First Editions

First Editions

There are 91 book(s).

Powell, Collin L. with Joseph E. Persico

My American Journey

$195.00

Powell (1937-2021) was a quintessential American success story. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents. After school, he joined the Army, rising to the rank of General and serving as Chairman o...

Smithers, W.D.

Pancho Villa’s Last Hangout—On Both Sides of th...

$35.00

This book Includes three articles written by Smithers: (1) "Natures Pharmacy and the Curandros"; (2) "Border Trading Posts”; and, (3) “Bandit Raids In The Big Bend Country". According to Bryan Wild...

Santa Anna

The Eagle. The Autobiography of Santa Anna

$450.00

Santa Anna was controversial, and enigmatic, but also patriotic. He was a man who exercised so much influence on Mexican politics and government in the early nineteenth century that historians ofte...

Phelps, Tim

A Photographic Reference for the Western Americ...

$200.00

An invaluable supplement to major Western Americana references. This book contains an extensive photo array of many of the most desirable, and, in some cases, rarest books sought by collectors are ...

Pollard, Janet Williams & Hammond, Jim N.

Oscar Waldo Williams, Saga of a Pioneer Spirit

$600.00

Oscar Waldo (O. W.) Williams was a lawyer, surveyor, historian, and county judge, After graduating Harvard with a law degree, tuberculosis forced Williams to seek an arid climate. He moved to Dalla...

Richardson, Rupert

The Comanche Barrier to the South Plains Settle...

$350.00

A classic of frontier literature. In this book, Dr. Richardson told the story of the Comanche nation, one of the most feared of all American Indian tribes. This book shows both white settlers and C...

Fridge, Ike as told to Jodie D. Smith

History of the Chisum War or Life of Ike Fridge...

$2,400.00

A very hard-to-find book, particularly in the condition of this copy. In fact, J Frank Dobie said it was “unprocurable”. Obviously not unprocurable but still, very hard-to-find. Dobie thought highl...

Breithaupt, Richard H., Jr.

Aztec Club of 1847, Military Society of the Mex...

$350.00

The Aztec Club of 1847 was founded in Mexico City at the time the American Army occupied that capital during the Mexican War. The original members numbered one hundred sixty, including many whose f...

Jacobson, Lucy Miller and Mildred Bloys Nored

Jeff Davis County, Texas

$250.00

One of Texas’ most scenic counties, much Texas history has occurred in Jeff Davis County. An important frontier fort – Fort Davis – is located in the county. Buffalo Soldiers, Company H of the Tent...

Turner, Mrs. Avery

These High Plains

$500.00

Mrs. Turner wrote the book “to preserve cherished memories of my forty years on These High Plains.” In it, there is much about Amarillo and the wider Panhandle area generally, including the open...

Tinsley, Jim Bob

The Hash Knife Brand

$30.00

An encompassing history of the five allied Hash Knife Cattle outfits of the late 19th century—three in Texas, one in Montana, and one in Arizona.” This highly readable book is part business hist...

Viertel, Peter

White Hunter Black Heart

$35.00

A novel of big-game hunting in the Belgian Congo. The book is based on Veirtel’s experiences working with Director John Huson during the filming of The African Queen, an Academy Award winning mo...

Thompson, Cecilia

History of Marfa and Presidio County, Texas 153...

$375.00

Mike Cox included this 2-vol set in More Basic Texas Books, his book that built upon John Jenkins’ annotated bibliography, Basic Texas Books, It is one of cornerstone books about Texas’ Big Bend...

Rose, Victor M.

Ross’ Texas Brigade Being a Narrative of Events...

$2,500.00

The author, writing from Victoria Texas, represented himself to be “an actor in most of the events portrayed [in the book], and, in addition thereto, [wrote that he] had the fraternal cooperatio...

Rikhoff, Jim

Hunting the African Lion

$300.00

A great anthology of spellbinding stories. Stories from the best books about lion hunting throughout Africa have been collected. Also included are articles by noted hunters specifically commissi...