Galveston: Gustav Feist Co., 1906. [17] leaves. Original pictorial wrappers, chipped and separated along spine. Leaves evenly tanned, with an occasional fox mark. Rare photographic promotional for Galveston, Texas, published only a few years after the 1900 hurricane devastated the city. The work contains sixteen Albertypes of city views, concentrated..... 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

Fanning County, Tx. [ca. 1840]. [1]p. with manuscript endorsement and docketing on verso. Folio. Old folds, short separations along folds, old tape repair on verso along one horizontal fold line, minor toning. A rare Republic of Texas land survey performed by John D. Black and certified on the verso by..... More

Washington DC: Jan. 13, 1845. [1]p. Original mailing folds, light foxing, short closed tear to top edge, left edge reinforced with linen. A brief but impactful contemporary dispatch from the Nation's Capital concerned with the debate over the annexation of Texas in early 1845. Here, a "Washington City" correspondent reports..... More

[McAllen, Tx. ca. 1920s]. Ten original photographs, each 5 x 7 inches. Light wear at edges. Captioned in negative. Contemporary pencil initials on versos. A rare group of ten original photographs by early 20th-century Texas photographer John Peter Esklidsen, who worked in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1910s and..... More

Hamburg: Eduard Lang, [ca. 1860]. Lithograph on a lined bifolium. Light wear at edges; even tanning. Scarce Texas pictorial letter sheet that comprises six vignettes of Matagorda, Texas, lithographed from drawings by German sailor Helmuth Holtz. The views depict the architectural highlights of the town, including the church, Masonic hall..... More

Paris: Ladvocat / Chez Beguin, 1819. viii,247,[10],135pp., plus a folding plan. Contemporary French tree calf, expertly rebacked, preserving original gilt leather spine label. Boards noticeably scuffed, with minor losses to boards, edges worn. Tiny wormtracks in lower right margin of a handful of leaves, not approaching text, a few scattered..... More

Waco: W.M. Morrison, 1962. [4],10pp. Original full morocco, boards ruled in gilt with gilt titles on front cover reading, "Texas in the 1820's." Front cover noticeably bowed, minor dust-soiling. The rejected and almost wholly-destroyed first printing of a previously unpublished account of early Anglo Texas written by Mary Crownover Rabb..... More

Sioux City: 1878. Broadsheet, 6.25 x 5 inches. Minor soiling, lightly toned. Trimmed unevenly along bottom edge. Broadsheet advertising the land services of Daniel H. Talbot, a speculator and land agent based in Sioux City, Iowa. "Having but recently made a visit to the state, and with the aid of..... More

[Dallas: 1936]. Four items, including two folding pamphlets, one typed letter, signed, and an envelope. Light wear and tanning. Interesting and colorful promotional material for Rock Island Plow Company of Dallas and Oklahoma. A large folding poster printed in red and yellow depicts the two most popular plow models, "built..... More

[Corpus Christi, Tx.]: 1930-1937. Approximately [150]pp. 12mo. Original black cloth. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contents lightly toned, some light wear and soiling. Generally written in a legible hand. Fabulous manuscript record of a ladies' bowling league club in Corpus Christi, kept over the better part of the 1930s..... More

Brazoria: November 12, 1861. Broadside, 12.5 x 8.25 inches. Old folds with short separations, a few small edge chips and one small hole in the right margin, not touching text, extensive contemporary iron gall ink manuscript annotations on both sides, with minor ink burn in a few places costing a...... More