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Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 8 (1/91) Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 8 (1/91) 1. ABERNETHY, F. E. (ed.). The Folklore of Texan Cultures. Austin: Encino [for Texas Folklore Soc.] 1974. xxxi [2] 366 pp., numerous illustrations. 8vo, original orange cloth. Very fine in lightly soiled d.j. First edition. BTB 203:XXXVIII. Sections on many different cultures in Texas, including Indian, Spanish, French, Mexican, Black, Irish, German, Scottish, Greek, Czech, Chinese, Lebanese, Gypsy, etc. $35.00 2. ABERNETHY, F. E. (ed.). Paisanos a Folklore Miscellany. Austin: Encino [for Texas Folklore Soc.] 1978. ix [3] 180 pp., photographs, illustrations by Linda Miller Roach. 8vo, original beige cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. BTB 203:XLI. Collection of essays on Texas folklore. $15.00 3. ADAMS, Andy. Log of a Cowboy. Boston, New York & Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Riverside Press, n.d. [cop. 1931]. [12] 324 pp., color plates. 8vo, original red cloth. Slight wear to extremities, else very fine in the scarce d.j. Reprint of the original edition of 1933. 44 & 44 34n: "If all other books on trail-driving were destroyed, a reader could still get a just and authentic conception of trail men, trail work, range cattle, cow horses, and the cow country in general from [this book]." Herd 8n. Howes A45n. Six Score 2n: "Although fiction, this book is a true-to-life narrative." $50.00 4. ADAMS, Andy. A Texas Matchmaker. Boston, New York & Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Riverside Press, 1904. [10] 355 [1] pp., plates. 12mo, original olive gilt pictorial cloth. Front hinge cracked, else very good. First edition. Agatha, p. 134. Novel. $35.00 5. ADAMS, Andy. Why the Chisholm Trail Forks and other Tales of the Cattle Country. Austin: UT, 1956. xxxi [1] 296 pp., illustrated. 8vo, original yellow cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. Excerpts and short stories with some previously unpublished material. $25.00 6. ADAMS, R. F. The Best of the American Cowboy. Norman: Univ. Okla. [1957]. xiv, 289 pp., illustrations by Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 8 (1/91) Eggenhofer. 8vo, original brown cloth. One corner bumped, else fine in d.j. First edition. Herd 15: "Anthology of selections from some of the rarer books about cattle." $35.00 7. ADAMS, R. F. Come an' Get It the Story of the Old Cowboy Cook. Norman: Univ. Okla. [1952]. xi [1] 170 pp., illustrations by Eggenhofer. 8vo, original half brown cloth over rust cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. Herd 12: "First and only book devoted to this unique and interesting character." $45.00 8. ADAMS, R. F. The Cowman Says It Salty. Tucson: Univ. Ariz. [1971]. xv [3] 163 pp., illustrated. 8vo, original green cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. $25.00 9. ADAMS, R. F. The Old-time Cowhand. New York: Macmillan, 1961. [2] x, 354 pp., illustrated by Eggenhofer. 8vo, original beige linen. Very fine in publisher's slipcase. First edition, limited edition (#150 of 350 copies). Guns 12. Description of cowboy life in the vernacular. $200.00 10. ADAMS, R. F. The Old-time Cowhand. New York: Macmillan, 1961. x, 354 pp., illustrated by Eggenhofer. 8vo, original brown cloth. Very fine in d.j. Trade edition of preceding. $40.00 11. ADAMS, R. F. Western Words a Dictionary of the American West. Norman: Univ. Okla. [1968]. xviii, 355 [3] pp. 8vo, original blue cloth. Fine in d.j. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Herd 14: "First and only dictionary of the speech of the cattle country." $25.00 12. ALLARD, W. A. Vanishing Breed Photographs of the Cowboy and the West. Boston: Little, Brown [1982]. 144 pp., color photographs on almost every page. Oblong folio, original blue cloth. Very fine in d.j. First printing. Photo album on working cowboys. $35.00 13. ALLEN, J. H. Southwest. Philadelphia & New York: Lippincott [1952]. 220 pp., illustrated. 12mo, original tan cloth. Very fine in d.j. Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 8 (1/91) First edition. Dobie, p. 95: "Impressionistic autobiographic nonfiction and highly romantic fiction and folktales." Fifty Best Books on Texas, p. 11. Herd 24. $20.00 14. ALLEN, Winnie & Corrie. Pioneering in Texas True Stories of the Early Days. Dallas: Southern Press [1935]. [6] 290 pp., illustrations. 12mo, original turquoise pictorial cloth. Fine. Bookplates. First edition. Accounts of Jane Long, Mary Wightman, Bigfoot Wallace, Davy Crockett, Jack Long, etc. $30.00 15. ALLHANDS, J. L. Uriah Lott. San Antonio: Naylor [1949]. xii, 187 pp., plates. 12mo, original green cloth. Very fine in d.j., signed by author. First edition. Biography of Lott, who established railway lines in the Rio Grande Valley. $50.00 16. ALMARÁZ, F. D., Jr. Tragic Cavalier Governor Manuel Salcedo of Texas, 1808-1813. Austin & London: UT [1971]. xii, 206 pp. 8vo, original blue cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. Salcedo was the last Spanish governor of Texas. $15.00 17. ALMOND, Phyllis W. & Sarah O. Franklin. Cobwebs and Cornerstones. Kerrville: Herring Ptg., 1976. 128 pp., numerous photographs and illustrations. 4to, original goldenrod cloth. A few spots to fore-edge, else very fine. First edition. History of Llano's business districts. $20.00 18. ANDERSON, J. Q. Tales of Frontier Texas 1830-1860. Dallas: SMU [1966]. ix [1] 315 pp. 8vo, original grey cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. Contemporary accounts, many previously published only in period newspapers and magazines, including writings of Duval, Smithwick, Sealsfield, Kendall, and Bigfoot Wallace. $30.00 19. APPLEGATE, F. G. Native Tales of New Mexico. Philadelphia & London: Lippincott [1932]. 263 pp., 5 color plates by the author. 8vo, original terracotta cloth. Moderate waterstaining to lower edge of binding and lower blank margin of text, else very good in the scarce d.j. Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 8 (1/91) First edition. Dobie, pp. 38 & 180: "Delighted and delightful teller of folk tales." Introduction by Mary Austin. $50.00 20. [ARCHER, O. W.]. The Alamo 1836-1936. [San Antonio, 1936]. 32 pp. 12mo, original self wrappers (pamphlet in shape of the Alamo facade). Moderate wear and browning, overall very good. First printing. Centennial pamphlet giving a history of the siege of the Alamo from February 23 to March 26, 1836. $37.50 21. ARMER, Laura Adams. Southwest. London, etc.: Longmans, Green [1935]. xiii [3] 224 pp., illustrated from paintings by the author. 8vo, original orange cloth. Some discoloration to binding, else fine in the attractive d.j. First edition. Dobie, p. 21. $30.00 22. ARNOLD, O. Thunder in the Southwest Echoes from the Wild Frontier. Norman: Univ. Okla. [1952]. ix [1] 237 pp., illustrations by Eggenhofer. 8vo, original grey-green cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition, first issue. Guns 78: "Lawlessness in the Southwest, some of which is legendary." Herd 170. $30.00 23. ARNOLD, O. Wild Life in the Southwest... Dallas: Banks Upshaw [1935]. [14] 274 pp., color plates, photos, illustrations. 8vo, original black cloth with pictorial upper cover. Fine in chipped d.j. First edition. Dobie, p. 150. Mountain lions, coyotes, road runners, rattlesnakes, bluebonnets, mesquite, saguaro, etc. $30.00 24. ARTHUR, S. C. Jean Laffite, Gentleman Rover. New Orleans: Harmanson, 1952. [8] 282 [9] pp., plates, illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth. Very fine, mainly unopened, in d.j. First edition, limited edition (750 copies), signed by author. Definitive biography. $100.00 25. ASKINS, C. Texans, Guns & History. [New York] Winchester Press [1970]. ix [1] 246 pp., plates. 8vo, original red cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. "Lusty beginnings of the Texas brand of life" (d.j. blurb). Indian battles, McNelly and his rangers, King Fisher, John Wesley Hardin, Dallas Stoudenmire, Sam Bass, Bonnie and Clyde, etc. $25.00 Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 8 (1/91) 26. ATKINSON, M. J. Indians of the Southwest. San Antonio: Naylor [1958]. xix [1] 333 pp. 8vo, original beige cloth. Very fine in the scarce d.j. Second edition (originally published as The Texas Indians by Naylor in 1935). Sympathetic ethnological study of Native American customs and rituals. $40.00 27. [ATLAS]. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Atlas of the World. Washington, 1981. [2] 383 [2] pp., profusely illustrated with color maps. Tall folio, original blue cloth. Fine. Fifth edition. $35.00 28. [ATLAS]. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. People and Places of the Past. Washington, 1983. 414 pp., numerous color illustrations and maps. Tall folio, original half brown cloth over tan cloth. Very fine in d.j. Cultural atlas. $40.00 29. ATWOOD, E. B. The Regional Vocabulary of Texas. Austin: UT [1962]. xiii [1] 273 pp., 125 maps and tables. 8vo, original red cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. BTB 3: "Most important work on Texas linguistics... Of especial interest and value are the 125 full-page geographical occurrence maps that chart the frequency of use of terms in different parts of the state." $35.00 30. AUSTERMAN, W. R. Sharps Rifles and Spanish Mules the San Antonio-El Paso Mail, 1851-1881. College Station: Tex. A&M [1985]. [12] 367 pp. 8vo, original brown cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. $25.00 31. AVERELL, William Woods. Ten Years in the Saddle the Memoir of... San Rafael & London: Presidio [1978]. xiv, 443 [2] pp., maps, illustrations. 8vo, original tan cloth. Very fine in d.j. First edition. Averell was a cavalryman during the Indian Wars and the Civil War. $25.00 32. BAILEY, L. R. Indian Slave Trade in the Southwest. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1966. 236 [1] pp., illustrations. 12mo, original maroon cloth. Very fine in d.j. Dorothy Sloan Books – Catalogue 8 (1/91) First edition. Study of the systematic subjugation of the Native Americans by the Spanish.
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