Austin, Texas: Portland Cement, 1936. FINE. 8 11/2 x 11 inches, tri-fold, green single sheet printed two sides. Drawing, description, four photographs.
Longview, Texas: Author, 1984. First Edition. VERY GOOD. SIGNED and numbered 86 of 500 by the author also signed and presented to former owner. 228pp., map, sepia photographs, footnotes arranged by building, 26 buildings receive full historical coverage, many others with historical markers. 4to brown wraps.
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2016. First Edition. VERY GOOD IN FINE DJ. 516pp., index, notes, illustrated, color photos,Sage endpapers,4to grey cloth, gilt spine titles, lower edge of boards bumped German immigrants of the 19th c. left a distinctive mark on the lifestyles and vernacular architecture of Texas. In this comprehensive survey the author includes materials from rural, small town, and urban settings, a masterful study covering pioneer generations in East Texas and the Hill Country as well as the Victorian era and early 20th c. Houses, and their furnishings, cemeteries, breweries and businesses, paintings, engravings richly illustrate the text.
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1956. First Edition. VERY GOOD IN GOOD DJ. SIGNED by Redway with presentation to former owner.188pp. 100s of photographs with descriptive text. 4to green cloth bright with gilt spine titles, dj with edge wear. Includes the Joseph H. Polley House at Sutherland Springs, The Argyle in San Antonio, Sunday Houses in Fredericksburg, and many others thru-out the state.
McAllen, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. FINE. Bi-lingual, English/Spanish, translation by Frances M. Lopez-Morillas, papers of various contributors, 4to pcitorial b/w card stock, 111pp., photos, Marlene Heck, project director. Conference papers
College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. FINE. Stiff color flexbound with flaps. 362pp., 100s of color photos with historical context and details of each building. Limestone German structures compose the majority of these beautifully restored buildings.
Austin: TSHA, 1992. First Edition. FINE. Photographs, 44pp., notes, maps. Color photographic wraps.
Buffalo Gap, Texas: McMurray University, State House Press, 2008. First Edition. FINE IN FINE DJ. SIGNED by both authors, photographer and many of the contributors to the text. 248pp., index, references, over 100 full page color photographs. 4to navy cloth with gilt titles, DJ in archival mylar cover. History of Abilene's 100 most historic buildings from 1875 to 2006.
Austin: RioGroup Architects and Planners, 1990. First Edition. FINE. 186pp., photos, drawings, plans, elevations, maps, typescript, appendices, eferences, 4to printed grey wraps. Prepared for the Palo Duro River Authority. Essays on sheep and cattle raising, open range ranching 1870-1905 and closed range ranching 1905-1945 in the project area and much of interest to Hansford County architecture and historic sites.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Revised Edition. 158pp., new photographs coordinated by Lisa Hardaway, foreword to the original 1968 edition by Louis Kahn. Revised edition of Pioneer Texas Buildings, juxtaposes the historic structures with works by twenty contemporary architects who are inspired by the pioneer tradition to show how seamlessly the basic geometries translate from one era to another. The b/w photographs are the heart of the book as they illustrate geometric forms used in historic and modern buildings.
Waco, TX: Texian, 1992. First Edition. FINE IN GOOD DJ. SIGNED by both author and photographer Cecil Crow, II. 199pp, full page b/w photographs, gilt spine titles on 4to red boards, dj price unclipped with tear at crown of spine.
San Antonio : Trinity University Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE/fine. SIGNED by author with presentation to former owner. Designed by William Wittliff, 51pp., bib., intro. by Joe B. Frantz, illus., some in color, 4to white linen, tan endpapers, dj. Austin architect & author of Limestone & Log also on Hill Country architecture. Includes the Lyndon Johnson buildings at Stonewall.
Gloucester: Rockport, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. SIGNED by both architects, no other names, color photos, b/w drawings, floor plans, 121(11)pp. Color photographic French-fold wraps.
College Station: A&M University Press, 1981. Second Printing. FINE IN VERY GOOD DJ. 296pp., index, extensive biblio, 252 b/w photos, list of buildings, 4to grey cloth, silver titles on black spine panel, dj with edge rubbing. Courthouses, Municipal buildings, Louisiana Purchase Expo, hotels, houses of the 19th & 20th centuries.
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1956. First Edition. VERY GOOD IN GOOD DJ. Foxing on preliminary text pages, 188pp. 100s of photographs with descriptive text. Foxing to reverse side of dust jacket and some on end papers and flaps, interior clean, 4to green cloth bright with gilt spine titles. Includes the Joseph H. Polley House at Sutherland Springs, The Argyle in San Antonio, Sunday Houses in Fredericksburg, and many others thru-out the state.
Dallas: Red Bandana, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE IN FINE DJ.. 240pp., beautiful color photography, printed on coated stock, glossy color boards, in matching dust jacket, folio, corner bumped. No names, no writing, like new. DJ price ($49.95). Describes nearly 100 of Texas' 254 county courthouses, of which 234 have the distinction of being a Historical Courthouse and 84 of these are National Register Properties. Featuring architecture and architects like J. Riely Gordon, who designed the 1902 McLennan County Beaux-Arts style Historic Courthouse, which is said to be inspired by Saint Peter’s in Rome and the 1896 Denton County Historic Courthouse designed by W. C. Dodson in Romanesque Revival style of stone with eighty pink granite columns. Historic events include famous cases retold by leading legal professionals of each county. A few of the many counties included- Austin,Travis, Bell, Bexar, Harris, Brazoria, Cameron, Cooke, Dallas, Fort Bend, Hidalgo etc.
College Station: A&M, 1985. First ed. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/very good. 161pp., photos, index, 4to. PON
Lubbock: TCU, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE IN FINE DJ. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Foreword by T.R. Fehrenbach. 552pp., index, photos, biblio, 4to, price unclipped dj ($35.00) No names, no writing, appears unread and like new. Parchment "Thank you" for helping support the Majestic Theatre, San Antonio Conservation Society. Blue boards, gilt titles on black cloth spine.
San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE IN FINE DJ.. 155pp., color photographs by W. Eugene George accompany b/w historical photographs. Folio black cloth, gilt spine titles, sky blue endpapers. DJ in archival mylar cover. Updates author's previous work on Giles and includes the Giles buildings in Texas that have been restored in the last thirty years.
Austin: Hart Graphics, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE IN FINE DJ. Author signed on dedication page, no other names 76pp., oblong 4to, drawings and maps by the author with brief descriptive history of each building. Historic buildings, old homes and homesteads in Boerne, Comfort, Sisterdale, Kendalia, Honeycreek, Welfare, Waring, Kreutzberg, Bergheim, Center Point & Luckenbach. Author lived in Bergheim. Early German influenced ranch houses. See our listing for volume II.
