[Waco, Tx. 1964]. [8]pp. Quarto. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Minor staining and rubbing, small area of insect damage to bottom edge of rear wrapper. The official program for a 1964 football game in Jim Crow Texas between two segregated African American high schools - Waco's Moore High Lions and..... More

Mexico City: May 20, 1836. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8 inches. Short tear at upper right corner, unobtrusively repaired on blank verso. Minor dust soiling at edges. Rare broadside and first promulgation of this decree promising that the Mexican government will do all within its power to obtain the release..... More

Mexico City: 1836. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Light chipping and wear at corners. A rare broadside that promulgates a decree from the Mexican federal government, ordering that foreign goods be allowed into the port of Matamoros in order to supply the army in the war against Texas. It..... More

Continental, Oh. Curtiss Showprint, [ca. 1930s]. Illustrated broadside, 24 x 9 inches. Old folds, minor toning, moderate edge wear, some chipping to edges, a handful of closed edge tears, a few repaired on verso. A rare broadside advertising a "tent show" performance by Texas Ella and her traveling Wild West..... More

Houston: 1950. Map, 22 x 17 inches. Folded. Light wear and soiling. Map of the Louisiana and southern Texas oil fields along the Gulf of Mexico. Each county is outlined, with oil fields noted in green and gas fields noted in red. More

[San Antonio: 1900]. Four silver gelatin cabinet card photographs, each 4.25 x 6.25 inches, each mounted on card, measuring 8 x 10 inches. Minor surface wear to photographs. Mild edge wear to card mounts. A handsome quartet of cabinet card photographs of San Antonio's San Juan Capistrano mission, with each..... More

[Various locations in Texas, including San Antonio, Laredo, and Raymondville: mostly 1947-1950]. Forty-six black-and-white photographs, from 3 x 2 inches to 8 x 10 inches, one tintype, and one printed certificate. Most photographs with personalized family annotations on verso. Moderate surface and edge wear to some pictures, a few creased..... More

Brownsville: Bishop's Print Shop, [ca. 1920]. [4]pp. Small bifolium, 6 x 3 inches. Light wear, some slight loss to paper. An ephemeral piece of Texana, handed out by the Eagle Pharmacy in Brownsville. The front page contains the title and a cut of an eagle, while the back advertises the..... More

Chicago: South and West Land Company, [1906]. 15pp. Quarto. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly faded, light soiling and wear. Minor internal soiling, some rust from staples, leaves loosening. Promotional work for the South and West Land Company with a map of the railroad routes spreading out across Kansas..... More

Paris: Chez Tiger, [1820]. 107pp. plus folding engraved frontispiece. Original printed wrappers bound into later quarter red cloth and marbled paper boards, spine gilt. Minor wear to extremities. Frontispiece detached, perhaps supplied from another copy, or otherwise not bound into the later cloth. Wrappers a bit worn. Internally clean. Untrimmed..... More

Preston, Tx. [N.d., but before 1850]. [1]p., on a single folded sheet, docketed on verso of integral leaf. Original mailing folds, a few minimal spots of soiling. A contemporary retained copy of a letter sent from David Wale in Preston, Texas, to Colonel Arthur Martin Montgomery Upshaw, during his tenure..... More

Austin: General Land Office, 1905. Large format blueprint map, 47.5 x 39 inches. Minor staining and rubbing, some fraying to edges, a few small paper remnants in map area. A large and striking cadastral map depicting the far north Texas county of Red River, which here borders "Indian Territory" on..... More

Mexico City: April 14, 1836. Printed broadsheet, with intergral blank. Folio. A handful of old tape stains and one small marginal ink burn, slight discoloration and small hole in lower margin, not affecting text. This extraordinary decree, issued thirty-nine days after the fall of the Alamo, prints twelve articles regarding..... More