[Baton Rouge: 1936]. A rare, well-illustrated history and yearbook from 1936 for the 8th Civilian Conservation Corps unit, stationed around the Lufkin District in Texas. Lufkin was the site of a large CCC camp during the 1930s and early 1940s, and served as the district headquarters for many smaller East..... More

Houston: E.H. Cushing, Nov. 28, 1862. [2]pp. Newspaper broadsheet. Old folds, some chipping in margins. Light tanning. A Confederate dated issue of this scarce Texas newspaper, rich with Civil War content. It reports on apparent disarray in the in the North, with the removal of McClellan, which according to the..... 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

New York; Fort Worth: 1921-1923. Eight single page typed letters and documents. Previously folded. Light wear. This group of eight typed letters and documents a potential stock swindle as the Texas Petroleum Company claimed to absorb the Allied Petroleum Corporation at the end of 1922 and the beginning of 1923..... More

[Various locations in Kentucky and Texas, including Hardin County; Kentuckytown, Sherman, and Commerce, Tx. 1855-1935]. Approximately sixty manuscript documents of various lengths and sizes, together with approximately 180 photographs of different sizes, processes, and periods. Some wear to documents, several photographic mounts chipped. Many photographs captioned in ink on the..... More

Waco: 1858. 40 manuscript leaves, on rectos only of legal-sized sheets. Ribbon tied, affixed with county seal. Light offsetting from seal on first leaf. Light wear and tanning; a few stray ink stains. A certified manuscript record of a civil case adjudicated in Waco, Texas in 1858 that was headed..... More

Brenham, Tx. 1857. [101] leaves, manuscript on rectos only of lined legal-sized sheets. Bound with ribbon at head. Lower half of front cover sheet torn away, not affecting text; some loss to rear cover, slightly affecting docketing text. Light wear, occasional foxing and tanning. A fascinating antebellum Texas legal manuscript..... More

Fort Worth: T.P. Martin, Jr. & Co., 1886. Vol. 1, No. 1. [4]pp. on a folded sheet. Light wear, a few small chips at edges. The first issue of this short-lived Texas periodical on stamps and stamp collecting, edited by B.G. Chaney. The feature article is titled “Advice of a...... More

[Texas: 1901]. Broadside, 7.25 x 8.5 inches. Text printed in two columns. Minor wear. Broadside advertising lands for sale in Pecos County, Texas. Four sections are offered, ranging from 5,200 acres to 18,560 acres, at a rate of 75 cents an acre. "The day is at hand when the cattleman..... More

Indianola, Tx. 1856-1858. 54 manuscript leaves on legal-sized sheets. Ribbon tied at head, affixed with the seal of Calhoun County. Previously folded. Light wear at edges; occasional patches of staining. A contemporary manuscript transcript of a fascinating appeal case that took place in Texas District Court on the Gulf Coast..... More

Chicago: 1904. 63pp. plus folding map. Narrow quarto. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear, small tear to first leaf. Illustrated promotional work for the great state of Texas, published under the auspices of the Passenger Department of the Rock Island Line. The author, Richard A. Haste, writes in the..... More

[Brownsville, Tx.?]: 1906. [3]pp. Typescript, previously folded. Light tanning. A contemporary typescript of Army Special Orders No. 266, dated November 9, 1906, which dishonorably discharged 167 African-American soldiers from the 25th Infantry Regiment in the wake of the Brownsville Affair. Theodore Roosevelt ordered the men to be discharged in the..... More

Fort Worth: Woman's Club of Fort Worth, 1928. [10],371,[21]pp. Original mottled cloth, cover stamped in black. Light wear and soiling, heavier to corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked internally. Bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary ink ownership inscription. Final few leaves of text with contemporary manuscript recipes. Substantial cook book..... More