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From Virginia to Texas, 1835. Diary of Col. Wm. F. Gray Giving Details of His Journey to Texas and Return in 1835-36 and Second Journey to Texas in 1837 with Preface by A.C. Gray. Printed for the Information of His Descendants by [Texas]: Gray, William Fairfax

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Title: From Virginia to Texas, 1835. Diary of Col. Wm. F. Gray Giving Details of His Journey to Texas and Return in 1835-36 and Second Journey to Texas in 1837 with Preface by A.C. Gray. Printed for the Information of His Descendants
Author: [Texas]: Gray, William Fairfax
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition: Good.
Description: Houston: Gray, Dillaye & Co, 1909. Good.. viii, 230pp. Contemporary black limp leatherette, with gilt titles on front cover and "Alice Gray Sears McGee" stamped at the bottom. Title page a bit chipped, with two brown cello repairs to both title and the first leaf of the Preface, the latter of which was repaired at the bottom right corner. Otherwise a lightly toned but clean textblock. A descendant's copy of one of the most desirable books on the history of Texas, being the diary of early Texas land agent, soldier and legislator William Fairfax Gray, covering the critical months of the Spring and early Summer of 1836 during the Texas Revolution. The work was privately printed by Gray's younger son, Allen Charles "A.C." Gray, who also wrote the preface; it is believed A.C. Gray printed fewer than 200 copies "for the benefit of his descendants, and possibly for the use of the future historian" as the ink of the original manuscript was "so faded and dim as to render it certain that in a comparatively short time it would become unreadable." The present copy emanates from a descendant of the Gray family, with the name "Alice Gray Sears McGee" printed in gilt at the bottom of the front cover. Alice Gray Sears was the daughter of Susan Alice Gray and granddaughter of William Fairfax Gray; she married James Butler McGee in Harris County in 1913 and taught school in the Houston area. The work itself was praised by legendary Texas bookseller John Jenkins as "the best account of events in Texas during the revolution written as they occurred.... The only extensive diary written by an outsider to have survived.... [and] One of the best and most unbiased records of the turmoil in Texas during its most important winter and spring." Gray's diary begins in Virginia in October 1835 and reports continuously on events in Texas through June 26, 1836; the later portion of the diary runs from January 17 to April 8, 1837. Gray stayed with Stephen F. Austin in New Orleans, speculated in Texas land to help finance the Revolution, and eventually traveled to Nacogdoches where he voted in the election of delegates to the Convention of 1836. During this time, he was entrusted to carry the letters from Stephen F. Austin to Sam Houston warning of the approach of Santa Anna's forces. His reporting on the subsequent Convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos remains a vital record of the activities involved in the negotiation, writing, and signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Gray also provides the earliest written account of the fall of the Alamo, which he took down immediately after hearing it from William B. Travis's slave, Joe. He stayed for a brief time on the plantation of Texas Vice President Lorenzo de Zavala, recording the activities of the nascent Texas Navy before participating in the Runaway Scrape back to New Orleans. As Jenkins writes, perhaps Gray's greatest contribution to history was in "his character analyses of the leading Texans." He describes Austin as "a sensible and unpretending businessman" and Houston as "evidently the people's man, and seems to take pains to ingratiate himself with everybody. He is much broken in appearance, but still has a fine person and courtly manners." Gray also had an unvarnished opinion of Texans overall when he writes of them: "Rude hospitality and unaffected kindness are the characteristics of the old settlers that I met with.... The new race are adventurers, sharpers, and many of them blacklegs." He called the Texans he observed meeting in the Convention on Sunday as "a most ungodly people." "William Fairfax Gray, soldier, lawyer, and author, was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, on November 3, 1787.... In 1835 as land agent for Thomas Green and Albert T. Burnley of Washington, D.C., Gray visited Mississippi and Texas. Upon arriving in Texas he attended the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos and attempted to obtain the position of secretary. He failed in this, but in his diary (published in 1909 under the title of From Virginia to Texas, 1835) he kept a faithful record of the convention's proceedings, in some cases more complete than the official journal. During the Runaway Scrape he obtained a passport and returned to Virginia. In 1837 he moved his family to Texas and settled in Houston. In addition to practicing law, he served as clerk of the Texas House of Representatives from May 2 to September 26, 1837, and as secretary of the Senate from April 9 to May 24, 1838. On May 13, 1840, Gray was appointed district attorney. Upon the establishment of the Texas Supreme Court, he was named clerk.... Gray died in Houston on April 16, 1841, and was buried in the Old City Cemetery, now Founders Memorial Park” – Handbook of Texas Online. The printer, Allen Charles "A.C." Gray, was the brother of Texas politician Peter W. Gray (who founded the famous Baker, Botts law firm in Houston) and the younger son of the present author, William Fairfax Gray. A.C. Gray worked for a time as the official printer of Texas in the 1870s, and printed the present work when he was eighty years old. He was also considered the first historian of Texas printing history, contributing "History of the Texas Press" to Dudley G. Wooten's Comprehensive History of Texas in 1898. Gray's publishing house operated from 1865 until 1959, well after his death. The last copy of the present work to appear at auction sold for $7,475 at Dorothy Sloan in 1998. The Eberstadts sold a copy for $300 in their famous Texas catalogue in 1963. We are not aware of any other copies in the trade since the Sloan sale. Also, the few copies which have entered the market over the years have been bound in printed wrappers; the present copy was custom bound in limp black cloth shortly after its publication at the behest of Alice Gray Sears McGee herself. The price here takes into account the condition of the title page and first leaf of the Preface. Basic Texas Books 79. Howes G341, "aa." Clark III:171. Eberstadt 162:353.

Album of 61 Hand-colored Carriage Plates by Thomas, Brice. Lithography by [Andre] and [Charles] Fernique

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Title: Album of 61 Hand-colored Carriage Plates
Author: Thomas, Brice. Lithography by [Andre] and [Charles] Fernique
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Full Morocco. Good. Decorative bookplate of Rudolph Valentino. Oblong, 18 by 27 cm. Plates come from several sources, most prominently "Le Guide du Carrossier", published in Paris. This title is embossed in gilt, now heavily faded, on the spine. The matinee idol and quintessential Latin lover Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) was a notable book collector during his brief career as a top flight movie star, which ended with his untimely death. The bookplate was designed by film director and production designer William Cameron Menzies (1896-1957), whose signature is printed in the lower right corner of the bookplate. Menzies served as the art director for "Gone with the Wind", just one of the many celebrated movies in which he was a significant participant. Menzies was a passionate fencer, as befitting the illustration of a jousting knight in the bookplate. Condition: rubbed along edges. Rebacked, with original spine mounted thereon, and title faded but still legible. Boards with some rubbing, loss of color, other wear. Early plates have light to moderate soiling, and a few plates at the end have heavier foxing. Most plates are clean, though, and overall an appealing collection of carriage plates.

The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

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Title: The Demolished Man
Author: Alfred Bester
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition (Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine); A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED, inscribed, and dated by the author with a unique inscription. An outstanding copy of this novel, the first recipient of the Hugo Award (1953), a publisher's sticker is affixed to the front flap announcing the award; the UK edition, with the Gerard Quinn illustration, much more uncommon in today's marketplace, particularly signed (as of this listing, the only signed UK copy available in the online market). This copy is in very good condition showing only mild foxing to the text block, a couple of small stains to the boards, and some light rubbing to the spine lettering. Housed in a crisp and bright very good or better dust jacket that shows some mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and corners, a few small tears, one to the spine, a tiny one to the front panel at the man's forehead, and one near the top of the front flap fold, and some minor dark soiling to the back panel. Overall, a highly presentable and collectible copy of this early award winning novel; Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

DE VENERE GENITRIC ET DE EIUS TEMPLO IN FORO CAESARIS (Temple of Caesar Augustus). SS. CARMI ET DAMIANI by LAURO, GIACOMO. (ROMAN ARCHITECTURE)

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Title: DE VENERE GENITRIC ET DE EIUS TEMPLO IN FORO CAESARIS (Temple of Caesar Augustus). SS. CARMI ET DAMIANI
Author: LAURO, GIACOMO. (ROMAN ARCHITECTURE)
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description: As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor (orig. 1612-1628). Pl. 35. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome.

A LOT CONSISTING OF MORE THAN FIFTY SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1878 by [Army]

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Title: A LOT CONSISTING OF MORE THAN FIFTY SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1878
Author: [Army]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Washington, 1878. Each 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", 1-3pp. Wide margins, Very Good. The orders deal with promotions, discharges, assignments, prison sentences at Leavenworth, western outposts, and other matters.

PHOTOGRAPH (UNSIGNED) by AHERNE, BRIAN

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Title: PHOTOGRAPH (UNSIGNED)
Author: AHERNE, BRIAN
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Description: See Description. Signed-Autograph Very Good AHERNE, Brian. Photograph [ca. 1940], youthful half-length pose attired in a porter's uniform and hat, by Clarence Sinclair Bull (with photographer's rubberstamp on verso). 10" x 8" (not signed), on heavy stock..

The Old California Trail: Traces in Folklore and Furrow by ALTROCCHI, Julia

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Title: The Old California Trail: Traces in Folklore and Furrow
Author: ALTROCCHI, Julia
Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description: Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1945., 1945. First edition. 8vo. 50 halftone illustrations from photographs by the author. Bibliography. Endpaper maps. Dust jacket (price clipped). Very good. No bookplates or signatures.. F. Hardcover.

The Spectacular San Franciscans by ALTROCCHI, Julia Cooley

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Title: The Spectacular San Franciscans
Author: ALTROCCHI, Julia Cooley
Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description: New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc. 1949., 1949. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Frontispiece of Lillie Hitchcock Coit. Bibliography. Original gilt stamped terra-cotta cloth; endpaper maps. Dust jacket (price clipped). Very good. No signatures or bookplates.. F. Hardcover.

Land of Surprise! by MALVERN, Gladys & Corinne

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Title: Land of Surprise!
Author: MALVERN, Gladys & Corinne
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros., Inc, 1938. Boards. Very good. 4to; [32]pp; color pictorial boards, blue cloth shelf-back; gift inscription dated 1939 on ffep; color pictorial title page; illustrations in black and orange; 14 orange glassine "magic" pages overlay full page illustrations to reveal or accentuate hidden pictures, one glassine page with owner's name in ink script; all glassine pages present but fading of the glassine with time has made the effect less dramatic; light scuffing to boards, light age crinkling of the glassine pages; very good. Fanciful story of a young girl who picks wildflowers under a hot sun and dreams of fanciful adventures with fairies.

Getting Ready to Read, (Revised), Mother Hubbard's Seatwork Cupboard, Reading Shelf A. by KIBBE, Delia E., editor, Margaret MADDEN, and Imogene SALTER

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Title: Getting Ready to Read, (Revised), Mother Hubbard's Seatwork Cupboard, Reading Shelf A.
Author: KIBBE, Delia E., editor, Margaret MADDEN, and Imogene SALTER
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Eau Claire, Wisconsin: E.M. Hale and Company, 1943. Revised Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Theresa KALAB. Theresa KALAB, illustrator. 4to; 96pp; stiff pictorial color printed wrapper, vignette of two children reading on front; three staple binding; illustrations every page; binding tight and book unused; light shelf soiling to wrapper; near fine. Teacher's instructional book for preparing students to begin reading. Illustrations throughout in both black and white and color. Still useful today.

Percy and Ida: A Story for Children by MAY, Katharine E.

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Title: Percy and Ida: A Story for Children
Author: MAY, Katharine E.
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1874. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 158 [1]pp + 8pp publisher's ads; blue cloth over board, stamped black decorative borders and designs, title on front and spine in gilt-stamped frame; all edges gilt; glazed yellow endpapers; gift inscription in neat ink dated 1876 for Sunday School attendance on ffep; 4 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece; decorative chapter head and tail pieces; middle leaves darker stock; scuffing to boards, scattered foxing; very good minus. Presented to a child by her Sabbath School Teacher for Punctual Attendance. Publisher's ads in rear advertise Reward Books at various price points and Popular Religious Gift Books, as well as Illustrated Juvenile Books, Series for Boys and Girls, and All Year Round Gift Books.

Discourses on Government. 1st American edition. 3 Vols. PAPERBACK by Sidney, Algernon

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Title: Discourses on Government. 1st American edition. 3 Vols. PAPERBACK
Author: Sidney, Algernon
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ISBN: 9781616192969
Description: 2012. ISBN-13: 9781616192969 ISBN-10: 1616192968. Sidney, Algernon. Discourses on Government. To which is Added, An Account of the Author's Life, and a Copious Index. Originally published: New York: Richard Lee, 1805. 3 Volumes. 454; 478; 460 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192969. ISBN-10: 1616192968. Paperback. New. $95. * First American edition (first published in England 1698). This important work appeared fifteen years after Sidney's execution for treason in 1683. A reply to Filmer's Patriarcha, the Discourses is one of the earliest modern statements of republican ideals. He proposes a doctrine of natural justice and governmental order from which all institutions vary at their peril. More important, Sidney asserts that a king's authority is granted by parliament, which has the additional power to depose him, indeed a controversial idea during the Restoration period. Thomas Jefferson, one of several individuals influenced by this text, described it as "...probably the best elementary book of the principles of government, as founded in natural right which has ever been published in any language; and it is much to be desired in such a government as ours that it should be put into the hands of our youth as soon as their minds are sufficiently matured for that branch of study." (Sowerby). Sidney [1622-1683] was beheaded by Charles II in part for his involvement in the Rye House plot. One of the other charges against him was that he had committed treasonable libel in this work, which was still in manuscript at that time. Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, III: 12. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 953. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II: 588. Sweet and Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations I: 107. Wing, Short Title Catalogue of English Books 1641-1700 S3761.

Hokusai by [ART] HILLIER,J

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Title: Hokusai
Author: [ART] HILLIER,J
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Phaidon, 1955. First U.K. Edition. Quarto. 31cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in white to spine and boards with a flower and bird foot design. Dustjacket. 134pp. Light wear and scuffing to edges and spine ends, a little soiling to the white portions; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout with 130 in text illustrations, and 17 full color tipped in plates; in a strong, handsome dustjacket with some light thumbing and soiling, a little wear to the extremities, and some toning to the spine panel. A very good copy of a nicely produced book.

With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852 by Bagley, Will

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Title: With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852
Author: Bagley, Will
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. First Edition. 464pp. Quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in black on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. During the mid-nineteenth century, a quarter of a million travelers-men, women, and children-followed the "road across the plains" to gold rush California. This magnificent chronicle-the second installment of Will Bagley's sweeping Overland West series-captures the danger, excitement, and heartbreak of America's first great rush for riches and its enduring consequences. With narrative scope and detail unmatched by earlier histories, With Golden Visions Bright Before Them retells this classic American saga through the voices of the people whose eyewitness testimonies vividly evoke the most dramatic era of westward migration. Traditional histories of the overland roads paint the gold rush migration as a heroic epic of progress that opened new lands and a continental treasure house for the advancement of civilization. Yet, according to Bagley, the transformation of the American West during this period is more complex and contentious than legend pretends. The gold rush epoch witnessed untold suffering and sacrifice, and the trails and their trials were enough to make many people turn back. For America's Native peoples, the effect of the massive migration was no less than ruinous. The impact that tens of thousands of intruders had on Native peoples and their homelands is at the center of this story, not on its margins.

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