Texana & Texas History from Schroeder's Book Haven

San Antonio TX: The Straus-Frank Company, 1970. 1st ed. [Stated].. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 72 pages. Chronicles the history of a Texas business that started in the 1870s as a supplier of saddles and horse collars, and eventually became distributors for tires and other automobile parts, as well as Frigidaire appliances and Remington guns & ammunition. First edition, with… Ler mais sobre este item

Austin: Texas State Historical, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 139 pages. History of the Matthews and Reynolds families ranching in Throckmorton and Shackleford counties in Texas since the 1850s. B/w photos throughout. Large landscape format book. 10.5" X 12.0". Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E4802. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in… Ler mais sobre este item

Halletsville TX: Old Homestead Publishing, 1983. 1st ed. . Paperback. VG/Wraps. 158 pages. Besides the passenger lists, there is information about conditions in Europe, the ships, and life in Texas after arrival. B/w illustrations. Red title with black drawings on the white cover. Quite uncommon. VG/Wraps. Nice copy, with a brief inscription to our store and SIGNED by… Ler mais sobre este item

Dallas: SMU Press, 1984. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 348 pages. Third printing of the 1966 facsimile of the 1937 original. Tan cloth-covered boards with bright gilt title on spine. Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. Perfectly clean, no wear, no marks. Item #: E4325. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship… Ler mais sobre este item

San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1951. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Good+/Poor. 94 pages. A year-by-year pictorial revue of the historic San Antonio milling company founded by C.H. Guenther along with construction and event milestones of the city. Gray cloth-covered boards, tanned dustjacket. B/w illustrations and photos. Good+/Poor. Book firm and straight, with square corners. Owner name and two address… Ler mais sobre este item

Austin: Gammel Book Co., 1902. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 427 pages. Everything a notary public should have known in 1902. Qualifications and duties, deeds & other insturments, affidacits, oaths and affirmations, depositions, commercial paper, protests. Includes sample forms and cases cited. Good/No Jacket. Cover well-worn, with loss to leather title lsbrl on spine, and fraying to cloth on edges.… Ler mais sobre este item

Houston: Clear Lake Intermediate, 2010. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 144 pages. The 2010 yearbook for Clear Lake Intermediate in Clear Lake City, Texas. Filled with color photos of students and school life. Indexed. VG/No Jacket. Typical used yearbook, in nice shape with student names and well wishes written on front & rear endpapers. Item #: E5127.… Ler mais sobre este item

Friendswood, TX: Clear Brook High School, 2012. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 144 pages. The 2012 yearbook (The Vision) for Clear Brook High School in Freindswood, Texas. Filled with color photos of students and school life. Indexed. Near Fine/No Jacket. A very nice, UNMARKED copy. Item #: E5128. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1957. 1st ed. [Stated].. Hardcover. VG/Good+. 181 pages. Stated Landmark first printing.Illustrated throughout with drawings by Charles Banks Wilson. VG/Good+. Tight, no owner marks, no wear on boards, square corners. Edges foxed. Dustjacket has some edge chips and internally mended short tears. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E5052. ** SAVE MORE **… Ler mais sobre este item

Austin: U.T. Press, 2008. 1st ed. [Stated].. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 140 pages. A fine collection of Fisher's photos capturing the rural lifestyle of East Texas' Big Thicket. Many scenes of farm life and the rough work of lumberjacks. Noted historian Thad Sitton provides the narrative. Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #:… Ler mais sobre este item

Austin: U.T. Press, 1987. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 519 pages. A personal history of Texas. Written by a man who arrived some weeks after San Jacinto and participated in virtually every major event in Texas history during the next 60 years. Edited, with an introduction and commentary, by Stephen B. Oates. Wrap-around illustrated dustjacket. Second printing.… Ler mais sobre este item

Lubbock, Texas: Smoke Signal Publishing, 1978. 2nd ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 148 pages. Stories of the Corps through the years, with b/w photos and drawings by Bill Leftwich. White leather-look bards with maroon titles on front and spine. Second edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Item #: E5089. ** SAVE MORE **… Ler mais sobre este item

Marietta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1998. 1st ed. [Stated].. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 474 pages. Generational story of family life that tells Texas history at the same time. First printing. Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. As new. Item #: E5090. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.

Helotes, Texas: Reality Publications, 1998. 1st ed. [Stated].. SpiralBound. Fine/Wraps. 51 pages. Story of 36 young German immigrants to Texas who were murdered for refusing to retract their oath of loyalty to the United States. After being declared in open rebellion, they were killed by a company of Confederate Partisan Rangers. This spiral-bound soft cover is very scarce.… Ler mais sobre este item

Austin: Eakin Press, 1995. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 351 pages. Story of the corrupt empire of George Parr in South Texas. Inscribed to owner and signed by the author. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Small splash stain on bottom edge. Moisture evidence on top and bottom edge of dustjacket, which is only… Ler mais sobre este item

Hunt, Texas: Oxyoke Publishing, 1984. Limited ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 80 pages. This is copy 67 of 500, SIGNED by the artist and the author on the limitation page. A long inscription to owner is also signed by Dahlberg and dated April '85. There are ten color, eight duotone, and thirty-seven halftone illustrations, plus a tipped-in color plate… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Villard, 1999. 1st ed. [Stated].. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 291 pages. Thriller set in Austin, and signed by the author on the title page. Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E5113. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.

Dallas: Banks Upshaw and Company, 1942. Limited ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 26 pages. This first edition is limited to 300 SIGNED and numbered copies, this being number 11. Illustrated by Vic LeMay. House's funny account of his adventures in Hollywood as a consultant on the movie Boom Town. Blue moire silk over boards with bright gilt… Ler mais sobre este item

Dallas: Southwest Press, 1930. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 253 pages. Causes and effects of progress on the frontier, in the form of immigration and settlement, cattle, railroads, farmers, journalism, and amusements. Numerous maps of the state showing various data points. Bound in yellow cloth-covered boards, deckle edges. Herd 1049; Howes H581; Cox MoreBTB 48. Good/No Jacket.… Ler mais sobre este item

Austin: Eakin Press, 1996. 2nd ed. . Paperback. VG/Wraps. 166 pages. Expanded from the first edition, with stories of thirty-seven shipwrecks and treasures. There is also a fifteen page chronological listing of 101 shipwrecks in the western Gulf, with their locations and cargoes. Bibliography. B/w photos. VG/Wraps. Firm and square, no name or marks. There is a reader… Ler mais sobre este item