-ing the death of his parents. During the Civil War, he served first as a draftsman in the Confederate Navy and later drew maps for Robert E. Lee. McArdle settled in Texas following the war and taught art at Baylor Female College. Along with Dawn at the Alamo and The Battle of San Jacinto, McArdle is known for a portrait of Sam Houston (1902) and The Settlement of Austin’s Colony (1875).Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

42131 H. H. McConnell. Five Years a Cavalryman: or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier. Jacksboro, Texas: J. N. Rogers, 1889. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: “Miss Alice Rogery, with compliments of the author/H H McConnell/Oct. 5, 1889.“ First edition. 12mo, 319 pages. Publisher’s original binding in cloth with title stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Printed on pink paper. Minor rubbing is present on the bindings and pages exhibit some toning, but overall in very good condition.

“The most lively and authentic account of cavalry life in West Texas after the Civil War.” (Jenkins)

References: Howes M59. Graff 2579. Rader 2280. Adams, Six-Guns 1393. Adams, Herd 1380. Raines, p. 142. Basic Texas Books 131.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42132 Thomas L. McKenney and James L. Hall: Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiah or Black Hawk a Saukie Brave. 12.5” x 19” (sight), from McKenney and Hall’s “History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington,” hand colored lithograph, double matted in suede and framed to overall size of 20.5” x 27”. A few foxing marks; else fine.

The lithographs found in “History of the Indian Tribes of North America” are reproductions of oil paintings produced as studio portraits as the sub-jects were visiting Washington D. C. to sign various treaties with the U. S. government. Unfortunately, the original paintings have all been lost to fire and all that remain are the beautiful lithographs.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $350

42133 Thomas L. McKenney and James L. Hall: Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co. A Pawnee Chief. 12.5” x 19” (sight), from McKenney and Hall’s “History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington,” hand colored lithograph, double matted in

suede and framed to overall size of 20.5” x 27”. Light staining at the bot-tom edge with a few foxing marks; else fine.


42134 Thomas L. McKenney and James L. Hall: Waa-Top-E-Not. 12.5” x 19” (sight), from McKenney and Hall’s

“History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington,” hand colored lithograph, double matted in suede and framed to overall size of 20.5” x 27”. Very light, scattered foxing; else fine.


42135 John O. Meusebach Land Certificate. One printed page, on blue paper, 8” x 10”, New Braunfels, February 28, 1855, granting the

“German Emigration Company...three hundred and twenty acres of land, as a part of the Premium lands secured to them by the laws of the Republic and State of Texas.” Certificate number 46. Signed with a printed signature. Toning in the text and along the edges, else fine.

In 1845 and 1846, German citizens were promised land by the Adelsverein (German Emigration Company; or the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas) were they to emigrate to Texas, in part, to rid Germany of surplus rural inhabitants. Meusebach, a German noble was appointed second commissioner general for Texas for the Adelsverein charged with the allocation of 500 acres of land. In 1854, he was chosen commissioner by Governor Elisha M. Pease to oversee the issue of the land certificates that had been promised to the German Emigration Company and their colonists.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42136 Mexican War Veteran’s Medal/Shield Inscribed on the Verso “George C. Miles/6th Texas Cav.” George C. Miles served in Henry B. Stout’s Mounted Gunmen prior to the Mexican War, July 15 to October 15, 1841. The unit participated in Republic of Texas Militia Brigadier General Edward Tarrant’s expedi-tion against the Indians along the Trinity River

July 5 to August 11, 1841. Measuring 2” x 2.25”, the lower portion of the medal exhibits elaborate detail including a wreath encircling “Mexico“ and the date “1846“. On the border of the medal are listed Mexican War battles. Bar with safety pin type back. A beautiful piece. Fine.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750

42137 [Mexican War]. Program to Part One of Mexico Illustrated at Stoppani Hall. New York: George F. Nesbitt, Stationer and Printer, 1848. 8vo, 36 pages. Blue printed wrap-pers. Wrappers are chipped on the bottom edges; pages are heavily dampstained throughout, but the text re-mains bright.

In 1848, following the con-clusion of the Mexican War, an exhibition was presented at Stoppani Hall in New York City showing key events of the war, painted on canvas. Given in two parts, part one featured a “continuous view, of the extraordinarily diversified landscape, from the city of Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico.” The purpose of the painting was to give a “faithful, and pictur-esque representation, of the lines of march pursued by the American armies“ by showing the geographical location of each battle beginning with the landing near Vera Cruz on March 9, 1847, to the capture of Mexico City in September of the same year. This booklet contains a synopsis of the events portrayed. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42138 1887 Printing of the 1821 Mexican Declaration of Independence. One page, 17.5” x 25.5”, in Spanish. A contemporary dedication, in ink, appears at the bottom from José Antonio Ulloa to “the last of my friends,” Dr. Luis Gordoa dated September 25, 1887, from Zacatecas.

The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire was signed on September 28, 1821 and was the establishment of the modern nation of Mexico. Signatories include politi-cians, clergymen, and military leaders. One notable signa-

tory is Agustin de Iturbide, who shortly after signing the Declaration was made President of the Regency and, in March of 1822, was crowned the first Emperor of Mexico, Agustin I, a position he would hold for less than one year.

The document has two fold creases and paper loss at the crossfolds. There is dampstaining along the left side from top to bottom. A faint, ghosted, mirror image of ink is present on the bottom half of the print.Estimate: $500-$1,000 Starting Bid: $250

42139 James M. Morphis. History of Texas, from Its Discovery and Settlement with a Description of Its Principal Cities and Counties, and the Agricultural, Mineral, and Material Resources of the State. New York: United States Publishing Company, 1874. First edition. 8vo, viii, 591 pag-es. Engraving of the Alamo as frontispiece. Features a colored, fold out map by G. W. and C. B. Colton: New Map of the State of Texas As It Is In 1875,(25” x 19.5”, vine border with insets of “Plan of the Northern Part of Panhandle of Texas,” “Plan of Matagorda Bay,” “Texas as it was in 1835,” “Plan of Galveston Bay,” and “Plan of Sabine Lake.”

Weakened folds with large tear at top right, archivally repaired on the ver-so that has caused staining on the recto. Illustrated with portraits, plates, and a map of the battleground of San Jacinto. Includes eight pages of ads in the rear. Bound in modern black leather. Title blind stamped on front board and geometric pattern on rear. Lettering gilt stamped to spine with four raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Archival repairs to title page, dedi-cation page, pages 217-218, 251-252, 258, 289, 540, and 591-592. Paper loss to pages 141-144 near the bottom corner with no loss of text. Fore edge of pages dampstained near the bottom.

Citing the second edition, Raines says: “...many valuable official docu-ments and reports.” “Shows counties, towns, roads, rivers, creeks, lakes, mountains, Young Territory, railroads, forts, camps, academies in Indian Territory, few wells and water holes, parts of Indian Territory, Arkansas,


Louisiana, Mexico, and New Mexico.” (Day on the 1875 edition of the map) Reference: Raines, p. 153. Day, p. 91. Howes M817.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42140 James M. Morphis. History of Texas, from Its Discovery and Settlement with a Description of Its Principal Cities and Counties, and the Agricultural, Mineral, and Material Resources of the State. New York: United States Publishing Company, 1874. First edition. 8vo, viii, 591 pages. Engraving of the Alamo as frontispiece. Illustrated with portraits, plates, and a map of the battleground of San Jacinto. Includes eight pages of ads in the rear. Lacking the Colton map. Publisher’s blind stamped cloth bindings with gilt-stamped Seal of Texas on the front board and gilt lettering on the spine. Bumped corners; light wear on boards and spine, the head and foot of which is chipping slightly. Dampstaining on the front hinge and the bottom page edge.

Scattered foxing is light to moderate in places; some damage to the fore edge of pages.

A previous owner has written, on the front free endpaper, “Joseph M. Dickson/Dallas, Texas/May 1906.” Another has rubber stamped “Morrill“ not only on the title page, but on the front board, over the Texas seal.

Citing the second edition, Raines says: “...many valuable official docu-ments and reports.”

Reference: Raines, p. 153. Howes M817.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

Colonial governor of Texas Manuel Muñoz signed document evaluating his military service

42141 [Texas Colonial Governor]. Manuel Muñoz Signed Document Listing his Full Military Career. Signed “Manl Muñoz“ add-ing his paraph. Two pages on laid paper, 8” x 11.5”, Bexar, December 31, 1794. At top: “The Govr in charge of the Province of Texas the Honorable Colonel Dn Manuel Muñoz - his age 66 years, his Country Matamorra Archdiocese of Burgos, his services and circumstance what is given [below].” The report states that he enlisted as a captain on December 13, 1759, and

became a colonel on May 28, 1776. Great content includes a very detailed listing of his appointments military actions and campaigns, both against the Indians as well as Spanish government and church officials fallen out of favor.

The report is made by a scribe, but the reviewer has added a note citing: “I consider him [Muñoz] to be tired because of his age and should be directed to retire or moved to a more tranquil location.“ Muñoz became governor of Texas in 1790; two years after this report was made, he became ill and requested permission to retire. He would not be relieved of his duties for two years, and died shortly thereafter in San Antonio in 1799. A single horizontal fold, and very gently toned; near fine condition.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42142 [Texas Colonial Governor]. Manuel Muñoz Signed Military Record for a Cavalry Sergeant Serving at Bexar. One page, 8” x 11.5”, [no place], no date but December 31, 1794. A manuscript report listing the military record of first sergeant Mariano Rodriguez who served a total of 28 years and one day in the cavalry stationed at the “Presidio de San Antonio de Bexar.“ According to the report, Rodriguez participated in “16 actions on the orders of the officers of the company of cavalry of the Presidio of Bexar, in which 42 Comanche Indians were killed, 2 captured, and 119 horses taken...“ Muñoz signs “Muñoz“ adding his paraph at bottom. On laid pa-per, with a mermaid watermark beneath which reads “FARRERAS”. With a few foxing spots occurring along the horizontal fold, and a few stray creases; otherwise very clean and near fine.Estimate: $500-$1,000 Starting Bid: $250


42143 Reverend Chester Newell. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & ‘36; Together with the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838. First edition. 12mo, x, [4], 215 pages. India paper fold-out map titled “Texas, 1838.” Brown blind-stamped cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine topped by a gold star. Front edge of rear board bumped. Heavy foxing on endpapers; moderate foxing throughout. Map is lightly foxed with a soiling at the left edge. Clear dust jacket.

In 1837 Rev. Chester Newell traveled through Texas for health reasons and as a result of his experiences there, wrote one of the earliest histories of the Republic. Newell’s account is obviously pro-Texas, but it is more objective than many other books on the subject from that time period. Includes reviews of the history of the region while part of Mexico, the Texas revolutionary war, the region’s geography, topography, statistics, soil and climate.

Historians and Texana experts call this book one of the most informative and trustworthy histories of the young Republic. One of the earliest books about the Texas Revolution to be published, (Basic Texas Books 151A) praises its value: “The work begins with an excellent summary of Mexican history from 1821 to 1835, followed by a sketch of Texas history from 1832 to 1835, ending with Cos’ retreat from San Antonio. The events of 1836 are described, including quotations from participating Texans and from Mexican accounts, such as Almonte’s diary. Of particular value are the account of Santa Anna’s capture [and his] confrontation with Houston shortly afterwards. Newell was one of the first to seduce Sam Houston into giving particulars of the cam-paign... The quotations from participants are of considerable value. The descriptive portions add much to our knowledge of the early Republic.... The account is pro-Texan throughout, but more objective than many other contemporary Anglo-American versions.... Newell describes the towns of the Republic, offers advice to immigrants, analyzes the people of Texas, and projects the future. His predictions, some sage and some ludicrous, are remark-able.”

The late John H. Jenkins, noted antiquarian book collector, sixth-generation Texan, and author of Audubon and Other Capers, had wonderful things to say about Newell’s book, which contained Jenkins’ favorite quotation about the character of Texans in the early days: “There is existing in the minds of the people in many places, if not generally, at the North, a strong and bitter prejudise [sic] against Texas. ... Because it has been represented to be the re-sort of criminals, of insolvent and fraudulent debtors, of outlaws, and bad characters of every description. ... No, it is believed only that a large part of the people of Texas are of the character described. Well, admitting they are, should the entire population and country be then reviled?”

References: Basic Texas Books 151. Streeter 1318. Graff 3010. Howes N115. Rader 2479. Raines, p. 154: “One of the rare and reliable books on Texas.” Clark, Old South III: 215.Estimate: $3,000-$4,000 Starting Bid: $1,500


42144 [Frederick B. Page]. Prairiedom: Rambles and Scrambles in Texas or New Estremedura. By A. Suthron. New York: Paine & Burgess, 1845. First edition. 12mo, vi, 166 pages. Eighteen pages of press opinions in the back. Later binding with red cloth over boards and title stamped in gilt on the spine; marbled endpapers. Large folding map (9.75” x 11.75”) of the United States and Mexico with inset of Texas found opposite the title page and which is only found in the first edition. Map has a small tear on one of the interior folds. Very light shelf wear to boards. Pages are mildly toned, especially along the edges, with some foxing. Light dampstaining to the top edge of the pages from the title page through page 47. Scattered notations in pencil throughout.

On the fourth fly leaf is found a humorous exchange, in pencil. The first entry reads: “Reder do not go am Father!” Below which is found a reply, written later on: “Reader do not go any farther - this blockhead is the proper way to spell it -”

Frederick B. Page, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, traveled throughout Texas in the spring of 1839, through Nacogdoches, Houston, Bastrop, Goliad, and San Antonio. Streeter acknowledges the book to be a “pleasant account of the author’s travels in Texas.” Indeed, Page waxes loquacious with his descriptions. San Antonio, for instance: “The air here is always balmy, and elastic as a morning zephyr. It is as fresh as a rose leaf; and the mind and body both seem buoyed up by it. Those who have breathed the nitrous oxide gas may have some idea of its elasticity, and sweetness, and its happy effects upon the soul.” At frequent intervals Page pauses in his observations to praise the inroads of civilization taming the frontier: “The fandango is no more. The monte table is broken, and the cards are scattered. The schoolmaster has arrived, and civilisation is to spread abroad here upon the wings of the American eagle, and knowledge is to cover the land as the waters cover the sea. Savage cruelty, rioting and drunkenness have disappeared with this noisy, dirty, and querulous race.” C. W. Raines sums up the book in a single sentence. “Texas, descriptive and historical, by a facile pen.”

References: Howes P9. Graff 3159. Raines, p. 167. Sabin 88599; 93969. Streeter 1604.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42145 Humphrey Phelps. The Great West. (New York: Humphrey Phelps, 1847). One page, broadside, 21.75” x 29” (sight), printed and hand-colored. Title of map, reads in full: “The Great West. Embracing its popula-tions, productions, extent, places and distances on the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, Panoramic view of the Route to China, &c.“ In the corners, roundels with portraits of Ferdinand de Soto, Daniel Boone, Thomas H. Benton and Henry Clay. The colors, green, yellow, orange and red, are bold and distinct. Some discoloration to the margins. With folds and a few tears that have been mended with cello tape. Framed to an overall size of 24.5” x 31.5”.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $300

42146 [Power and Hewetson Colony]. John Dunn Signed Land Deed Issued to Maria Josefa Travieso. Four pages of a bifolium, 8.5” x 12.5”, “Villa del Refugio“, September 20, 1834. The deed begins: “ El ciudadano Jose Jesus Vidaurri, commissioned by the Supreme Government of the State, for the establishment of the colony contracted by the Empresarios Power and Hewetson...“ and grants land to Maria Josefa Travieso, a neighbor of Goliad and a widow, and her son Jose Maria Valdez. According the Handbook of Texas, when the lands for the new Power and Hewetson colony were surveyed in 1834, the officials recognized Goliad priest Father Juan Antonio Valdez’s prior possession of ranch land in the colony. However, a portion of his land was allocated to María Josefa Travieso and her son. Valdez was reputed to be the father of this child, who was born around 1813. The present land deed offered is likely the very deed transferring ownership to Maria Josefa. Signed “Juan Dunn“ and “Jose Jesus Vidaurri”, with a third illegible signature on page three.

On page four is a Republic of Texas land transfer conveying half of the tract by Maria Josefa Travieso and Jose Antonio Valdez to Andrew Neill, dated August 30, 1839. Heavy wear and deep folds, with ragged margins and dampstaining.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200


42147 Probus (pseudonym). The Texan Revolution. Republished with additions from the Northampton (Massachusetts) Gazette, to which is added A Letter from Washington on the annexation of Texas, and the late outrage in California, By Probus. [Washington: 1843.] 84pp. 5.5” x 8.75”. Sewn. [David Lee Child.] Child was a member of the Anti-Slavery Society.

“J. & G. S. Gideon, Printers.” Toned with some wear.

Reference: Howes C380. Sabin 12702. Streeter 1451.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300

42148 [Mexican War]. Letter Criticizing President Polk’s Address to Congress calling for a declaration of war against Mexico and of-fering counter-points should Mexico choose to issue a formal rebuttal. Four and one half pages, 8” x 10”, n. p, December 21, 1846, to “General [Juan Nepomuceno] Almonte/City of Mexico“ from an unknown sender. Though it is unsigned, it is likely that the author is Lewis H. Putnam, an American citizen and an outspoken critic of the Mexican War who main-tained a treasonous correspondence with General Almonte throughout the war.

He begins by criticizing President Polk’s May 11, 1846, address to Congress in which Polk, laments “the long-continued and unredressed wrongs and injuries committed by the Mexican Government on citizens of the United States in their persons and property.” He writes:

“The false partial, exaggerated and inflammatory statement in Polk’s message, of supposed or pretended wrongs done by Mexico to the U. States is producing its effect upon the ignorant and superficial men and on Whigs and opponents of the war. We may be able in some measure to do away this impression by giving the facts as to our claims and details of the wrongs and insults which Mexico can array as an offset, but you are aware that it takes a long time for truth told by a private citizen to overtake falsehoods flying on the four winds from the Presidents lips. Now it does seem to me that a counter document is-sued with equal solemnity and from an equally conspicuous source in Mexico, is demanded. Permit me to suggest some points as proper to be treated of.”

He goes on to give six points to counter Polk’s speech:

“1. The real nature of the pretended injuries as being to private persons and pri-vate property and not public wrongs or national indignities and as being also the results of mistakes of subordinate officers in applying you laws, or the or-dinary case of taking private property for public use, as in the impressments of vessels and forced loans, for which Mexico has never refused a due indemnity, nor indeed in any case when it should be found to be due.

“2. The wrongs and outrages committed by smuggling and by national vessels of the U. S. involving most palpable national insults; as the elopement of ves-sels from your harbors...Also the capture of your public vessels by ours merely because they were engaged in executing your revenue laws against smugglers, and endeavoring to enforce and maintain the authority of the nation in Texas and on its coast.

“3.The outrage of Com Jones, (probably the result of secret orders) at Monterey...Also the outrage committed by the Alert (I think the vessel was called) at San Diego; and...of Gaines’ invasion of Mexican territory in 1836.” Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones had seized the port of Monterrey, California, in 1842, believing war had begun between the U. S. and Mexico. Edmund Gaines had in 1836 been stationed along the Louisiana-Texas border during the Texas Revolution. Forbidden to interfere, he received false information that a force of Mexicans and Indians 2,000 strong was amassing near Nacogdoches, Texas, causing him to march fourteen companies to the Texas-Louisiana frontier. He pulled them back to Louisiana after the Battle of San Jacinto.

“4. The utter neglect and refusal of our government to make any satisfaction, or give any indemnity for pecuniary damage in any of these [above] cases.

“5. The repeated attempts to obtain Texas by negotiation...the military irrup-tions...the final application for a grant of a district as an asylum for Catholics, persecuted in the U. S...the pertinacious and insolent attempts to make Mexico the slavecatcher of the U. S...

“6...the insulting and outrageous conduct of Americans to officers of the law, to the citizens, Government and judicial tribunals, all in the overbearing and insolent spirit caught from their government.”

He concludes: “Now is the time...to strike a terrible blow. Such a blow would bring a storm of indignation about Polk’s ears that would make him quail...unless your countrymen fight longer and harder, unless the tide of success is turned or at least checked, millions of souls here who would be loud against the slavemongers...will settle down into resignation to what will seem to them destiny. In the name of the God of Justice, in the name of liberty and humanity let Santa Ana strike.”

At the end of the letter, the author ran out of space and continued by writing perpendicularly across the first page.

At the top margin is written “return copy.” Remnants of a red wax seal is found on the verso of the last page. Heavily toned and foxed; folds are weak and separating in places, causing some loss of text.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500


42149 [Mexican War]. Lewis Putnam Autograph Letter Signed “Lewis H. Putnam.” Two and one-half pages, 8” x 10.5”, on colored pa-per, New York, February 19, 1847. Written to “Gen [Juan Nepomuceno] Almonte“ shortly before the general was arrested for participating in the failed Polkos Revolt to oust President Valentin Gomez Farias and four days before the Battle of Buena Vista, the letter regards the financial situ-ation of Mexico during the Mexican War and Putnam’s plan for how the necessary funds could be acquired. The letter reads in part:

“...The most of the troops of the line, are in Mexico, or soon will be, & the arms that I’d signed to use, would enable me to cope successfully with any irregular Troops that could be brought against me; But whether I succeed in obtaining the means necessary to enable me to take a part in the contest or not, I hope the result of the war, will be advantageous to the Mexican Arms. The subject that is paramount with me is to see a union, a union among the people and people: leaders which will enable you to present a solid front to the enemy of your country. I feel some solitude about the financial affairs of the country, & I hope that you may succeed in adopting some plan, that will prove equal to the exigency of the war. I am convinced however that you will be oblige to issue Bills of the denomination of $5, $10, $20, $50, & $100 for the use of the army & for the general purpose of the Government. If the annual expenses are great-er then the income you must be able to make up for the deficency [sic] & if you fail in doing so, it will prove desatrous [sic] to the army. The emition [sic] of paper money, we are told that it originated with the Spanish army in Spain, & I think that if you refer to war in Europe with Napolian [sic], you will see that England depended mainly upon the Bank of England which for thirty years did not pay any specie, & I hope that it will be possible for your Government to issue paper that would be received as a currency of the country in all the Departments in Mexico. If each Deparment [sic] would gaurentee [sic] the redemption of a certain amount in so many years, & the clergy would assume a part of the amount, & if the Government would receive the same for dues, I think you would be able to issue about $25,000,000 every year, for three or four years. But, if I should be able to take the field; the war would not last four years between Mexico & the United States. To enable you to meet your engagements, for the purchase of military stores &c if the amount contributed by the clergy, & the Department, Should be in part gold & silver, I think that you would be able to manage your financial affair with more facility then you ever will be able to do under the present system. Your annual income must be equal to your annual expeses [sic], & if not, you must provide for the deficency [sic], & how will you do it unless you could obtain money upon the credit of the Government? The idea of the respective states in Mexico paying a sufficient sum, or the church as a mode to furnish the Government with the means for conducting the war will in my opinion fail unless it could be done in such a way as to make it work with harmony. If the churches would pay over to the Government the annual income above their expenses & charge 5 or 6 percent for the use of it & would consolidate the interest with the lone [sic] During the

war, I think it would add much to the vigor of the Nation in conducting the war against her enemy. I would like to finish these views upon this finanical [sic] question but I must forbear unless you should desired by you. I hope sir, you will appreciate my motive for adverting to this subject, & attribute it only to my anxiety for you as the financial agent of your country & for her prosper-ity. I will expect to hear from you soon, & in the main [sic] time, you will hear from me again. I am Dear your obt. servt & a devoted friend of your country.”

Little is known of Lewis H. Putnam. An American citizen opposed to the war with Mexico, he sought to help the Mexican cause from inside the United States and carried on a treasonous letter correspondence with Mexican Secretary of War General Juan Almonte.

Juan Nepomuceno Almonte (1803-1869) served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Santa Anna throughout his invasion of Texas during the Texas Revolution. He was present at the Battle of the Alamo and was captured with Santa Anna after the Battle of San Jacinto. During the Mexican War, he twice served as Secretary of War.

The letter is written in brown ink; along the top margin, in black ink, is written “return copy.” Uneven toning; folds are weakened and separating in places with some loss of text on page three, but the text remains dis-cernible. Signature is bold.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $350

42150 [Railroads]. Facts to Establish the Importance of the Galveston and Red River Railway, as a Great State and National Work, and as a Line of Internal Improvement, Required for Present Business and the Development of the Great Natural Resources of Central and Northern Texas. New York: Railroad Journal Job Printing Office, 1854. First edition. 8vo, 20 pages. The booklet is incomplete, missing the last three pages. Original printed wrappers. Both front and rear wraps are moderately damaged and detached from the textblock. Light foxing scattered throughout. Else very good.

Chartered in 1847 and becoming active in 1852, the G. & R. R. was to be-gin construction of a rail line that would connect Galveston Island north to the Red River near Texas’ eastern border. Two miles of track were laid in Houston beginning in 1855 before the G. & R. R. became the Houston and Texas Central Railway. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200


42151 [Railroads]. First Annual Report of the President and Directors of the H. T. & B Railway Company. Houston: Printed at the Houston Telegraph Office, 1858. First edition. 8vo. 11, [blank],[i]-xxviii pages. Slim sewn printed pink wrappers. Occasional minor foxing and toning throughout; some leaves with shallow folds. Small burn hole to front wrapper, affect-ing title page. One page with pencil calculations in the top margin. In overall very good condition. Scarce.

The Houston Tap & Brazoria railway, chartered in 1856 to run from Houston to Columbia in Brazoria County “through a remarkably rich country, covered with a dense and luxuriant forest,” eventually merged with the Houston and Great Northern in 1873. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Winkler 1038.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42152 [Railroads]. Charter of the Galveston and Red River Railway Company. N.p., n.d. [circa 1852]. First edition. 8vo. 16 pages. Slim sewn pamphlet with blank yellow-tan wrap-pers. Moderate foxing and a few shallow folds throughout. Pamphlet has been folded in half vertically, with crease running the length of the booklet. Rear wrapper has the words “Charter / Galv. & R. R Railway / Co.” neatly written in ink. Generally very good. Scarce.

Construction of the railroad began in 1853, and by 1856 the company opened its first twenty-five mile stretch between Houston and Cypress. Shortly thereafter, the railroad’s name was changed to the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company. The final sentence of the charter’s in-troduction reads: “...it would be difficult to find, in any country, a charter bestowing upon the institution it seeks to create, a franchise containing immunities so permanent and valuable, or presenting an opportunity for investment sure to produce results so propitious and remunerative.” From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Winkler 309.Estimate: $1,000-$1,500 Starting Bid: $500

42153 [Railroads].To the Stockholders of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company and the Public Generally. Houston: G. W. Perkins, Printer, 1857 [but withheld from circulation until January 16, 1858 by contractor J. W. Burke]. First edition. 8vo. Sewn printed wrappers. 61 pages, with Burke’s postscript regarding a lawsuit against the HTCRR Company tipped to final printed page. Minor chip-ping and spotting. Very good. Scarce.

Originally chartered in 1848 as the Galveston and Red River Railway, the company was renamed the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1856. The H&TC reached Dallas in 1872 and Red River City in 1873 where it connected with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas and formed the first all-rail route from Texas to St. Louis to the East. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Winkler 834.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42154 [Railroads]. Fifth Annual Report of the President and Directors of the H. and T. C. Railway Company, To the Stockholders. Houston: Telegraph Power Press Book and Job Office, 1858. First edition. 8vo. Sewn wrappers. 23, [blank], [i-]xxiii pages. Green printed wrappers. A few shallow creases and

folds; some toning to pages. Pamphlet has been folded in half vertically, with light crease running the length of the booklet. With ink name of Ben Shepherd on front cover, title page, and Officers page, with some bleedthrough to adjacent pages. (Houston banker Benjamin Armistead “B. A.” Shepherd, 1814-1891, was a close friend of Colonel Paul Bremond, the Father of the Texas Railroad, and was heavily involved in railroads and land speculation in the state.) Very good. Scarce.

Annual report of the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42155 [Railroads]. The New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad Co.’s Bonds, Mortgage, Sinking Fund, Etc., Etc. New Orleans: Clark & Brisbin, Printers, 1859. First edition. 8vo. Slim pamphlet. 18 pages. Tan printed wrappers with some minor chipping to top edge of rear cover; splitting along spine. Pamphlet has been folded in half verti-cally, with light crease running the length of the booklet. Minor bends to leaves. “B. A. Shepherd / Houston Texas“ in ink on front cover. (Houston banker Benjamin Armistead Shepherd, 1814-1891, was a close friend of Colonel Paul Bremond, the Father of the Texas Railroad, and was heavily involved in railroads and land speculation in the state.) Very good. Scarce.

Chartered in 1852, the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Pacific railroad was eventually bought by rail and shipping magnate Charles Morgan, who saw it as a vital route to Texas for goods received at his port in New Orleans. The concern was renamed Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company, and it eventually became part of the Southern Pacific’s main line. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42156 [Railroads]. A Bill to be Entitled An Act to Incorporate the Houston, Trinity and Tyler Railroad Company. (As Amended.) Galveston: Printed at the

“Civilian” Book and Job Office, 1860. First edi-tion. 8vo. Slim pamphlet. 8 pages. Printed self-wrappers. General minor wear. Three horizontal creases to pam-phlet (folded in half, then folded in half again). Very faint foxing. Very good. The railroad was chartered in 1860, but the project was abandoned at the onset of the Civil War. Scarce. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Winkler 1350a.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250

42157 O[ran] M[ilo] Roberts. A Description of Texas, Its Advantages and Resources, with Some Account of Their Development, Past, Present and Future. St. Louis: Gilbert Book Co., 1881. 8vo. [2], x, [17]-133 [1, blank] pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Governor Roberts, with 8 chromolithograph plates, and 5 lithograph maps, 4 of which are hand-colored. Bound in full russet cloth with decorations stamped in black to front and blind-stamped to rear. Gilt-stamped titles, decoration, and state seal to front. Covers rubbed and somewhat threaded and lightly soiled with bumping to corners. Rubbing, light fraying and minor loss to spine and ends. Light toning to endpapers and page edges with foxing to maps at rear and occasional offsetting elsewhere. Some lightly folded corners. Owner’s signature to front pastedown with note. Generally, a very good copy.

Published while Roberts was still in office, this book by the Texas gov-ernor various topics, including travel across and the settling of the great state, its soil and geography, as well as its crops and natural resources. The eight vibrant chromolithographs within picture an Indian Chief; Mexicans; Farmer & Negro; Texian Hare;Catching Cattle With Lasso; Looking After Hogs; Using Mules as a Conveyance; and Manner of Driving Oxen. In addition, at rear are five two-page spread maps depicting the railroads; geological regions; climate areas; minerals; and vegetation of Texas; the last four with additional hand-coloring. “A valuable descrip-tion of Texas” gathered from Roberts’ travels through the state as a lawyer beginning in the year 1841. (Raines)

References: Bradford 4667. Clark, Travels in the New South I:185. Eberstadt, Texas 162:287. Howes R344. Raines, p. 175.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $350


42158 Jose M. Rodriguez. Rodriguez Memoirs of Early Texas. [San Antonio]: [Passing Show Printing Co.], 1913. First edition. 8vo, 76 pages. Photographic portrait of J. M. Rodriguez with facsimile signature as fron-tispiece. Illustrated throughout with photographs and text illustrations. Text is surrounded by decorative border. Original brown suede covering with gilt stamped title in a decorative border on front cover. Bottom of page nine torn slightly. Cover and endpapers are heavily worn with chipped edges; head and foot of spine covering is gone. Front board has a circular water stain that appears to be from a wet glass sitting on it. Light, even toned pages.

The author states in his preface that he is to have 200 copies printed, but, according to Howes, there were only 100 copies printed.

Reference: Howes R398.Estimate: $2,500-$3,500 Starting Bid: $1,250

42159 Three Directories of the City of San Antonio including: Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of San Antonio, 1879-80. Containing a Most Interesting History of the City From Its Earliest Settlement, a Synopsis of the Business Pursuits and Progress Since Its Incorporation. Also the Present State, County and City Governments - An Index of All Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes,

Etc. - The Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Marshall: Jennings Bros., Printers, Binders and Blank Book Makers, 1879. 8vo, 297 pages. Printed paper over boards. Some general wear is present on the boards and foxing is present on some pages. Near very good. [and:] Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the

City of San Antonio, 1873-84. Containing an Historical Business Review; the Present State, County and City Governments; a Complete List of All County Officials, Post Offices, Telegraph, Express, and Money Order Offices in Texas; Population of the United States and Principal Cities, Population of Principal Nations and Foreign Cities; Also, an Index of Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, 1873. 8vo, 347 pages. Printed paper over boards. Front and back boards are detach-ing; the contents, however, remain tight. Advertisement printed in black on the fore edge. Very good. [and:] Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of San Antonio, 1889-90. Containing the Present State, County and city Governments, and a Complete List of All County Officials, Post Offices and Money Order Offices in Texas; Also, an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory, Also, a Valuable Street Index or Guide. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, Printers, Lithographers, 1889. 8vo, 440 pages. Blue cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the front, back and partially on the spine. Ads stamped in black on head and tail edge, as well as fore edge. Top of spine is torn and some shelf wear is present, but otherwise in near fine condition.

An amazing reference resource bursting with genealogical and historical research possibilities. Scores of display ads for San Antonio businesses plus a business directory listing businesses by category. The general di-rectory lists not only residents’ general address but also their profession. Further distinctions such as “widow“ or “colored“ are also noted.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42160 [San Antonio]. Mooney & Morrison, compilers. Mooney & Morrison’s General Directory of the City of San Antonio, For 1877-78. Containing a History of the City: A Complete Index of All Societies, Associations, Corporations, Etc. Also, the Full Address of all Residents, Their Occupations, Pursuits, Etc. Also, a Complete Business Directory; an Exhibition of the Various Classified Kinds of Business Pursued in the City. Galveston: Printed at the Book and Job Office of the Galveston News, 1877. 8vo, 228 pages. Printed paper over boards. Remnants of spine covering with gilt stamped lettering still attached. Front board detached; rear board hanging. Pages are loose. Several pages in the front section under the heading “Historical,“ giving a history of San Antonio, have had articles cut away.



42161 [San Antonio]. Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of San Antonio, 1879-80. Containing a Most Interesting History of the City From Its Earliest Settlement, a Synopsis of the Business Pursuits and Progress Since Its Incorporation. Also the Present State, County and City Governments - An Index of All Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, Etc. -

The Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Marshall: Jennings Bros., Printers, Binders and Blank Book Makers, 1879. 8vo, 297 pages. The name of previous owner “Stephen Gould“ written on the title page. Printed paper over boards; three-quarters of rear wrap is missing from board. Textblock has totally detached from the boards. Majority of spine covering missing. First two leaves are detached, but the remaining textblock is tight until page 297. Several pages in the front section under the heading “Historical,“ giving a history of San Antonio, have had articles cut away. Lightly toned pages with some dampstaining at the gutter.


Battle of San Jacinto veterans celebrate the 10th anniversary of their victory

42162 Battle of San Jacinto Anniversary Announcement. One page, 5.5” x 8.75” (folded), Houston, April 1846. With woodcut print depicting a soldier, two cannons, the star of Texas and a Texas flag, beneath which is the date of the Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. The invitation announces that “A Salute will be fired at 12 M., on the Market Square, on the 21st, by the Fannin Artillery, and a remnant of the SOLDIERS OF SAN JACINTO.” On verso, postage markings indicate invitation was sent by Martin K. Snell, also listed on the recto as a committee member of the event. The cover is addressed to “Col. William G. Cooke. Austin.“

Cook and Snell fought together in the Battle of San Jacinto. Reinforced with archival tissue for preservation. With postage stamped “April 5“, usual mail folds, minor discoloration, and paper loss at the corners.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42163 [John W. A. Sanford]. Address of Genl. J. W. A. Sanford, Commissioner of Georgia. Before the Texan Convention. One page broad-side, 5” x 13.5”, [Austin], February 4, 1861. Appointed by the state of Georgia as secession commissioner to Texas, Sanford addresses the Texas Secession Convention and appeals to their sense of southern solidarity and brotherhood, in part, as follows:

“The State of Georgia has specially deputed me to announce to your honor-able body that she has, in the exercise of her sovereignty, formally and solemnly abrogated and annulled the ordinance by which she became a member of the Federal Union. In making this an-nouncement, I deem it unnecessary to enter into a detailed exposition of

the causes which have impelled her to this course of action. I shall, therefore, content myself with briefly adverting to the fact, that her Northern confeder-ates have, for many years pretermitted no opportunity of annoying her upon the subject of negro slavery, until emboldened by her past forbearance, they have publicly proclaimed their determination of waging an unceasing warfare against its further extension and longer toleration...Others of her sister States have for like cause acted in like manner. Some have preceded and others have followed her action, and I trust, one and yet another will continue to follow, until all are embraced in the same family group, and placed under the protect-ing aegis of that Constitution which we all have loved so well, and still love, but which, alas ! we have in vain tried to save from the sacrilegious hands of the ruthless despoiler...The hearts of Southern fathers and Southern moth-ers...have followed you to this distant land, and though saddened by the wide interval between you and them, they become less sad, as hope and faith bid them look forward to the time when all will again live under the same form of government, and be protected by its strong arm.”

General John W. A. Sanford (1798-1870) served as a major general dur-ing the 1836 Cherokee War and was subsequently elected to the Georgia Senate. Folds and light, uneven toning; text is faded slightly in the middle at left. Right edge untrimmed. Held in a green half Moroccan and che-mise slipcase with gilt stamped spine. Slipcase shows light shelf wear. Fine.

Reference: Confederate Imprints, 5836.Estimate: $900-$1,000 Starting Bid: $650


42164 [Texas Revolution]. 1836 Printed Circular Requesting Contributions to Help Free General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. One page, printed in Spanish, 8.25” x 12”, with printed heading “Gobierno del Departamento de Nuevo Leon Circular“, June 25, 1836.

Juan Nepomucemo Garza y Evia, the governor of Nuevo Leon, publishes a notice dated May 31, 1836 which points out that freeing Santa Anna (recently captured at the Battle of San Jacinto) from the Texas rebels is an obligation for all Mexicans and asking for contributions to the national treasury to help secure the general’s release. It reads in part:

“The national honor highly outraged by the perfidious colonists of Texas, with the uprising in that territory with the intention to secede from the Mexican republic, and over proud with the triumph attained the 21st of April last over the small force of the worthy Genl. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the occasion to avenge the outrages done to all the nation on the person of the illustrious prisoner has arrived...Liberate the illustrious president and remove him from the power of the rebel ingrates is a duty of all Mexicans for the coher-ence that this action has with the national decorum, and with the supreme government charged with keeping and defending the integrity of the territory...to sustain the rights of the Republic that audaciously these foreign adventurers have tried to usurp and oppressed as it is at the same time with the suffering of the treasury, has decided to excite the patrio-tism in you so that you do so also with respects to the inhabitants of that state, with the object that they contribute by way of voluntary donations...“

The secretary then gives five articles outlining the method of raising donations from the people, exceptions made for any who have donated mules, etc.

Light water stain running diagonally through text with light toning along the edges, old fold creases and tiny binding holes along left margin; otherwise, fine.

Reference: Streeter 892.Estimate: $3,000-$5,000 Starting Bid: $1,500

42165 [Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna] Broadside Plan Secreto de los Hipócritas Revolucionarios. One page, 8.25” x 12”, in Spanish, Monterrey, July 8, 1833. This printed broadside details a plan in which Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, then President of Mexico, would be assassinated by poison and Anastasio Bustamante would be declared dictator. Bustamante would then enter talks with Spain which would allow for the entry into Mexico of Francisco de Paula, the youngest son of Charles IV of Spain, who would then be declared Emperor of Mexico. Bustamante was a member of the Conservative Party in Mexico, whose aim was the establishment of a monarchical government. Edges are untrimmed and there is some soiling at the bottom; fold creases are present, but minor. A fine copy.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42166 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Autograph Letter Signed. One and a half pages, 8” x 10” (sight), presidential letterhead, Japala, August 6, 1842, to his son. Written as President during Santa Ana’s campaigns to unite and maintain control of the Republic. Reads, in full:

“My esteemed Pedro,I remained vexed by your graceful letter of the first of August in which you demonstrate in order the illegalities which, in your view or estimation, have been committed in the summary which has been formed because of Portilla’s accusation; but because I do not wish that it fall to me to judge without having concrete circumstances, I have not been able to form, which I demonstrated in my previous letter. Yes, I can assure you, that I will celebrate infinitely should the report of the assessor clear you of the charges which have resulted upon you, and that you vindicate yourself completely. As far as your wishes to go on the Yucatan campaign, I regret I cannot accede to them, because Portilla is going on it, you would be at a continual disadvan-tage and receiving continual embarrassments.I will arrange that you distinguish yourself in another way, since I want you to shine, in that I am your extremely affectionate father who wishes you happi-ness. A.L. Sta Anna.”

During his eleventh presidency, from October 10, 1841, to October 26, 1842, Santa Ana engaged in several military campaigns. Just around the time of this letter, in August 1842, Santa Ana sent four military warships to capture the island of Ciudad del Carmen, a strategic move in response to the Yucatan’s continued assertion of independence.

Framed to an overall size of 19.5” x 16.5” with an image of Santa Anna and a small plaque. Regular folds with wax seal ghosting.Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750

Goliad survivor John Holliday’s copy

42167 Major-General Winfield Scott. Infantry-Tactics; or, Rules For the Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States’ Infantry. New York: George Dearborn, 1835. Volume I of three volumes. 32mo, 202 pages; 44 pages; 21 pages. Illustrated with four-teen fold out plates on tissue paper with explanations of each; plate I has been removed and plate VIII is partially dam-aged. Divided into three parts: general instructions and regiment formation,

“School of the Soldier,” and “School of the Company.” Twenty-one pages of sheet music tipped in at the rear. Original blind-stamped cloth over boards. Cloth is separating from the boards due to heavy wear. Corners and fore edge of rear board bumped. Spine covering is removed exposing the spine lining and

textblock stitching; lining is chipped at the foot. Light to moderate foxing and dampstaining throughout.

On the front and rear endpapers/flyleaves are written the names of the book’s previous owners, two of which belong to prominent soldiers of the Texas army. The first is that of “John Holliday of the Texian Army“...”Capt Comdt.” It is probable that this was John J. Holliday (the only John Holliday listed in the “Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845”) who had served under James Fannin and survived the Goliad Massacre by swimming across the San Antonio River and hiding until the Mexicans left. After the Revolution, he joined the regular Texas army and held a captain’s commission. He was also a member of the failed Texas Santa Fe Expedition where he was captured by the Mexican army and imprisoned in Mexico. Holliday died en route to Galveston from Veracruz in 1842 after his release from prison. The second belongs to “Tho. J. Bowen T. A./Florence Georgia,” likely First Lieutenant Thomas J. Bowen of “Jordan’s Company,” Texas Rangers. Along with his name, Bowen lists the loca-tions of the Texas army as it was transferred around the state beginning at Camp Preston, then Camp Bowie on April 21 [1837], and finally Camp Crockett on June 12, 1837.

This was the standard drill manual for the United States Army until 1855 when West Point professor William J. Hardee published his book, “Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics.”

Reference: Sabin 78411.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42168 Ashbel Smith. Reminiscences of the Texas Republic. Annual Address Delivered before the Historical Society of Galveston, December 15, 1875. Galveston: Historical Society of Galveston, 1876. First edition. 8vo, xvi, 82 pages. Bound in modern leather with lettering gilt stamped to spine. Marbled endpapers. Original printed wrappers bound in. Dampstaining along the bottom and fore edges of pages. Scattered light foxing.

The true first edition, with the printed signature numbers on pages 17, 33, 49, etc. Only 100 copies of this edition were printed. John Jenkins, in his Basic Texas Books, writes of Smith’s address: “The text is personal but objective, a blended narrative of anecdote and analysis. Smith reviews the Texas border question, the various votes and movements for recognition and annexation in Texas and the United States, his activities in France and England, and the treaties which he negotiated. He carefully treats the slavery issue and corrects the ‘grave’ errors in the ‘incomplete and otherwise not wholly reliable history of Texas by Yoakum.’”

References: Basic Texas Books 186. Howes A 574. Raines, p. 190. Sabin 82341.Estimate: $2,000-$3,000 Starting Bid: $1,000

42169 1890 Spring Palace Award Medal. 2.5” x 4.75”. Features a gold plate engraved with a picture of the Texas Spring Palace above an inscription reading “Fort Worth“; suspended from an inverted five-pointed star with surrounding wreath inscribed with “1890“; suspended from a silver scroll engraved with “Texas Spring Palace“ with affixed pin. The verso of the plate reads “Awarded to/Houston County/for the/BEST display of/Products of the Forest.” The entire piece is made of 14K gold weighing a total of forty-one grams. In a red leather presenta-tion box lined in gold cloth.

The Texas Spring Palace was an immigration/agricultural fair that opened in 1889 in the city of Fort Worth and ran between May 29 and June 20. Based in part on an idea of Fort Worth and Denver Railway immigration agent, Robert A. Cameron, its purpose was to draw set-tlers and investors to the area by featuring all of the natural resources that Texas had to offer in one place. It featured a 60,000 square foot “palace” which integrated Oriental, Moorish, and Malaysian design styles and was constructed of entirely wood. Each Texas county had its own space ornamented with its principal product. The fair proved so popular that it was repeated the next year, running May 10 through May 31. During the second season, medals were awarded to the counties with the best displays. Unfortunately, the 1890 season ended tragically and was to be the last. On the evening of May 30, a ball was held inside the palace, but was cut short when a fire ripped through the structure, destroying the building in fifteen minutes. Miraculously, even with the thousands in attendance that evening, only one fatality occurred. A visiting Englishmen, Alfred S. Hayne, was killed while courageously rescuing women and children from the blaze. Despite its two season run and disastrous end, the fair did succeed in bringing new businesses, factories, and financial investors to the Fort Worth area.Estimate: $3,000-$5,000 Starting Bid: $1,500


42170 Cotton Belt Days in Texas Broadside. This 9” x 24” excursion broad-side was issued for “Cotton Belt Days at the Texas Spring Palace“ [undated, circa 1889]. It lists the train schedule for transportation to the event described as an “attractive, unique and wonderful presentation of the resources of Texas... Constructed, Ornamented, Decorated and Filled With the Products of Texas.” Entertainment was provided by the Elgin Military Band under the direction of Hecker. Light chipping around the edges in places; light toning along the right margin. Else fine. The Texas Spring Palace was an immigra-tion/agricultural fair that opened in 1889 in the city of Fort Worth and ran between May 29 and June 20. Based in part on an idea of Fort Worth and Denver Railway immigra-tion agent, Robert A. Cameron, its purpose was to draw settlers and investors to the area by featuring all of the natural resources that Texas had to offer in one place. It featured a 60,000 square foot “palace” which integrated Oriental, Moorish, and Malaysian design

styles and was constructed of entirely wood. Each Texas county had its own space ornamented with its principal product. The fair proved so popular that it was repeated the next year, running May 10 through May 31. During the second season, medals were awarded to the counties with the best displays. Unfortunately, the 1890 season ended tragically and was to be the last. On the evening of May 30, a ball was held inside the palace, but was cut short when a fire ripped through the structure, destroying the building in fifteen minutes. Miraculously, even with the thousands in at-tendance that evening, only one fatality occurred. A visiting Englishmen, Alfred S. Hayne, was killed while courageously rescuing women and chil-dren from the blaze. Despite its two season run and disastrous end, the fair did succeed in bringing new businesses, factories, and financial investors to the Fort Worth area.Estimate: $500-$600 Starting Bid: $250

42171 William Preston Stapp. The Prisoners of Perote, Containing a Journal Kept by the Author, Who was Captured by the Mexicans at Mier, December 25, 1842 and Released from Perote May 16, 1844. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber and Company, 1845. First edition. 12mo. 164, 4 pp., ads. Publisher’s printed paper wrap-pers. Some wear to front cover (lacking rear) with minor tears, loss, and staining. Slight lean. Touch of dampstaining to bottom corner and small stain to fore-edge. Lightly folded corners. A few gatherings somewhat sprung. Otherwise, generally a very good copy.

William Preston Stapp joined the Texas forces in October 1842 and was one of the members of the Texas expedition against Mier. He was taken prisoner in 1842 and released two years later. His narrative includes a chronology of events in Texas from 1836 to 1842, and accounts of the Dawson Massacre and the Vasquez and Woll expeditions.

References: Streeter Texas 1610. Graff 3949, Graff Fifty Texas Rarities: “The author was a member of Col. W. S. Fisher’s party which was defeated by the Mexicans at Mier in 1842. The better part of the book is the au-thor’s account of the long march to Mexico City and his imprisonment in the castle of Perote. He was released after nearly two years through the intervention of his uncle, General Milton Stapp.” Howes S-891, Howes-Hartley S-901. Jenkins Basic Texas Books, 197: “This was the first book to appear on the Mier Expedition; it is still one of the best. Stapp was a highly literate private soldier, observant and interested in what went on around him.” Raines p. 194. Sabin 90483.Estimate: $800-$1,000 Starting Bid: $500

42172 Col. Edward Stiff. The Texan Emigrant: Being a Narration of the Author in Texas, and a Description of the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, Towns, Bays, Harbors, Rivers, Institutions, and Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of that Country; Together With the Principal Incidents of Fifteen Years Revolution in Mexico: and Embracing a Condensed Statement of Interesting Events in Texas, From the First European Settlement in 1692, Down to the Year 1840. Cincinnati: George Conclin, 1840. First edition. 12mo. v, [1, blank], [7]- 367, [1, ad] pp. Facsimile fold-out, hand-colored map of Texas published by George Conclin on onionskin paper, 13.25” x 10.5” bound in front, missing the

original map. Two full-page wood-engraved illustrations attributed to John H. Lovejoy: View of Galveston City and Bay, and Battle of San Jacinto. Publisher’s original full brown speckled sheep, spine ruled in blind and black leather label lettered and ruled in gilt. Woodward Literary Society Library bookplate on the front pastedown with small label at top and handwritten “Woodward Polemic Society 46” on front free endpaper. Boards scuffed and well worn along the edges, particularly chipped at fore-edge. Corners abraded with some loss. Spine appears to have been rebacked. Some foxing to endpapers. Light toning to page edges with occasional light foxing, corner folds, and mi-nor thumbsoiling. Else, a very good copy of this extremely scarce Texas book.

Howes: “One of the objective accounts of Texas affairs issued in the days of the Republic.” Raines: “By an independent thinker, and not always favor-able to Texas and the United States. In fact, somewhat of a Tory in politics. Notwithstanding, one of the best books on Texas issued during the Republic. Very scarce.” Streeter: “Here conventional accounts of the physical features of Texas and of its cities and towns are interspersed with gossipy comments on various named individuals and on life in Texas in general, making it quite an entertaining book.” Basic Texas Books: “One of the most controversial guide books written by a visitor to early Texas.... Stiff’s guide is most useful for the light it sheds on such Texas settlements as Houston, which he states consisted of 382 houses and a population of three thousand, of which only about forty were women. He deprecates the moral character of the citizens, points out that there were 65 places of business, 47 of which were saloons or gambling houses.... Stiff’s viewpoint throughout the book is decidedly pro-Mexican. He castigates the Texas Revolution as having been fought by op-portunists who ‘rebel first and find out the reason afterwards.’”

References: Basic Texas Books 199. Eberstadt Texas 162:760. Graff 3989. Howes S998. Raines, pp. 195-196. Sabin 91727.Estimate: $700-$900 Starting Bid: $500


42173 Republic of Texas $500 Stock Certificate. One page, 10” x 7.75”, Austin, June 15, 1840, issued to Edward Hall and signed by Stock Commissioner Charles DeMorse, whose job was to fund the public debt under President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Countersigned by the comptroller, James B. Shaw. Contains several “X” and trian-gular cut cancellations and ten coupons, each signed by DeMorse. On the verso is written: “Pay to the Order of William Bryan/Edward Hall/of New Orleans/Wm. Bryan/Consul of the Republic of Texas.”

William Bryan was an important financial backer of the Texas Revolution and Republic. He worked tirelessly to raise money and helped negotiate financial and legal difficulties for Texas. Bryan was also instrumental in the establishment of the Texas Navy. He was appointed consul to New Orleans by Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Despite the pivotal role he played in the Revolution and Republic eras, Bryan was never repaid adequately for the financial and other services he rendered to the Republic.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

Plan for the Administration of Justice in Texas, a scarce Streeter number

42174 [Plan for the Administration of Justice in Texas]. Supreme Government of the Free State of Coahuila and Texas. Sixteen pages, 8.5” x 12.25”, untrimmed, stitched. Monclova, April 17, 1834, by Francisco Vidaurri y Villaseñor and José Miguel Falcon. Text begins: “The Constitutional Governor of the State of Coahuila and Texas to all its inhabitants, Know ye: that the Congress of the same state has decreed the following. The Constitutional Congress of the free, Independent and Sovereign State of Coahuila and Texas, desirous to provide for the happiness and prosperity of their Constituents, and to comply with the obligation imposed on them by the 192 article of the Constitution, Decree the following: a Plan for the Better Regulation of the Administration of Justice in Texas.”

Printed in two columns: Spanish text in left column, with English text in other column. Nine sections, containing 140 articles, outline the rights and provisions afforded to inhabitants. One of the most important documents of the early history of Texas as it is a very rare example of a state decree relating directly to Texas. Streeter writes that the document’s significance lies in its protections offered, in-cluding a trial by jury and “protection to debtors for certain items of their property which cannot be taken in execution of judgment for debt.“ Untrimmed, with light toning and mild staining at margins. Third page has a small chip at the top left corner, and the edges of the last few pages exhibit some moisture damage. Housed in a modern case with quarter morocco over marbled paper; raised spine with gilt let-tering and secured within an internal chemise. Docketed in Spanish on the first page: “Answered and printed.“ An additional handwritten endorsement appears on the final page.

References: Streeter 805.Estimate: $7,000-$10,000 Starting Bid: $3,500


42175 Republic of Texas Oath of Allegiance. One page, 8” x 4.25”, “County of Harrisburg,” July 4, 1837, signed by George Smith and Isaac Batterson. Issued by Justice of the Peace Isaac Batterson, declares that “George Smith...made oath that he came into the Republic on the 14th day of January 1836 that he intends to reside permanently in this Republic, to support the Constitution, and that he will bear true allegiance to the Republic of Texas.” The oath naturalizes a citizen in the Republic of Texas. Isaac Batterson founded the small settlement of Clinton in 1835, known today as Galena Park. Lightly toned with untrimmed edges. Folds. Very good.Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $200

Broadside establishing a military legion and anniversary to celebrate the capture of the Alamo

42176 [Jose Maria Tornel]. Jose Gomez de la Cortina Broadside Decree Establishing a Military Legion of Honor for Distinguished Service, especially in the campaign against Texas. “Vando” broadside, 23” x 32.25”, print-ed transcription of a decree approved by acting President Jose Justo Corro issued by his Minister of War, José Maria Tornel on April 27, 1836, as given in Mexico on April 30, 1836. The broadside goes on to list the statutes by which the legion will oper-ate which is separated into

chapters. Of most interest is Chapter Eleven which concerns the future celebration of the anniversary of the capture of the Alamo: “To recognize that the campaign against Texas was opened with the glorious capture by as-sault of the Alamo fort, we will mark the anniversary of the creation of the le-gion on the 6 of March... On this day all members of the Legion will be present, and will be reviewed by the Chief of the Legion, and he will receive them with grand ceremony...“ Broadside is made up of four sheets, with slight staining where the sheets are joined; very light toning, and a single spot of paper loss, not affecting any text.

Streeter notes that, “No copy has been located of the first separate publi-cation of this or of a republication by any of the different states.” Reference: Streeter 877.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

Military legion established to honor Texas war heroes

42177 Jose Maria Tornel: Decree of the General Congress, approved by Jose Justo Corro on April 27, 1836... setting up a military legion of honor for distinguished actions in war, especially in the campaign against Texas. 8pp. 8.25” x 12”. The pamphlet lists the statutes by which the legion will operate, which is pre-sented into chapters. Of most interest is Chapter Eleven which concerns the future celebration of the anniver-sary of the capture of the Alamo: “To recognize that the

campaign against Texas was opened with the glorious capture by assault of the Alamo fort, we will mark the anniversary of the creation of the legion on the 6 of March... On this day all members of the Legion will be present, and will be reviewed by the Chief of the Legion, and he will receive them with grand ceremony...“

Very fine condition, housed in a modern slipcase, quarter morocco over cloth, with gilt title along spine. Streeter notes that, “No copy has been located of the first separate publication of this or of a republication by any of the different states.” The “vando” broadside form is also offered in this auction as lot XXXXX.

Reference: Streeter 877.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $375

42178 [Mexican Claims]. Texas Frontier Troubles. Containing: Report: The special committee who were appointed under a resolution of the House of Representatives, passed January 6, 1876... Washington: HRR343, 1876. First edition. xxi, 180 pages. Appendix. Fold out, litho-graph map attached: “Map of the Lower Rio Grande, Accompanying Report of the Special Committee on Texas Frontier Trouble,“ 17” x 12”, presenting the Texas/Mexico border with towns, forts, roads, rail lines, and battle-fields. Lithographed notes are handwritten describing geographical features. Small tears along two vertical folds not affecting the map. “An important gov-ernment document dealing with cattle theft along the Mexican border. The testimony contains much on rustling problems and on cattle in South Texas generally. The Mexican government had issued a similar report a year earlier, the Informe de la Comisión Pesquisidora, 1875.” (Reese) “Rare.” (Adams) “Neither Adams nor Howes calls for the important map which is


here present.”(Eberstadt) [and:] Report and Accompanying Documents of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the Relations of the United States with Mexico. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. xlii, 461 pages. A second fold out map, 22” x 25”, “Map of Rio Grande. Approximate boundary line between the country of the Mexican cattle raiders and the Indian raiders from Mexico,” attached to Appendix B also displaying the Texas/Mexico border, but lacking the detail of the first. Shows the counties of south Texas, the states of Northeast Mexico, towns, forts, and rivers. Repaired on the verso along several large tears. [and:] Texas Frontier Troubles. Testimony Taken Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 173 pages. Indexed with errata.

8vo half bound in gilt stamped leather and marbled boards into a single volume. Front and rear hinges have been reinforced. Original spine covering attached. Bumped corners and extremities; boards moderately worn. Light to moderate toning. Corner damage to page 179. This is the Dobie, Horgan copy. Paul Horgan’s bookplate on front pastedown, ink stamped “cancelled.”

Reference: Adams, Guns 2262. Adams, Herd 2273. Eberstadt, Texas 162:124. Howes T143. Reese, Six Score 108.Estimate: $1,200-$1,500 Starting Bid: $600

42179 [Texas Legislature]. Journals of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas: Fifth Congress, First Session. 1840-1841. Austin: Cruger and Wing, Public Printers, 1841. 8vo. 723 pp. [1] errata. Rebound in modern light brown cloth library binding with gilt lettering on spine. Contents uniformly toned with additional scattered foxing and occasional damp stains throughout. A few pages with old taped repairs. Title page and first two preliminary pages with extensive old tape repairs, chipping at the edges and some small holes. Top corners of pages 625 through the terminal page gnawed. Former own-er’s bookplate on the front pastedown. Otherwise, generally sound and in good condition.

The minutia of the first session of the Texas Republic’s Fifth Congress is chronicled in this single volume, including resolutions for the ap-propriation of muskets to the regulation of the sale of runaway slaves.Estimate: $2,500-$3,500 Starting Bid: $1,250


42180 Laws of the Republic of Texas; Passed at the Session of the Fifth Congress. Houston: Telegraph Power Press, 1841. 8vo, 189 pages. Appendix. Errata leaf. Indexed. Disbound and stitched. Wrapper with “Laws of Fifth Congress/Comptroller“ written in ink on front cover. Wrappers are heavily toned with some water staining and damage to the edges. Pages are moderate to heavily toned with scattered light foxing. Insect damage on pages 59, 67, and v through viii of the

appendix, confined to the margins. Dampstaining on the lower page edge throughout.

Second issue with same title, imprint, and date as the first, but including four additional acts on p. 185-189 (approved February 3-5, 1841), and with the appendix of proclamations separately paginated. The statement in the Morning Star (Houston) of March 6, 1841, that “the laws of the last session will be published within eight or ten days from this time, and will then be on sale at the Telegraph Office,” probably refers to this issue. One of the two proclamations by Lamar gives the text of the Treaty with France signed at Paris, September 25, 1839. For the Gammel reprint of the laws see note to Streeter 479A, for the second issue. Includes An Act for the Relief of Certain Free Persons of Color, and An Act Regulating the Sale of Runaway Slaves.

Reference: Streeter 415, 478, 479A.Estimate: $700-$1,000 Starting Bid: $500

42181 Texas State Register, for the Year of Our Lord, 1859, and Until July Fourth, the Eighty-Third of the Independence of the United States. Galveston: Published by A.[lbert] Hanford, 1859. [Printed in New York City, 1859.] 12mo. [72] pp. Published annually, No. 4. Printed sewn wrap-pers. Covers lightly rubbed with minor foxing and soiling. Handwriting of Mr. Shepherd in light pencil and ink notations on front and rear. Front cover and first six pages have bottom corner lightly folded. Some light toning and foxing throughout. Minor loss at fore-edge or corner at rear. Otherwise, a better than very good copy of this scarce item.

In its fourth year of publication, the Texas State Register promised a circulation of no less than 10,000 copies. Filled with advertisements tout-ing the latest in wares and services, there are also many pages devoted to “Cotton and Sugar,” “Times of Holding the District Courts,” “Signs of the Zodiac,” “Astronomical Calculations,” monthly facts and dates,

“Agriculture,” and “Gleanings.” An interesting almanac that dates from the year Sam Houston was elected governor of Texas. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Reference: Winkler, 1035x, 1177x.Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Starting Bid: $750

42182 Texas Veterans Association Archive containing eleven book-lets of the constitution and proceedings of the annual reunion of the Texas Veteran Association for the years 1880, 1892, 1898-1900, 1902-1907. The booklets give day-by-day accounts of the reunions. All are in very good condition.

The Texas Veterans Association was founded in the 1870s for those who served Texas from the years leading up to the Texas Revolution (circa 1820 onward), through the Republic years, and ending with annexation in 1845. It was dissolved in 1907 and subsequent work was taken over by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Two booklets bear the name (handwritten) of Ann Darden (Brown) Cruger, the daughter of Stephen H. Darden. Darden was a veteran of the Texas Revolution and the Civil War. He also served in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate and filled in one expired term in the Second Confederate Congress. In addition, he served as secretary of the Texas Veterans Association from 1886 until his death in 1902.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42183 Ron Tyler, editor in chief, et al. The New Handbook of Texas. Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1996. New edition. Six 4to volumes, xxii, 1053; 1178; 1188; 1193; 1176; 1157 pages. Illustrated. Beautifully quarter-bound in blue cloth over boards with brown leather spine. Title blind stamped on front board; lettering gilt stamped to spine. Despite a minor scuff in the leather on Volume I and the head of the spine of Volume V, this collection is near like new.

A new edition of the original Handbook of Texas edited by Walter Prescott Webb and H. Bailey Carroll, first published in two volumes in 1952. There is little to know of Texas that is not found within this mas-sive work. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200


42184 [Pancho Villa]. Gold Brooch Presented by Villa to Mrs. Max Fischbein. 22 karat gold, 1.13” x .36”, with paste stones and red, white and green enamel work. All embellishments are original to the brooch, but the back-pin has been re-placed. The brooch was pur-chased by our consignor in an estate sale in El Paso, and is accompanied by a family scrapbook. The scrapbook

contains Fischbein’s obituary, he and his wife Johanna’s United States immigration cards, photographs of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, El Paso, Fischbein’s storefront in Parral, as well as personal family portraits. The scrapbook measures 13.25” x 10.25” x .63” with white leather boards and black paper pages.

The scrapbook contains a newspaper announcement of the Fischbein’s 50th anniversary, Johanna Fischbein is pictured wearing said brooch. Someone has noted (in Spanish), “this brooch was given by Jose ‘don Villa’ in July 1923 prior to his death.” Villa was born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, and the Fischbeins likely knew him by his birth name. Previously, the brooch had been affixed to a page in the scrapbook shared by this anniversary announcement and her immigration card.

Max Fischbein emigrated from Germany to Mexico in 1890. After estab-lishing a successful tailoring business in Parral, Fischbein became the per-sonal tailor to Pancho Villa. The obituary of Max Fischbein notes that,

“he was the only man in Mexico for whom Villa would take off his guns.”Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 Starting Bid: $750

42185 [First Battle of Galveston Bay]. Henry W. Washburn Autograph Letter Signed. Four lined pages, 8” x 10”, Galveston, October 6, 1862. Washburn, the act-ing master and executive officer of the USS Morning Light, informs his wife of the details of the naval battle only two days after it took place. While the young

naval officer wrote, the scene was calm as the opposing sides partici-pated in a cease-fire to allow the Confederates time to ponder their next move which, the Union Navy hoped, would be surrender. Interestingly, Washburn writes from the Morning Light of his disappointment in the Rebels lack of prowess. In part:

“I was in hopes the Rebels would make a good fight but they only fired one Gun at us from the Fort and a few from the town. The Gun boats lie off the town in the channel waiting for the Surrender. . . . As we came opposite the Fort they fired at us one Solitary Shot and the Owasco returned it instantly from her 11 in. shell gun the shell burst close to the rebel gun inside the Fort. The other boats fired to quite queck[?] but the Rebels Skedadled away from the Fort mighty quick we could see them running for the town. . . . Capt. Renshaw the Senior Officer hoisted a flag of truce and we ceased firing. They sent of a flag

of truce but would not surrender the town. Capt. R. has given them some 3 or 4 days to decide. He don‘t wish to destroy the town because too many would suffer who are innocent.” Washburn’s letter continues with an account of his land explorations near the fort. The letter, which refers to other ships (including the Harriet Lane), is playfully signed, “Your Sincere Devoted Long Suffering Bald headed absent Husband, Henry W. Washburn.”

Following the cease-fire, the Confederates evacuated Galveston. Four months later, however, they defeated the occupying Union forces at the Second Battle of Galveston Bay to win back the important harbor. That same month-January 1863-the Morning Light and her crew were captured by the Confederate Navy one hundred miles up the Texas coast. The ves-sel was destroyed and the Union sailors were held as POWs. Washburn survived and was discharged from the navy in 1866. Very minor damp-staining at the top of page one. Usual folds.Estimate: $800-$1,000 Starting Bid: $400

42186 [Republic of Texas]. John White Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, 7.5” x 12.5”, Cincinnati, December 7, 1841, to Archibald Wynns, a mem-ber of the Texas House of Representatives, regarding immigration to Texas and the continued collection of taxes. Earlier that year, Congress had discussed a law in which 8,000 families would settle in Texas and be exempt from taxation for a period of twenty years. The bill passed the House, but failed in the Senate. He writes, in part:

“The times in the United States are frightfully hard and grow-ing worse every day. Exchange between the best bank in this city and New York may be let down at 12 ½ percent. Banks are failing all over the country - less and less public confidence in them every day...Depend on it, times must be very hard in Texas for some time to come. Our Congress must see the necessity of perpetuating our tax laws. Laxity and the extension of time in the collection of taxes, indeed a stop law for the collection of foreign debts, if we would not see the tide of immigration to our country turned back. If you would reward enterprise and investment, if you would protect our inhabit-ants and turn our savage forests into fertile fields...we must legislate some for ourselves...You will find that you have to collect the revenue from duties in gold and silver & its agriculture. Taxes, land dues and all else (to persevere and it will strengthen the faith and confidence abroad and in the integrity of the gov’t) in the issue of the gov’t. Without much reflection it now strikes me that were I Gen’l Houston I should dictate to Congress & the world that I never con-templated the issue of the millions and millions and that I would recommend the passage of an act for funding any issue at 20 or 25 cents on the dollar and another that they may be received in payment for the Cherokee Land say at the rate of 10 or 12 dollars per acre not less...Declare to the world that the embar-rassments of our small population require this course or that posterity must share with us in good faith in these burdens.”

During the days of the Republic, population increased by 7,000 people yearly due to immigration (including Mexicans). Texas was active in pro-moting immigration to boost the defense of the frontier and encourage economic growth in the country. The letter is extremely fragile and is weakened along the folds, but the text remains bright and wholly legible. Very good.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42187 John Wesley Wilbarger. Indian Depredations in Texas. Austin: Hutchings Printing House, 1889. First edi-tion. 8vo, x, 672 pages. 37 woodcuts. Indexed at the front. Original brown cloth, blind stamped in black, over boards. Gilt lettering to front board and spine. Rear hinge is cracked and being held to the textblock by the stitch-ing. Bumped corners and light scuffing on the boards. Minor fraying on the board edges; spine foot is chipped. Slight, sporadic foxing.

Prompted by the scalping (and subsequent survival) of his brother, Josiah, in 1833, Methodist minister John

Wesley Wilbarger (1806-1892) compiled stories of struggles with Indians as given to him by surviving early settlers of Texas. Wilbarger, in large part due to the incident with his brother, paints the Indians as uncivilized bar-barians and shows little respect for their plight or culture.

“It tells of nearly all the Indian fights and battles in Texas, with sketches of many of the most noted Texan Indian fighters and frontiersmen” (Raines, Bibliography of Texas). The illustrations in this book, attributed to T. J. Owen, are believed to have been the work of William Sydney Porter, bet-ter known as “O. Henry.”

References: Basic Texas Books 218. Howes W407. Raines, p. 219.Estimate: $600-$800 Starting Bid: $300

42188 Dudley G. Wooten, editor. A Comprehensive History of Texas 1685-1897. Dallas: William G. Scarff, 1898. First edition. Two vol-umes. 4to, xxiii, 890 pages; vii, 851 pages. Profusely il-lustrated. Maps. Modern full leather binding with titles and decoration stamped in gilt between five raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Light shelf wear to leather and the edges of paper have slight marring. Contents bright. A few stains to the preliminary pages and a small damp-stain toward the rear of Volume I. Marginal toning in both volumes. Very good.

John Jenkins, in Basic Texas Books, calls this “one of the most all-inclusive compilations on Texas history through the 19th century.” The work be-gins with a reprint of Yoakum’s History of Texas, with additional annota-tions added. “The remainder is in the form of chronologically arranged

articles on Texas history from Austin’s colony to 1897. In these are to be found a wealth of essays and memoirs that are unsurpassed and still of im-mense value and interest.”

References: Basic Texas Books 221. Howes W673.Estimate: $400-$600 Starting Bid: $200

42189 H[enderson] Yoakum. History of Texas From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846. New York: Redfield, 1855. First edition. Two 8vo volumes. 482, 4 publisher’s ads; 576 pages. Appendix and indexed. Large fold-out map at the end of Volume I:

“Map of Spanish-Texas“ (heav-ily damaged and repaired). Fold-out facsimile military order signed by Santa Anna in Volume II. Four portrait

plates (of Stephen Austin, [Ellis P.] Bean, Sam Houston, and Thomas J. Rusk); three plates of maps in the text: “San Antonio & Its Environs“, “Ground Plan of the Alamo in 1835-6“, and “San Jacinto Battle-Ground.” Engraved view of the “Mission of San José“ as frontispiece to Volume I and engraved portrait of Sam Houston with facsimile signature as fron-tispiece of Volume II. Half-bound in brown with titles stamped in gilt on the spines and four raised bands; this volume has been rebound with decorative endpapers and reinforced hinges. Boards are scuffed and ends worn. Some wear on the spine, especially on the bands. Heavy foxing and dampstaining in Volume I; moderate foxing in Volume II. A few pages have been dog-eared. Offsetting to the portraits. Notations in pencil spread through Volume I.

According to book lore the first printing in 1855 was mostly destroyed by fire and is quite rare. It is considered one of the most important works on early Texas. Yoakum had the use of materials provided to him by Sam Houston, Thomas J. Rusk and many others. “Mr. Yoakum seems to have collected with great care all the existing material, with much that has never yet appeared in print. All contemporary accounts, personal nar-ratives, private correspondence, individual reminiscences, newspaper statements, and official documents are called into requisition. The work, though wanting in system and condensed expression, is still of very great interest and value, and is deserving of general study. The author was evi-dently an enthusiastic admirer of Gen. Houston.” (Raines, p. 223)

References: Basic Texas Books 224. Howes Y10. Raines, p. 223.Estimate: $500-$700 Starting Bid: $250


42190 Lorenzo de Zavala. Ensayo Histórico de las Revoluciones de México desde 1808 hasta 1830. Two volumes. Volume I, Paris: Imprenta de P. Dupont et G.-Laguionie, 1831; Volume II, Nueva-York: Imprenta de Elliott y Palmer, 1832. 8vo, 443 pages; vii, 420 pages. Indexed. Both volumes have marbled paper over boards with printed spine labels. Front boards of both volumes are bowed outward slightly. Heavily worn. Bumped corners on both volumes. Volume I shows some chipping at the head of spine and foot of spine covering removed. Both the head and foot of the spine covering on volume II removed. Light to moderate fox-ing throughout both books, heavier in volume II with significant toning; dampstaining at the top of the pages in volume I and on the rear endpa-pers of volume II.

Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836), a participant in both the Mexican and Texan Revolutions, was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and served as first (interim) vice-president of Texas under interim presi-dent David G. Burnet. Having held various political offices in Mexico, he resigned as Minister to France in 1834 and retired to the United States when one-time ally, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, assumed dictatorial powers. He was naturally drawn to the Texas political scene. A Mexican Liberal, he had first supported the idea of Mexican Federalism in Texas, but later changed his views and supported the Texas independence move-ment.

Both books formerly belonged to Alexander Dienst, a dentist, author, and historian who amassed a collection of books and primary sources deal-ing with Texas history, primarily the Texas Revolution and the Texas Navy. From 1932 to 1935 served as president of the Texas State Historical Association and authored the book “The Navy of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1845.” On the front endpaper of both volumes, Dienst has written: “These two volumes are from the private library of Bustamante of Mexico/Dr. Alex. Dienst/Temple, Texas.” Presumably, he is referring to Anastacio Bustamante, three-time president of Mexico during the nineteenth cen-tury.

“This historical essay on the Revolutions of Mexico is a work of some merit, by a thorough republican with strong prejudices.” (Raines)

“Included because of the prominent part played by Zavala in Texas affairs, and for his comments on Austin, the law of April 6, 1830, Texas coloniza-tion...[and] Mexicans whose conduct influenced the course of events in Texas....A mine of information on the political events and personalities of the period covered.” (Streeter)

Reference: Raines, p. 224. Streeter 1128. Sabin 106277.Estimate: $800-$1,200 Starting Bid: $400

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42191 Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway Alamo Plate. Produced in 1936 to commemorate the Texas Centennial, this 10.75” plate features a pale green rim band surrounding a rust colored portrait of the most iconic of Texas’ landmarks, the Alamo. “Made Especially for M. K. & T. R. R.“ and “Ye Olde Ivory Buffalo China“ backmarks.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42192 Texas Annexation Archive consisting of sixteen documents, mostly letters and con-gressional speeches, ranging from 1837 through 1850 including: William E. Channing. A Letter on the Annexation of Texas to the United States. London: John Green, 121, Newgate Street, 1837. First London edition. 8vo, 48 pages. Paper wrappers; disbound. Wrappers chipped along the edges. Heavily toned. [and:] William E. Channing. A Letter to the Hon. Henry Clay, on the Annexation of Texas to the United States. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1837. First edition. 8vo, 72 pages. Disbound. Front and rear pages are heavily toned with moderate foxing and dampstaining. Chipping along the page edges. [and:] William E. Channing. A Letter to the Hon. Henry Clay, on the Annexation of Texas to the United States. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1837. Second edition.

12mo, 72 pages. Disbound. Remnants of spine covering still attached. Light foxing scattered throughout, heavier on the front and rear pages; pages three through ten detached. [and:] [George Allen (attributed)]. An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on the Texas Question. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1844. 8vo, 20 pages. Disbound. “Geo. Allen“ is handwrit-ten on the front. Light scattered foxing; heavier foxing on the front and rear pages. Moderate toning on the later pages. [and:] Speech of Mr. Julius Rockwell, of Massachusetts, upon the Admission of Texas as a State into the Union: delivered in the House of Representatives, U. S., Dec. 16, 1845. 8vo, 16 pages. Disbound. Rust staining from paper clip at the top edge of the first and last page. Last page is detached. Light foxing. [and:] Speech of Mr. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, on the Annexation of Texas, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Jan. 6, 1845. Washington: J. and G. S. Gideon, 1845. 8vo, 16 pages. Disbound. Mild toning. [and:] Speech of Mr. John J. Hardin, of Illinois, on the Annexation of Texas. Delivered in the House of Representatives, U. S., Jan. 15, 1845. [Washington] J. and G. S. Gideon, [1845]. 8vo, 15 pages. Inscribed on the first page, in ink, “Samuel A Hook, Esq./Counsellor [sic] at Law/New York City:/From his old friend/Amos Holton.” Pages are toned with pencil markings found through page seven; last page is detached. [and:] Speech of Mr. George P. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Annexation of Texas. Delivered in the House of Representatives, U. S., in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, Jan. 20, 1845. [Washington] J. and G. S. Gideon, [1845]. 8vo, 15 pages. Unbound. Evenly toned with ghosting from paper clip on first and last page. [and:] Speech of Mr. Charles Hudson, of Mass. on the Annexation of Texas. Delivered in the House of Representatives, U. S., Jan. 20, 1845. [Washington] J. and G. S. Gideon, [1845]. 8vo, 15 pages. Unbound. Dampstained at the top corner of the first page through page eight; evenly toned and moderately foxed. Pencil nota-tions scattered throughout. [and:] Speech of Mr. J. Collamer, of Vermont, on the Annexation of Texas. Delivered in the House of Representatives, U. S., in Committee of the Whole, January 23,

1845. [Washington] Gideon’s, [1845]. 8vo, 16 pages. Unbound. First leaf detached. Light rust staining from a paper clip at top edge; stain-ing along the left edge near top. Evenly toned. [and:] Speech of Mr. Culver, of New York, on the Texas and Oregon Questions. Delivered in the House of Representatives, U. S., Jan. 30th, 1846. No publisher listed. 8vo, 30 unopened pages. Some foxing throughout with moderate toning on the first page. [and:] Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 16, 18, and 20, in Secret Session on the Treaty for the Annexation of Texas. (The Injunction of Secrecy Removed.) Washington: Printed at the Globe Office, 1844. 8vo, 8 pages. Unopened along the top edge. Heavily chipped along the edges and toned; light foxing. [and:] Texas - Annexation. Proceedings and Resolutions of a Public Meeting of the Citizens of Mobile County and City, relative to the Annexation of Texas to the United States. 28th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 255. 8vo, four pages. Printed by Blair & Rives, 1844. Dampstaining and some light foxing; toned along the edges. [and:] Message from the President of the United States, Communicating Certain Information in Reply to a Resolution of the Senate of the 22d May, 1844. 8vo, 12 pages. Disbound. [and:] Speech of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, the Bill Making Further Appropriation to Bring the Existing War to an Honorable Conclusion, called the Three Million Bill. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 6, 1847. Towers, print. opposite Intelligencer office. 8vo, 14 pages. Disbound. First page detached; toning. [and:] Speech of Mr. Ashmun, of Massachusetts, upon the President’s Message upon the Texas Boundary and the Bill for its Settlement. In the House of Representatives, August 14, 1850. Washington: Gideon and Co., 1850. 8vo, 13 pages. Bound with small staple; the first page is detached. Reference: Eberhardt 162:136, 162:14. Gilman, Bibliography of Vermont, p. 159. Raines, p. 49. Streeter A96, A99, 1266, 1469, 1551.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

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42193 Three Accounts of Nineteenth Century Army Life including: George F. Price. Across the Continent with the Fifth Cavalry. New York: Antiquarian Press Ltd., 1959. Second edition limited to 750 copies. 8vo, 705 pages. Reprint of the original 1883 edition with errata. Blue cloth over boards with title on the spine in gilt lettering. Some rubbing on the spine, but otherwise in near fine condition. [and:] James Larson. Sergeant Larson 4th Cav. San Antonio: Southern Literary Institute, 1935. First edition limited to 300 of which this is number 37. 8vo, 326 pages. Decorative blue cloth binding with title in gilt lettering on front board and spine. Minor rubbing on the foot of the spine and stain-ing to the back board. Some toning and foxing of the pages. Edited and introduced by Larson’s daughter, Annie Larson Blum. A very good copy. [and:] Ellen McGowan Biddle. Reminiscences of a Soldier’s Wife. Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott Company, 1907. Inscribed by the au-thor on half title page. First edition. 12mo, 257 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth binding over boards with title stamped on front board and in gilt letting on spine. Sixth Cavalry insignia on front in gilt and edges untrimmed. Some rubbing and fading on the foot and a small tear in the dust jacket, but otherwise in near fine condition.

“A very good account of Army life at western posts after the Civil War.” (Graff)Reference: Howes P582, B426. Graff 288.Est.: $400-$500 Start Bid: $200

42194 Austin County Officer Election Results. Three pages, bifolium to 8” x 12.5”, Austin County, March 16, 1839. The election was held “for the purpose of Electing one Captain one first and one second Lieutenant for Beat No. 3 in the above [Austin] County.” Two columns of thirty-four names are found below on the first page. The names of the candidates and the vote tally is found on the interior pages and signed below by election judges John F. Pettus, a par-ticipant in the siege of Bexar and Battle of San Jacinto, J. P. Shelburne, and Robert Kleberg, another veteran of San Jacinto and one of the guards of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna fol-lowing his capture, clerks Daniell Symonds and Charles Fordtran, a surveyor who, along with Friederich Ernst signing as “presiding officer,” founded the town of Industry, the first permanent German settlement in Texas. Evenly toned with folds, else fine.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42195 Two Directories of the City of Austin including: Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Austin, 1881-82. Containing the Present State, County, and City Governments; a Complete List of Post Offices, Telegraph Offices, and Express Offices; Also the Names of All Counties, County Seats, and County Offices Throughout the State; Also an Index of All Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Austin: E. W. Swindells, 1881. 8vo, 197 pages. Printed paper over boards. Some foxing is present on the pages. [and:] Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Austin, 1885-86. Containing the Present State, County and City Governments; a Complete List of All County Officials, Post Offices, Telegraph, Express, and Money Order Offices in Texas; Also, an Index of Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory; Also, a Valuable Map of the City. Galveston: Morrison & Fourmy, 1885. 8vo, 244 pages. Printed paper over boards. Front board is detached and spine cover is missing. Pages are in very good condition.

An amazing reference resource bursting with genealogical and historical research possibilities. Scores of display ads for Austin businesses plus a business directory listing businesses by category. The general directory lists not only residents’ general address but also their profession. Further distinctions such as “widow“ or “colored“ are also noted.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42196 [Adolphe F. Bandelier]. The Unpublished Letters of Adolphe F. Bandelier concerning the writ-ing and publication of

“The Delight Makers.” New York: Charles P. Everitt, 1944. First edition of 295 hand-numbered copies of which 100 were for Charles P. Everitt and 195 for Carl Hertzog of which only 145 were for sale. Signed by Tom Lea on his pen-and-ink frontispiece portrait of Bandelier. Also contains one inscription by Charles P. Everitt and a second to bibliographer Wright Howes on front free endpaper. 8vo, xv, 33 pages. Introduction by Paul Radin. Original rust brown cloth over boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Fore edge uncut. A near-fine copy in a slightly soiled and toned dust jacket.Reference: Lowman 17.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42197 Baseball Handbill for the Dallas Steers. One page, 3.5” x 8”, Dallas Railway & Terminal Co, Dallas, 1938. “Trolleygram“ featur-ing the season opener of the Dallas Steers against the Fort Worth Cats. Also included is informa-tion about trolley service from downtown Dallas to Steer Stadium. Very fine.Est.: $50-$75 No Min. Bid

42198 Thomas Beauchamp Land Deed Signed “Thos. D. Beauchamp“ as administrator of the estate of Joseph A. Parker. One page, 9.75” x 15.75”, partially printed, Houston, May 26, 1841, selling to James West “lots five, six and seven...near the City of Houston“ for a total of twenty-six dollars. Weakened folds detaching in places; top half of left vertical fold detached. Chipped edges, but signature remains unaffected. Good. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $75-$100 No Min. Bid


42199 James Berry. Circular to the Citizens of Harris County. Houston: [Printed at the Telegraph Book Office], 1858. 12mo, seven uncut pages. A printed statement “of all receipts, expen-ditures and debts of the county to be printed in some newspaper“ as required by law for the year ending August 1858, offered by Berry as late treasurer of Harris County, in condensed form. Having been charged with fraud by a Judge Shearn, “I determined...it incumbent on me, a sacred duty I owe myself and family, and particularly to my children, as also those of my friends who honored me with the station I then occupied, to hurl back this slander upon its author.” Light to moderate foxing scattered throughout with uneven toning. Main horizontal fold is worn to the point o detaching in places. Good. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42200 [Joseph P. Blessington]. The Campaigns of Walker’s Texas Division. By a Private Soldier. New York: Lange, Little & Co., 1875. First edition. 8vo, 314 pages. Frontispiece. Original green, blind stamped cloth over boards; boards show some staining. Gilt lettering and gilt stamped Lone Star to spine. Front free endpaper heavily damaged; front pastedown separating, exposing the hinge. Also some damage to the rear endpapers, but the text block remains intact. Fraying at the corners as well as the head and foot of the spine. Moderate shelfwear. Slight fox-ing to pages, but overall the leaves are in great

shape. Volume contained in a clear, oversized dust jacket. Near very good.References: Basic Texas Books 17. Howes B533. Raines, p. 27.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42201 [Texas Rangers]. Capt. Michael James Box. Capt. James Box’s Adventures and Explorations in New and Old Mexico. Being the Record of Ten Years of Travel and Research... New York: James Miller, 1869. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 344 pp. Full textured cloth with blindstamped decorations to front and rear boards. Gilt titles and ruling to spine. Covers lightly rubbed with wear to spine ends and cor-ners. Some light dustsoiling and dampstaining to boards. Library association bookplate to front pastedown with small notations and owner’s signature to preliminaries. Light foxing to end-papers and throughout. Page edges lightly toned. Occasional small staining throughout. A very good copy. “This excellent narrative is based on the author’s personal experiences, especially as a member of the Texas Rangers” (Graff).References: Graff 372. Howes B671. Streeter Sale 497.Est.: $400-$500 Start Bid: $200

42202 D. E. E. Braman. Braman’s Information About Texas. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1858. Second edition. 12mo, viii, 192 pages. Brown blind stamped cloth over boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Front board is totally detached and the rear joint is cracking.

Boards exhibit heavy wear, especially on the ex-tremities. Spine covering has been recovered and is chipping at the foot. Corners bumped. Slight to moderate foxing. Despite the binding issues, the pages remain tight.

Raines call this book “a good immigrant’s guide when issued, especially as to land matters.” Descriptions of counties. Basic information to settlers new to Texas, with chapters on “Stock-Raising,” “Sheep - Honey Bees,” “Wheat,”

“Schools,” and “Taxation.”References: Howes B719. Raines, p. 30. Sabin 7364.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42203 J. Mason Brewer. Aunt Dicy Tales: Snuff-Dipping Tales of the Texas Negro. [Austin]: [Privately Printed], 1956. Limited to 400 copies of which this is number 386. Inscribed by the author on the limitation page. 8vo, xi, 80 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout by artist John T. Biggers. Publisher’s original binding in copper cloth slipcase. Illustrated endpapers. Very fine. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42204 John Henry Brown. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas. Austin: L. E. Daniell, [1898]. First edition. 4to, 760 pages, in double columns. 124 plates. Index. Bound in green cloth on boards. Title giltstamped on the front board; gilt and blind stamped on the spine; marbled edges. Front board is detached from the textblock; rear hinge is cracked. Moderate shelfwear. Ink nota-tions found in places throughout. Front flyleaf features the following note from previous owner historian Alexander Dienst which has bled somewhat onto the title page: “This is a valuable contribution to the biography of Texas and should be carefully indexed by the owner. The first 150 pages are entirely omitted in the index at close of volume. And throughout the volume there are many items that are well worth indexing. Alex Dienst.”References: Basic Texas Books 23. Howes B857.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200


42205 B. P. Buckner Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages, 8” x 9.5”, Houston, December 15, 1841. Buckner writes to his friend Archibald Wynns, who is serving in the House of Representatives in Austin, to inquire about recent presidential election in which Sam Houston was elected president for a second time. He says: “I begin to be a little anxious to know what is going since the enaugeration [sic] of the president let us hear as early as possible how he [illegible] on with his cabinet hoo [sic] they are and what material.” He concludes the letter by talking about current events in Houston: “Times are getting better at Houston the Cotten [sic] is cumming [sic] quite brisk and trade is better frequent arrivals from Orleans bringing a great many goods and emigrants so our little Citty [sic] is quite lively at the present.“ It is likely that B. P. Buckner is in fact Benjamin P. Buckner, a probate court judge in Houston who also served as mayor of that city from 1845 until 1846. The letter is fragile and is splitting along the folds causing minimal loss of text. Several holes are archivally repaired with tape. Text re-mains bright. Good.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42206 [Buffalo Bayou]. Land Sale Deed with attached survey. One page, 8.5” x 13.75”, partially printed, “Harris County,” January 20, 1859, to “Ann West, widow & only heir of James West of Harris county...in consideration of Two thousand Dollars...paid by Wm. A. Morse, Abram Groesbeeck & David H. Paige” for “...four & seven thirteenths acres of land on the south side of Buffalo Bayou.“ Blind embossed seal at lower left. Also included is the hand drawn survey of the land. Toned with chipped edges. Else very good. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42207 David G. Burnet Government Bond Signed “David G. Burnet“ as vice president/act-ing president of the Republic of Texas. One page with ten coupons, 10.25” x 8”, January 1, 1841, Austin, in the amount of $500, number 655. This bond was issued to Stock Commissioner Charles DeMorse, whose job was to fund the public debt under President Lamar. Decorated with two steel engraved vignettes including a farm scene of a man plowing and an Indian warrior. Contains several “X” cut cancellations. Mounted to a backing board. Includes an en-graved portrait of Burnet.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42208 [Beales Grant]. General Benjamin F. Butler, et. al. The Arkansas Grant. A Brief History. From the time the Grant was made by the Mexican Government in 1832, together with cop-ies of the legal documents that have been recorded according to law, conveying the title to the present owners, and the opinions of four celebrated land attorneys. Compiled from the original records, 1901. 8vo, 62 pages. Original cloth binding with title stamped on front board. Cracked front and rear hinges; bumped corners. Chipping at head and foot of spine. Light shelfwear. Moderately toned, especially on the margins. In a clear dust jacket. An important and scarce Texana book. Very good.

John Charles Beales (1804-1878) was a English born doctor who held several empresario grants in Texas, New Mexico, and the Oklahoma pan-handle.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42209 [Texas Centennial]. Lone Star Paperweight. Measuring 4.75” across, this glass paper weight was created circa 1936 to celebrate the Texas Centennial and features a molded in-scription around a center medallion which reads

“1836/Texas/1936/Centennial“ on the bottom.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42210 Wedgwood University of Texas Plate. The Old Main Building is commemorated on this 10.5” plate, surrounded by a busy, burnt orange border on white, featuring the Seal of the University and the Seal of the State of Texas, cactus, fencing, and the ever-present longhorn.

“Wedgwood/Etruria/England“ backmark.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42211 Frederick C. Chabot. The Perote Prisoners. San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1934. Limited to 400 copies of which this is num-ber 101. Signed by the author on the limitation page. 8vo, xiv, 344 pages. Illustrated. Appendices and indexed. Photograph of James L. Trueheart as frontispiece. Gray printed cloth over boards. Light shelf wear and staining to front and rear


free endpapers, else fine. TSHA member dona-tion. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42212 [Death of Charles III]. Manuel Antonio Florez Broadside Announcing the Death of King Charles III of Spain. One sheet, 12.25” x 16.75”, issued in Mexico, March 17, 1789. On seal paper, the broadside announces that King Charles died on December 14 of the previous year at a quarter to one in the morn-ing. It further states that his son King Charles IV has assumed the throne, and that there will be a six month period of mourning. All persons are to dress in mourning clothes and pay a tithe of fifty pesos, with the exception of Indians whose poverty prohibits their participation. Florez signs with his paraph next to his name at bot-tom, countersigned by “El C[on]de del Valle de Orizaba“. Near fine condition with two small chips along the right margin.Est.: $250-$350 No Min. Bid

42213 Archive of Manuscripts from Chihuahua circa 1760s through early 1800s. More than 30 pages, tall folio, some on seal pa-per. Topics range from legal filings, royal decrees, and electoral results for alcalde. Condition varies from fair to near fine. Great historical content regarding topics such as mining, judicial struc-ture, tithing, civil lawsuits, financial history, and much more.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42214 Francis Clater. Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor; or, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horned Cattle: being a Concise and Familiar Description of all the Diseases Incident to Oxen, Cows, and Sheep; With the most simple and effectual method of curing each Disorder, in all its various stages; and the most efficacious treatment of Cows, before, at, and after the time of calv-ing; and also of Ewes during the lambing season. Albany, 1817. Fifth edition. 18mo, xii, 191 pages. Quarter-bound in cloth with leather spine; gilt stamped lines on spine. Moderate wear on boards and spine. Bumped corners and board edges. Heavily foxed throughout.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42215 Richard Coke Land Grant Signed “Richard Coke“ as governor of Texas. One page, 14.75” x 12.5”, Austin, April 7, 1874, granting “Charles E. Dugat his heirs or assigns...Four Million, Two hundred, Fifty-four thousand, Two hundred & Ninety-Nine (4,254,299) Sqrs of Land, situated...In Montgomery County about 8 miles...from the town of Montgomery.” Docketed on verso, ink has bled through. Gilt seal of the General Land Office and blind embossed Seal of the State of Texas at bottom left. Very good. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42216 James Cox. Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory. New York: The Antiquarian Press, 1959. Limited to 550 numbered copies, of which this is number 406. Two 4to volumes, 743 pages inclusive of both volumes. Indexed. Many il-lustrations. New introduction by J. Frank Dobie. Bound in half cowhide and buckram over boards. Blind stamped brand designs to the leather. Gilt stamped longhorn and lone star design to the front boards. Gilt lettering to spines. Original mylar protective wraps. Slipcase. Near fine. The facsimile reprint of the original 1895 edition. Ramon Adams calls this “one of the ‘big four’ cattle books. An important book on the history of the cattle industry, and no collector’s library would be complete without it.” (Adams, Herd)References: Adams, Herd 593. Basic Texas Books 34. Graff 891. Howes C820. McVickers B 114.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42217 William Carey Crane. Life and Select Literary Remains of Sam Houston of Texas. Two Vols. In One. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1884. First edition. 8vo, 672 pages. Engraved portrait of Sam Houston with facsimile signature. Illustrated with maps and facsimiles of docu-ments. Brown leather over boards. Gilt stamped lettering to spine over black; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Both front and rear hinges are cracked, but pages remain tight. Moderate wear to boards; head and foot of spine covering torn off. Bumped corners. Some


discoloration to the title page. Pages from front free endpaper to page 2 detached. Mild toning.References: Howes C864. Raines, p. 56.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42218 [Davy Crockett]. [Attributed to James S. French]. Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee. New York: J & J Harper, 1833. New edition. 12mo, vii, 209 pages. Twenty-four pages of ads at the back. Green cloth over boards. Spine is rebacked and features gilt-letting; damage to the head of the spine repaired with two forms of tape where the spine covering is coming apart. Boards are heavily worn and soiled. Corners are bumped. The name “Wm. Lawrence“ appears in ink on the front free endpaper. Pages are dampstained toward the last two-thirds of the book and heav-ily foxed throughout. Graff ascribes this work to James S. French.Reference: Howes C898. Sabin 17573. Rader 992. Graff 1439.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42219 Two Confederate States Receipts for Enemy Debt Surrenders. One page, 8.5” x 7”, partially printed on blue paper, Houston, January 26, 1863, issued by the “District Court of the Confederate States, for the Eastern District of Texas“ to B. A. Shepherd “to surrender...all the evidences of debt to Alien enemies to the Confederate States.” One is issued to transfer his debt from “Grant & Barlow“ and one from “Granger & Cooney“ to the Confederate States. On the verso of each is an itemized list of debt to be transferred to the Confederate government. Folds with light toning, else near fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $75-$100 No Min. Bid

42220 [Confederate States]. Address of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America, to all the Churches of Jesus Christ throughout the earth. Adopted unanimously at the organization of the General Assembly in Augusta, Ga., December, 1861. Published by the order of the Assembly. [Louisville: 1862 (Sabin)]. 8vo. 17 pp. Sewn wrappers. Covers somewhat worn with some folding, minor dampstaining and small tears. Signature of B.A. Shepherd Esq., Houston to front cover with some ink calculations and a smudge. Rear cover and last page has some fold-ing and predation loss at top corner, not affecting text. Light toning to pages. Interior clean with slight rippling at bottom edge. Generally very good. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.References: Parrish & Willingham 9081. Sabin 65130.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42221 United Daughters of the Confederacy Ribbon. Approximately 2” x 5.25”, n. d. (circa 1900), red and gold ribbon with silver lettering reading “L. S. Ross/Chapter/ U. D. C./Bryan, Texas.” Emblem of the U. D. C. featured in the middle. Manufactured by Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, New Jersey. Fringed bottom edge. Light dampstaining on right side, else fine.Est.: $250-$350 No Min. Bid

42222 [Civil War]. State of Texas Loyalty Oath. One page partially printed, 8.5” x 11”, Dallas, August 12, 1867. Signed by former Confederate F. F. Gable. The Loyalty Oath, also known as the Oath of Allegiance, was a docu-ment pledging the signer to “faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and...encourage others so to do.” Some foxing; small chip on one edge; folds. In fine condition.Est.: $75-$100 No Min. Bid

42223 [Civil War]. Thirty-second Texas Cavalry Ledger. 3” x 7.5”. Entries are in ink and pencil. On the first page is written, “Benj. T. Estes/Capt. Commanding/Company I/Andrews Regmt/Texas Cavalry“ and directly below reads:

“See Company money matters in this book.” The first entry is dated February 4, 1863, and is lo-cated in the middle of the book. Entries appear to be amounts of money drawn for individuals and “how disposed of,” including several entries for the unit’s major, William E. Estes. Toward the rear are entries for money transferred and to whom. Some entries are heavily faded. Marbled boards show moderate shelf wear and pages are unevenly toned with some slight foxing.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42224 S. W. Cushing. Wild Oats Sowings; or the Autobiography of an Adventurer. New York: Daniel Fanshaw, 1857. First edition. 12mo, 483 pages. Illustrated with four plate engravings on pink paper. Green, blind stamped cloth over boards. Lettering and sailing ship gilt stamped on the spine; gilt is faded. Boards are worn and lightly soiled. Spine is heavily soiled and worn


in two places along the joint; chipping at the foot and a portion of the spine covering missing at the head. Bumped corners and bumping along the fore edge of the rear board. Light toning with very sporadic foxing. Page 169/70 is cut short along the fore edge. Good copy.Reference: Howes C974. Raines, p. 59-60.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42225 H[oratio] B. Cushman. History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians. Greenville [Texas]: Headlight Printing House, 1899. First edition. 8vo, 607 pages. Portrait of the author as frontispiece. Blind stamped brown cloth over boards with title gilt stamped to front board and spine. Floral printed endpapers. Moderate rubbing on the front board; heavier on the rear. Slight chipping at the head of the spine. Printed on cheap paper which has browned, but the text is bright; pages are tight. Minor bump to the fore edge of pages. In a clear dust jacket. Else a near fine copy.Reference: Howes C976. Gilcrease-Hargrett, p. 140.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42226 Three Directories of the City of Dallas including: Morrison & Fourmy, compil-ers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Dallas, 1883-84. Containing an Historical Business Review; the Present State, County and City Governments; a Complete List of All County Officials, Post Offices, Telegraph, Express, and Money Order Offices in Texas; Population of the United States and Principal Cities, Population of Principal Nations and Foreign Cities; Also, an Index of Societies, Associations, Corporations, Churches, Educational Institutes, the Full Name and Address of All Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, 1883. 8vo, 246 pages. Printed paper over boards. Front and back boards are detach-ing, but are in good condition. There is some cracking on the spine and some pages are fox-ing, but overall in very good condition. [and:] Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Dallas, 1884-85. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, Printers, Lithographers, 1884. 8vo, 296 pages. Printed paper over boards. Front and

back boards are detaching, spine covering is mostly rubbed off. Page edges are stamped with

“Eureka Steam Laundry See Page 94.” Very good condition. [and:] Morrison & Fourmy, compil-ers. Morrison & Fourmy’s General Directory of the City of Dallas, 1888-89. Galveston: Clarke & Courts, Stationers, Printers, Lithographers, 1888. 8vo, 449 pages. Red cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the front, back and partially on the spine. Title is also stamped into the spine. Ads are stamped on head and tail edge, as well as fore edge in black. Other than normal shelf wear, this is in very good condition.

An amazing reference resource bursting with genealogical and historical research possibilities. Scores of display ads for Dallas businesses plus a business directory listing businesses by category. The general directory lists not only residents’ general address but also their profession. Further distinctions such as “widow“ or “colored“ are also noted.Est.: $200-$400 No Min. Bid

42227 Two Dallas Opera House Association Stock Certificates. Two pages, 10.75” x 6.75”, Dallas, n.d. (circa 1880s). The certificates are unissued and are in the amount of $100. Some toning is present around the edges, but overall very fine examples.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42228 [Cabeza de Vaca]. Fanny Bandelier, translator. The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his Companions from Florida to the Pacific 1528-1536. Translated from his own narrative by Fanny Bandelier. New York: Allerton Book Co., 1922. 12mo, xxii, 231 pages. Fold out map tipped onto title page, “Suggestion of the Line of Travel of Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions.” Illustrated with facsimile reprints of the title pages of the 1542 and 1555 editions. Previous owner’s bookplate and handwritten name on front endpapers. Pencil markings scat-tered throughout. Olive cloth over boards with lettering gilt-stamped to spine. Some damage to fore edge of pages and mild toning. TSHA mem-ber donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $30-$50 No Min. Bid

42229 [E. L. Deaton]. Indian Fights on the Texas Frontier. A True Account of the Last Exciting Encounters with Redskins in Hamilton, Comanche, Brown, Erath and Adjoining Counties, as Recorded by E. L. Deaton, a Texan of Pioneer Days, and Republished by One of His Descendants - Floyd J. Holmes, Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth: Pioneer Publishing, 1927. 8vo. 161 pp. Bound in full red textured cloth. Gilt stamped titles to front board. Glue ghosting to front pastedown. Covers light rubbed with a small stain to rear. A touch of soiling and light bump to fore-edge. Pages and endpapers lightly toned. Minor abra-sion to bottom of text block. Bookseller’s ticket at rear. Very good.Reference: Howes D 179.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42230 Teodoro DeCroix Signed “Vando” Broadside Issued by Don Martin de Mayorga. 16.75” x 22.5”, made of two sheets of seal paper, issued in Mexico on July 9, 1782. The broadside transcribes an earlier decree issued on November 9 of the previous year, requesting the collection of saltpeter to increase the produc-tion of gunpowder in order to better provide for the munitions of the plazas of Veracruz, Havana, Campeche, Goatemala [sic], and Manila. DeCroix signs beneath an endorsement stating that the decree be printed and distributed in the provinces under his charge. Paper loss at center affecting text, and a large tear. Additional dock-ets and endorsements on verso.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150


42231 E[verette] DeGolyer. Across Aboriginal America. The Journey of Three Englishmen Across Texas. El Paso: Peripatetic Press, 1947. First edition, limited to 700 copies, this is one of 235 printed on Rising’s all-rag book paper. Inscribed by artist José Cisneros to Dick Mulberry on title page. 4to, 25 pages. Printed by Carl Hertzog. Frontispiece and illustrations by José Cisneros. Former owner’s book plate on front free endpaper. Green, printed wrappers over boards. Outer cover is slightly toned with minor chipping on the dust jacket. Short inter-pretive essay by DeGolyer, followed by a facsim-ile reprint of Ingram, Browne, and Twide’s jour-ney, from the first edition of Hakluyt’s Voyages.Reference: Lowman 44.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42232 James T. DeShields. Cynthia Ann Parker. The Story of Her capture at the Massacre of the Inmates of Parker’s Fort; of her Quarter of a Century Spent Among the Comanches, as the White Wife of the War Chief, Peta Nocona; and of her Recapture at the Battle of Pease River, by Captain L. S. Ross, of the Texian Rangers. St. Louis, 1886. First edition. Signed by the author and dated on the front free endpaper. 8vo, 80 pages. Illustrated. Engraved portrait of Cynthia Ann Parker with her daughter at her breast from the famous pho-tograph of her taken while traveling through Fort Worth as frontispiece. Decorative green cloth over blind stamped boards with design and lettering gilt stamped to front board. Title page is detached, but the binding remains tight.

Pencil notations found throughout. Heavy scuff-ing to the front board, damaging some of the gilt stamping, and spine; light scuffing on the back. Near good condition. References: Graff 1064. Howes D 278. Raines, p. 67.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42233 William B. Dewees. Letters from an Early Settler of Texas. Compiled by Cara Cardelle. Louisville: Morton & Griswold, 1852. First edition. 16mo, vi, 312 pages. Rebound in bluish cloth over boards with white paper spine label. Bookplate of R. Wilson DeSilver

“Bookseller, Stationer, and Book Binder“ on the inside rear board. Dampstaining on the inner front board. Some fading to the spine. Mild fox-ing to the title page and first page of the table of contents; very slight toning of the pages. Small stain at the page’s edge on 266 through 271. Else very good.

Howes notes that only 250 copies of the first edition were printed in 1852 making this an exceptional find. Eberstadt calls it “a valuable first-hand source book for the early days of Texas and the Southwest.”Reference: Howes D 299. Rader 1131. Raines, p. 57. Sabin 19842.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42234 John C. Duval. Early Times in Texas. Austin: H. P. N. Gammel & Co., 1892. First

edition. 8vo, 135 pages; 238 pages. Appendix. Original brown cloth over stiff wraps with titles stamped in gilt on the front cover. Light wear at the joints with light shelf wear at the extremi-ties. Contents toned and slightly brittle. Gilt titles heavily worn. A sound copy in very good condition.References: Basic Texas Books 51. Raines, p. 74. Howes D603. Graff 1188.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42235 Eagle Pass High School 1910 Football Team Photo. One black and white photo,7.63” x 5”, Eagle Pass, Texas, 1910. Affixed to grey cardboard, 10” x 8”, with “Champions Southwest Texas, 1910“ written in upper margin. Eleven young men, with their coach and dog posed with pendants, a football and a few helmets. On the verso, a list of the sitters and their positions. With tear and some soiling to the verso. Worn edges all around. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42236 Eagle Pass Photographic Archive. Small archive containing approximately 56 original photographic prints (including albu-men, gelatin silver, collodion, and cyanotype prints), most dating from the late nineteenth century through World War I; plus 132 modern photographic prints (mostly copy prints of late nineteenth- through early- to mid-twentieth century images); plus 32 photographic negatives; and 6 real photo postcards; along with other related ephemera. In all, well over 200 images. Condition ranges from poor to fine, mostly very good or better.

This extensive, eclectic file of images was assem-bled over many years of scouting and research by noted historian and scholar Ben E. Pingenot, best-known for Pase del Aguila: A Chronicle of Frontier Days on the Texas Border (1969). Included in the collection are some copy images


from the archive of late 19th century Eagle Pass merchant L. de Bona. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42237 Frank S. Edwards. A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1847. First edition. 12mo, xi, 165 pages. Appendices. Half-bound with marbled boards and leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering stamped onto the spine; four raised bands. Previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. Front board separating from the spine. Heavily worn on spine and covers, which are soiled; bumped corners. Staining on front and back endpapers. Slight toning on the pages.

Considered by Wagner to be one of the most interesting accounts of the Doniphan Expedition during the Mexican War.Reference: Howes E52. Rittenhouse 184. Wagner-Camp-Becker 132. Wheat, Transmississippi 53. Graff 1210. Haferkorn p. 43. Sabin 21920.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42238 Broadside, “Democracy States Rights in Camp”. One page, 14.75” x 21”, broadside, printed by the State Gazette, July 1858. (Austin: State Gazette, 1858). Advertising for “A Grand Jubilee on the eve of the election“. With toning and

some paper loss mostly around the edges, the broadside has deep folds in quarters.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42239 Edward S. Ellis. The Life of Colonel David Crockett. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884. Alta Edition. 12mo, viii, 271 pages. Engraved portrait of Davy Crockett with fac-simile signature as frontispiece. Sixteen pages of books published by Porter & Coates in the rear. Black and blind stamped cloth over boards. Gilt on spine. Heavy wear to boards; moderate to heavy page toning. Water damage to lower half which only affects the coloring of the page edge. Heavy foxing through title page. Binding remain tight. Good. TSHA member donation. All pro-ceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42240 James W. Freeman, editor. Prose and Poetry of the Live Stock Industry of the United States. With Outlines of the Origin and Ancient History of Our Live Stock Animals. New York: Antiquarian Press, 1959. Limited to 550 cop-ies. Facsimile reprint of the extremely rare 1890 edition. 4to, 757 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter-bound in leather and cloth over boards. Blind stamped brand designs to the leather. Gilt stamped longhorn and lone star design to the front boards. Gilt lettering to spines. All edges gilt. Original mylar protective wraps. New intro-

duction by Ramon Adams. Slipcase. Near fine.References: Adams, Herd 844. Adams, Six-Guns 764. Graff 1412. Howes P636.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42241 Henry C. Fuller. Adventures of Bill Longley. Captured by Sheriff Milton Mast and Deputy Bill Burrows, near Keatchie, Louisiana, in 1877, and was executed at Giddings, Texas, 1878. Nacogdoches [Texas]: [n. d.]. First edition. 8vo, 74 pages (unpaginated), in double columns. Filled with period advertisements. Printed wrap-pers with three visible staples. Chipping along the spine, else a fine copy. TSHA member dona-tion. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Reference: Adams, Six-Guns 783.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42242 Hand Drawn Map of Galveston with two additional unrelated maps. One page, 12.5” x 8”, titled “Part of Section No. 1 Galveston Island,” in ink and pencil. The peninsula is di-vided into lots and the area directly to the west is marked Galveston City. A notation at left reads “Lots 504, 507 and 508 owned by you now already.” Included is one survey map of “Plot of A. J. Bunker [?] Land bought from J. C. & S. R. Smith August 20, 1849,“ 7.5” x 12.5”, ink on blue paper. Also map of the “Plot of the position of Memphis Property,” 11” x 8.5”, hand drawn in ink. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150


42243 Ygnacio Garcia de Herrera Signed Manuscript Broadside of a Decree Issued by Jose Bernardo de Galvez Gallardo. “Vando” broadside on seal paper, 16.5” x 21”, Chihuahua, February 14, 1781. The decree issued by Galvez from Spain in his role as Minister of the Indies, lays out specific guidelines for salaries and food rations for all workers in New Spain includ-ing miners, ranchers and servants. Chipping at margins, with a few spots of paper loss at folds, otherwise near fine.Est.: $250-$350 No Min. Bid

42244 William M. Gouge. The Fiscal History of Texas, Embracing an Account of its Revenues, Debts, and Currency. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Co., 1852. First edi-tion. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper “To Hon. Mr. Holmes/With the/respects of/Wm. M. Gouge.” 8vo, xx, 327 pages. Sixteen pages of ads at the back. Appendices and index. Black, blind stamped cloth over boards featuring the publisher’s name; spine rebacked with letter-ing in gilt stamp. Front board and spine detached at the preface, but the binding remains tight. Remnants of the previous owner’s bookplate on the front pastedown. The date “Dec 7, 1896“ stamped to the copyright page. Moderate ton-ing and foxing throughout. Bumped corners and some abrasions to the boards. Reference: Basic Texas Books 77.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42245 [The Grange]. Three Volumes of the Minutes of Texas Co-op Association, Patrons of Husbandry. In booklet form, containing the minutes of the annual meetings, the by-laws, and dividend statements of the Association includ-ing: Minutes of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Texas Co-operative Association. Jewett, Texas, July, 1882. 12mo, 38 pages, with period ads; Minutes of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Texas Co-operative Association. Dallas: Texas Farmer Steam Print, 1884. 12mo, 51 pages; and Minutes of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Annual Meetings of the Texas Co-operative Ass’n. (Belton: Savage Bros, 1898). 8vo, 27 pages.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42246 Grant and Wilson Republican Ticket Ballot. One page, 3” x 5.5”, [Texas], [1872]. Used in the 1872 presidential election, it includes candidates for the “State at Large,” including a vote for the capital of Texas to return to Houston. Verso features a purple, geometrical print. Uneven edges, else fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42247 John Graves. Goodbye to a River: A Narrative by John Graves. Austin: The Book Club of Texas, 1989. This edition is limited to 550 copies and signed by the author at the end of the preface. 4to, 237 pages. Illustrated through-out with photographs by the author printed in duotone. Fold-out map tracing the author’s jour-ney down the Brazos River. Marbled paper over boards with paper title label mounted to the

cloth spine. Fine condition with minor staining on the top edge.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42248 Ben K. Green. The Shield Mares. Austin: Encino Press, 1967. First edition, num-ber 337 of 750 specially bound, hand-numbered copies. Signed by the author on the first flyleaf. 8vo, 47 pages. Designed by William D. Wittliff. Original publisher’s paper simulating marble or vellum over boards with titles and decoration printed in black. A fine copy in a fine slipcase, as issued.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42249 J. Evetts Haley, editor. Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, 1928. Canyon: The Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1928. Vol. 1, Number 1. 8vo, 128 pages. Signed by the edi-tor on the contents page. Original wraps bound in blue cloth over boards with lettering gilt stamped on the front cover. Marbled endpapers. Some toning of the pages; repairs to original front wrap and contents page. Overall a near fine copy.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42250 Two Books Signed by J. Evetts Haley including: J. Evetts Haley. To the Cowboy Artists of America. Canyon [Texas]: Palo Duro Press, 1976. Signed by the author on the title page. 8vo, 8 pages. Printed wrappers. Very fine. [and:] J. Evetts Haley. Erle P. Halliburton: Genius with Cement. Duncan [Oklahoma]: Designed and produced by Carl Hertzog, 1959. Signed by the author on the copyright page. 8vo (oblong), 48 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawn diagrams. Printed wrappers. Toning and slight chipping on wrappers. Else very fine. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, includ-


ing Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Reference: Lowman 111B.Est.: $30-$50 No Min. Bid

42251 [John Wesley Hardin]. The Life of John Wesley Hardin, from the Original Manuscript, as written by himself. Seguin: Smith & Moore, 1896. First edition. 8vo, 144 pages. Illustrated by Robert Jenkins Onderdonck. Printed wrappers. Soiling on the front cover; spotting on the interior of front and rear cover. Toned spine with small crack at joint. Pages are evenly toned; pages 81 through 96 are unopened at the top. Small hole on page 3. Else a fine copy. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, includ-ing Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.References: Basic Texas Books 84. Graff 1780. Howes H188. Six-Guns 919.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42252 [John Wesley Hardin]. The Life of John Wesley Hardin, from the Original Manuscript, as written by himself. Seguin: Smith & Moore, 1896. First edition. 8vo, 144 pages. Illustrated by Robert Jenkins Onderdonck. Printed wrappers. Mild toning on the covers, mostly near the spine. Hinge is cracked slightly. References: Basic Texas Books 84. Graff 1780. Howes H188. Six-Guns 919.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42253 Two William Curry Holden Books Signed including: William Curry Holden. The Spur Ranch. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1934. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. First edition. 8vo, 229 pages. Publisher’s binding in cloth. Slight staining on the joint, but otherwise in near fine condition. [and:] William Curry Holden. Rollie Burns; Or An Account Of The Ranching Industry On The South Plains. Dallas: The Southwest Press, 1932. Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf. 8to. 243 pages. Publisher’s binding in green cloth with title stamped in black on front board and spine. Front free endpaper is detached. Some toning on the fore edge, but near very good condition.References: Adams, Herd 1050, 1051. Howes H582, H583.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42254 Four City of Houston Street Improvement Certificates. Each certificate is one page, 10.25” x 7”, partially printed on verso, Houston, October 30, 1889, issued to David Rice, two in the amount of twenty dollars and twenty-one cents and two for seven dollars and eighty-three cents, to be paid “with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum...for Brick Sidewalk constructed on Main Street in front of his property.” Also Series C. Street Improvement Certificate issued by the City of Houston, 17” x 14”, partially printed, Houston, October 30, 1890, certifying “that Jerry Shea...is entitled to the sum of One Hundred and Thirty-One Dollars and fifty-five cents...for Drainage Improvements made upon Chartres Street.” Includes five certificate coupons on right. Stamped on verso “Paid“ by the Houston Land & Trust Co. Folds, else all are fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42255 Telephone Directory for the Cities of Houston and Pasadena. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, August, 1928 issue. 8vo, 108 pages. Printed wrappers with hole punched through top left corner; held together with

staples. Residential and commercial telephone numbers. Full of period advertisements. Includes instructions on “How to Use the Dial Telephone.” Sun Wall Paper Company ad printed on recto of a piece of floral wallpaper. Pencil notation on front cover. Evenly toned along the margins. Rear cover and spine covering are detaching from staples; spine covering is gone near the bot-tom exposing pages. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42256 Lajos Markos Reproduction Oil Portrait of Sam Houston. 19.5” x 15.75” (sight), oil on canvas, framed to an overall size of 23” x 26.75”. The work is a frontal half-length por-trait of Sam Houston in old age wearing a black bow tie and jacket. Reproduction signature,

“L. Markos”, in orange in bottom right corner. Otherwise, no marks or damage to the canvas. Frame has small hole drilled through the bottom center.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42257 Sam Houston Free Frank Signed “Free Sam Houston.” 4.75” x 1.5” with Philadelphia & Baltimore Rail Road postal stamp dated March 3, n. y. (circa 1854). Houston was granted the franking privilege as a member of the United States Senate from February 21, 1846, to March 3, 1859. Houston’s distinctive signature is bold. Includes an engraved portrait of Houston.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150


42258 [Sam Houston]. 1859 Texas Gubernatorial Ballot. One page, 7.75” x 12.25”, n.d. [1859], n.p. [Palestine, Texas]. This docu-ment contains four printed ballots for the im-portant 1859 Texas election which include the choices of either Sam Houston or H. R. Runnels for governor and Ed Clark or F. R. Lubbock for lieutenant governor. Folds and light staining, especially on the right edge. Left and right edges have small chips. Very good.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42259 Thomas Hughes, editor. G. T. T. Gone to Texas Letters from Our Boys. London: Macmillan & Co., 1884. First edition. 12mo, xiii, 228 pages. Appendix. Green cloth over boards. Lettering gilt-stamped to the spine; head and foot of spine chipped. Former owner’s bookplate on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly toned with minor, scattered foxing. Light scuffing to the boards and bumped corners. Rear hinge has a one inch crack. Reference: Basic Texas Books 98. Rader 1974. Raines, p. 121. Adams, Herd 1091. Clark, New South I:108.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42260 J. Marvin Hunter, compiler and editor. The Trail Drivers of Texas. Interesting sketches of Early Cowboys and their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail during the Days that tried Men’s Souls - True Narratives related by Real Cow Punchers and Men who Fathered the

Cattle Industry in Texas. San Antonio: Jackson Printing Co, 1920 & 1923. First edition. Two 8vo volumes. 498 pages; 496 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Index. Pictorial teal cloth with titles stamped in black on the front board and spine on Volume I. Pictorial green cloth with titles stamped in black on the front board and spine on Volume II. Plastic dust jacket on both. Inscribed by the original owner on front pastedown of Volume I. Housed in original slip-case. Pages are heavily toned throughout Volume I and lightly toned in Volume II. Moderate wear on spine and bumped corner of Volume II. Very good.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42261 Robert Hancock Hunter. Narrative of Robert Hancock Hunter, 1813-1902. From his arrival in Texas, 1822, through the Battle of San Jacinto, 1936. Austin: Cook Printing Co., [1936]. First edition. 8vo, 44 pages. Printed wrappers. Wrappers detached from textblock and heavily soiled. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $75-$100 No Min. Bid

42262 Three Accounts of Anglo-Indian Relations in Texas including: John Henry Brown. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas. Austin: L. E. Daniell, 1988. Limited to 750 cop-ies. 4to, 762 pages, in double columns. 124 plates. Index. Bound in blue cloth. Title in gilt on front board and spine. Bumped corners. Very good.

“This is Brown’s most important book and one of the best works on Texas Indian fighters and early pioneers. The information was gathered over his entire fifty years in Texas, and the text was com-pleted shortly before his death. Although he felt his History of Texas was his major contribution, that work pales beside Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas for interest, information, and reliability.” (Jenkins.) [and:] James T. DeShields. Border Wars of Texas. Tioga [Texas]: The Herald Company, 1912. First edition. 8vo, 400 pages. Forty illustrations. Publisher’s original gray cloth over boards. Pictorial cloth on front board. Title stamped in red on spine. Some soiling of the front board; pages unevenly toned. [and:] John James. My Experience with Indians. Austin: Gammel’s Book Store, 1925. First edition. 12mo, 147 pages. Twenty-two plates. Publisher’s original cloth with title in gilt on front board. Heavily rubbed on the boards; spine faded. Pages un-evenly toned throughout.References: Basic Texas Books 23. Howes B857. Howes D277. Adams Six-guns 1153. Graff 2192. Rader 2060.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42263 Robert A. Irion Document Signed “R. A. Irion“ as secretary of state of the Republic of Texas. One page, partially printed, Houston, September 1, 1838, certifying that “A. Briscoe...was at the time of the signing the same Chief Justice and ex officio Notary Public for the county of Harrisburg.” Blind stamped seal of Texas Department of State at bottom left. Folds, else fine. Attached to a land contract that is signed twice by Andrew Briscoe certifying said contract to be authentic.Est.: $150-$200 No Min. Bid

42264 George Jackson. Sixty Years in Texas. Dallas: Wilkinson Printing Co., [1908]. Second edition. Inscribed by the author on the first front flyleaf: “Presented to R B Godley/By/George Jackson the author/July 12 1910.”. 8vo, 384 pages. Illustrated. Photograph of the author as frontis-piece. Publisher’s original red cloth over boards with illustration of a longhorn printed in black on the front board; other titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Decorative endpapers. Boards exhibit moderate shelf wear along the foot; bumped corners. Some separation of the rear board which held in place by the textblock stitching. Some darkening on the rear board. A very good copy.References: Adams, Herd 1141. Howes J15.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42265 [Texas Republic]. Anson Jones. Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, its History and Annexation. Including a brief Autobiography of the Author. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859. First edition. 8vo, 648 pages. Brown blind stamped cloth boards with stamped title on spine which is heavily rubbed and faded. Page edges are heavily toned and there is extensive wear on the boards. Some foxing on the pages. Engraved portrait frontis-piece of Jones.Reference: Howes J191. Raines, p. 129. Basic Texas Books 113. Tate, The Indians of Texas 2071.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150


42266 George W. Kendall. Narrative of an Expedition Across the Great South-Western Prairies, Texas to Santa Fe; London: David Bogue, 1845. Two 12mo volumes, xii, 432 pages; viii, 436 pages. Decorated with engraved frontis-pieces to both volumes. Fold out map of Texas and northern Mexico (12” x 16.25”), “Texas and Part of Mexico & the United States Showing the Route of the First Santa Fe Expedition,” tipped into Volume I. Green, blind stamped cloth over boards with blind and gilt stamped spines. Previous owners’ names on endpapers of both volumes. Both volumes covers are heavily dam-aged; front board and spine covering of Volume I detached; top half of spine covering of Volume II detached. Lightly toned in both. Despite the damage to the boards, the contents are sound. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, includ-ing Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Reference: Basic Texas Books 116C. Streeter 1515B.Est.: $250-$350 No Min. Bid

42267 Mirabeau Lamar Government Bond Signed “Mirabeau B. Lamar“ as president of the Republic of Texas. One page with ten coupons, 9.75” x 7.5”, January 1, 1841, Austin, in the amount of $100, number 533. This bond was issued to Stock Commissioner Charles DeMorse, whose job was to fund the public debt under President Lamar. Decorated with four steel engraved vignettes including two of cattle, a steamboat bearing the Lone Star flag, and an al-legorical figure of industry. Contains several “X” cut cancellations. Mounted to a backing board. Includes an engraved portrait of Lamar.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42268 Lavaca Navigation Stock Certificate. One page, 12” x 5”, on “Office Lavaca Navigation Company“ certificate, Lavaca, Texas, n.d. (circa 1850). A stock certificate from an early Texas steamboat company featuring a lovely vignette of a side-wheeler steamboat at the center. The certificate is unissued and is in the amount of $50. Some toning is present, but overall a very fine example.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42269 [Rev. A. B. Lawrence]. A History of Texas, or the Emigrant’s Guide to the New Republic by a Resident Emigrant, Late From the United States...With a Brief Introduction by the Rev. A. B. Lawrence of New Orleans. New York: Nafis & Cornish, 1844. Third issue of the 1840 first edition, without the dedication leaf to Texas Vice President David Burnet. 12mo, xxii, [23]-275 pages. Frontispiece showing “City of Austin the New Capital of Texas in 1844“. Full leather binding with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Heavily worn boards and spine. Four inch crack in front joint from the top; one inch crack in rear joint from top. Crack in front hinge. Marbled page edges. Light to moderate foxing at the beginning, less so toward the end. “C. A. Parker/July 1844“ written on front free endpaper in ink; “C. A. Parker“ also written on rear free endpaper. References: Howes L154. Streeter 1361. Basic Texas Books 120B.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42270 [Texas Republic]. Laws of the Republic of Texas, In Two Volumes. Houston: Printed at the Office of the Telegraph, 1838. First edition. Volume I only. 8vo, 276 pages, v. Indexed. Rebound in brown, blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering and decorative device on front board and spine; marbled endpaper. Title page is missing. Heavily foxed throughout, some dampstaining toward the latter half. Binding is tight. Reference: Streeter 210a.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42271 [Tom Lea]. Two Books Signed by Tom Lea including: Tom Lea. Western Beef Cattle, A Series of Eleven Paintings by Tom Lea Depicting the Origin and Development of the Western Range Animal. [El Paso]: The Encino Press, [1967]. Edition limited to 850 copies, of which this is number 471. Inscribed by Tom Lea on half-title page. Small folio. 34 pages. Illustrations. Publisher’s brown cloth, in original slipcase. Fine. [and:] Lawrence Clark Powell. A Southwestern Century, A Bibliography of One Hundred Books of Non-Fiction About the Southwest. Van Nuys, California: J. E. Reynolds, Bookseller, [1958]. First edition, one of 500 copies. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell, Tom Lea, and Carl Hertzog. 8vo. 29 pages. Illustrations by Tom Lea. Typography by Carl Hertzog. Binding by Ward Ritchie. Publisher’s cloth and dust jacket with $7.50 price. Minor toning to jacket, with offset-ting from backstrip. Bookplate. Else fine.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42272 Tom Lea. Old Mount Franklin. El Paso: Tom Lea, 1968. From the 1/300 run printed for Lea. 8vo, unpaginated. Inscribed by the author on the rear free endpaper: “To Liz and Robert Fortune/!Christmas Cheer!” Countersigned by Sara Lea. Title gilt stamped on front board. Small mark on the back board, but otherwise in near fine condition.References: Lowman 224.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid


42273 Tom Lea. The King Ranch. Boston: Little, Brown and Company (Carl Hertzog), 1957. First trade edition. First issue with “Alice” and not “For Alice” on page 507. Signed by Lea on the half-title page of Volume I. 8vo, [1]-467; [469]-838 pages. Appendices and indexed. Maps and drawings by Tom Lea. Original publisher’s quarter binding with brick red cloth over boards and tan cloth spine back. Endpapers decorated with a mesquite leaf pattern. Spine panels of both volumes toned; bottom corners of Volume I bumped. Otherwise a very good set in the mod-erately worn original slipcase.References: Lowman 45B.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42274 Tom Lea. Calendar of Twelve Travelers Through the Pass of the North. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1947. Limited edition of 100 copies on all rag paper. Signed by Tom Lea on the foreword page. Publisher’s original tan cloth over boards with titles printed on a paper label mounted to the front board. A fine copy. The jacket is just slightly toned on the spine panel.Reference: Lowman 48A.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42275 Tom Lea. A Grizzly From the Coral Sea. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1944. First edition. Limited to 295 copies, then the type and plates were subsequently destroyed. Signed by Tom Lea. 8vo, 32 pages. Green cloth over boards. Gilt let-tering to spine. Illustrated endpapers by Tom Lea. Illustrations by Lea. Fore edge of pages uncut. Some tearing of the dust cover, else in very good condition.Reference: Lowman 25B.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42276 [Map]. Johnson’s New Military Map of the United States showing the Forts, Military Posts &c. with Enlarged Plans of Southern Harbors from Authentic Data Obtained at the War Department Washington, Johnson and Ward. New York: Johnson and Browning, 1861. Measuring 24” x 17.75” (sight) and matted to an overall size of 27.25” x 23.5”. This Civil War era map, which has been removed from a larger, bound atlas, shows the territorial boundaries of the United States and the location of military outposts throughout. Vertical fold; some slight rubbing. Toned along the edges.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42277 Reuben W. Ford. Topographical Map of the City of Austin. New York: George, W. Averell, Lith. & Print, 1872. One printed page, 14.75” x 20.5”, 1848. Map also lists “P. de Cordova“ as publisher. The map illustrates the grid-like city plan with attention to street names, block and lot numbers, rivers, creeks, public buildings and churches. With light foxing and a few bits of paper loss. Otherwise, good condition.Est.: $200-$400 No Min. Bid

42278 U.S. Map Issued by the Commercial Herald and Market Review. Overall 35.75” x 24”. The map is solid blue with reverse white printing on paper, featuring the early American railroad system west of the Mississippi River. Entitled, “The Southwestern Railroad System United States and Mexico Supplement to the ‘Commercial Herald & Market Review’ January 1881. Copyrighted 1881.” Printed in the lower left, “Compliments of ‘Commercial Herald,’ San Francisco, Cal.” An inset table in the lower right gives statistics about western states and territories. “Lith. H. S. Crocker & Co., S. F.” Professionally consolidated along a central vertical seam. Some separation exists along the smoothed folds. Minor chipping along lower edge. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium will go to support TSHA.Est.: $250-$350 No Min. Bid


42279 [Map]. Harris County, Texas. Philadelphia: E. P. Nolls & Co. Map Publishers, 1899. Measuring 25” x 19.5”, features the cit-ies and settlements of Harris County, including the city of Houston. Surveyed by P. Whitty of Houston. Includes abstracts which are identified by name and number. Rail lines are featured in red. Inset of the United States and northern Mexico. Hand colored. Folds weakened in the middle causing small holes with little adverse effect to the map. Chipping to top edge, else fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42280 [Map]. Centennial Texas Map by Cartographer Fanita Lanier. One printed on paper map, 34” x 25” (sight), March 1936. The work features hand-tinting in both red and silver colors throughout the map and its border. Lanier trained as an artist in Texas, New York and Paris before working as a cartographer for the U.S. Army Signal Corps and then the U.S. Air Force in the 1930s. After her service, she continued her study of art in El Paso and then made a life in Dallas. This map of “The Great Kingdom of Texas” was likely featured at the Texas Centennial Exposition held in Dallas in 1936. Framed to an overall size of 43.5” x 34”, the map exhibits some toning and adhesive ghosting.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42281 [Map]. North America. (Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1936). One page, 12.5” x 15” (sight), printed in color, Pennsylvania, 1836. Illustrates Greenland, Russian America, British Territory, United States, Mexico, Yucutan, Central America, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Texas, with Washington listed as the capital of the latter. With some creasing, matted to an overall size of 14.5” x 17” with masking tape on the verso.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42282 [Map]. 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial. Austin: Texas Sesquicentennial Press, 1984. Measuring 23.75” x 29.75” (sight), compiled by John Davis, drawn by Richard Alan Hubbard, and calligraphed by Sharon L. Roos, this gorgeous map was commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Texas. Known as the Texas Revolutionary Map, it depicts Texas as it was in 1836, including the location of several colonies, settlements (both contemporary and modern), battlefields, roads, and Indian tribes. Beautifully matted in green accented by cutouts of columns, a wreath, and three Lone Stars exposing under-lying marbling and framed to an overall size of 37.25” x 43”.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42283 Randolph B. Marcy and George B. McClellan. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852. Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854. Second printing. 8vo, xv, 286 pages. Appendices and indexed. 64 plates, representing landscapes, geological sections, paleontology, zoology, and botany, including one hand-colored folding example; two plates appear to be missing unless plate numbering system is in error. Original blind stamped, brown cloth over boards. Gilt lettering stamped on the spine. Spine covering is chipped in places, mostly at the head. Rear board is heavily damaged at the edge, the top layer of the cloth having been scuffed completely off. Bumped corners. The ma-jority of the text is very lightly toned, but there is heavy foxing in places. Pages 147 through 158 are coming loose from the stitching, but the rest of the textblock remains tight.

Inscribed on the front free endpaper to “Julius Cartin [?]/from Hon. Ja. T. Pratt/M. C./Feb 1855“ in ink which has bled not only onto the verso of the page, but on the recto of the first flyleaf. James T. Pratt (1802-1887) was a former major general and member of Congress. Reference: Howes M276. Rader 2346. Sabin 44512. Basic Texas Books 135B.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42284 [Illustrious Order of the Red Cross]. Two Freemason Demits including: Knights Templar Dimmit. One page, 7.5” x 9.75”, on lined paper, San Felipe de Austin, January 25, 1877, to “Sir Knight A. P. Root whose name appears in the margin of the Dimmit is a Knight Templar and was a member of San Felipe De Austin Commandery No. 1 in good standing. and free from all charges on the books and has regularly dimitted from said Commandery.” Fine. [and:] Harmony Lodge No. 6 Dimmit. One page, 12” x 7.5”, partially printed, Galveston, March 5, A. L. 5877 [1877], granting to “Brother A. P. Root...Having paid all dues, and being in good regular standing...at his own request, do grant him this Dimmit, recom-mending him to the fraternal regard of all regular Lodges and Brethren.” Left quarter is detached along the fold. Dimitting in Freemasonry is the withdrawing of a Mason from a particular lodge. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $150-$200 No Min. Bid


42285 [Maximilian Affair]. Autograph Letter Signed with illegible signature. Two pages, 10” x 8”, Washington, September 9, 1865. It reads in full: “My dear Madam, I am very glad to hear from you and that you are well during this very hot weather. My wife is at [illegible] and the last thing she said was not to forget to get your card de visite. Captain Strong has just gone to the New York Yard and will not probably be rewarded by promotion. The rule the secy has adopted is to give the shore duty to those who have been most constantly absent from home during the present rebellion. Your friends re-cord is being examined to day before the secy. I regret to inform you that [Benito] Juarez and his cabinet have arrived at El Paso and that the Republic of Mexico for the time being has ceased to exist.”

In 1861, Mexican President Benito Juárez de-clared a cease to all interest payments made on European debts owed by Mexico; angering Great Britain, Spain and France. The United States was in the midst of the Civil War, leaving the path clear for France, under the rule of Napoleon III, to intervene and set up the puppet monarchy of Emperor Maximilian in 1864. Despite the common goal of wanting to rid themselves of for-eign rule, the Mexican forces could not organize and ally themselves sufficiently to accomplish the task. The Second Mexican Empire lasted until 1867, when the emperor was executed and Benito Juárez was restored to the presidency.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42286 H. H. McConnell. Five Years a Cavalryman: or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier. Jacksboro: J. N. Rogers

& Co., 1889. First edition. 12mo, 319 pages. Appendix. Green cloth with title stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Printed on pink paper with owner stamps throughout. Heavy wear on the boards and spine; pages are slightly toned. Very near fine condition. References: Howes M59. Graff 2579. Rader 2280. Adams, Six-Guns 1393. Adams, Herd 1380. Raines, p. 142. Basic Texas Books 131.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42287 Town of Menard Stock Certificate. One page, partially printed, 7.25” x 4.25”, n.d., number 20. “Certificate of Stock in the Town of Menard“ certifying that S. H. Everitt is the hold-er for one share valued at $100, “being the Five Hundredth part of Fifty Thousand Dollars, the par value of said Stock consisting of Fourteen Hundred and Eight Lots, composing said Town, situated on the West bank of the Neches River, in the County of Liberty.” Printed by “Telegraph Press.” Heavy ton-ing with damaged edges. Very good.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42288 Two Methodist College of Belle Plaine Handbills titled “An Appeal! Help! Help! Help!“ One page, 8.5” x 11”, Belle Plaine, [February, 1887], asking for donations of “a few thousand dollars...which cannot be met, and unless liquidated, the building will have to be sacrificed to meet a lien upon it.” One handbill has an ink notation on the bottom right that the previous owner had given them $50. Folds, else fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42289 Two Accounts of Life Among the Indians including: Rev. J. J. Methvin. In the Limelight, or a History of Anadarko [Caddo County] and Vicinity from the Earliest Days. Oklahoma City: Walker Wilson Tyler Co., n.d. Signed twice by the author; once on back fly leaf and on tipped-in pamphlet at the front reading:

“with compliments of the author/ JJ Methvin/1846.” First edition. 12mo, 137 pages. Illustrated. Publisher’s original green cloth binding. Some wear on binding, but near fine condition. “Has much on cattle stealing.” (Six-Guns) [and:] Rev. J. J. Methvin. Andele, Or the Mexican-Kiowa Captive: A Story of Real Life Among the Indians. Louisville: Pentecostal Herald Press, 1899. First edition. 12mo. 184 pages. Illustrated. Publisher’s original binding in green cloth. Title stamped on front board and spine in black. Rubbing on bindings and some toning of the pa-per, but near very good condition.References: Adams, Herd 1481. Adams, Six-Guns 1480. Graff 2764. Howes M562. Rader 2388, 2389.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42290 William W. Mills. Forty Years at El Paso 1858-1898. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1962. Mesquite edition limited to one hundred copies, of which this is number eighty, hand-numbered and signed by the editor Rex W. Strickland, the artist Tom Lea, and printer Carl Hertzog, and inscribed “for Jack Anderson“ on a special limitation page bound in front. 8vo, 212 pages. With illustrations by Tom Lea throughout text. Original publisher’s olive cloth over boards with black cloth spine panel. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Endpapers decorated with a mesquite leaf pattern. Top page edges dyed green. A par-ticularly nice copy, with several unopened pages, and in overall fine condition, in the original cloth slip case with paper spine label slightly sun-faded on the fore edge and with some minor soiling.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid


42291 Z. N. Morrell. Flowers and Fruits from the Wilderness; or, Thirty-Six Years in Texas and Two Winters in Honduras. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1873. Second edition, revised. 12mo, xviii, 386 pages. Portrait of the author as frontispiece with facsimile signature. Brown, blind stamped cloth over boards. Lettering gilt stamped on the spine. Light scuffing on the front board; board edges rubbed in places. Pages are moderately toned; binding is tight. Head and foot of spine is chipped. Bumped corners. Reference: Raines, p. 153.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42292 [Moseley Baker]. To the Hon. John Quincy Adams, and the Other Twenty Members of Congress Who Addressed ‘The People of the Free States of the Union,’ Remonstrating Against the Annexation of Texas to the American Union. [Houston: Telegraph Office. 1843.] 7pp. 5.75” x 9”. Signed in print by John Adams (pseudonym), October 20, 1843. The printed letter urges Congressman John Quincy Adams not to oppose the annexation of Texas. Toned and foxed.Reference: Streeter 552.Est.: $250-$400 No Min. Bid

42293 Robert N. Mullin. The Strange Story of Wayne Brazel. Canyon: Palo Duro Press, 1969. Inscribed by the author and signed by J. Evetts Haley who wrote the three-page introduction. 8vo, iii, 36 pages. Illustrations. Imitation leather over cloth with lettering gilt stamped on the front cover and spine. Small er-rata slip tipped in the back. Small bump on the bottom edge; head and foot of spine shows mild wear. A very fine copy.

This slim volume is a reprint from Vol. XLII of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Review. 500 copies were printed in wraps and Carl Hertzog, though he had no hand in the printing nor in the design, bound 50 copies in boards for Mullin.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42294 Pat Ireland Nixon. The Medical Story of Early Texas 1528-1853. Lancaster [Pennsylvania]: Mollie Bennett Lupe Memorial Fund, 1946. This edition limited to 100 copies of which this is number 51. Signed twice by the au-thor; once on the limitation page and inscribed,

“For Ouija [?] and Bob Bush. In happy recollections of your days in San Antonio. Pat Ireland Nixon April 24, 1947,” on the front free endpaper. 8vo, xv, 507 pages. Indexed. Portrait of Dr. Amos Pollard, “Hero of the Alamo“ as frontispiece. Illustrated with 28 reproduction and portrait plates. Quarter-bound in green and cream with title gilt stamped on spine. State of Texas featur-ing the rod of Asclepius gilt-stamped on front board. Dampstaining along the bottom edge evi-dent on plates only. Light soiling of the boards and spine. Contained in a clear dust jacket. Else a near fine copy. Reference: Basic Texas Books 153. Howes N161.Est.: $400-$500 Start Bid: $200

42295 Thomas North. Five Years in Texas; or, What You Did Not Hear During the War From January 1861 to January 1865. A Narrative of His Travels, Experiences, and Observations, in Texas and Mexico. Cincinnati: Elm Street Printing Company, 1870. First edi-tion. 12mo, viii, 231 pages. Brown cloth over boards. Gilt-stamping to spine. Blind stamped covers. Front cover bowed inward slightly with light shelfwear. Damage to head and foot of spine; bumped corners and extremities. Rear joint cracked near the top. Lightly toned with scattered foxing. Pencil notation on rear free endpaper. TSHA member donation. All pro-ceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Reference: Coulter 346. Howes N193. Raines, p. 158.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42296 Frederick Law Olmstead. A Journey Through Texas; or, A Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier: with a Statistical Appendix. New York: Dix, Edwards, and Co., 1857. First edition. Small 8vo. xxxiv, 516pp. Illustrated frontispiece. Folding map. Index. Publisher’s brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Blindstamped decorations to front and back boards and rul-ing in blind to spine. Covers rubbed with some minor dampstaining and bubbling to front. Spine has minute tears and fraying. Shelfwear to edges and corners. A few minor pencil notations with occasional foxing, thumbsoiling, or staining to edges. Mild toning to page edges and frontis-piece. Otherwise, a very good copy of a popular and important Texas title. “The most civilized of all 19th century books on Texas, this is the most interesting and most dependable” (Jenkins)Reference: Dobie p. 48. Graff 3097. Howes O79. Greene Fifty p. 45. Jenkins Basic Texas Books 157. Raines p. 159. Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42297 Manuel Paredes y Arrillaga: “Manifiesto de la Guarnicion de Jalisco, a sus Conciudadanos.” Oversized broadside, 13” x 17.5”. Guadalajara: Imprenta de Manuel Brambila. August 8, 1841. Great content broad-side listing Paredes’ reasons for rebelling against Anastasio Bustamante’s government. He criti-cizes Bustamante’s ministers, and the weakness of the military forces. References Texas, border defenses, and the French: “What opposition would the government have against a clan of adventurers who invade the country; when they could only op-pose the French, after eight months of warning, with a few useless canons; when for the last four years it has been repeated that we will conquer Texas; when the barbarians cross our frontiers at their pleasure... when we don’t have a single miserable boat to oppose the ridiculous squadron from Texas...“ On August 8, 1841 (the date of this broadside), Paredes launched a revolt against Bustamante. Together with Antonio López de Santa Anna, Paredes forced Bustamante to leave office. Francisco Javier Echeverría was elected interim president, and three weeks later, Santa Anna became presi-dent. Paper loss in three areas; in one instance affecting the last two lines of the text as well as the listing of names of officers supporting Paredes.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42298 Amos Andrew Parker. Trip to the West and Texas. Comprising a Journey of Eight Thousand Miles, through New-York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, in the Autumn and Winter of 1834-5. Interspersed with Anecdotes, Incidents and Observations. Concord: White & Fisher, 1835. First Edition. 12mo, 276 pages. Appendix. Green cloth over boards with spine label gilt-stamped with title. Engraved frontispiece and one internal plate. Previous owner has written on the third flyleaf: “Jonathan Robinson, Jr/Exeter, N. H./Bought Jan 1838.” Boards are soiled; heavy foxing throughout Page 117/8 has a tear toward the bottom. Reference: Graff 3184. Howes P74. Basic Texas Books 159A.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200


42299 [Port Bolivar]. Samuel D. Parr Document Signed “Samuel Parr.” One and one-half pages, 8” x 10”, Harris County, August 26, 1841, regarding the appointment of “Messers Wynns & Lawrence...as my agents...to call on the commissioner general of the land office at the City of Austin and take out my patent for my head right surveyed on Port Bolivar.” Folds are weak with separations thereat. Toned around the edges. Heavy ink has bled through to verso. Remnant of red wax seal at bottom right. Good.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42300 [George M. Patrick]. Republic of Texas Land Purchase. Three pages, 7.75” x 10”, “County of Harrisburg,” September 22, 1838, regarding the purchase from George M. Patrick

“three fourths of a league of Land & one Labor a part of his head Eight and also one Labor surveyed for him by...S. B. Woods“ in the amount of “Ten Thousand dollars...in the Money of the Republic of Texas.” Signed by Hamlet Ferguson and wit-nessed by S. B. Woods. Folds and light foxing. Very good.Est.: $50-$75 No Min. Bid

42301 Stock Certificate $1000 Houston & Great Northern Railroad Company of Texas. One page, 16.5” x 21.75”, New York, n. d. (circa 1892), “to pay the Bearer One Thousand Dollars ...with interest thereon at the rate of Eight per cen-tum per annum...until the principal sum be paid, on presentation of the annexed Coupons.” Green bor-der surrounding a handsome vignette of steam

locomotive and tender at center. The certificate is unissued. Contains forty coupons. Very light toning around the edges; very small hole at right edge and slight chip at top. Else, fine.Est.: $75-$100 No Min. Bid

42302 Texas Railroad Group including: Autograph Letter Signed. One page, 7.75” x 9.75”, on “International & Great Northern R. R.” letterhead, “Palestine Station“, June 12, 1876, to B. A. Shepherd regarding the placement of his front fence which is “Eleven (11) feet too far west - or on the Company’s purchase.” Folds. Fine. [and:] Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages, 7.75” x 9.75”, on “International & Great Northern R. R.” letterhead, “Palestine Station“, June 21, 1876, to B. A. Shepherd regarding the placement of Shepherd’s fence and offering “3 full lots 50 x 100...for $1000.” Includes a hand drawn map of the lots and where the fence should be. Folds. Fine. [and:] Autograph Letter Signed. One page, 8.75” x 10.75”, on “Ticket Office Missouri Pacific Railway“ letterhead, Waco, May 21, 1887, to B. A. Shepherd as president of the First National Bank of Houston wanting to borrow “15000 Dollars at 8 per cent interest paid semiannually Want to mortgage for the same as se-curity - The Pacific Hotel in this City.” Folds. Fine. [and:] Receipt from “Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co./Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co.” One page, 8.5” x 5.25”, on yellow paper, Houston, February 2, 1890, to B. A. Shepherd which reads in full: “Enclosed letter came in my mail which came assorted & was opened before or without noticing address on envelop [sic].” Folds. Fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42303 [Railroads]. Eber W. Cave Autograph Letter Signed “E. W. Cave“ with related docu-ments. One page, 8.5” x 11”, on “Houston & Texas Central Railway and Branch Office“ let-terhead, Houston, January 10, 1884, thanking B. A. Shepherd for “the kind sentiments expressed in your letter“ following the death of two colleagues.

“The memory of our departed friends...is always present.” Also a Houston and Texas Central Railway Receipt for goods received, 5.5 x 6.5”, March 26, 1890; Houston and Texas Central Railway Transportation Bill for the transport of goods and payment received, one page, 8.5” x 5.5”, n. p. [Houston], March 26, 1890; Houston and Texas Central Railway Bill of Lading, one page, 8.5” x 11”, Houston, March 25, 1890, for “10 Sax cotton seed/ 1 Keg nails“; Receipt Certification for Twenty Eight Texas State Bonds, one page, 5.5” x 8.25”, on “Houston and Texas Central Railway Co. Treasurer’s Office“

letterhead, Houston, January 4, 1877, certifying a receipt received from B.A. Shepherd. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.

Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42304 Caldwell W. Raines. A Bibliography of Texas: Being a Descriptive List of Books, Pamphlets, and Documents Relating to Texas in Print and Manuscript since 1536, including a Complete Collation of the Laws; with an Introductory Essay on the Materials of Early Texan History. Austin: Gammel Book Co., 1896. First edition. Limited to 500 copies of which this is number 500. 4to, xvi, 268 pages. Appendices and indexed. Half-bound in brown cloth and leather. Four raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Chipping at the head and foot of spine which is worn. Bottom edge of the rear board is bumped. Boards are moderately worn. Decorative endpapers. Notations in ink and pencil throughout. Soiling on the title page. Binding is tight. This is the first major bibliography of the State of Texas.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42305 [Ranching]. Application for Cattle Brand. One page, 7.75” x 9.75”, ink on pa-per, Gonzales County, Texas, May 18, 1853. Applicant “C. C. Colley“ requests “ST“ to be his branding mark. With blind embossed seal, mod-erate toning and foxing. Right edge with small tears and folds.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42306 [Frank Reaugh]. Three Signed Books on Frank Reaugh, including: J. Evetts Haley. F. Reaugh - Man and Artist. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1960. Limited to 125 copies bound in cloth. Signed by Haley. 8vo. 16 pages, unpagi-nated. Illustrated. Green cloth. Previous owner’s name in felt tip. [and:] Another copy. First trade edition. Illustrated blue wraps. Signed by Haley. Shallow crease to corner of rear wrapper. [and:] Alice Bab Stroud and Modena Stroud Dailey. F. Reaugh. Texas Longhorn Painter. Dallas: Royal Publishing Company, 1962. Edition not stated. Signed by both authors. 8vo. 143 pages. Illustrated. Publisher’s red cloth. Dust jacket with a couple of short closed tears. All generally near fine.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid


42307 [Reform War]. Autograph Letter de-tailing the Unrest unfolding in Mexico during the War of Reform. Two pages, 8” x 10”, “United States Consulate,” Tampico [Mexico], 1858. The letter is addressed to “Mr. Savage,” the U. S. Consul to Havana from “Mr. C“ (most likely Franklin Chase, the U. S. Consul to Tampico, Mexico). It reads, in part: “Since the departure of the last English steamer the political aspect of affairs in the interior have undergone a material change. Miramon [General Miguel Miramón] is now in pozezion [sic] of San Luis Potosi...” Aside from three fold creases, this document is in very fine condition.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42308 Captain Mayne Reid. Wild Life; or, Adventures on the Frontier. A Tale of the Early Days of the Texan Republic. New York: Robert M. DeWitt, Publisher, [1856]. First Edition. 12mo, iv, 408 pages. Illustrated with eight plates by en-graved by N. Orr. Bound in green, blind stamped cloth over boards. “Chas. W. Richard“ written on front free endpaper. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $30-$50 No Min. Bid

42309 John M. Richardson. Confederate Re-Union Song. Lee Was Right Comrades True. Dangerfield [Texas]: News, Job Print, n. d. Four page pamphlet containing sheet music and lyr-ics. “Dedicated to all true ex-Confederate soldiers and their decendants [sic].” Red printed wrappers. Toned; bottom left corner missing throughout.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42310 James L. Rock and W. I. Smith. Southern and Western Texas Guide for 1878. St. Louis: A. H. Granger, 1878. 8vo, 282 pages. Indexed. Engraved portrait of Col. Thomas W. Peirce with facsimile signature as frontispiece. Illustrated with thirty-five engravings. Lacking the fold out map. Green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and lone star on front and spine. Cracked rear joint causing spine covering and rear board to detach. Bumped corners and extremities. Heavy wear on boards. Scattered pencil notations. Water damage at lower right throughout. Reference: Adams, Herd 1927. Bradford 4687. Eberstadt, Texas 162:690. Howes R389.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42311 [Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo]. Set of Five Official’s Badges. The first pin, dated 1967, measures 1.75” x 1.75”, and features rodeo events under the Astrodome with “Official“ engraved below; the second is dated 1968, mea-sures 2.25” x 1.25”, and features the Astrodome above a the head of a cow at left and a horse at right with “Official“ engraved below; the third is dated 1969, measures 2” x 1.5”, and features the Astrodome above the head of a cow at left and a horse at right with “Official“ engraved below; the fourth is dated 1970, measures 2” x 1.25”, and features the word “Houston“ with the “H“ wear-ing a cowboy hat and boots; the fifth is dated 1971, measures 2” x 1.25”, and features a bird’s eye view of the Astrodome.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42312 [Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo]. Set of Two Official’s Badges. The first pin, dated 1967, measures 1.75” x 1.75”, and features rodeo events under the Astrodome with “Official“ engraved below. The second, dated 1969, mea-sures 2” x 1.5”, and features the Astrodome above the head of a cow at left and a horse at right with “Official“ engraved below. “Star Eng./Houston,Tex“ backmarks.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42313 Philip Ashton Rollins. The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the Development of the West. New

York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. First edi-tion. 8vo, xiv, 353 pages. Publisher’s binding in red cloth over boards; gilt stamped on the front board. Spine is faded; some scuffing to the boards with mild toning evident on the pages. Else good.Inscribed by the author on the front free endpa-per to “Col. George William Burleigh,” dated April, 1922. Attached under the inscription is a photo of a young boy in velvet suit, striped stockings, and boots.Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42314 [Rutersville College]. Answer of Rutersville College, (Now the Texas Monument and Military Institute), to the Claim Set Up to the College Lots and Buildings, by the Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Its Meeting at Waco, Texas, in December, 1857. Galveston: Printed at the News Book and Job Office for the Board of Trustees, 1858. First edition. 8vo. Slim pamphlet. 16 pages. Gray printed wrappers. One leaf unopened. A few creases to corners. Minor spotting. Very good. Rutersville College, near La Grange, was the first chartered Protestant college in Texas; it opened in 1840 and admitted male and female students. Scarce. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Reference: Winkler 1053a.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42315 Nemesio Salcedo y Salcedo Manuscript Broadside Signed. “Vando” broad-side, 17” x 23.5”, made up of two sheets of seal paper, issued in Chihuahua on June 28, 1811. The broadside announces a decree issued in the absence of King Ferdinand VII on December 3, 1810 regarding the court system and treatment of all subjects thereat. At the time of this de-cree, Ferdinand VII was not in fact the reigning monarch having abdicated his throne in 1808. He would not become King of Spain again until 1813. A few spots of paper loss at center folds, af-fecting three words; otherwise near fine. Salcedo signs in the bottom margin adding his paraph.Est.: $250-$350 No Min. Bid


42316 Pueblo San Juan del Rio Spanish Colonial Manuscript. Ten pages on Ferdinand VI sealed paper, 8.5” x 12”, San Juan del Rio, December 16, 1750. A legal filing of a case be-tween Gabriel Romo Presv. and Francisco Xavier Vines y Vertas, owners of adjoining haciendas, regarding disputes over boundaries and damages incurred. Lightly toned with a few spots of worm-hole and heavy dampstaining at top and bottom not affecting the text.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42317 Harold Schoen, compiler. Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence. The Report of the Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations. Austin: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938. First edition. 4to, 214 pages. Book number 1225, no limitation listed. Illustrated with pho-tographs. Indexed. Blue imitation leather over boards with embossed gilt on front. Fading to spine and minor soiling to front board. Bumping at the extremities and one bumped corner. Very good.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42318 [Circular and Pamphlet: Support of Schools]. Treasurer and ex-officio Superintendent of schools. An Act Providing for the Support of Schools, or as much thereof as is in Force, Approved August 29th, 1856. Also, an Act Supplementary to and Amendatory of an Act to Provide for the Support of Schools, Approved February 5th, 1858. With Instructions and Forms for the Use of School Officers. Austin: John Marshall & Co., State Gazette Book Office, 1858. 8vo. 23 pp. Wrappers. Some rubbing, indentation, and minor loss to from cover; rear cover missing. Light folding or rub-bing to corners. Some light pencil notation throughout. Light toning and foxing. Very good. [and:] [James H. Raymond, Treasurer and Ex-Officio of Superintendent of Schools]Circular. Treasurer’s Office, Austin, October 2nd, 1857. To the Honorable Chief Justices and County Courts... [together with:] [James Willie, Attorney General] Opinion of Attorney General. Attorney-General’s Office, Austin, September 21st. [Austin], 1857. 4to. 3 pp. Single folded sheet with multiple fold lines. A few spots of browning and with minor pencil notations. Otherwise, near fine. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Reference: Winkler, 1846-1860, 1104.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42319 [Texas Rangers]. Chas. Schreiner III, Audrey Schreiner, et al., compilers. A Pictorial History of the Texas Rangers. “That Special Breed of Men.” [Mountain Home: Y-O Press, 1969]. First edition. 4to. 267 pp. Profusely il-lustrated. First edition. Signed by thirty-seven Texas Rangers of Companies “A,” “B,” and “C.” Full brown cloth with gilt titles to and decoration to front. Dust jacket has some light toning, folding, and chipping to extremities with two minor holes. Covers very lightly rubbed. Buckram endpapers. Ownership stamp to prelim-inary. Page edges very lightly toned. Otherwise, a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated with pictures

of weapons, spurs, chaps, badges, and portraits of the men beginning with Ben McCullough and ending with Wilson E. Speir.Est.: $400-$500 Start Bid: $200

42320 [George Sergeant, Jr.]. George Sergeant, Jr.: An Oral History Interview Conducted by Alan Mason on November 11, 1980. Dallas and Commerce: East Texas State University and Dallas Public Library, 1983. First edition produced in connection with the Dallas Mayors Oral History and Records Project. 8vo. 52 pp., printed on the recto only. Original black simulated leather over boards. Titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Covers a bit soiled. Contents with scattered light foxing and ultra-light toning to the edges of the pages. Very good condition.Est.: $200-$400 No Min. Bid

42321 [Republic of Texas]. David Shelby Promissory Note Signed Thrice “David Shelby.” One page, 8” x 9.75”, n. p, n. d. (filed May 19, 1838). In the note, Shelby is “binding” himself to “William Stiles in the penal sum of one thousand dol-lars current money of the Mexican nation.” Water damage along the right edge that has caused the ink to fade somewhat. There are several small holes which has caused some loss of text. All holes have been prepared, one of which has caused staining in the middle of the document. Folds; remnant of was seal on the verso. Good.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42322 [Slavery]. Slave Tax Receipt. One page, partially printed, 7.25” x 4.5”, Houston, October 1, 1853. Receipt for the amount of twelve dollars and seventy-two cents for prop-erty in Houston purchased by Archibald Wynns including: “40 acres...7 negroes - Wagon & oxen Carriage & two Horses 20 head Cattle.” Toning on the margins; folds. Very good.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid


42323 Statement of Judge C. W. Buckley’s Testimony, in the case of Smith vs. Hadley, et al., to the People of Texas. Galveston: Printed at the News Book and Job Office, 1858. 8vo. 14 pp. Unbound folded leaves, last few unopened. Some edgewear, light folds, and small tears to covers and pages. Light toning and foxing with some staining and occasional thumbsoiling. . Addressed to B. A. Shepherd Esq., Houston, TX on rear with Benjamin Franklin one-cent stamp. Otherwise, very good. Scarce. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42324 Ashbel Smith. Reminiscences of the Texas Republic. Annual Address Delivered Before the Historical Society of Galveston, December 15, 1875. Galveston: Historical Society of Galveston, 1876. 8vo, xvi, 82 pages. Original printed wrap-pers. Light to moderate toning of pages. Toned wraps; spine covering missing at the head and foot. A near fine copy.References: Basic Texas Books 186. Howes A574. Raines, p. 190. Sabin 82341.Est.: $50-$75 No Min. Bid

42325 Noah Smithwick. The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days. Compiled by his Daughter Nanna Smithwick Donaldson. Austin: Gammel Book Company. [1900]. First Edition. 8vo, 354 pages. Red cloth with black decorative imprint on cover; black lettering on spine. Three illustrations, four pho-

tographic plates including frontispiece. First two pages are detaching from a cracked hinge. Spine is faded and light scuffing and small ink blot to the front board. Head and foot of spine chipped and frayed. Bumped corners. Some foxing found on the first pages, but the remainder are only slightly toned.Reference: Jenkins 189. Bradford 5116. Clark III 105. Graff 3872. Howes S726. Rader 2948. Sabin 85099. Streeter 187. Dobie p. 52, Greene 15.Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42326 [Texas Revolution]. Two Letters Regarding Aid Given to the Texas Independence Movement Reprinted as a Circular in 1851 including: Samuel St. John Typed Letter Unsigned. One page, 8” x 10”, Mobile, February 22, 1836, the birthday of George Washington, addressed to “His Excellency, Henry Smith, Governor of Texas.” It reads in part: “Sir: -On this memorable day, dear to the heart of every American, who would venerate the memory of the ‘Father of his Country,’ I would beg leave to offer to the People of Texas, a dona-tion of Five Thousand Dollars, to aid them in their struggle for Liberty - a struggle to free them from the shackle of usurpation and lawless Tyranny.” He then exclaims the wonders of Texas and offers encouragement to the emerging cotton business. The Mexican Army would arrive at the Alamo the next day. On March 2, eight days after the writing of this letter, the Texas Declaration of Independence would be signed and the Republic of Texas proclaimed. [and:] William H. Jack Typed Response Letter as Secretary of State. One page, 8” x 10”, Velasco, June 1, 1836, to Samuel St. John, Jr. It reads in part: “I am in-structed by the President [David G. Burnet] and Cabinet of the Government of Texas, to say to you, that we have viewed your conduct with pleasure, and are impressed with a sense of the liveliest gratitude, for the repeated evidences of disinterested liberality, which our Country has received at your hands...But for the frequent, and well timed aid...it is scarcely probable that we could have sustained the war up to this period; and Texas the finest portion of the continent, might now have been, what Santa Anna, had threatened to make it, ‘a Howling Wilderness.’“ At the bottom is written: “I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy, of a letter, as taken from the records of this office. Given under my hand and official seal, at the City of Austin, the 24th day of June, A. A. 1851. James

F. Johnson, Act’g Sec’y of State.” The Treaties of Velasco, which ended the Texas Revolution, were signed two weeks prior to the writing of this letter. Both letters are 1851 reprints on one piece of blue paper, folded in the middle. Fold creases are present with some chipping along the edges. Very fine.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42327 Republic of Texas $100 Stock Certificate. One page, partly printed, 10” x 7.5”, Austin, June 15, 1840, issued to A. A. M. Jackson with ten coupons attached. Signed by Stock Commissioner Charles DeMorse, whose job was to fund the public debt under President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and countersigned by the comptroller, James B. Shaw. Contains several “X” cut cancellations and ten coupons, each signed by DeMorse. Chipping along the top edge. Very good.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42328 Captain Henry W. Strong. My Frontier Days & Indian Fights on the Plains of Texas. [n.p.], [n.d., circa 1926]. Believed to be the first edition. 8vo, 122 pages. Illustrated with one black and white plate photograph. Green printed wraps. Dampstaining at the bottom edge and fore edge of pages. Rear wrap spotted and chipped. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid


42329 Bella French Swisher, editor. The American Sketch Book. A Collection of Historical Incidents with Descriptions of Corresponding Localities. Volume IV. Austin: Sketch Book Publishing House, 1879. 8vo, 382 pages. Engraving of the city of Austin as seen from the “Deaf and Dumb Asylum“ as frontispiece. Half-bound in brown cloth and leather over boards. Gilt lettering stamped on the spine with four raised bands. Boards are heavily worn with some water damage on the front board. Bumped corners. Front hinge is cracked resulting in the separation of the first few pages (up to page 5) from the binding; the spine cover is detaching at the bottom. Board edges are frayed in places. Pages are toned with scattered foxing. Page 146 has been repaired and is wrinkling; bottom cor-ner of page 105/6 is torn off. Pencil notations on the table of contents.Reference: Bradford 1786Est.: $400-$600 Start Bid: $200

42330 Five Texas Printings including: Minnie G. Dill. Footprints of Texas History. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., 1916. Sixth edi-tion. 16mo, 113 pages. Illustrated. Printed wrap-pers. Wrappers are damaged. Very good. [and:] Homer Stephen. The Frontier Postmasters. Dublin [Texas]: The Dublin Progress, 1952. First edition. 12mo, 102 pages. Illustrated with pho-tographs. Printed wrappers. Dampstaining on front and rear covers, else fine. [and:] John H. Jenkins. Honest Bob and the Texas Congress. A Christmas Gift for Texas, 1838. Austin: The Pemberton Press, [n. d. (circa 1964)]. 8vo, 12 pages. Green wrappers with title label on front cover. Fine. [and:] Tom Lea. Bullfight Manual for Spectators. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1957. 8vo, 24 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Printed wrappers. Light soiling near the spine. Fine. [and:] X[avier] B. Debray. A Sketch of the History of Debray’s (26th) Regiment of Texas Cavalry. Pasadena [Texas]: The Abbotsford Publishing Co., [n. d. (circa 1964)]. Reprint of the original 1884 edi-tion. 8vo, 26 pages. Fold-out map of south Texas and Louisiana. Printed cloth over boards. Boards

are heavily stained. Fine. TSHA member dona-tion. All proceeds, including Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42331 Five North Central Texas Histories including: Young County Historical Survey Committee. Graham Centennial History, Graham, Texas 1872-1972. 100 Years of Progress from Salt Works to Space Age. Wichita Falls: Nortex Offset Publications, Inc., 1972. First edition. 4to, eighty-six pages, in double col-umns. Illustrated throughout with photographs and a map of Graham. Publisher’s original red cloth over boards. Title on the front cover in black with illustration. Tightly bound. [and:] Hamilton County Historical Commission. A History of Hamilton County Texas. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1979. First edition. 4to, 388 pages, in triple columns. Appendix. Illustrated throughout with photographs and a map of Hamilton County. Front and rear endpa-pers feature pen and ink drawings by artist Joan Crumrine, who also designed the logo on the front cover. Publisher’s red leather over boards. Gold embossed “Hamilton County Historical Commission“ emblem on front cover and title on the spine, also embossed, in gilt. Slight rubbing at the top spine edge. [and:] Rosalie Gregg, edi-tor. Wise County History, a Link with the Past. Wichita Falls: Nortex Press, 1975. First edition, volume 1. 8vo, 515 pages, in double columns. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Front endpapers feature a map of Wise County with ink notations in red and black. Corresponding pages also have ink notations. Green cloth over boards. Title giltstamped on front board and spine. Front board lightly scuffed. [and:] Thomas F. Horton. History of Jack County. Being Accounts of Pioneer Times, Excerpts from County Court Records, Indian Stories, Biographical Sketches, and Interesting Events. Originally published in Jacksboro, Texas, by Gazette Print in 1933, this centennial edition was printed in 1975, publisher unknown. 8vo, 154 pages. Illustrated with twelve photographs. Red cloth over boards with title giltstamped on front and spine. [and:] History of Spanish Fort, Texas. Saint Jo [Texas]: S. J. T. Printers, 1988. First edition. 8vo, 237 pages. Photographs throughout. Publisher’s original blue cloth on boards with title giltstamped on front and spine. The Seal of the State of Texas also giltstamped on the front.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42332 Two Books of Early Texas History including: A. J. Sowell. Rangers and the Pioneers of Texas with a Concise Account of the Early Settlements, Hardships, Massacres, Battles and Wars by Which Texas Was Rescued From the Rule of the Savage and Consecrated to the Empire of Civilization. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, Ltd., 1964. Second edition limited to 750 copies. 8vo, 411 pages. Illustrated. Facsimile reprint of the original 1884 edition. Original binding in black cloth with lettering gilt-stamped on spine. Fine condi-tion. [and:] J. Marvin Hunter, compiler and editor. The Trail Drivers of Texas. New York: Agrosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1963. Second edition revised limited to 750 copies. New introduc-tion by Harry Sinclair Drago. Two 8vo volumes, 1070 pages inclusive of both volumes. Illustrated. Indexed. Facsimile reprint of the original 1920 edition. Bound in tan cloth with longhorn stamped into the front boards. Top edges dyed brown. Slipcase. Minor staining on vol. 1 spine, but otherwise a fine edition.References: Howes S801. Adams, Herd 1103. Adams, Six-Guns 1094. Basic Texas Books 99, 192B. Graff 2020.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42333 Journal or Minutes of the Constitutional Convention: Held in the City of Austin, Texas, Feb. 7 1866. 8vo, 384 pages. Original black cloth binding and black leather spine. Endpapers are marbled and hinges are re-inforced. Title is in gilt lettering on the front; the


spine and back board also exhibit gilt decoration. Pages are generally toned and foxed. Despite damage to the first page, the book is in near very good condition.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42334 [Civil War]. The Tri-Weekly Telegraph. Vol. XXVIII, No. 146, Whole No. 3643, two pages, 12” x 18”, Houston, February 20, 1863. Features a satirical, larger-than-life bio-graphical sketch of Stonewall Jackson, reprinted from a New York paper. Also features a letter to the paper by Lt. Gen. L. V. Snooks concerning his role in the Battle of Galveston where he writes: “I have noticed quite a number of commu-nications in your paper, relative to the ‘gallantry’ of certain individuals and certain corps therein engaged. I have waited, patiently, to see if some of your corre-spondents would have the manhood to do me justice in your columns, by recording my achievements on the morning of the 1st, but, so far, have been disap-pointed.” Uneven toning. Folds weakened. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $150-$200 No Min. Bid

42335 [Civil War]. Texas Christian Advocate Newspaper. Vol. III, No. 25, Whole No. 649, two pages, 19” x 25.5”, Houston, March 2, 1865. Features an article on the front page titled “A Foreign War Inevitable“ in which the paper boldly proclaims: “Sonora, Sinaloa, and other Northern States of Mexico...have passed under the dominion of the French Empire. Napoleon is the arch intriguer of the world. When he offered

the imperial crown to Maximilian, he had already determined that the armies and navies of France should assist the Southern States to accomplish their independence...A few days ago the Confederacy was at its most desperate strait; to-day, its star is at its zenith...The South has the game in her own hands, and is mistress of the situation.” Lee would surren-der to Grant one month later. Unevenly toned. Weak folds, detached in places. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $150-$200 No Min. Bid

42336 Richard West Customs House Document Signed. One page, 21.5” x 16.25”, in ink and pencil, Port Lavaca, April 30, 1845, for “account current with Custom House District of Calhoun for Quarter Ending 30 April 1845.” Includes dollar amounts for duties secured dur-ing the previous and current quarters, amounts paid on secured duties, amounts left unpaid, and payments for “Fees Permits & Blanks,“ amounts collected that would be placed in the Texas Treasury. Attested to and signed by Richard West as “Dept Collector at Port Lavaca.” Scattered fox-ing with slight toning. Weakened horizontal fold with separations at edges. Very good.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42337 [Texas Cotton Office] and [W. J. Hutchins, Lt. Col., Chief Texas Cotton Office]. Houston, Texas, Nov. 20th, 1864. To the Senators and Representatives in Congress, from the State of Texas:... [Houston: “News” print, 1864]. 8vo. 19 pp. Sewn wrappers. Some light toning and occasional foxing. A few minor folds or loss at corners with minor tear at page edges. “B. A. Shepherd” written in pencil on front cover, with an correction in ink on p. 3 and handwritten notes at “Ordinance Stores” heading on p. 13, noting: “The quantities are omitted for obvious reasons[.] Enough has been procured for all purposes[.]” An account of the sale of Texas cotton that financed the Army of the Confederate States of America. From the pa-pers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $250-$350 No Min. Bid

42338 [Texas Legislature]. Biennial Report of the Comptroller of Texas, for the Fiscal Years 1858-’59. Published by Order of the Seventh Legislature. Austin: John Marshall & Co., 1859. 8vo. 165 pp. Sewn wrappers. Some light folding or turning to corners. Small tear to the fore-edge for the first 35 pp., not affecting text. Moderate foxing throughout. Otherwise, a very good copy of a scarce item. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42339 [Texas Legislature]. Report of the State Engineer in Relation to River and Bay Improvements. Printed by order of the Legislature of the State of Texas. Austin: Printed by John Marshall & Co., State Printers, 1857. First edition. 8vo. Pamphlet. 18 pages. Printed self-wrappers. Pages splitting along spine. Foxing throughout. Pamphlet has been folded in half vertically, with light crease running the length of the booklet; a few other shallow folds or creases. Generally very good. Scarce. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Reference: Winkler 965.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150


42340 [State of Texas]. General Laws of the Extra Session of the Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas. Published by Authority. Austin: Printed at the Office of the Texas Almanac, 1863. First edition. 8vo. 42 pages (lacking one leaf containing final page of index and a blank). Original printed sewn wrappers. Some chipping to top edge of front wrapper. Occasional minor foxing. Ben Shepherd’s name and “Richmond, Virginia” doodle in ink on front cover. Generally very good. Scarce. With much regarding the ongoing Civil War, including a lengthy act “to provide against the hostile invasion of the State of Texas by persons of color.” From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.References: Parrish & Willingham 4182. Winkler 976.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42341 [Texas State Government]. Texas Legislative Manual. Forty-seventh Legislature, containing Constitution of Texas, Rules of the House of Representatives, Rules of the Senate, and Joint Rules of the Two Houses... [Austin: The State of Texas, 1941]. Forty-seventh Legislature edition. Representative Woodrow Wilson Bean’s copy, with his name and district information presumably written in his own hand. Large 8vo. 505 pp. Bound in full red leatherette with gilt titles, state seal, and ownership name to front. Covers well worn and rubbed with some light folding, threading, and abrading to bumped corners. Pages lightly toned with some mildew-ing to rear pastedown and light dampstaining to rear pages. Otherwise, generally a very good copy. This manual is purportedly from the first and only term served by the fifth cousin of Judge Roy Bean, before he left the legislature to join the Marines and fight in World War II.Reference: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas online.Est.: $100-$150 No Min. Bid

42342 Mirabeau B. Lamar Engraved Republic of Texas Fifty Dollar Note. 7.25” x 3”, Austin, July 12, 1839. This $50 redback is chipped along the right edge with foxing running vertically in the middle. Several “X” cut cancel-lations. Features two vignettes and an engraved portrait of Stephen F. Austin. Very good.Est.: $150-$200 No Min. Bid

42343 [Newspaper]. The Texas Republican. Vol. XVII, No. 8, four pages, 18” x 23”, Marshall, October 20, 1865. Features a letter from former Confederate postmaster general John H. Reagan from prison in Fort Warren, Boston, addressed to the “People of Texas“ urging them to “recog-nize the supreme authority of the Government of the United States“ and to “recognize the abolition of slavery, the right of those who have been slaves.” Period ads in the rear. Toned with some scattered foxing. Chipped and creased edges. Weakened folds detaching in places. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $150-$200 No Min. Bid

42344 [Newspaper]. Texas Wesleyan Banner. Vol. II, No. 13, Whole No. 65, four pages, 18.25” x 24.75”, Houston, July 10, 1850. Featured ar-ticles include “Propagandism in Rome“ showing the measures taken by the Pope in Rome against

“handbills...recently published and distributed, which are rapidly imbuing the whole mass of the Italian people with sentiments of political and religious liberty“ and a “Report of the Delegate Appointed to Attend the General Conference of the M. E.

Church.” Period ads in the rear. Moderately foxed and unevenly toned; hole from ink writing in the upper right corner of page one. Chipped edges. Weakened folds with separations in places. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $150-$200 No Min. Bid

42345 [Leonidas Polk and Stephen Elliott]. Address of the Commissioners for Raising the Endowment of the University of the South. New Orleans: B. M. Norman, 1859. First edition. 8vo. Slim pamphlet. 16 pages. Cream printed wrappers. Mild wear to corners, shallow folds throughout, offsetting to rear wrapper. Pamphlet has been folded in half vertically, with light crease running the length of the booklet. Two corrections to text in ink. Very good. Scarce. Fundraising circular in which it is asserted that

“the world is trying hard to persuade us that a slaveholding people cannot be a people of high moral and intellectual culture.” Contributions to the not-yet-constructed university, now com-monly known as Sewanee, would, therefore, be a vindication of Southern society. The appeal was successful, and the university’s cornerstone was laid the following year. From the papers of B.A. Shepherd.Est.: $300-$400 Start Bid: $150

42346 Lufkin, Texas. Wanted Poster titled “Look Out For Them.” One page, 8” x 12”, Lufkin, n. d. (circa 1901). Broadside featuring the description and crimes of nine criminals wanted for crimes including bigamy, rape, em-bezzlement, and murder. One criminal, Charley Grant, is described as looking “like a green, coun-try boy.” Also gives reward amounts ranging from $10 to $150. Issued from the Sheriff R. V. Watts of Angelina County. Toned at the top and right margin, else fine.Est.: $75-$100 No Min. Bid


42347 Walter Prescott Webb. The Great Plains. Boston: Ginn and Company, [1931]. First edition, first issue. 8vo, xv, 525 pages. Illustrated. Error on page ten, where “poor” is misprinted

“poo.” Original publisher’s navy blue cloth over boards with titles and buffalo herd vignette blind stamped in silver. Minor fraying along the bot-tom edge; contents toned and the dust jacket shows some wear and some chipping, especially on the head and foot of the spine. Otherwise the book is in very good condition.Reference: Basic Texas Books 212. Adams, Herd 2455. Rader 3594. Reese, Six Score 111. Howes W193.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

42348 [Civil War]. John C. West. A Texan in Search of a Fight. Being the Diary and Letters of a Private Soldier in Hood’s Texas Brigade. Waco: Press of J. S. Hill & Co., 1901. Inscribed by the author on the preface. First edition. 12mo, 189 pages. Prospectus with author’s picture tipped onto title page. Poetry leaflet by Decca Lamar West tipped onto dedication page. Eight page article from The Waco Tribune titled “Passed on to a Higher Life” by A. R. McCollum detailing the life and funeral of West’s wife, Mary Eliza West, who died in 1903, tipped onto rear cover as appendix. Printed brown cloth wraps stapled to textblock. Wraps are heavily worn and creased in places. Spine covering is almost entirely de-tached, exposing the textblock underneath.

Dampstaining on the lower corner; same corner damaged through page 16. Toned throughout. TSHA member donation. All proceeds, includ-ing Buyer’s Premium, will go to support TSHA.Reference: Coulter, Travels in the Confederate States 469. Howes W278. Nevins, Civil War Books I:176. Parrish, Civil War Texana 103.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42349 The Texas Indian Papers in five volumes: Dorman H. Winfrey. Texas Indian Papers 1825-1843. Austin: Texas State Library, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 298 pages. Indexed. Black cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Fraying at the head of spine with mild wear to boards; rear board bows out slightly. Good. [and:] Dorman H. Winfrey. Texas Indian Papers 1844-1845. Austin: Texas State Library, 1960. First edition. 8vo, 453 pages. Indexed. Illustrated. Black cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Some fraying at head of spine; light wear to boards. Very good. [and:] Dorman H. Winfrey. Texas Indian Papers 1846-1859. Austin: Texas State Library, 1960. 8vo, 373 pages. Indexed. Illustrated. Black cloth on boards with gilt letter-ing. Light wear to spine and boards. Very good. [and:] James M. Day and Dorman Winfrey. Texas Indian Papers 1860-1916. Austin: Texas State Library, 1961. First edition. 8vo, 495 pages. Indexed. Illustrated. Fold out fac-simile of “Consolidated Report of Depredations by Indians, 1865-1879.” Black cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Fine. [and:] Dorman H. Winfrey, editor. The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, 1825-1916. Volume V. Austin: The Pemberton Press, 1966. First edition. 8vo, 412 pages. Indexed. Yellow cloth over boards; let-tering gilt-stamped on spine. From the preface:

“This additional volume of the Indian Papers of Texas in no way conflicts with the plan of the earlier four volumes; rather it is intended as a supplement.” Mild soiling on the boards; lightly bumped corners. Very good.

The Texas Indian Papers was the printing, in four volumes, of the file located in the Texas State Archives known as “Indian Papers.”Est.: $100-$200 No Min. Bid

42350 William D. Wittliff. Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy. A Photographic Essay by William D. Wittliff. San Antonio: The University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures, 1972. Limited edition number 178 of 200 specially bound hand-numbered copies signed by William D. Wittliff and Joe B. Frantz on a limitation page bound in back. 16mo, unpaginated. Publisher’s original decorative paper over boards with titles printed in black on the front board and spine. A

fine copy in a fine dust jacket and with the origi-nal matching slipcase, as issued.Est.: $300-$500 Start Bid: $150

42351 [Archibald Wynns]. Four Republic of Texas Documents including: Archibald Wynns Money Receipt Signed “A. Wynns.” One page, 8” x 3.25”, n. p., October 31, 1846, regarding the transfer of $75 to G. M. Miles. Very good. [and:] Receipt for Land Purchase. One page, 8” x 5.25”, Houston, Texas, August 4, n. y. (circa 1845). Receipt for $500 for the “purchase of lands“ on the estate of A. M. Berry. Very good. [and:] Alexander Ewing Land Deed Signed “A. Ewing.” Two pages, 7.5” x 12.5”, Harris County [Texas], November 29, 1845, granting Archibald Wynns for the sum of $500 land “lying, being, and situated in the City of Houston.” Alexander Ewing was a prominent doctor in Houston who had served as surgeon general of the Texas army and treated Sam Houston’s wounds after the Battle of San Jacinto. Main vertical fold is tearing to the middle of the page and moderate toning. Other folds are weakened and begin-ning to separate. Else good. [and:] George W. Lang Power of Attorney Signed. Two pages, 8” x 12.25”, n. p, July 24, 1837, appointing

“Thomas Jones Handeman of Texas“ as his lawful attorney charged with securing his claim to “six hundred and forty acres of land“ in exchange for his military service to the Republic. Lang was a “citizen of Texas, and a private in Capt. Irwin’s Company A. 1st regiment of infantry“ who was on furlough in Tennessee and trying to get back to Texas. Blind embossed paper seal of Williamson County Tennessee attached. Moderately foxed with weakened folds separating near the bottom. Small ink stain in the lower half that does not affect the legibility of the text. Very good.Est.: $200-$300 No Min. Bid

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with Article 2 of the Texas Business and Commercial Code. A “Minimum Bid” is an amount below which the lot will not sell. THE CONSIGNOR OF PROPERTY MAY PLACE WRITTEN ”Minimum Bids” ON HIS LOTS IN ADVANCE OF THE AUCTION; ON SUCH LOTS, IF THE HAMMER PRICE DOES NOT MEET THE “Minimum Bid”, THE CONSIGNOR MAY PAY A REDUCED COMMISSION ON THOSE LOTS. ”Minimum Bids” are generally posted online several days prior to the Auction closing. For any successful bid placed by a consignor on his Property on the Auction floor, or by any means during the live session, or after the ”Minimum Bid” for an Auction have been posted, we will require the consignor to pay full Buyer’s Premium and Seller’s Commissions on such lot.

14. The highest qualified Bidder recognized by the Auctioneer shall be the Buyer. In the event of a tie bid, the earliest bid received or recognized wins. In the event of any dispute between any Bidders at an Auction, Auctioneer may at his sole discretion reoffer the lot. Auctioneer’s decision and declaration of the winning Bidder shall be final and binding upon all Bidders. Bids properly offered, whether by floor Bidder or other means of bidding, may on occasion be missed or go unrecognized; in such cases, the Auctioneer may declare the recognized bid accepted as the winning bid, regardless of whether a competing bid may have been higher.

15. Auctioneer reserves the right to refuse to honor any bid or to limit the amount of any bid, in its sole discretion. A bid is considered not made in “Good Faith” when made by an insolvent or irresponsible person, a person under the age of eighteen, or is not supported by satisfactory credit, collectibles references, or otherwise. Regardless of the disclosure of his identity, any bid by a consignor or his agent on a lot consigned by him is deemed to be made in “Good Faith.” Any person apparently appearing on the OFAC list is not eligible to bid.

16. Nominal Bids. The Auctioneer in its sole discretion may reject nominal bids, small opening bids, or very nominal advances. If a lot bearing estimates fails to open for 40–60% of the low estimate, the Auctioneer may pass the item or may place a protective bid on behalf of the consignor.

17. Lots bearing bidding estimates shall open at Auctioneer’s discretion (approximately 50%-60% of the low estimate). In the event that no bid meets or exceeds that opening amount, the lot shall pass as unsold.

18. All items are to be purchased per lot as numerically indicated and no lots will be broken. Auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw, prior to the close, any lots from the Auction.

19. Auctioneer reserves the right to rescind the sale in the event of nonpayment, breach of a warranty, disputed ownership, auctioneer’s clerical error or omission in exercising bids and reserves, or for any other reason and in Auctioneer’s sole discretion. In cases of nonpayment, Auctioneer’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay Auctioneer its fees (seller’s and buyer’s premium) and any other damages or expenses pertaining to the lot.

20. Auctioneer occasionally experiences Internet and/or Server service outages, and Auctioneer periodically schedules system downtime for maintenance and other purposes, during which Bidders cannot participate or place bids. If such outages occur, we may at our discretion extend bidding for the Auction. Bidders unable to place their Bids through the Internet are directed to contact Client Services at 1-800-872-6467.

21. The Auctioneer, its affiliates, or their employees consign items to be sold in the Auction, and may bid on those lots or any other lots. Auctioneer or affiliates expressly reserve the right to modify any such bids at any time prior to the hammer based upon data made known to the Auctioneer or its affiliates. The Auctioneer may extend advances, guarantees, or loans to certain consignors.

22. The Auctioneer has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers.

Payment: 23. All sales are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier

checks, travelers checks, eChecks, and bank money orders, and are subject to all reporting requirements). All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in Auctioneer’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. Auctioneer reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten business day hold, and thirty days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via eCheck, personal or corporate checks. All others will be subject to a hold of 5 days, or more, for the funds to clear prior to releasing merchandise. (ref. T&C item 7 Credit for additional information.) Payments can be made 24-48 hours post auction from the My Orders page of the HA.com website.

24. Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. Auctioneer reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within 7 days after the close of the Auction. In cases of nonpayment, Auctioneer’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay Auctioneer its fees (seller’s and buyer’s premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot.

25. Lots delivered to you, or your representative in the States of Texas, California, New York, or other states where the Auction may be held, are subject to all applicable state and local taxes, unless appropriate permits are on file with Auctioneer. (Note: Coins are only subject to sales tax in California on invoices under $1500 and in Texas on invoices under $1000. Check the Web site at: http://coins.ha.com/c/ref/sales-tax.zx for more details.) Bidder agrees to pay Auctioneer the actual amount of tax due in the event that sales tax is not properly collected due to: 1) an expired, inaccurate, inappropriate tax certificate or declaration, 2) an incorrect interpretation of the applicable statute, 3) or any other reason. The appropriate form or certificate must be on file at and verified by Auctioneer five days prior to Auction or tax must be paid; only if such form or certificate is received by Auctioneer within 4 days after the Auction can a refund of tax paid be made. Lots from different Auctions may not be aggregated for sales tax purposes.

26. In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If you attempt to pay via eCheck and your financial institution denies this transfer from your bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, you agree to complete payment using your credit card on file.

27. If any Auction invoice submitted by Auctioneer is not paid in full when due, the unpaid balance will bear interest at the highest rate permitted by law from the date of invoice until paid. Any invoice not paid when due will bear a three percent (3%) late fee on the invoice amount or three percent (3%) of any installment that is past due. If the Auctioneer refers any invoice to an attorney for collection, the buyer agrees to pay attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by Auctioneer. If Auctioneer assigns collection to its in-house legal staff, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys.

28. In the event a successful Bidder fails to pay any amounts due, Auctioneer reserves the right to sell the lot(s) securing the invoice to any underbidders in the Auction that the lot(s) appeared, or at subsequent private or public sale, or relist the lot(s) in a future auction conducted by Auctioneer. A defaulting Bidder agrees to pay for the reasonable costs of resale (including a 10% seller’s commission, if consigned to an auction conducted by Auctioneer). The defaulting Bidder is liable to pay any difference between his total original invoice for the lot(s), plus any applicable interest, and the net proceeds for the lot(s) if sold at private sale or the subsequent hammer price of the lot(s) less the 10% seller’s commissions, if sold at an Auctioneer’s auction.

Terms and Conditions of Auction29.Auctioneer reserves the right to require payment in full in good funds before delivery of the

merchandise. 30. Auctioneer shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the buyer to secure payment of

the Auction invoice. Auctioneer is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the buyer then held by the Auctioneer or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due the Auctioneer or affiliates from the buyer. With respect to these lien rights, Auctioneer shall have all the rights of a secured creditor under Article 9 of the Texas Uniform Commercial Code, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the buyer waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against the Auctioneer and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice. If a Bidder owes Auctioneer or its affiliates on any account, Auctioneer and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession.

31. Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the buyer to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper.

Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges: 32. Buyer is liable for shipping and handling. Please refer to Auctioneer’s website www.HA.com/

common/shipping.php for the latest charges or call Auctioneer. Auctioneer is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs.

33. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified customs declarations, to the Auctioneer for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price together with its buyer’s premium and Auctioneer shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Buyers on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs.

34. All shipping charges will be borne by the successful Bidder. On all domestic shipments, any risk of loss during shipment will be borne by Heritage until the shipping carrier’s confirmation of delivery to the address of record in Auctioneer’s file (carrier’s confirmation is conclusive to prove delivery to Bidder; if the client has a Signature release on file with the carrier, the package is considered delivered without Signature) or delivery by Heritage to Bidder’s selected third-party shipper. On all foreign shipments, any risk of loss during shipment will be borne by the Bidder following Auctioneer’s delivery to the Bidder’s designated common carrier or third-party shipper.

35. Due to the nature of some items sold, it shall be the responsibility for the successful Bidder to arrange pick-up and shipping through third-parties; as to such items Auctioneer shall have no liability. Failure to pick-up or arrange shipping in a timely fashion (within ten days) shall subject Lots to storage and moving charges, including a $100 administration fee plus $10 daily storage for larger items and $5.00 daily for smaller items (storage fee per item) after 35 days. In the event the Lot is not removed within ninety days, the Lot may be offered for sale to recover any past due storage or moving fees, including a 10% Seller’s Commission.

36. The laws of various countries regulate the import or export of certain plant and animal properties, including (but not limited to) items made of (or including) ivory, whalebone, turtle shell, coral, crocodile, or other wildlife. Transport of such lots may require special licenses for export, import, or both. Bidder is responsible for: 1) obtaining all information on such restricted items for both export and import; 2) obtaining all such licenses and/or permits. Delay or failure to obtain any such license or permit does not relieve the buyer of timely compliance with standard payment terms. For further information, please contact Ron Brackemyre at 800- 872-6467 ext. 1312.

37. Any request for shipping verification for undelivered packages must be made within 30 days of shipment by Auctioneer.

Cataloging, Warranties and Disclaimers: 38. NO WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO ANY

DESCRIPTION CONTAINED IN THIS AUCTION OR ANY SECOND OPINE. Any description of the items or second opine contained in this Auction is for the sole purpose of identifying the items for those Bidders who do not have the opportunity to view the lots prior to bidding, and no description of items has been made part of the basis of the bargain or has created any express warranty that the goods would conform to any description made by Auctioneer. Color variations can be expected in any electronic or printed imaging, and are not grounds for the return of any lot. NOTE: Auctioneer, in specified auction venues, for example, Fine Art, may have express written warranties and you are referred to those specific terms and conditions. .

39. Auctioneer is selling only such right or title to the items being sold as Auctioneer may have by virtue of consignment agreements on the date of auction and disclaims any warranty of title to the Property. Auctioneer disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purposes. All images, descriptions, sales data, and archival records are the exclusive property of Auctioneer, and may be used by Auctioneer for advertising, promotion, archival records, and any other uses deemed appropriate.

40. Translations of foreign language documents may be provided as a convenience to interested parties. Auctioneer makes no representation as to the accuracy of those translations and will not be held responsible for errors in bidding arising from inaccuracies in translation.

41. Auctioneer disclaims all liability for damages, consequential or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the sale of any Property by Auctioneer to Bidder. No third party may rely on any benefit of these Terms and Conditions and any rights, if any, established hereunder are personal to the Bidder and may not be assigned. Any statement made by the Auctioneer is an opinion and does not constitute a warranty or representation. No employee of Auctioneer may alter these Terms and Conditions, and, unless signed by a principal of Auctioneer, any such alteration is null and void.

42. Auctioneer shall not be liable for breakage of glass or damage to frames (patent or latent); such defects, in any event, shall not be a basis for any claim for return or reduction in purchase price.

Release: 43. In consideration of participation in the Auction and the placing of a bid, Bidder expressly releases

Auctioneer, its officers, directors and employees, its affiliates, and its outside experts that provide second opines, from any and all claims, cause of action, chose of action, whether at law or equity or any arbitration or mediation rights existing under the rules of any professional society or affiliation based upon the assigned description, or a derivative theory, breach of warranty express or implied, representation or other matter set forth within these Terms and Conditions of Auction or otherwise. In the event of a claim, Bidder agrees that such rights and privileges conferred therein are strictly construed as specifically declared herein; e.g., authenticity, typographical error, etc. and are the exclusive remedy. Bidder, by non-compliance to these express terms of a granted remedy, shall waive any claim against Auctioneer.

44. Notice: Some Property sold by Auctioneer are inherently dangerous e.g. firearms, cannons, and small items that may be swallowed or ingested or may have latent defects all of which may cause harm to a person. Purchaser accepts all risk of loss or damage from its purchase of these items and Auctioneer disclaims any liability whether under contract or tort for damages and losses, direct or inconsequential, and expressly disclaims any warranty as to safety or usage of any lot sold.

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Provision: 45. By placing a bid or otherwise participating in the auction, Bidder accepts these Terms and Conditions

of Auction, and specifically agrees to the dispute resolution provided herein. Consumer disputes shall be resolved through court litigation which has an exclusive Dallas, Texas venue clause and jury waiver. Non-consumer dispute shall be determined in binding arbitration which arbitration replaces the right to go to court, including the right to a jury trial.

46. Auctioneer in no event shall be responsible for consequential damages, incidental damages, compensatory damages, or any other damages arising or claimed to be arising from the auction of any lot. In the event that Auctioneer cannot deliver the lot or subsequently it is established that the lot lacks title, or other transfer or condition issue is claimed, in such cases the sole remedy shall be limited to rescission of sale and refund of the amount paid by Bidder; in no case shall Auctioneer’s maximum liability exceed the high bid on that lot, which bid shall be deemed for all purposes the value of the lot. After one year has elapsed, Auctioneer’s maximum liability shall be limited to any commissions and fees Auctioneer earned on that lot.

47. In the event of an attribution error, Auctioneer may at its sole discretion, correct the error on the Internet, or, if discovered at a later date, to refund the buyer’s purchase price without further obligation.

48. Dispute Resolution for Consumers and Non-Consumers: Any claim, dispute, or controversy in connection with, relating to and /or arising out of the Auction, participation in the Auction, award of lots, damages of claims to lots, descriptions, condition reports, provenance, estimates, return and warranty rights, any interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, any alleged verbal modification of these Terms and Conditions and/or any purported settlement whether asserted in contract, tort, under Federal or State statute or regulation shall or any other matter: a) if presented by a consumer, be exclusively heard by, and the parties consent to, exclusive in personam jurisdiction in the State District Courts of Dallas County, Texas. THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. Any appeals shall be solely pursued in the appellate courts of the State of Texas; or b) for any claimant other than a consumer, the claim shall be presented in confidential binding arbitration before a single arbitrator, that the parties may agree upon, selected from the JAMS list of Texas arbitrators. The case is not to be administrated by JAMS; however, if the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, then JAMS shall appoint the arbitrator and it shall be conducted under JAMS rules. The locale shall be Dallas Texas. The arbitrator’s award may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any party on any claim involving the purchase or sale of numismatic or related items may elect arbitration through binding PNG arbitration. Any claim must be brought within one (1) year of the alleged breach, default or misrepresentation or the claim is waived. This agreement and any claims shall be determined and construed under Texas law. The prevailing party (party that is awarded substantial and material relief on its claim or defense) may be awarded its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.

49. No claims of any kind can be considered after the settlements have been made with the consignors. Any dispute after the settlement date is strictly between the Bidder and consignor without involvement or responsibility of the Auctioneer.

50. In consideration of their participation in or application for the Auction, a person or entity (whether the successful Bidder, a Bidder, a purchaser and/or other Auction participant or registrant) agrees that all disputes in any way relating to, arising under, connected with, or incidental to these Terms and Conditions and purchases, or default in payment thereof, shall be arbitrated pursuant to the arbitration provision. In the event that any matter including actions to compel arbitration, construe the agreement, actions in aid or arbitration or otherwise needs to be litigated, such litigation shall be exclusively in the Courts of the State of Texas, in Dallas County, Texas, and if necessary the corresponding appellate courts. For such actions, the successful Bidder, purchaser, or Auction participant also expressly submits himself to the personal jurisdiction of the State of Texas.

51. These Terms & Conditions provide specific remedies for occurrences in the auction and delivery process. Where such remedies are afforded, they shall be interpreted strictly. Bidder agrees that any claim shall utilize such remedies; Bidder making a claim in excess of those remedies provided in these Terms and Conditions agrees that in no case whatsoever shall Auctioneer’s maximum liability exceed the high bid on that lot, which bid shall be deemed for all purposes the value of the lot.

Miscellaneous: 52. Agreements between Bidders and consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit

bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize the Auctioneer’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, Auctioneer reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement.

53. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by Heritage in the future. In conformity with “do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. Heritage may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available through Heritage and its affiliates and subsidiaries.

54. Rules of Construction: Auctioneer presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Terms and Conditions of Auction by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.

State Notices: Notice as to an Auction in California. Auctioneer has in compliance with Title 2.95 of the California Civil Code as amended October 11, 1993 Sec. 1812.600, posted with the California Secretary of State its bonds for it and its employees, and the auction is being conducted in compliance with Sec. 2338 of the Commercial Code and Sec. 535 of the Penal Code. Notice as to an Auction in New York City. These Terms and Conditions of Sale are designed to conform to the applicable sections of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Rules and Regulations as Amended. This sale is a Public Auction Sale conducted by Heritage Auctioneers & Galleries, Inc. # 41513036. The New York City licensed auctioneers are: Sam Foose, #095260; Kathleen Guzman, #0762165; Nicholas Dawes, #1304724; Ed Beardsley, #1183220; Scott Peterson, #1306933; Andrea Voss, #1320558, who will conduct the Sale on behalf of itself and Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc. (for Coins) and Currency Auctions of America, Inc. (for currency). All lots are subject to: the consignor’s rights to bid thereon in accord with these Terms and Conditions of Sale, consignor’s option to receive advances on their consignments, and Auctioneer, in its sole discretion, may offer limited extended financing to registered bidders, in accord with Auctioneer’s internal credit standards. A registered bidder may inquire whether a lot is subject to an advance or a reserve. Auctioneer has made advances to various consignors in this sale. On lots bearing an estimate, the term refers to a value range placed on an item by the Auctioneer in its sole opinion but the final price is determined by the bidders. Notice as to an Auction in Texas. In compliance with TDLR rule 67.100(c)(1), notice is hereby provided that this auction is covered by a Recovery Fund administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, P.O. Box 12157, Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-6599. Any complaints may be directed to the same address.Notice as to an Auction in Ohio: Auction firm and Auctioneer are licensed by the Dept. of Agriculture, and either the licensee is bonded in favor of the state or an aggrieved person may initiate a claim against the auction recovery fund created in Section 4707.25 of the Revised Code as a result of the licensee’s actions, whichever is applicable.

Rev. 1-18-12

Terms and Conditions of Auction

New York State Auctions OnlyNotice as to an Auction in New York City. These Terms and Conditions of Sale are designed to conform to the applicable sections of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Rules and Regulations as Amended. This sale is a Public Auction Sale conducted by Heritage Auctioneers & Galleries, Inc. # 41513036. The New York City licensed auctioneers are: Sam Foose, #095260; Kathleen Guzman, #0762165; Nicholas Dawes, #1304724; Ed Beardsley, #1183220; Scott Peterson, #1306933; Andrea Voss, #1320558, who will conduct the Sale on behalf of itself and Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc. (for Coins) and Currency Auctions of America, Inc. (for currency). All lots are subject to: the consignor’s rights to bid thereon in accord with these Terms and Conditions of Sale, consignor’s option to receive advances on their consignments, and Auctioneer, in its sole discretion, may offer limited extended financing to registered bidders, in accord with Auctioneer’s internal credit standards. A registered bidder may inquire whether a lot is subject to an advance or a reserve. Auctioneer has made advances to various consignors in this sale. On lots bearing an estimate, the term refers to a value range placed on an item by the Auctioneer in its sole opinion but the final price is determined by the bidders. Rev 10-10-11

Additional Terms & Conditions: MEMORABILIA & HISTORICAL AUCTIONS

MEMORABILIA & HISTORICAL TERM A: Signature® and Grand Format Auctions of Autographs, Sports Collectibles, Music, Entertainment, Political, Americana, Vintage Movie Posters and Pop Culture memorabilia are not on approval. When the lot is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (or its equivalent) from an third-party authentication provider, buyer has no right of return. On lots not accompanied by third-party authentication or under extremely limited circumstances not including authenticity (e.g. gross cataloging error), a purchaser who did not bid from the floor may request Auctioneer to evaluate voiding a sale; such request must be made in writing detailing the alleged gross error, and submission of the lot to Auctioneer must be pre-approved by Auctioneer. A Bidder must notify the appropriate department head (check the inside front cover of the catalog or our website for a listing of department heads) in writing of the Bidder’s request within three (3) days of the non-floor bidder’s receipt of the lot. Any lot that is to be evaluated for return must be received in our offices within 35 days after Auction. AFTER THAT 35 DAY PERIOD, NO LOT MAY BE RETURNED FOR ANY REASONS. Lots returned must be in the same condition as when sold and must include any Certificate of Authenticity. No lots purchased by floor bidders (including those bidders acting as agents for others) may be returned. Late remittance for purchases may be considered just cause to revoke all return privileges.

MEMORABILIA & HISTORICAL TERM B: On any lot presented with a Letter of Authenticity (“LOA”) issued by Auctioneer or its Heritage affiliates, that warranty inures only to the original purchaser (as shown in Auctioneer’s records) “Purchaser”. Purchaser may not transfer the rights afforded under the LOA and it is null and void when Purchaser transfers or attempts to transfer the lot. The LOA warranty is valid from date of the auction in which Purchaser was awarded the lot to four (4) years after its purchase. The LOA warranty is valid as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage, e.g. game worn. Claim procedure: Purchaser must contact the Auctioneer prior to submission of the lot as to his intent to make a claim and arrange secure shipment. If a lot’s authenticity is questioned by Purchaser within the warranty period, Purchaser must present with the claim, authoritative written evidence that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the sports field. If Auctioneer concurs that the lot is not as represented, Purchaser shall be refunded their purchase price. If the Auctioneer denies the claim, the Purchaser may file the dispute with the American Arbitration Association with locale in Dallas, Texas, before a single arbitration under expedited rules. The LOA does not provide for incidental or consequential damages or other indirect damages. Any lot sold with a certificate of authenticity or other warranty from an entity other than Auctioneer or Heritage’s affiliates is subject to such issuing entity’s rules and such conditions are the sole remedy afforded to purchaser. For information as to third party authentication warranties the bidder is directed to: PSA/DNA, P.O. Box 6180 Newport Beach, CA 92658 (800) 325-1121. James Spence Authentication (JSA), 2 Sylvan Way, Suite 102 Parsippany, NJ 07054 (888) 457-7362; or as otherwise noted on the Certificate.

MEMORABILIA & HISTORICAL TERM C: As authenticity and provenance are not warranted, if a Bidder intends to challenge, authenticity or provenance of a lot he must notify Auctioneer in writing within thirty-five (35) days of the Auction’s conclusion. Any claim as to provenance or authenticity must be first transmitted to Auctioneer by credible and definitive evidence or the opine of a qualified third party expert and there is no assurance after such presentment that Auctioneer will validate the claim. Authentication is not an exact science and contrary opinions may not be recognized by Auctioneer. Even if Auctioneer agrees with the contrary opinion of such authentication and validates the claim, Auctioneer’s liability for reimbursement for any opine by Bidder’s expert shall not exceed $500. Acceptance of a claim under this provision shall be limited to rescission of the sale and refund of purchase price; in no case shall Auctioneer’s maximum liability exceed the high bid on that lot, which bid shall be deemed for all purposes the value of the lot. While every effort is made to determine provenance and authenticity, it is the responsibility of the Bidder to arrive at their own conclusion prior to bidding.

MEMORABILIA & HISTORICAL TERM D: In the event Auctioneer cannot deliver the lot or

subsequently it is established that the lot lacks title, or other transfer or condition issue is claimed, Auctioneer’s liability shall be limited to rescission of sale and refund of purchase price; in no case shall Auctioneer’s maximum liability exceed the high bid on that lot, which bid shall be deemed for all purposes the value of the lot. After one year has elapsed from the close of the Auction, Auctioneer’s maximum liability shall be limited to any commissions and fees Auctioneer earned on that lot.

MEMORABILIA & HISTORICAL TERM E: On the fall of Auctioneer’s hammer, buyer assumes full risk and responsibility for lot, including shipment by common carrier, and must provide their own insurance coverage for shipments.

MEMORABILIA & HISTORICAL TERM F: Auctioneer complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A purchaser is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Purchaser is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm.

MEMORABILIA AND HISTORICAL TERM G -SCREEN SHOT. Screen shots included in the catalog or on the Heritage Internet are provided for reference only. Important Notice: Many identical versions of props and costumes are created for film and television productions in the normal course of a production. Heritage does not warrant or represent that the screen shots referenced are exact images of the offered item (unless specifically noted in the written description). Use of a screen shot does not constitute a warranty or representation of authenticity or provenance. There is not a right of return or refund based upon a claim arising out of or pertaining to any reference to a screen shot.

SPECIAL TERM H GUITARS: Bidders are urged to make a personal inspection of any guitar that they intend to bid on as there is a limited right of return. Heritage makes a visual inspection of the guitars to determine whether there are patent defects and whether the date and manufacturer corresponds to the description. Returns are not accepted for latent defects, structural issues, or mechanical and sound reproduction issues. It should be assumed that set up, adjustments and normal maintenance are necessary.

For wiring instructions call the Credit department at 1-800-872-6467 or e-mail: [email protected]

Rev. 1-21-11

How to Ship Your Purchases

Shippers that Heritage has used are listed below. However, you are not obligated to choose from the following and may provide Heritage with information of your preferred shipper.

Navis Pack & Ship The Packing & Moving Center Craters & Freighters 161 Pittsburgh St 2040 E. Arkansas Lane, Ste #222 2220 Merritt Drive, Suite 200 Dallas, TX 75207 Arlington, TX 76011 Garland, TX 75041 Ph: 972-870-1212 Ph: 817-795-1999 Ph: 972-840-8147 Fax: 214-409-9001 Fax: 214-409-9000 Fax: 214-780-5674 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

• ItistheThirdPartyShipper’sresponsibilitytopack(orcrate)andship(orfreight)yourpurchasetoyou.Please make all payment arrangements for shipping with your Shipper of choice.

• AnyquestionsconcerningThirdPartyShippingcanbeaddressedthroughourClientServicesDepartment at 1-866-835-3243.

• Successfulbiddersareadvisedthatpick-uporshippingarrangementsshouldbemadewithinten(10)daysoftheauctionortheymaybesubjecttostoragefeesasstatedinHeritage’sTerms&ConditionsofAuction,item 35.

Agent Shipping Release Authorization form

Heritage Auction Galleries requires “Third Party Shipping” for certain items in this auction not picked up in person by the buyer. It shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder to arrange pick up and shipping through a third party; as to such items auctioneer shall have no liability.

Steps to follow:

1. Select a shipping company from the list below or a company of your choosing.

2. Complete, sign, and return an Agent Shipping Release Authorization formtoHeritage(thisformwillautomaticallybeemailedtoyou alongwithyourwinningbid(s)noticeormaybeobtainedbycalling ClientServicesat866-835-3243).Thecompletedformmaybe faxed to 214-409-1425.

3. HeritageAuctions’shippingdepartmentwillcoordinatewiththeshipping company you have selected to pick up your purchases.

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Across Aboriginal America. The Journey of Three Englishmen Across Texas

42231

Across the Continent with the Fifth Cavalry 42193

Address of Genl. J. W. A. Sanford, Commissioner of Georgia. Before the Texan Convention

42163

Address of His Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar to the Citizens of Santa Fe

42104

Address of the Commissioners for Raising the Endowment of the University of the South

42345

Address of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America

42220

Address of the Military Board to the People of Texas

42113

Adventures of Bill Longley 42241

Affleck, Thomas 42001

Affleck's Southern Rural Almanac, and Plantation and Garden Calendar, for 1857

42001

Allen, Ebenezer 42096

Allen, George 42192

Allen, William 42002

Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno 42148

42149

An Act Providing for the Support of Schools, or as much thereof as is in Force, Approved August 29th, 1856

42318

An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on the Texas Question

42192

Andele, Or the Mexican-Kiowa Captive: A Story of Real Life Among the Indians

42289

Annual Catalogue of Texas Military Institute 42064

Answer of Rutersville College, (Now the Texas Monument and Military Institute), to the Claim Set Up to the College Lots and Buildings, by the Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Its Meeting at Waco, Texas, in December, 1857

42314

Apache Gold & Yaqui Silver 42052

Arkansas Grant. A Brief History 42208

Aunt Dicy Tales: Snuff-Dipping Tales of the Texas Negro

42203

AustinOfficerElection 42194

Austin, Moses 42003

42004

Austin, Stephen F. 42005

42006

Austin's Colony 42005

42030

42032

42080

Badges 42311

42312

Baker, D. W. C. 42007

Baker, Moseley 42292

Ballinger, W. P. 42008

Bandelier, Adolphe F. 42196

Bandelier, Fanny 42228

Bartlett, John Russell 42009

Baseball 42197

Battle of El Molino del Rey 42109

Battle of Galveston 42334

Battle of Gonzales 42021

Battle of San Jacinto 42162

Battle of San Jacinto, The 42130

Beales Grant 42208

Beauchamp, Thomas 42198

Berry, James 42199

Bevil, John 42078

Bibliography of Texas, A 42304

Biddle, Ellen McGowan 42193

Biennial Report of the Comptroller of Texas, for the Fiscal Years 1858-'59

42338

Bill to be Entitled An Act to Incorporate the Houston, Trinity and Tyler Railroad Company, A

42156

Blessington, Joseph P. 42010

42200

Bolivar, Texas 42011

42012

Bonavía y Zapata, Bernardo 42013

42014

Bonilla, Antonio 42048

Border Wars of Texas 42262

Borein, Edward 42015

Bowl with Handle 42026

Box, Captain Michael James 42201

Braman, D. E. E. 42202

Braman's Information About Texas 42202

Brewer, J. Mason 42203

Bridwell, J. W. 42016

Brown, John Henry 42017

42204

42262

Bryan, William 42173

Buckner, B. P. 42205

Buffalo Bayou 42206

Bullfight Manual for Spectators 42330

Burgundy, France 42065

Burnet, David G. 42018

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Bustamante, Anastasio 42165

Butler, Benjamin F. 42208

Butterfield Overland Mail 1857-1869, The 42034

Caldwell, Matthew 42021

Calendar of Twelve Travelers Through the Pass of the North

42274

Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan, A

42237

Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division. By a Private Soldier, The

42010

42200

Canales, Servando 42062

Capt. James Box's Adventures and Explorations in New and Old Mexico

42201

Carta de Pago 42029

Carter, Capt. Robert G. 42022

42023

Catlin, George 42024

Cattle Brand Application 42305

Cavalry Ledger 42223

Cave, Eber W. 42303

Cerda, Julian 42062

Chabot, Frederick C. 42211

Chambers, Thomas Jefferson 42027

42028

Channing, William E. 42192

CharlesIII 42212

Charter of the Galveston and Red River Railway Company

42152

Chase, Franklin 42029

42307

Chihuahua, Mexico 42213

Chocolate Pot 42026

Chriesman, Horatio 42030

Circular to the Citizens of Harris County 42199

Circular. Treasurer's Office, Austin, October 2nd, 1857

42318

Cisneros, Jose 42031

Civil War 42185

42222

42223

42334

42335

42348

Clater, Francis 42214

Clay, Nestor 42032

Coke, Richard 42215

Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas 42040

Colonial Texas Military Commander 42013

42014

Colorado Springs Vacation 42033

Commerce of the Prairies: or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader During Eight Expeditions Across the Great Western Prairies

42073

Commercial Herald and Market Review 42278

Comonfort,Ignacio 42029

Comprehensive History of Texas 1685-1897, A 42188

Confederate Re-Union Song 42309

Confederate Texas 42008

42010

42028

42041

42042

42044

42045

42062

42063

42113

42114

42219

42220

42295

42309

Conkling, Roscoe P. and Margaret B. 42034

Conrad, Charles M. 42109

Considerant, Victor 42035

Constitution of the Confederate States of America, The

42044

Constitution of the Confederate States of America, The

42045

Constitution of the State of Texas, as Amended in 1861, The

42044

Constitution of the State of Texas, as Amended in 1861, The

42045

Cooke, William G. 42162

Corro, Jose Justo 42176

Cortina War 42036

Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the Development of the West, The

42313

Cowboys on Horseback 42015

Cowpunchers 42015

Cox, James 42037

42216

Crane, William Carey 42217

Crime 42016

42038

42346

Crockett, David 42039

42040

42218

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Cullen, E. W. 42061

Cushing, S. W. 42224

Cushman, Horatio 42225

Cynthia Ann Parker 42232

Dailey, Modena Stroud 42306

Dallas 42226

42320

42046

42227

42197

Davis, George W. 42049

Dawn at the Alamo 42130

Day, James M. 42349

De Cordova, Jacob 42123

De Cordova's Map of Texas 42123

de Galvez Gallardo, Jose Bernardo 42243

de Mayorga, Don Martin 42047

42230

de Vaca, Cabeza 42228

de Zavala, Lorenzo 42190

Deaton, E. L. 42229

Debray, Xavier 42330

Decree of the General Congress 42177

DeCroix, Teodoro 42047

42048

42230

DeGolyer, Everette 42231

Democracy States Rights in Camp 42238

DeMorse, Charles 42327

Description of Texas, Its Advantages and Resources, with Some Account of Their Development, Past, Present and Future, A

42157

DeShields, James T. 42232

42262

Dewees, William 42233

DeWitt, Green 42049

DeWitt's Colony 42049

Dickinson, Almeron 42050

Dill, Minnie G. 42330

Display Longhorns 42111

Dobie, J. Frank 42051

42052

Documents Connected with the Late Controversy between Gen. T. J. Chambers of Texas, and Messrs. Wilson & Postlethwaite of Kentucky

42027

Doniphan Expedition 42237

Doniphan's Expedition 42090

Dove Hunt 42128

Dueling 42027

Dunn, John 42146

Duval, John C. 42053

42234

Eagle Pass Archive 42236

Eagle Pass Football 42235

Early Times in Texas 42053

42234

Edward, David B. 42054

42055

Edwards, Frank S. 42237

El Progreso 42029

Elliot, Stephen 42345

Ellis, Edward 42239

Ensayo Histórico de las Revoluciones de México desde 1808 hasta 1830

42190

Erle P. Halliburton: Genius with Cement 42250

Escobedo, Mariano 42098

European Colonization in Texas: An Address to the American People

42035

Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor 42214

Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days, The

42325

Ewing, Alexander 42351

Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852

42283

F. Reaugh 42306

F. Reaugh - Man and Artist 42306

Facts for the People 42086

Facts to Establish the Importance of the Galveston and Red River Railway

42150

Falcon, Jose Miguel 42174

Fannin, James 42056

Fifth Annual Report of the President and Directors of the H. and T. C. Railway Company, To the Stockholders

42154

Filisola, Vicente 42057

Fillmore, Millard 42109

First Annual Report of the President and Directors of the H. T. & B Railway Company

42151

First Baptist Church of Houston 42082

First Battle of Galveston Bay 42185

Fiscal History of Texas, Embracing an Account of its Revenues, Debts, and Currency, The

42244

Fischbein, Max 42184

Fisher, Henry Francis 42058

Fisher-Miller Grant 42058

Fiske, M. 42059

Five Years a Cavalryman 42131

Five Years a Cavalryman: or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier

42286

Five Years in Texas; or, What You Did Not Hear During the War From January 1861 to January 1865

42295

Five Years in the West; or, How an Inexperienced Young Man Finds his Occupation

42002

Florez, Manuel Antonio 42212

Flowers and Fruits from the Wilderness 42291

Foote, Henry Stuart 42060

Footprints of Texas History 42330

Ford,John"RIP" 42061



Ford, Reuben W. 42277

Forshey, Caleb 42064

Forty Years at El Paso 1858-1898 42290

Free Frank 42257

Freeman, James W. 42240

Freemasonry 42284

French, James S. 42218

Frontier Postmasters, The 42330

Fuller, Henry 42241

G. T. T. Gone to Texas Letters from Our Boys 42259

Galveston 42066

42067

42242

42302

Garcia de Herrera, Ygnacio 42243

Garza y Evia, Juan Nepomuceno 42164

Gates, William 42029

General Laws of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas, By Authority

42043

General Laws of the Extra Session of the Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas

42340

General Laws of the Extra Session of the Ninth Legislature, of the State of Texas

42042

General Laws of the Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas

42042

General Laws of the Tenth Legislature (Second Extra Session,) of the State of Texas

42042

General Laws of the Tenth Legislature of the State of Texas

42042

General Laws of the Tenth Legislature, (Called Session,) with the Provisional and Permanent Constitutions of the Confederate States; Also, the Constitution of the State of Texas

42042

George Sergeant, Jr.: An Oral History Interview Conducted by Alan Mason on November 11, 1980

42320

George, W. S. 42026

German Emigration Company 42135

Goliad Massacre 42053

42056

Gomez de la Cortina, Jose 42176

Gonzales, Governor Rafael 42068

Gonzales, Texas 42050

Goodbye to a River: A Narrative by John Graves 42247

Goodnight, Charles 42069

Gouge, William 42244

Government Bond 42207

42267

Graham Centennial History, Graham, Texas 1872-1972

42331

Grange, The 42245

Grant, Ulysses 42246

Graves, John 42247

Great Plains, The 42347

Great West, The 42145

Green, Ben K. 42248

Green, Thomas J. 42070

42071

42072

Greenleaf, Jeremiah 42119

Gregg, Josiah 42073

Gregg, Rosalie 42331

Grizzly From the Coral Sea, A 42105

42275

Guide to the Republic of Texas 42092

Haley, J. Evetts 42074

42249

42250

Hall, James L. 42132

42133

42134

Hall, Lucille 42075

Hamilton County Historical Commission 42331

Hardin, John Wesley 42251

42252

Harman, Samuel W. 42076

Harris County 42279

Hays, John C. 42077

Head Right Land Grant 42078

42299

Heintzelman, Samuel P. 42036

Hell on the Border; He Hanged Eighty-Eight Men 42076

Henderson, James Pinckney 42020

Heraldry of the Range, The 42074

Hertzog, Carl 42105

42290

Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel 42079

Hidalgo, Mario G. 42062

Historical and Biographical Record Of The Cattle Industry & The Cattlemen of Texas & Adjacent Territory

42037

42216

History of Hamilton County Texas, A 42331

History of Jack County 42331

History of Spanish Fort, Texas 42331

History of Texas From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846

42189

History of Texas, from Its Discovery and Settlement with a Description of Its Principal Cities and Counties, and the Agricultural, Mineral, and Material Resources of the State

42139

42140

42054

History of Texas, or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic by a Resident Emigrant, A

42269

History of Texas; or, The Emigrant's, Farmer's, and Politician's Guide to the Character, Climate, Soil, and Productions of that Country: Geographically Arranged from Personal Observation and Experience, The

42055

History of the Cattlemen of Texas 42025

History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians

42225

History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36

42143

Holden, William Curry 42253

Holley, Mary Austin 42080

Holliday, John 42167

Homann, Johann Baptista 42118

Honest Bob and the Texas Congress 42330

Hooker, W. 42080

Horton, Thomas F. 42331

Houston 42081

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42255

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42303

42311

42312

Houston, Sam 42083

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42085

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Houston, Texas, Nov. 20th, 1864. To the Senators and Representatives in Congress, from the State of Texas

42337

Houstoun, Matilda Charlotte 42088

42089

Hughes, John T. 42090

Hughes, Thomas 42259

Hunt, Memucan 42091

Hunt, Richard S. 42092

Hunter, J. Marvin 42260

42332

Hunter, Robert Hancock 42261

Hunter, William L. 42056

Hutchins, Lt. Col. W. J. 42337

IllustriousOrderoftheRedCross 42284

In the Limelight, or a History of Anadarko [Caddo County] and Vicinity from the Earliest Days

42289

Indian Depredations in Texas 42187

Indian Fights on the Texas Frontier 42229

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 42017

42204

42262

Indians 42225

42262

42289

42349

Infantry-Tactics; or, Rules For the Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States' Infantry

42167

IntercontinentalRailroad 42127

Irion,RobertA. 42263

Iturbide,Agustin 42093

42138

Jack, William H. 42326

Jackson, George 42264

James, John 42262

Jenkins, John J. 42330

Johnson's New Military Map of the United States 42276

Jones & Murphy's Map of the City of Dallas, Texas

42125

Jones, Anson 42094

42095

42096

42265

Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier 42070

42071

Journal or Minutes of the Constitutional Convention: Held in the City of Austin, Texas, Feb. 7 1866

42333

Journals of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas: Fifth Congress, First Session. 1840-1841

42179

Journey Through Texas, A 42296

Juarez, Benito 42029

42097

42098

42285

Kendall, George Wilkins 42099

42266

Kendrick, William A. 42100

Kennedy, William 42101

42102

King Ranch, The 42273

Lama, Tony 42111

Lamar, Henrietta 42103

Lamar, Mirabeau B. 42104

42267

42342

Lea, Tom 42275

42290

42330

Lee, Robert E. 42036

Leftwich Grant 42006

Legrand, Edwin Oswald 42108

Lendrum, John H. 42109

Letter on the Annexation of Texas to the United States, A

42192

Letter to the Hon. Henry Clay, on the Annexation of Texas to the United States, A

42192

Letters from an Early Settler of Texas 42233

Life and Adventures of Robert McKimie, Alias "Little Reddy," from Texas, The

42016

Life and Select Literary Remains of Sam Houston of Texas

42217

Life of Colonel David Crockett, The 42239

Life of John Wesley Hardin, The 42251

42252

Linn, John J. 42110

Longhorns, The 42051

Loyalty Oath 42222

Lubbock, Francis 42113

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Lufkin, Texas 42346

Lugleman, Rufus 42078

Lundy, Benjamin 42116

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Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, its History and Annexation. Including a brief Autobiography of the Author

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42004

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42160

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Opinion of Attorney General 42318

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Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, 1928 42249

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Perote Prisoners, The 42211

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Pictorial History of the Texas Rangers, A 42319

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Pinkney, Henry 42029

Plan for the Administration of Justice in Texas 42174

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Presidential Election 42246

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Rangers and the Pioneers of Texas with a Concise Account of the Early Settlements, Hardships, Massacres, Battles and Wars by Which Texas Was Rescued From the Rule of the Savage and Consecrated to the Empire of Civilization

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Raymond, James H. 42318

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Reconstruction Texas 42343

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Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae, nec non Insularum, Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali accurata Tabula exhibita a Ioh

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Reid, Captain Mayne 42308

Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife 42193

Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas 42110

Reminiscences of the Texas Republic 42168

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Report of the Directors and Officers of the Texas Penitentiary, For the Years 1856, '57

42038

Report of the State Engineer in Relation to River and Bay Improvements

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Reports of the Committee on Public Safety to the Convention of the People of the State of Texas

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Republic of Texas 42019

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Republic of Texas Oath 42108

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Rodriguez Memoirs of Early Texas 42158

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Rutersville College 42314

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Shield Mares, The 42248

Six Decades in Texas or Memoirs of Francis Richard Lubbock, Governor of Texas in War-Time, 1861-1863

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Sketch of the History of Debray's (26th) Regiment of Texas Cavalry, A

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Southern and Western Texas Guide for 1878 42310

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Spanish Colonial 42316

Spanish Embargo 42047

Spanish Legal 42316

Speech of Mr. Ashmun, of Massachusetts, upon the President's Message upon the Texas Boundary and the Bill for its Settlement

42192

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 16, 18, and 20, in Secret Session on the Treaty for the Annexation of Texas

42192

Speech of Mr. Charles Hudson, of Mass. on the Annexation of Texas

42192

Speech of Mr. Culver, of New York, on the Texas and Oregon Questions

42192

Speech of Mr. George P. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Annexation of Texas

42192

Speech of Mr. J. Collamer, of Vermont, on the Annexation of Texas

42192

Speech of Mr. John J. Hardin, of Illinois, on the Annexation of Texas

42192

Speech of Mr. Julius Rockwell, of Massachusetts, upon the Admission of Texas as a State into the Union

42192

Speech of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, the Bill Making Further Appropriation to Bring the Existing War to an Honorable Conclusion, called the Three Million Bill

42192

Speech of Mr. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, on the Annexation of Texas, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Jan. 6, 1845

42192

Spring Palace 42169

42170

Spur Ranch, The 42253

St. John, Samuel 42326

Stapp, William Preston 42171

Statement of Judge C. W. Buckley's Testimony, in the case of Smith vs. Hadley, et al., to the People of Texas

42323

Stephen, Homer 42330

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StockCertificate 42011

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42327

Strange Story of Wayne Brazel, The 42293

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Supreme Government of the Free State of Coahuila and Texas

42174

Swisher, Bella French 42329

Talamanca y Branciforte, Miguel la Grua 42014

Texan Emigrant, The 42172

Texan in Search of a Fight, A 42348

Texan Revolution, The 42147

Texan Santa Fe Expedition 42099

42104

Texas - Annexation. Proceedings and Resolutions of a Public Meeting of the Citizens of Mobile County and City, relative to the Annexation of Texas to the United States

42192

Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co. 42302

Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; or Yachting in the New World

42088

42089

Texas and the Texans; or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West

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Texas Annexation 42091

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Texas Centennial 42026

42209

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Texas Christian Advocate 42335

Texas Colonial Governor 42141

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Texas Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities

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Texas Constitutional Convention 42333

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Texas Legislative Manual. Forty-seventh Legislature, containing Constitution of Texas, Rules of the House of Representatives, Rules of the Senate, and Joint Rules of the Two Houses

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Texas Legislature 42042

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Texas Scrap-Book. Made Up of the History, Biography and Miscellany of Texas and Its People, A

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Texas Secession 42163

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Texas State Register, for the Year of Our Lord, 1859

42181

Texas Veteran Association 42115

42182

Texas Wesleyan Banner 42344

Texas. Observations, Historical, Geographical and Descriptive, In a Series of Letters, Written during a Visit to Austin's Colony

42080

Texas: Its Geography, Natural History, and Topography

42102

Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas

42101

The American Sketch Book. A Collection of Historical Incidents with Descriptions of Corresponding Localities. Volume IV

42329

The Ben Lilly Legend 42107

The Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, 1825-1916

42349

To the Citizens of the Counties of Galveston, Harris, Liberty and Chambers

42008

To the Cowboy Artists of America 42250

To the Hon. John Quincy Adams, and the Other Twenty Members of Congress

42292

To the People of Texas 42028

To the Stockholders of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company and the Public Generally

42153

Topographical Map of the City of Austin 42277

Tornel, Jose Maria 42176

42177

Trail Drivers of Texas, The 42260

42332

Traveller's Map of the State of Texas 42124

Treasury Department 42029

Treasury Warrant 42077

42083

Trip to the West and Texas 42298

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Tyler, Ron 42183

United Daughters of the Confederacy 42221

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University of Texas 42210

Unpublished Letters of Adolphe F. Bandelier concerning the writing and publication of "The Delight Makers", The

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Valencia, General Gabriel 42109

Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy 42350

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Visit to Texas, Being the Journal of a Traveller Through Those Parts Most Interesting to American Settlers, A

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West Texas Military Academy 42117

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U.S. Rare Coin Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineU.S. Rare Coins New York March 8-9, 2012 ClosedU.S. Rare Coins Schaumburg, IL April 18-21, 2012 March 9, 2012U.S. Rare Coins Long Beach May 30-June 2, 2012 March 9, 2012World & Ancient Coin Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineJudean Coin Auction New York March 8-9, 2012 ClosedCICF Ancient Coins Chicago April 25, 2012 March 6, 2012CICF World Coins Chicago April 26-28, 2012 March 6, 2012Rare Currency Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineCSNS Chicago April 18-23, 2012 March 2, 2012Currency Dallas October 18-20, 2012 September 1, 2012Fine & Decorative Arts Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineIllustration Art Beverly Hills March 1-2, 2012 ClosedCalifornia Art Beverly Hills March 20, 2012 ClosedFine Silver & Vertu Dallas April 11, 2012 February 7, 2012Photographs New York May 1, 2012 February 28, 2012Texas Art Dallas May 5, 2012 March 3, 2012Art of the American West Dallas May 5, 2012 March 3, 2012American Indian Art Dallas May 5, 2012 March 3, 2012American & European Art Dallas May 15, 2012 March 13, 2012Modern & Contemporary Art Dallas May 22, 2012 March 20, 2012The Boss Star Collection Dallas May 23, 2012 ClosedIllustration Art Beverly Hills June 6, 2012 April 4, 2012Decorative Arts Dallas June 14, 2012 April 7, 201220th Century Design Dallas June 13, 2012 April 11, 2012The Estate Auction Dallas September 10, 2012 July 8, 2012California Art Beverly Hills October 9, 2012 August 2, 2012Jewelry, Timepieces & Luxury Accessory Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineHandbags & Luxury Accessories New York April 29, 2012 February 27, 2012Fine Jewelry New York April 30, 2012 February 27, 2012Watches & Fine Timepieces New York May 21, 2012 March 20, 2012Vintage Movie Posters Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineVintage Movie Posters Dallas March 23-24, 2012 January 31, 2012Vintage Movie Posters Beverly Hills July 25, 2012 June 2, 2012Comics Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineComics & Original Comic Art Dallas February 22-23, 2012 ClosedComics & Original Comic Art Dallas May 17-18, 2012 April 3, 2012Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineMusic, Celebrity & Hollywood Memorabilia Dallas March 31, 2012 February 7, 2012Vintage Guitars & Musical Instruments Dallas April 19-22, 2012 February 27, 2012Historical Grand Format Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineTexana Houston March 3, 2012 ClosedHistorical Manuscripts New York April 11, 2012 February 19, 2012Rare Books & Autographs New York April 11, 2012 February 19, 2012Arms & Armor Dallas April 30, 2012 March 9, 2012NRA Firearms for Freedom Dallas May 1, 2012 March 12, 2012Americana & Political Dallas May 12, 2012 March 21, 2012Space Exploration Dallas May 12, 2012 March 21, 2012Militaria Dallas June 9, 2012 April 18, 2012Legends of the West Dallas June 10, 2012 April 19, 2012Vintage Sports Collectibles Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineVintage Sports Collectibles Dallas April 26-27, 2012 March 5, 2012Natural History Auctions Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineNatural History New York May 20, 2012 February 11, 2012Fine & Rare Wine Location Auction Dates Consignment DeadlineFine & Rare Wine Beverly Hills March 30-31, 2012 February 26, 2012Fine & Rare Wine Beverly Hills June 8-9, 2012 April 26, 2012

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