First Editions

First Editions

There are 108 book(s).

Kelton, Elmer

The Man Who Rode Midnight

$150.00

Another Kelton novel in which he weaves a story that incorporates old-fashioned principals. In this novel, main character Wes Hendricks knows a man’s values cannot be measured in dollars and cen...

Kelton, Elmer

The Good Old Boys

$150.00

This book is set in West Texas in 1906. Times are changing. The main character, Hewey Calloway comes to realize the way of life he once knew is gone and the time for mature responsibility has ar...

Kelton, Elmer

The Day the Cowboys Quit

$150.00

Inspired by an actual strike in the 1880s when cowboys then working for the large ranches in Texas’ Canadian River region stopped working to protest employment conditions imposed by the big-mone...

Jones, J. Y.

One Man, One Rifle, One Land

$125.00

The story of one man’s successful quest to “take all the huntable species and subspecies with the same .30-06 rifle.” The hunting experiences cataloged in this book range from the high North Ame...

Jameson, W.C.

Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Big Bend

$45.00

Texas’ Big Bend is mysterious and very compelling. Much of the legacy of this fascinating country has to do with lost mines and buried treasures. The twenty-one tales in this book are spellbindi...

Hough, L[ysius]

Crime

$1,950.00

A very uncommon item published during what is described in the book as “our national farm depression” by “An Extensive Land Owner and Wheat Grower”. In the Preface, the author calls for curbs on, i...

Hunter, J.A.

Hunter’s Tracks

$25.00

Hunter moved from his native Scotland to British East Africa in 1908 where he spent 15 years as a professional hunter serving maharajahs, millionaires and visiting sportsmen. During his lifetime, h...

Hatley, Allen G

Reluctant Rebels, The Eleventh Texas Cavalry Re...

$45.00

The first regimental history of the Eleventh Texas Cavalry. Recruited in North Texas in the Summer of 1861 and mustered into Confederate service shortly thereafter. The Regiment fought briefly agai...

Haley, J. Evetts

Ode to Nita

$1,500.00

J. Evetts Haley’s funeral tribute to his first wife, Nita Stewart Haley. According to Haley bibliographer Chandler Robinson, this work is the rarest of Haley’s works.   It was done only for family ...

Guthrie, Keith

History of San Patricio County

$250.00

A comprehensive history of San Patricio County that includes 733 family histories. Included also is information about Karankawa Indians, the French and Spanish, and early empresarios. County cities...

Wilson, Maurine T.

Philip Nolan and Texas, Expeditions to the Unkn...

$40.00

Waco: Texian Press, 1987. 1st edition. 189 pages. Bibliography. Index. Book and dustjacket are in FINE condition.   A thorough study of this legendary frontiersman who explored Texas during the yea...

Ungerer, Tom

The Beast of Monsieur Racine

$35.00

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. 1st edition. No pagination. Hardcover with dustjacket. Book is NEAR FINE. Dustjacket is VERY GOOD.   A surprise ending that will make you giggle!  This ga...