First Editions

First Editions

There are 108 book(s).

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...

Williams, J.E. (Jim)

Fifty-Eight Years in the Panhandle of Texas

$750.00

Reminiscences of an old-time West Texas cowboy and rancher who lived and worked in the Texas Panhandle. Much on ranching, especially the Bar X, JA, LS, LX, Quarter Circle Heart, Rocking Chair, T An...

Thurman, Violet Bierman

“Old Town” Indianola, Cattle Folks in Texas

$250.00

Indianola, located in Calhoun County, was an important Texas port, second only to Galveston. Much—perhaps most—German immigration to Texas came through Indianola. For thirty years, the forts in ...

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...