The Library of Dudley R. Dobie – Part Five TEXASU COUNTY & LOCAL HISTORY Dorothy Sloan – Rare Books box 4825 · austin, texas 78765-4825 Dorothy Sloan-Rare Books, Inc. Box 4825, Austin, Texas 78765-4825 Phone: (512) 477-8442 Fax: (512) 477-8602 Email: rarebooks@sloanrarebooks.com www.sloanrarebooks.com All items are guaranteed to be in the described condition, authentic, and of clear title, and may be returned within two weeks for any reason. Purchases are shipped at customer’s expense. New customers are asked to provide payment with order, or to supply appropriate references. Institutions may receive deferred billing upon request. Residents of Texas will be charged ap- propriate state sales tax. Texas dealers must have a tax certificate on file. Catalogue written and edited by James Foster and Aaron Russell. Images and typesetting by Aaron Russell, with the assistance of Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress. Catalogue Ten, Part Five, Texas County and Local History Anderson County 1. HOHES, Pauline Buck. A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas.... San Antonio: Nay- lor, 1936. xviii, 565 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece map on half-title verso, photographic text illustra- tions. 8vo, original grey pictorial cloth. Light shelf wear and a few faint spots and stains to bind- ing, endpapers and edges lightly foxed, overall very good. First edition. CBC 13. TC 4. $300.00 2. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Anderson County, Texas. [below title] I, W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office do certify that the above Map of Anderson County is a true and correct copy of the Map now in use in this Office, compiled from official data. [facsimile signature] W.C. Walsh Commissioner. [lower left above neat line]Copyright 1879 W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the Genl Land Office of the State of Texas. [lower center beneath neat line] Lithographed by A. Gast & Co. St. Louis & N.Y. New Process. St. Louis & New York: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, neat line to neat line: 44 x 53.2 cm; overall sheet size: 46 x 56 cm. Map with tear in lower left corner (affecting text, repaired on verso of poster board with tape), small tear and pinholes along left margin, and light scattered insect damage (mostly confined to blank margins). $375.00 Andrews County 3. [MAP]. ANDREWS ABSTRACT COMPANY. Map of Andrews County, Texas,–Andrews Ab- stract Co. R.M. Means, Mgr., Andrews, Texas. Andrews: Andrews Abstract Co., n.d. Uncolored mimeographed map, overall sheet size: 22.6 x 35.6 cm. Sheet creased where formerly folded, wrinkled, lightly browned, and with several tears and chips, notations in ink and pencil to recto and verso. $50.00 4. [MAP]. ANDREWS ABSTRACT COMPANY. Map of the South One-Half of the Town of An- drews Texas [below title] Compiled by Official Data by Andrews Abstract Company. Andrews: Andrews Abstract Company, n.d. Uncolored mimeograph map on typing paper, overall sheet size: 21.6 x 27.9 cm. Paper lightly browned, creased where formerly folded, small hole in upper left corner (not affecting map image or text on verso), corners dog-eared, a few small chips and tears to blank margin. $50.00 Angelina County 5. BIESELE, Megan & The Diboll Historical Society. The Cornbread Whistle: Oral History of a Texas Timber Company Town. Lufkin: Lufkin Printing Company, 1986. xxv [1], 173 [1, blank] pp., maps, photographic illustrations, drawings and pictorial endpapers by Raymond Ryan. 4to, original color pictorial cloth. Very fine in slightly worn d.j. $80.00 6. HALTOM, R.W. History and Description of Angelina County, Texas. Austin: Jenkins Publish- ing; New York: Pemberton Press, 1969. [6] 65 [1] [32, ads.] pp. 12mo, original orange cloth. Fine in near fine d.j. (spine sunned). Facsimile of 1888 first edition. CBC 45 (referring to first edition).TC 15. TLH, p. 1. $60.00 Aransas County 7. ARANSAS COUNTY-ROCKPORT CENTENNIAL, INC. A Glimpse at Our Past, Presented by The Aransas County-Rockport Centennial, Inc., June 13-21, 1970 on the Occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Rockport, 1870, and the Establishment of Aransas County, 1871. N.p.: The Aransas County-Rockport Centennial, Inc., 1970. [112] pp., numerous photographic illustrations. Square 8vo, original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear to wraps, staples rusted, otherwise fine. TC 23. $25.00 Sloan Rare Books Archer County 8. HODGE, Jeannie Goble. History of Holliday, Texas. Quanah & Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1972. [4] 82 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue cloth. A little light foxing to endpapers, otherwise fine in very good d.j. (lightly rubbed, spine sunned). TC 32. $25.00 9. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Archer County [below title left] Copy- right 1879. Wm C. Walsh Commissioner General Land Office State of Texas [below title right] I, W.C. Walsh Commissioner Genl Land Office State of Texas, Certify this to be a true and correct copy of the map now in use in this office and compiled from official data. Austin Oct 1879 [fac- simile signature] W.C. Walsh [bottom left] Lithographed by August Gast & Cos New Process, St. Louis. St. Louis: Gast, 1879. Uncolored lithograph map mounted on poster board, overall sheet size: 51.3 x 45.6 cm. Top edge of map sheet closely trimmed, two tears, approximately 11 and 30 cm (repaired with tape on board verso), and one large chip on top edge on map sheet, small tear and tape and water stains along right edge of map, a few scattered spots and small areas of insect damage. $350.00 Armstrong County 10. ARMSTRONG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. A Collection of Memories, Com- piled by the Armstrong County Historical Association: A History of Armstrong County 1876-1965. Hereford: Pioneer, [1965]. [6] 567 [1, blank] pp., illustrations (mostly photographic), maps. 4to, original brown cloth. Gilt lettering on cover dulled, front free endpaper absent, otherwise very good. First edition. TC 36. $45.00 Atascosa County 11. ATASCOSA COUNTY CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION. Atascosa County Centennial 1856- 1956. Atascosa County: Atascosa County Centennial Association, 1956. [110] pp, ads, illustra- tions. 4to, original yellow pictorial wrappers. Very fine. First edition. CBC 80. TC 38. $35.00 12. PATTERSON, C.L. Atascosa County Texas by C.L. Patterson: A Progressive and Diversified Ag- ricultural and Livestock Haven. [Pleasanton: The Pleasanton Express], 1938. 32 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition. CBC 92. TC 39. $60.00 13. TEXAS STATEWIDE RECORDS PROJECT. Index to Probate Cases of Texas, No. 7. Atas- cosa County, September 28, 1857-March 6, 1939. San Antonio: State-Wide Records Project, 1940. [4] pp., 26 folios, map. 4to, original blue printed wrappers. A few tiny stains to wraps, otherwise fine. First edition. CBC 85. TC 41. $15.00 Austin County 14. CAT SPRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Century of Agricultural Progress, 1856-1956: Min- utes of the Cat Spring Agricultural Society. Cat Spring: Cat Spring Agricultural Society, 1956. [8] 455 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original beige pictorial cloth. Upper board slightly warped, edges foxed, otherwise very good. First edition. Cf. CBC 98. TC 47. $60.00 15. CAT SPRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Cat Spring Story. Cat Spring: Cat Spring Ag- ricultural Society, 1956. [10] 166 pp., 4 plates. 8vo, original beige pictorial cloth. Boards slightly warped, a few small spots to edges, correction in ink to one plate caption, otherwise fine. First edition. Cf. CBC 98. TC 47. $45.00 Catalogue Ten, Part Five, Texas County and Local History Item 12 Sloan Rare Books 16. CAT SPRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Cat Spring Agricultural Society, Oldest Agricultural Society in Texas, June 8, 9, and 10th, 1956, Cat Spring, Austin County, Texas. New Ulm: New Ulm Enterprise, n.d. [1956]. 56 pp., photographs, ads. 8vo, original cream printed wrappers. A little light soiling and a few tiny spots to wraps, otherwise fine. Not in CBC. TC 51. $25.00 17. HOFF, Blanche. San Felipe de Austin: Capital of Austin’s Colony [wrapper title]. N.p.: Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1938. 15 [1, blank] pp., photographic portrait of James Monroe Hill. 8vo, original white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Light wear, soiling, and tiny area of insect damage to wraps, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 102. 1938 James Monroe Hill Texas history essay award, Sons of the Repub- lic of Texas. $15.00 18. SCHMIDT, C.W. Footprints of Five Generations. New Ulm: New Ulm Enterprise, 1930. 76 pp., photographs. 8vo, original blue pictorial wrappers. Light wear and a little browning to wraps, bottom edge spotted, a little light foxing to first and last leaves, otherwise very good. First edition. Not in CBC. TC 49. History of Austin County with biographies and good social history (“Pioneer Physicians of New Ulm,” “The School House,” “A Prairie Fire,” “Entertain- ment,” “Locating Bee Trees,” etc.). Though cotton, corn, and tobacco were the chief agricultural products, there is some history of stock raising. $25.00 Bandera County 19. FRONTIER TIMES MUSEUM. Program for Dedication of Chisolm Hall in Frontier Times Museum on Saturday, May 28th, 1938. Bandera, 1938. [4] pp., photographic image. 8vo, single stiff cardboard sheet folded with silver gelatin print of Frontier Times Museum tipped on. Lightly smudged, creased where formally folded, else very good. $15.00 20. GRAVES, Mrs. Howard. History of Bandera County Schools for Over a Century. Bandera: Bandera County Historical Survey Committee, 1973. [12] 114 [2] pp., photographs. 8vo, original brown printed wrappers. A little insect damage to spine, dark stains on upper wrap, light crease to upper wrap and first ca. 30 leaves. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. First edition.
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