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8 1/2 x 11 inches, 2pgs. folded, untrimmed, front view of 2-color watercolor sketch of "St. Annes, Santa Fe" lower right in the printed view initials FH. Image size 7 x 9 1/2 inches. Inside: stenciled Greetings with image of prickly pear and dancers. Stencil names Foster and Helen Hyatt. Some soil and light foxing. Paper untrimmed. [Christmas] GREETINGS.
Hyatt, Foster and Helen.
Santa Fe, New Mexico: 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 2pgs. folded, untrimmed, front view of 2-color watercolor sketch of "St. Annes, Santa Fe" lower.. more
Price: $50.00
Silver-stamped grey cloth backed cream marbled boards, color pictorial dust jacket in archival mylar cover. LEAVING CHEYENNE.
McMurtry, Larry.
New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1990. Silver-stamped grey cloth backed cream marbled boards, color pictorial dust jacket in archival mylar cover. .. more
Price: $27.50
208pp., index, color photography thru-out of Texas landscape, food, restaurants, etc. Folio, tiny bit of rubbing at heel of spine. Clean, tight, no names, no writing. Over 400 recipes. Gilt-stamped green boards. TEXAS THE BEAUTIFUL COOKBOOK.
Germaine, Elizabeth, Editor.
New York: Portland House, 1989. 208pp., index, color photography thru-out of Texas landscape, food, restaurants, etc. Folio, tiny bit of rubbing at heel of spine... more
Price: $25.00
August, 32pp., photos, ads, 4to color photographic wraps by Erwin E. Smith shows Bill Hildreth, stray man for th S O Outfit. The Cattleman - Vol. XVIII, No. 3.
Editor.
Fort Worth: Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc, 1931. August, 32pp., photos, ads, 4to color photographic wraps by Erwin E. Smith shows Bill Hildreth, stray man for th S.. more
Price: $75.00
Designed by WILLIAM WITTLIFF, illus. by John Groth, oblong folio. Torn glassine dj as issued. THE LAST RUNNING.
Graves, John.
Austin: Encino Press, 1974. Designed by WILLIAM WITTLIFF, illus. by John Groth, oblong folio. Torn glassine dj as issued. .. more
Price: $20.00
Signed presentation copy from the author to Mrs. Gertrude Ray Plummer on the dedication page. Illustrations by Jerry Bywaters, designed by Mariana Roach, 98pp., colophon. Red & black title page, black eps. Pictorial red cloth backed boards. Spine discolored, spotted. THE DEVIL IN TEXAS.
Goodwyn, Frank.
Dallas: Dealey & Lowe, 1936. Signed presentation copy from the author to Mrs. Gertrude Ray Plummer on the dedication page. Illustrations by Jerry Bywaters, designed.. more
Price: $65.00
Four separate issues copyright 1946, 1947, and 1952. Each staple bound 4to pictorial brown wraps. Previous owner, Hugh Adair. SIGNED postcard taped inside Percussion Pistols from Serven to Mr. Adair, and typed letter from Colt Service Dept. to another previous owner James Hutchins taped inside lower wrap of Paterson Pistols. 126pp., 55pp., 31pp., 59pp., illustrated, photographs, foxing on preliminary pages. COLT CARTRIDGE PISTOLS; COLT DRAGOON PISTOLS; PATTERSON PISTOLS; COLT PERCUSSION PISTOLS.
Serven, James and Carl Metzger.
Santa Ana: Foundation Press, 1946. Four separate issues copyright 1946, 1947, and 1952. Each staple bound 4to pictorial brown wraps. Previous owner, Hugh Adair. SIGNED.. more
Price: $125.00
Signed by David Pratt, Library of Congress & Robert E. Abrams, Abbeville Press. Folio measures 750 x 380mm (25x20 inches). FINE Condition. A stunning facsimile of the New York 1845 edition of 25 full color plates & 6 additional plates from the London 1844 edition which were not included in the American edition; Both of these volumes are in the possession of the Library of Congress. The plates of this facsimile are printed in collotype by Jaffe Lithographers of Vienna, Austria on acid-free paper. Fine press binding by Ernst Ammering of Ried im Innkreis, Austria, after a design by Renee Khatami in the style of the period. The Portfolio is 3/4 red leather beige linen boards and lined in marbled paper. Still in original shipping case. Inquire for shipping charge. CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO. HUNTING SCENES AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND PRAIRIES OF AMERICA. FROM DRAWINGS AND NOTES OF THE AUTHOR, MADE DURING EIGHT YEARS' TRAVEL AMONGST FORTY-EIGHT OF THE WILDEST AND MOST REMOTE TRIBES OF SAV
Catlin, George.
New York, N. Y.: Abbeville, 1989. Signed by David Pratt, Library of Congress & Robert E. Abrams, Abbeville Press. Folio measures 750 x 380mm (25x20 inches)... more
Price: $900.00
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