Search Results: Authors starting with T from McBride Rare Books

Wien, 1825. Good.. [1],140pp. Original printed wrappers, lacking front wrap and spine nearly perished. Light foxing and dust soiling. An abridged German translation of Talbot's narrative detailing his life in Canada and travels therein. Talbot's work was originally published in London the previous year as Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour through Part of the United States of America, in the Year 1823. "[Talbot] asserted the industrious poor who were willing to spend five or six years of hardship would be well rewarded [emigrating to Canada], but there was little inducement for the gentleman. The work was a financial loss to the family since sales were limited and no royalties were received from the pirated translations which appeared soon after in France and Germany" - Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online). Rare in American institutions, and scarce generally.

[Mexico: En la Imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1767. Fair.. 4 [of 10]pp. of preliminaries, 84 [of 128]pp. of text. Quarto. Late-19th-century quarter Mexican green sheep and marbled-paper covered boards, gilt spine titles. Spine faded, some abrading to the edges, small library label on front cover. Occasional minor foxing to text, with numerous marginal pencil markings to last several leaves. This copy lacks the following: title page (supplied in manuscript facsimile); two leaves of preliminaries, namely the "Dedicatoria a don Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana" and "Al estudiante aplicado" (both also supplied in manuscript facsimile); pp.59-62 in the dictionary section; and pp.89-128 (the catechism). An admittedly defective, but substantial portion of an exceedingly-rare and important Mexican linguistic work with a distinguished provenance. Huastec is the northernmost dialect of the Mayan language. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was spoken in Puebla, Veracruz, and San Luis Potosi; it is… Read More

Tokyo: Salesian Orphanage, 1949. Very good.. 84pp. Original pictorial printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Second edition. Written by a Catholic priest, this work reports on the efforts of the Church and others to assist with the orphans and other wandering persons, particularly children, displaced in the wake of World War II. It particularly highlights the work of the Salesian Orphanage, where it was printed. The work is illustrated with images of the orphans, their caretakers, and the various facilities of the orphanage. This second edition includes a section on the inauguration of the new orphanage building and the continued rise in vagrant children on the streets of Tokyo. One copy of a 64pp. edition published in 1948, presumably the first, located at Columbia University. We find no copies of this lengthier, second edition.

Mexico City, 1847. About very good.. [4]pp. Folio. 20th-century dyed calf, front board gilt lettered. Previously folded, with some creasing and small separation at old horizontal fold. Light tanning, scattered staining and soiling. Very scarce Spanish translation of General Zachary Taylor's official report to the United States Army on the Battle of Buena Vista. The account comprises a concise, blow-by-blow narrative of the engagement, with additional remarks on maneuvers and decisions made by Taylor and on the opposing Mexican forces. This translation, printed on a newspaper press in Mexico City at the end of May 1847, approximately two months after the battle took place, was used by supporters of Santa Anna to counteract claims of cowardice and insufficient zeal in the Mexican army by his domestic detractors. Indeed, Taylor devotes a good portion of his report to the desperate fighting at the American center and right flanks, and a postscript by one of Santa Anna's aides, Manuel Maria Gimenez,… Read More

Boston: Stanley & Usher, Printers, 1887. Very good.. 12pp. Original printed self wrappers, sewn. Minor dust-soiling and edge wear. Soft vertical crease throughout. Internally clean. Very good. [with:] Annual Report of the Mexican Telephone Company. 1890-1891. Boston: E.W.S. Jones, Stationer and Printer, [1891]. 11pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers somewhat toned, small chip at each corner, short vertical closed tear and some discoloration to front wrapper. Soft vertical crease throughout. Internally clean. An informative pair of rare and early reports from the Mexican Telephone Company, a subsidiary of American Bell Telephone Company that sought to establish a national telephone network across Mexico during the 1880s. The Mexican Telephone Company began operations in 1882 using equipment from Western Electric and other supplies harvested from local Mexican markets, specifically Mexican trees for telephone poles. At first, the company met with success, but over the course of the next… Read More

San Francisco: Tipografia de A.L. Bancroft y Ca, 1883. Very good.. Letterpress broadside, printed on cardstock in red and green, with decorative borders and cornerpieces. Old horizontal center fold, couple of short closed tears, moderate soiling, several old tape reinforcements to verso. A wonderful relic from the early years of the invention of the telephone, issued by the Mexican Pacific Telephone Company in an effort to secure telephone service from Spanish-speaking residents of San Francisco. The form is not filled out, but includes lines for fifty subscribers to sign up, with a calendar printed at the center for the year 1883. At the bottom of the form, the company prints instructions in Spanish, beginning, "Direcciones para llamar." Translated into English, the instructions read: "Directions to call. Turn the handle on the right side of the device three times, and without removing the Receiver Telephone that is on the hook, wait for a response; if this is not given, the call will be repeated… Read More

Washington, D.C., 1870. Good.. [4]pp. Small quarto. Chips and short closed tears at edges; leaves separated. Slightly later ink stamp and manuscript annotation on first leaf recto. Paper browned, somewhat brittle. Memorial presented by attorney Bethel Coopwood to the United States and Mexican Commission, describing Capt. James Callahan and the Texas Rangers' sacking and burning of Piedras Negras in October 1855, and specifically the losses of Margarito Teposte, who was seeking redress from the United States government. Callahan ostensibly crossed the border into Mexico in pursuit of a band of Apaches, but ended up attacking the local citizenry and destroying the Mexican border town. The Rangers then, "drove your memorialist from his home and compelled him to flee to the woods with all of his family, where he wandered for three days, exposed to death under the tomahawk of the barbarous Indians, who frequented said woods at that time, suffering from hunger and thirst in a degree almost insupportable,… Read More

Fort Randall, D.T.: February 12, 1862. Very good.. [4]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling and wear. An interesting letter addressed to the governor of Iowa signed by seven officers of the 14th Iowa Infantry stationed at Fort Randall in the Dakota Territory. Fort Randall was charged with keeping peace with the Sioux, and the 14th Iowa Volunteers had made a difficult winter march to their post in order to guard the civilians in the territory. In their missive, they lay out complaints against the territorial governor, as well as the postmaster who is accused of secessionist sentiments. The soldiers include Captain George H. Wolfe and Dr. Samuel N. Pierce, the company's surgeon, as well as four lieutenants and a sergeant major. They write: "We the undersigned, would like your advice on certain points connected with our welfare, and (we might say) that of the state which we have the honor to serve. ... Soon after our arrival at this post there were vague rumors afloat to the… Read More

[Knoxville, Tn: George Roulstone, 1794. About very good.. Partially-printed broadside, 6.5 x 8 inches, completed in manuscript, docketed on verso in ink manuscript noting the summons was served. Modest marginal chipping, evenly tanned, old folds. An early and decidedly rare imprint from pre-statehood Tennessee, when it was known as the "Territory south of Ohio." According to the description for the copy at Middle Tennessee State (one of only two known institutional copies), the work was "Probably printed by George Roulstone in Knoxville, who was printer to the territory in at least 1794 and 1795, and printer to the state of Tennessee from 1796 to 1803." The present document was completed in manuscript on June 3, 1794. The clerk, Charles McClung, signed the bottom of the document in ink, "Chas. McClung, Ck." McClung was a surveyor who, among other activities, drew the original plat of Knoxville in 1791. He also served as the first clerk of Knox County. The present document is a court summons for two… Read More

Flatonia,Tx, 1938. Good plus.. 64pp. 16mo. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Front cover torn at top edge, some loss to spine at lower edge. Slight biopredation to lower portion of last few leaves. Light soiling and wear. Protocol guidelines for the Katolická Jednotá Texaská, a Czech-Texan organization founded in 1889. According to its website, the Czech Catholic Union of Texas, is a "non-profit fraternal benefit insurance society that operates under the lodge system." The current publication provides both names and financial information about the group. We find no copies of this or any other issue in OCLC.

Des Moines, Ia: Kenyon Company, 1909. Very good.. Lithographic folding map printed in color, 19 x 21 inches. Folded and tipped into original printed red wrappers. Minor edge wear and light staining to wrappers. Short vertical split along one fold line at top, minor soiling. A rare and interesting promotional map of Texas produced specifically to tout the advantages of Fort Stockton, sponsored by the Fort Stockton Irrigated Lands Company. The cover title reads, "Map of Texas Showing Location of Greatest Irrigating Project That Has Been Opened for Settlement in Years." The counties within the state of Texas are printed in different colors, and the whole of the state is outlined in red. The location of Fort Stockton is indicated with a large red square and a pointing finger, and labeled by name and with statistics for altitude, rainfall, and mean temperatures in Summer and Winter. The margins (essentially Oklahoma and Mexico) are emblazoned with promotional text regarding Fort Stockton. The Oklahoma… Read More

[Texas, 1901. Near fine.. Broadside, 7.25 x 8.5 inches. Text printed in two columns. Minor wear. Broadside advertising lands for sale in Pecos County, Texas. Four sections are offered, ranging from 5,200 acres to 18,560 acres, at a rate of 75 cents an acre. "The day is at hand when the cattleman must own his lands. ... These are all good grazing lands. Good water, in abundant supply, at shallow depth can be found on any of them. ... Lands are in good shape for fencing. ... If you let these opportunities pass, when ranges have all gone to high prices and are hard to control, never say you did not have an opportunity." Rare and ephemeral. One copy located in OCLC, at SMU.

St. Louis: John S. Swift Co, 1925. About very good.. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Some creasing and wear at wrapper edges. Light toning. First edition of this attractive promotional for the virtues of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, published by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1925. Chief among the attractions are the fertility of the region for agriculture and livestock, but the modern amenities and architecture of South Texas towns are also praised extensively. Extensively illustrated with photographic reproductions; the Missouri Pacific connected Brownsville to Houston and Laredo, and therefore had a serious interest in developing the area.

[Austin &] Houston: A.C. Gray, 1876. Very good.. 31,32,35,112pp. Modern quarter blue calf and light blue paper-covered boards, spine gilt. Minor toning, a few short closed tears. A collection of four works by the Texas State Legislature pertaining to the Constitution of 1876. All four of the works were printed by the contemporary state printer, A.C. Gray, the son of Texas Founding Father William Fairfax Gray. The titles present here are as follows: 1. Ordinances Adopted by the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas. Convened at the City of Austin, September 6, 1875. 2. Rules of Order and Standing Committees of the Senate of Texas, Fifteenth Legislature.... 3. Rules of Order and Standing Committees of the State of House of Representatives, Fifteenth Legislature.... 4. Constitution of the State of Texas, Adopted by the Constitutional Convention, Convened at Austin, September 6, 1875.... "The Constitution of 1876 is the sixth constitution by which Texas has been governed since… Read More

San Antonio, 1915. About very good.. [16]pp. Original pictorial card covers, stapled. Light creasing and wear, internally clean. With an additional brochure laid in. A promotional booklet for Catarina Farms in the heart of South Texas, the Winter Garden of America. "When cowboys rode the ranges of Texas from Colorado to the Rio Grande, from the Red River to the Gulf, they knew and loved this richly favored region where was a never failing supply of water, where pasturage was always abundant: and they named it 'The Winter Garden.'" Illustrated throughout with the agricultural wonders of the area.

San Antonio: Nic Tengg, 1924. Very good.. Folding map, 39 x 25.5 inches; in card covers 7.5 x 5 inches. Old folds but clean and fresh. Light soiling to covers and index. A handsome map of 1920s San Antonio, showing the growth of the city during the Texas oil boom. The city grew by from 100,000 to 160,000 residents between the 1910 and 1920 census, and would go on to grow by 70,000 more inhabitants by 1930. This map shows the area around central San Antonio from the Harlandale Addition in the south to Alamo Heights in the north. Parks are denoted in green, with streets, railroads, and wards labeled. We note that the city cemetery has identified sections for several unique groups including "Hebrews" and "Colored." Folded into a handy card cover, a 19pp. index to the map is included inside the front cover. OCLC locates copies in the Library of Congress and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Wellington, Tx: Leader Printing Co, 1925. Good.. xxii,234pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Spine perished, wrappers chipped. Minor wear to text. A crudely printed illustrated history of Collingsworth County, Texas. With numerous local advertisements.

Austin: Baldwin & Sons for the Chamber of Commerce, 1916. Good plus.. [20]pp. Original gilt pictorial wrappers. Light wear and sunning to wraps. Some foxing and soiling internally. Rare promotional pamphlet for the city of Austin during the mid-1910s, published for its Chamber of Commerce. The work contains many photographic reproductions of significant structures, including the Capitol, University of Texas buildings, City Hall, and prominent homes. Also included are scenes of Travis Heights, Hyde Park, Mt. Bonnell, Lake Austin, and several instances of agricultural activities. The text extolls the advantages and attractions of Austin for tourist and businessman alike, and particularly points out opportunities in agriculture and manufacturing. "Your business will succeed here, if it is worthy." OCLC locates copies only at UT Austin, UT Arlington, Texas Wesleyan, and the Autry Museum.

Canyon City, Tx, 1907. Very good.. [32]pp. Profusely illustrated with monotone photographs. Slim quarto. Original wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, some darkening to edges and rear wrapper, light dust-soiling, tiny chip to lower corner of front wrapper. A rare land promotional touting the advantages of Canyon City, Texas (known now simply as Canyon). Established in 1887, Canyon City became a major shipping point for cattle and cotton after the arrival of the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway in 1898. A telephone exchange was installed in 1892, the First National Bank of Canyon opened in 1904, and the city was on its way. For a couple of years, between 1916 and 1918, legendary photographer Georgia O'Keeffe lived in Canyon, and is thought to have drawn inspiration for her distinctive southwestern style from nearby Palo Duro Canyon. The present work was published by Garrison, Harrison & Co., which maintained offices in Canyon City and Bellevue, Illinois, and is aimed at convincing Illinois residents… Read More

[Pampa?], 1910. Very good.. 24pp. 12mo. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Clean and fresh. One signature loosening. A lovely little promotional for Pampa, Texas, "a growing town of 500 inhabitants located on the Santa Fe Railroad." The work is illustrated throughout, highlighting the towns businesses and residences. Rare -- we locate three copies in OCLC, all in Texas institutions.