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Text Box: Tales of Old Natchitoches by Elizabeth Shown Mills and Gary B. Mills, hardcover, 1978, The Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, 141 pages with black and white illustrations, bibliography, index; area interest. This is a book of thirty-three stories from the history of Northwest Louisiana that focus on the common man and woman. Their stories vary from light-hearted to tragic, but all are poignant reflections of life on the fringes of Creole civilization. Condition: very good plus/very good plus Price: $20.00

Text Box: Jim Courtright of Fort Worth: His Life and Legend by Robert K DeArment, hardcover, TCU Press, ISBN 0875652921, 2004, 287 pages with index; Texas area interest. This biography is of quite a character. From the book jacket: “Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright, operating on both sides of the law, is one of the most colorful characters from the wild and woolly days of Fort Worth's Hell's Half Acre. Courtright was at various times city marshal, deputy sheriff, deputy U.S. marshal, private detective, hired killer, and racketeer. Little is known about Courtright's early life, though he apparently served in the Union army during the Civil War. But when he arrived in the West, Courtright seemed to attract trouble. He was involved in a shootout during the 1886 railroad strikes and was accused of murder in New Mexico. Deputies were sent to Fort Worth to escort him to New Mexico to stand trial. His escape from them, complete with guns hidden under a restaurant table, is one of Fort Worth's most colorful stories. Finally, he was killed in a shootout that he apparently provoked with gambler and gunman Luke Short. To this day nobody is sure what provoked that feud, but Courtright was honored with the longest funeral procession Fort Worth had ever seen.” Condition: as new/as new Price: $12.00

Text Box: The Cypress Rangers in the Civil War, The Experiences of 85 Confederate Cavalrymen from Texas, by James Henry Davis, hardcover, ISBN: 0-9630768-3-3, Heritage Oak Press, 1991, 157 pages with black and white photos and illustrations, individual service records, bibliography of sources, chronology of important dates, index by name of soldier and subject, photo of 40 Cypress Rangers Reunion; local/area interest. Cypress Bayou is a half-swamp, which drains hundreds of square miles of Northeast Texas. Its branches come together near the town of Jefferson, Texas and continue southeasterly in Caddo Lake. The tributary known locally as Black Cypress flows between the towns of Jefferson, Avinger, Linden and Hughes Springs. This book is a local history focusing on 85 young men and what happened to them as they took part in the struggle of the century. Condition: near fine/no dust jacket Price: $50.00

Text Box: Historic San Antonio 1700-1900, soft cover, The Architectural Heritage of the San Antonio Chapter, American Institute of Architects, October 1963, 32 pages with black and white photographs and illustrations; Texas area interest. The aim of this booklet is to show San Antonio's architectural heritage in chronological order: Spanish settlements, native indigenous characteristics, the French influence, local adaptation of the classical period and the ornate Victorian freedoms. Editor's note: "The wealth of available material on the subject has been painstakingly sifted for the best and most unusual types and because of this, some favorite building may not have been included due to lack of time and space." Condition: near fine/no dust jacket, no guide maps Price: $10.00

Text Box: A Timeless Epoch…in harmony with Ozark heritage, Fayetteville, A Pictorial History by Kent R. Brown, design by Philip Johnson, hardcover, ISBN: 0-89865-269-3, The Donning Company Publishers, Norfolk, Virginia, 208 pages filled with black and white photographs, bibliography and index; area interest. This book, signed by the author, is number 1236 of a limited edition of 2500. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket Price: $15.00

Text Box: Spindletop by James A. Clark and Michel T. Halbouty, hardcover, Random House, third printing, 1952, pictorial boards, endpaper maps, painted top edge, 306 pages with black and white photos, appendices, and index; area interest. This is the story of "Spindletop", the Lucas gusher of 1901 which resulted in new frontiers and the petroleum industry. The authors give us a fascinating account of wildcatters Patrillo Higgins and Capt. Anthony Lucas who optioned 1,077 acres near Beaumont, TX and started the liquid fuel age. Condition: very good+/ no dust jacket Price: $15.00

Text Box: Galveston by Gary Cartwright, ISBN: 0-689-11991-7, hardcover, Atheneum, 1991, first edition, signed and dated by the author, 324 pages with black and white photographs, index; area interest. This book is the history of Galveston, which has known some exciting times and been home to some fascinating people. It was, writes Cartwright, "the largest, bawdiest, and most important city between New Orleans and San Francisco". From the Dallas Times Herald: "Galveston reads like a well-crafted novel that is chock-full of eccentric characters, (stories with) surprising plot twists and the heavy hand of fate." Condition: fine/no dust jacket Price: $20.00

Text Box: The New Texas School Reader, The New Texas Series, hardcover, The Steck Company, Austin, Texas 1962, Texas area interest. This book is a 1962 facsimile reproduction of The New Texas School Reader. Texas and the other states of the Confederacy had no publishers of textbooks; prior to the Civil War, Southern schools had always used textbooks published in the North or in Europe. To meet the needs of Southern schools, a number of printers and newspaper publishers in the South began publishing textbooks. This edition is an exact facsimile of the original edition, including end-sheets of a wall-paper design that was popular in 1863! Condition: fine/no dust jacket issued, no markings, protective Mylar cover Price: $10.00

Text Box: Journey From Ignorant Ridge: Stories and Pictures of Texas Schools in the 1800’s, editors: Mary Ley and Mike Bryan, a project of Parents and Teachers, Austin, TX., hardcover, 1976, 165 pages; Texas area interest. The name of the book shows the perspective of a people confronted with hardship and filled with vision and is taken from what the people in the Panhandle area called one of their schools. This book recounts the day-to-day drama of schools in Texas in the 1800’s. Condition: fine, one corner creased Price: $10.00

Text Box: Arkansans of the Years, Volume Three, by Fay Williams. Hardcover, The Hurley Company, Camden, AR, 1953, 381 pages with black and white photographs; area interest. This book is filled with delightful biographical stories of notable Arkansans. All sketches appearing are reprinted exactly as they appeared in the Arkansas Democrat Magazines of 1952 and 1953. Condition: very good plus/ no dust jacket; inscription on front fly leaf. Price: $10.00

Text Box: History of Travis County and Austin 1839-1899, by Mary Starr Barkley, signed by the author, 1963, Texian Press, Waco, TX, 388 pages with black and white photographs, appendix, references, index; local/area interest. The genesis of every type of history is manufactured in a state capital area: relations between the state and the federal government, relations between the state and its various political subdivisions. There is more governmental complexity in a state capital political situation than in any other; thus a historical account centered around a state capital area is always highly complex, but the author has written an understandable history of this area. Chapters include: Path of the Pioneers; Geography-Topography-Indians; Austin in 1839; Austin, 1839-1846; Austin, 1846-1860; Austin, 1861-1870; Austin, 1870-1899; Austin in 1899; Education-Schools; The University of Texas; Capitol and Newspapers; Civic Development ( Fire and Police Protection, Utilities); Economic Development; Religious Development; Recreation, Historic Homes, Arts, Folklore. Condition: very good plus/no dust jacket; inscription on fly leaf Price: $40.00

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Text Box: The Republic of Texas, A Brief History of Texas from the First American Colonies in 1821 to Annexation in 1864, by Clarence R. Wharton, hardcover, C.C. Young Printing Company, 1922, 247 pages; history. This Texas history was written in 1922. From the author’s preface: “When the Austins came…Texas history had its real beginnings. Fifteen years later San Jacinto was won and for ten more years, Texas was a republic. Then after one of the greatest political battles in American history – the ouster of Van Buren and the election of James K. Polk, Texas became a state. This twenty-five years is the heroic period of Texas history.” Condition: very good/ no dust jacket, slightly scuffed cover Price: $20.00