Niles' Weekly Register ~ April 16, 1836 ~ Texas by Houston, Sam, &c - 1836

Charles Scribner's Son. Very Good. 1958. PAPERBACK; B.5.59. Paperback. 5x7". VERY GOOD CONDITION...name ep "Ben Blossom 1960; White spine & cover titles on bright red paper covers..12 male political & american cultural leaders cover photos.. ACTUAL MATERIAL BY THESE SLAVEHOLDERS and Other Great Americans on Democracy, as they believed it to mean in their era. "carefully wrought statements"; 158pg pages; Comprehensive, Representative. Liberal Thought .

Republic , 1939. Photographic Image. VGF. No Binding. 8" x 10". 734-320. A VGF original release 8 x 10 still with studio snipe on the back..

Hurst & Co.. Good. Hardcover. Green HB .

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. 1 of 8 vols., limited to 500 copies. Edited by Amelia Williams and Eugene C. Barker. 546pp. Original wine cloth bindings stamped gilt titles to upper board and spines inside double gilt rules. No names, no writing. BASIC 96 Re: The full set "...indispensable reference tool for study of Southwestern and U.S. history, it contains all the letters, addresses, messages, speeches and other writings of Houston from all sources available at the time." Contains over 2,500 entries & 10,000 footnotes the editing of which took six years." This odd volume iii and the following odd volume iv contain some of the author's most intersting work. They cover his entire career: service in the U.S. Army and as Indian agent, as Congressman, as Governor of Tennessee, in the Texas Revolution, in the Texas Republic, as U.S. Senator, an as Governor of Texas. The papers appear chronologicaly, but snce acquistion and editing of the papers spred over a… Read More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. 1 of 8 vols., limited to 500 copies. Edited by Amelia Williams and Eugene C. Barker. 548pp. Original wine cloth bindings, stamped gilt titles to upper board and spines inside double gilt rules. No names, no writing. BASIC 96 The full set "...indispensable reference tool for study of Southwestern and U.S. history, it contains all the letters, addresses, messages, speeches and other writings of Houston from all sources available at the time." Contains over 2,500 entries & 10,000 footnotes the editing of which took six years."

Washington DC: Blair and Rives, 1849. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Thick quarto, 12 x 9 inches, contemporary half red leather and marbled boards, gilt titled on spine, very good, light general rubbing and wear to binding, contents good to very good, occasional faint old tidemarks from damp-stains, first owner's signatures in ink on fore-edge margins to quite a number of the issues, somewhat trimmed, suggesting that these were bound up from individual issues by the previous owner(s) from Canonsburg, PA (the name is "Col. Dickson" on several of these: John Dickson, a colonel in the US army who lived in Canonsburg till 1850 when he then moved with his wife and family to Milan, IL; and a Coleman, also from Canonsburg). 1213 & 355 pp. Much on slavery, the war with Mexico, territorial issues in Oregon, New Mexico and California. With two lengthy messages from the President (Polk) and several other contributions by him, and perhaps most interesting, the full text of Lincoln's speech on Mexico in… Read More

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.

Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .

Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.