Basic Texas Books from The Wright Collection

Wash. D.C.: Documentary Publishing, 1971. Black cloth with gold lettering, 391 pp., illus., map, index. Ltd. to 500c. BTB #61-best contemporaneous account of Mexican retreat from Texas after San Jacinto. . Cloth. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Wash. D.C.: Documentary Publishing, 1971. Black cloth with gold lettering, 391 pp., illus., map, index. Ltd. to 500c. BTB #61-best contemporaneous account of Mexican retreat from Texas after San Jacinto. . Cloth. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Austin: TSHA, 1991. D.j., 727 pp., index. BTB#5-reprint of the 1875 edition. A reference book on Texas history arranged into four sections: Historical, Biography, Miscellany & Statistical. Still a highly useful resource on early Texas. Baker settled in Austin in 1850. Still in shrink wrap.. As New/As New.

Wash. D.C.: Documentary Publishing, 1971. Black cloth with gold lettering, 391 pp., illus., map, index. Ltd. to 500c. BTB #61-best contemporaneous account of Mexican retreat from Texas after San Jacinto. . Cloth. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Austin: TSHA, 1991. D.j., 727 pp., index. BTB#5-reprint of the 1875 edition. A reference book on Texas history arranged into four sections: Historical, Biography, Miscellany & Statistical. Still a highly useful resource on early Texas. Baker settled in Austin in 1850. Still in shrink wrap.. As New/As New.

Wash. D.C.: Documentary Publishing, 1971. Black cloth with gold lettering, 391 pp., illus., map, index. Ltd. to 500c. BTB #61-best contemporaneous account of Mexican retreat from Texas after San Jacinto. . Cloth. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Austin: TSHA, 1991. D.j., 727 pp., index. BTB#5-reprint of the 1875 edition. A reference book on Texas history arranged into four sections: Historical, Biography, Miscellany & Statistical. Still a highly useful resource on early Texas. Baker settled in Austin in 1850. Still in shrink wrap.. As New/As New.

Austin: TSHA, 1991. D.j., 727 pp., index. BTB#5-reprint of the 1875 edition. A reference book on Texas history arranged into four sections: Historical, Biography, Miscellany & Statistical. Still a highly useful resource on early Texas. Baker settled in Austin in 1850. Still in shrink wrap.. As New/As New.

Wash. D.C.: Documentary Publishing, 1971. Black cloth with gold lettering, 391 pp., illus., map, index. Ltd. to 500c. BTB #61-best contemporaneous account of Mexican retreat from Texas after San Jacinto. . Cloth. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Wash. D.C.: Documentary Publishing, 1971. Black cloth with gold lettering, 391 pp., illus., map, index. Ltd. to 500c. BTB #61-best contemporaneous account of Mexican retreat from Texas after San Jacinto. . Cloth. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Austin: TSHA, 1991. D.j., 727 pp., index. BTB#5-reprint of the 1875 edition. A reference book on Texas history arranged into four sections: Historical, Biography, Miscellany & Statistical. Still a highly useful resource on early Texas. Baker settled in Austin in 1850. Still in shrink wrap.. As New/As New.

Wash. D.C.: Documentary Publishing, 1971. Black cloth with gold lettering, 391 pp., illus., map, index. Ltd. to 500c. BTB #61-best contemporaneous account of Mexican retreat from Texas after San Jacinto. . Cloth. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Austin: State House Press, 1995. D.j., 492 pp., illus., index. BTB #108-one of the most interesting first-hand narratives of Texas Indian fighting, stagecoaching, & Conf. cavalry operations. The memoirs of Gen. Adam R. Johnson. Fine reprint.. As New/As New.

Houston: Fletcher Young Pub., 1965. 230 pp. BTB #79-The best account of events in Texas during the Revolution written as they occurred. No other work equals his diary for immediacy, perceptiveness and readability.. Facsimile Reprint. Cloth. Fine.

Waco: Texian, 1968. D.j., 392 pp., foldout map, appendix. Basic Tx Bks #199(H)-one of the most controversial guide books written by a visitor to early Texas. However, in general, it is one of the best books on Texas issued during the Republic. First published in 1840. Excellent copy.. Fine/Near Fine.

Austin: Gammels' Book Shop Gray paper covers (lower front corner missing & first few pages lower corners worn; last 30 pp. worn on lower corner), 238 pp., no date. An early reprint of a portion of Early Times in Texas. See Basic Tx. Bks #51 (B). Nice tight copy.. Paper. Very Good.

Wilmington: Broadfoot, 1992. D.j., 336 pp., illus., index. Reprint of Basic Tx Books #89-the rarest & most coveted book on the Civil War. One of the most vivid & intimate accounts of the Civil War. Heartsill was a member of the W.P. Lane Rangers, later Co. F, 2nd Regt., Texas Cavalry commanded by Col. Rip Ford. . Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Macmillan, 1884. Cloth (spine wrinkled, top edge has small tear), 228 pp., appendix. Basic Tx. Bks. #98-"A valuable and entertaining account of three young Engish immigrants to Texas, this was edited by the author of Tom Brown's School Days." Consists of letters written home between 1878 and 1883 describing their ranching activities. Nice tight copy, no marks.. 1st.. Cloth.… Read more about this item

Austin: State House Press, 1986. D.j. (small repaired tears on edges), 861 pp., illus., index. Facsimile reproduction. of "EARLY SETTLERS AND INDIAN FIGHTERS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS". Basic Tx. Bks. #193-contains hundreds of accounts of incidents in pioneer Texas. 132 accounts of pioneer settlers, most told to Sowell directly. . Cloth. Fine/Very Good.

San Antonio: Jackson Printing Co., 1923. Recased with original green boards but with a black leather spine, new endpapers, 496 pp., photos, index. Vol. II only published three years later. Embossed seal on back of title page with "Cancelled" written in ink on it. Otherwise contents in very nice condition with no marks. Basic Tx. Bks.#99-"This compilation is the essential… Read more about this item