Recent Arrivals from Maggie Lambeth

p. 197-280; port on upper wrap byTyrue Slang Jones plus 12 additional color photographs of Gwendolyn Jones.

Dallas: Harben-Spotts, 1943. First ed.. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. edited by Bess Samuel Ayres, 160pp., photo portrait frontispiece, 5 additional photos. Black stamped turquoise cloth. Clean, no names. Scarce biography of 19th century Texas entertainer. She served the Confederacy as nurse and spy. In 1869 she and her husband Gus Bailey bought a one-ring tent, the beginning of… Read more

Dallas: SMU, 1988. Hardcover. FINE/Fine. Southwest Life and Letters Series publishing outstanding new fiction and non-fction about Texas and the American Southwest and to present classic works of the region in handsome new editions. "Authors fifth novel first published in 1967 added to his growing reputation as an important American novelist, perhaps the best in Texas. He wrote… Read more

Columbia University Press, 1932. First Edition. VERY GOOD. 243pp., errata, appendices, bibliography. Red tweed cloth, gilt titles in black spine panel. Rare

Colorado Springs, Co : Maize Press, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. VERY GOOD. 21 contributions to Chicano letters Include San Antonio, Texas authors and an introduction by Bruce -Novoa, Trinity University. 158pp. Clean, tight, no names.

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Advance Review Copy. Introduction by Jane Roberts WoodFirst book out of the fledgling University of North Texas Press, and is a co-publishing effort with the Dallas County Community College District. Letter signed by the director, Frances B. Vick. No names, no writing, corner of upper cover… Read more

NY: Doubleday, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/very good. SIGNED with presentation from the author "at the Wellesley Luncheon April, 1978". Endpapers foxed, top area of upper board foxed, dj price unclipped in archival mylar cover. Author's first novel.

Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1943. First Edition. VERY GOOD. Southwestern Historical Quarterly - Vol. XLVII - No. 3. Austin: Texas State Historical Association 1943, First Edition. Unique hand drawn PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN Map of the Country from Austin to El Paso, (1851) Sketch and Observations Taken by F. B. E. Browne; map image size 14.5 x 8.5 inches.… Read more

New York: Hyperion, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. FINE. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Full number line and stated first edition on the copyright page. Glossy blue and white wraps. "This is an uncorrected advance proof". Book II of Percy Jackson & the Olympians.

Hinges cracked, free front endpaper missing, marginal darkening of some pages, contents clean, tight. Rare.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies, this is copy No. 908 and SIGNED by the author. A neat previous owner's name "Fay Hamilton". Untrimmed edges are foxed, boards bumped with light soil. paper spine label deteriorated but title legibe, paper title plate to upper board. Illustrations and contents are very clean, tight and in very good condition.

Austin, TX, U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. 156pp., color plates, blue endpapers, silver stamped crimson cloth, 4to color illustrated white wraps. The patchwork or pieced quilt is one of the few truly indigenous American art forms and in the Lone Star State is has long been cherished. Over sixty of the finest quilts made in… Read more

Afton Historical Society Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE/fine. Seth Eastman. SIGNED on title page by author Johnston. Oblong folio, gilt spine titles on brown cloth, black endpapers, 12 1/4" x 12 1/4", xxiii + 171 pages with full page color illustration throughout. Signed First Edition writtern in black marker on 2nd blank page. Showcases the… Read more

Author's signed presentation on front free endpaper. Stated first edition. Shar clean and bright.

NYC: Harper's Weekly, 1861. Original. Flat/matted. VERY GOOD. Extracted from larger publication, half sheet, 10.5 x 7.5 inches. The full sheet included images of Fort Lancaster and Fort Brown. Hand-colored, added later. Over-all size including mat 13,5 x 15 This is the view of the Alamo with Grecian statues on the front and the Texas flag flying upside… Read more

Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University Press, 1994. First Edition. 238pp., notes, sources, index. DJ in archival mylar cover. Captures the essence of the times in her diary chapters where she conveys a vivid picture of the Mexican ranche life of almost two hundred years ago. n 1892 she and her husband David Harkness McKellar moved from New Zealand to a… Read more

Rankin, Tx.: T. Sheffield Enterprises, 1975. First Edition. FINE/fine. Photographs, 175pp., illus. by Phleat Boy, dj in archival mylar cover. Includes many Texas men with biographical information. Also these brave clowns were bullfighters.

San Angelo, Texas: Order of the Eastern Star, 1940. Plastic Comb binding. VERY GOOD. 100 pages, dedicated in honor of Mrs. C. Otis Reed, the present Worthy Matron of Chapter 826. Many advertisements A large array from the best pre WWII kitchens in San Angelo, with names of contributors.

San Antonio, Tx: Naylor, 1936. First Edition. VERY GOOD/good. 157pp., yellow cloth, pictorial white dj with edge tears, chips in archival mylar. Author was a West Texas rancher and cattle man, this novel based on his life experiences. More about himcan be found in Prose and Poetry of the Livestock Industry. This is a tribute to the old-time… Read more

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Light foxing to the vellum spine with gilt titles, untrimmed fore-edge, occasional light pencil mark, grey boards with gilt titles, top edge gilt. 509pp., index. Chapters on Choice of Books, Book Buying, Art of Book Binding, Book Plates, Enemies of Books, Some of the Uses of Libraries, Catalogues,Poetry… Read more