Niles, John M. History Of
South America And Mexico... [With] A Geographical And
Historical View Of Texas (by L.T. Pease)... Hartford. 1837. 8vo. 2
vols (in 1). 5 maps an dplts. Later 3/4 black leather with blue
cloth. Maps professionally repaired, overall very good. Howes
N-156. The 1837 edition is the first to include the section on
Texas. I.D.#02887.
BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 151 -
WITH RARE MAP
Newell, Chester.
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. By The Rev. C. Newell. Wiley & Putnam.
New-York. 1838. 12mo, x,[ii],215 p. Fold. india paper map. Modern
library cloth, title mutilated and repaired. A good hand
bookbinder could do wonders with this copy. First edition. Second
issue with page iv blank and the dedication on page [iii]. The map
is titled, "Texas, 1838." Rev. Chester Newell (1803-1892) spent
1837 in Texas for reasons of health and wrote as a result, one of
the earliest books published about Texas after it became a
republic. His quotations taken from famous participants in the war
for independence, he names Houston, Lamar, F. Huston, Poe, Ward,
Neil and Shackleford, are accurate and historically significant.
His account is pro-Texas but more objective than many other
American books of the period. Sections consider the history of the
region while part of Mexico, the war, its geography, topography,
statistics, soil and climate. Basic Texas Books 151. The late John
H. Jenkins liked the work very much for in it is found his
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 resort 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?"
I.D.#10362. SOLD.
29th Congress, 1st
Session. Doc. No. 209. Ho. of Reps. Executive. Reports From
General Taylor. Message From The President Of The United States,
Transmitting... Reports... June 12, 1846... GPO. Washington,
DC. 1846. 8vo, 32 p. fold. maps. Disbound, few pages lacking.
Three Texas battle maps on one sheet. I.D.#00256.
Message Of The
President Of The United States, Communicating... A Copy Of The
Report And Maps Of Captain (Randolph Barnes) Marcy Of His
Explorations Of The Big Witchita And Head Waters Of The Brazos
Rivers. March 25, 1856... (34th
Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 60). 48 p.
Lacks large fold. map. I.D.#01754.
Yoakum, Henderson K. History
Of Texas From Its First Settlement In 1685 To Its Annexation To
The United States In 1846 By H. Yoakum, Esq. In Two Volumes...
With Extended Appendix. J.S. Redfield. New York. 1856. 2 vols.
thick 8vos. Ports., fold. maps, views. Rebound in full similated
brown morocco. Ex-library. lacks both folding maps (present in
photocopy). Howes Y10. I.D.#08017. SOLD.
Legislature. An Act To
Incorporate The Vicksburg And El Paso Railroad Company. Circular.
Office of the Southern Pacific (late Texas Western) Railroad
Co., 54 Wall Street. New York. 1856. 8vo, 39 p. Stitched, very
frayed. A stock prospectus reprint. I.D.#01425. SOLD.
Olmsted, Frederick Law. A
Journey Through Texas; Or, A Saddle-Trip On The South-Western
Frontier: With A Statistical Appendix. By Frederick Law Olmsted,
Author Of "A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States," "Walks And
Talks Of An American Farmer In England," Etc., Etc. Dix, Edwards &
Co., 321 Broadway, etc. New York. 1857. Thick 12mo, xxxvi, 516 p.
Fold. Colton map. Brown embossed linen. First edition. Contents
browned but good. Howes 0-79. One of the three trips to the South
stated to strengthen his lungs but more to promote his
anti-slavery sentiments. Famed as a landscape designer. Detailed
map of Texas. I.D.#07357. SOLD.
Texas Pacific Railroad. April
17, 1878... Mr. House, From The Committee On The Pacific Railroad,
Submitted The Following Report: To Accompany H.R. 4398 (45th
Congress, 2d Session. House Of Representatives. Report No. 619).
1878. 9,4 p. New yellow paper wrappers. With the minority report.
1878. I.D.#01755.
Blodgett, Wm. A. Horse
Dealing. Refugio, Texas. 1878. A.1.s. Autograph business
letter from Wm. A. Blodgett, commission merchant and
manufacturer’s agent, Refugio, Texas, September 6, 1878. Mentions
delay of a shipment of horses, also yellow fever. Letterhead.
I.D.#01766.
TEXAS ANNEXATION AND THE
KEARNY EXPEDITION
Polk, James Knox, Pres. U.S.
Message From The President Of The United States To The Two Houses
Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The First Session Of The
Twenty-Ninth Congress. ... GPO. Washington, DC. 1882. 8vo, 446
p. fold. map, fold. tables Disbound. Includes other reports. Map
repaired at fold with slight loss. I.D.#07606.
Improvement Of
Galveston Harbor, Texas. GPO.
Washington, DC. 1886, February 25. 8vo, 30 p. 3 fold. maps and
plans (1 torn). disbound. (49th Cong., 1st
Sess. House Ex.Doc. No. 85). The board consisted of three noted
military engineers, Col. Zealous Bates Tower, Civil War
fortifications expert being the chairman. I.D.#07090.
Grover Cleveland. Message
From The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Report
Relative To The Construction Of Certain Dams In The Rio Grande.
GPO. Washington, DC. 1889, March 2. 8vo, 62 p. 3 very large fold.
partly-col. maps, 6 uncol. plts. Disbound. Text browned, maps
fine. Superb El Paso - Rio Grande flood control document with
three very large maps. 1. Rio Grande River at El Paso Texas... in
1855 and 1885. [original course shown in red] 2. Obras hidraulicas
provectadas para la marjen derecha de Rio Bravo del Norte.
Noviembre de 1885. 3. Estado del rio el 26 de Noviembre de 1888 y
locacion de las obras construidas. I.D.#06945.
Department Of Agriculture,
Insurance Statistics And History. Third Annual Report Of The
Geological Survey Of Texas. (by) E.T. Dumble, state geologist.
Hutchings Printing House. Austin. 1892. 8vo, lxi,408 (of 410) p.
XVI plts. Disbound, browned and fragile, last leaf missing. Has
some folding sections. As is. I.D.#01763.
United States. Fish Commission.
Barton W. Evermann And William C. Kendall. The Fishes Of Texas
And The Rio Grande Basin, Considered Chiefly With Reference To
Their Geographical Distribution. From: Bulletin of the U.S.F.C.
Articles 1, 2. GPO. Washington, DC. c1895. 8vo, pp. 57-126. 50
uncol. fish plates. Removed. I.D.#07054.
U.S. Army. Board of Engineer
Officers. Examination Of Improvements At Aransas Pass, Texas.
GPO. Washington, DC. 1897, December 6. 8vo, 44 p. 8 fold. maps
Disbound. (55th Cong., 2d Sess. House. Doc. No.137). I.D.#07011.
Boundary Line Between
Texas And Choctaw Nation. GPO.
Washington, DC. 1900, March 21. 8vo, 8 p. 2 fold. maps (1 part.
col.) Disbound. (56th Cong., 1st sess.
House. Document No. 527). Large partial facsimile of an early
railroad map of Red River, County, Texas. I.D.#07044.
SOLD.
Examination And Survey
Of San Bernard River, Texas. GPO.
Washington, DC. 1900. 8vo, 17 p. 1 (of 2) large fold charts.
disbound. (56th Cong., 1st Sess. House.
Document No. 446). I.D.#07057.
Rand, McNally & Co.’S
Indexed County And Railroad Pocket Map And Shippers’ Guide To
Texas Accompanied By A New And Original
Compilation And Ready Reference Index, Showing In Detail The
Entire Railroad System, The Express Company Doing Business Over
Each Road,... Population Is Given According To The 1900 Official
Census. Chicago/New York. c1901. 12mo. Tan printed wrappers. Lacks
large folding map. I.D.#03586.
(U.S. Geologial Survey).
Twenty-First Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States
Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1899-1900.
Charles D. Walcott, Director. In Seven Parts. Part VII. -
Texas. GPO. Washington, DC. 1901. Thick large 8vo, 666,xii
p. Many illus., maps (some fold.), sections, tables, figs. Maroon
cloth, waterstained. Contains fold. pocket maps. Geography and
geology of the Black and Grand praries, Texas, with detailed
descriptions of the cretacious formations and special reference to
artesian waters. I.D.#02089. SOLD.
U.S. Army. Board of Engineer
Officers. Survey Of Brazos River, Texas, From Its Mouth To Th
City Of Waco. GPO. Washington, DC. 1901, February 9. 8vo, 10
p. 3 fold. maps and profiles. Disbound. (56th Cong., 2d
sess. Senate. Doc. No.188). I.D.#07013.
... A Report From The
Secretary Of State, With Accompanying Papers, In Regard To The
Equitable Distribution Of The Waters Of The Rio Grande. ...
GPO. Washington, DC. 1903. 8vo, 159 p. In: 57th Cong.,
2d Sess. Senate Documents. v.13. 1902-1903. Tan buckram, neat.
Discusses construction of dams on the Rio Grande and the
objections of Mexico. I.D.#07973.
Rand, McNally & Co. Billheads.
Invoice To The Firm Of Clark And Courts, Galveston, Texas For
Printing Of Various Classes Of Railroad Tickets To Destinations In
Mexico. Chicago. 1907, Aug. 28. Printed and manuscript. Red
rules. I.D.#08248.
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain.
San Antonio Texas Third Edition. M.P. I.M. Ry. St. Louis.
1909. 8vo, unpaged. Many illus. Colored pict. wraps. Coated
bookstock. Tourist booklet giving the history and famous
attractions of the city. A few pages loose. I.D.#09995.
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Bureau of Soils. Soil Survey Of Franklin County, Texas. A.E.
Kocher and W.S. Lyman. (Advance sheets-Field operations of the
bureau of soils, 1908. Issued September 30, 1909). GPO.
Washington, DC. 1909. 8vo, 122 p. illus., fold. maps (of 2), figs.
front. wrap. only, lacks one geologic map. I.D.#02139.
EARLY OIL FIELD STUDIES &
MAPS OF TEXAS
Natural Gas Resources
Of Parts Of North Texas. [three papers
by Eugene Wesley Shaw, George Charlton Matson and Carroll H.
Wegemann] Work Done In Cooperation With The Cities Of Dallas And
Fort Worth. GPO. Washington, DC. 1916. 8vo, 129 p. Large fold.
petroleum pocket map. Fol. diag. Maroon cloth. (U.S. Geological
Survey. Bulletin 629). Early Texas petroleum field studies and
maps. I.D.#07939.
Smith, Harriet And Darthula
Walker. The Geography Of Texas. Ginn And Co. Boston. c1923.
8vo, xii,327 p. 2 col. maps (one missing) illus. Green dec. cloth.
One leaf torn, pencil marks. I.D.#02380.
The Texas Almanac And
State Industrial Guide. Encyclopedia Of
Texas... A General Reference For Everyone Seeking Information
About Texas. A.H. Belo & Co., Publishers of the Dallas Morning
News... Dallas. c1926. 8vo, 432 p. fold. col. state map. Mustard
cloth. Pulp paper, shaken and fragile. I.D.#02299.
Texas and Pacific Railway.
The Texan Sunshine Special Louisiana Limited. Time tables
issued Sept. 15, 1930. Time Table No. 17. Dallas. 1930. 30 panel
time table printed on yellow stock. illus. Worn, lacks panel 4. I.D.#09978.
Florence Elberta Barns. Texas
Writers Of Today... Foreword by Robert Adger Law, Ph.D. ...
Tardy Publishing Co. Dallas. 1935. 8vo. fold. map. Green cloth,
water damaged. Bookplate. I.D.#04921.
Sewell, Gerald, Mary Beth
Rogers, Bob Armstrong. The Story Of The Texas Public Lands.
A unique heritage. By Gerald Sewell and Mary Beth Rogers designed
and illustrated by Charles Shaw. Bob Armstrong, commissioner of
The General Land Office. A joint publication of the Texas General
Land Office and the J.M. West Texas Corporation . 1973. 4to, 53 p.
Col. illus., maps, cuts. Wraps., shaken. I.D.#01522.
Pool, William C. A Historical
Atlas Of Texas. Maps by Edward Triggs and Lance Wren. The
Encino Press. Austin. c1975. Oblong 4to, xi,190 p. Col. maps. Rose
cloth, d.j. I.D.#01621.
Ross Phares. The Governors Of
Texas. Pelican Publishing Co. Gretna, LA. 1976. 8vo. Red
cloth. Library of Congress discard. Brief biographies of all
governors from the French, Spanish, Mexican, republic and state
eras. Useful reference. I.D.#04920. |
