Search Results: Texana from River House Books

Faux Leather Hardcover 176 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated first edition printing of 2000 copies. Handsome faux brown leather boards and embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Gift inscription on front endpapers. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Book commemorates Abner McCall's twentieth anniversiary as president of Baylor University. McCall served from 1961 to 1981.

Hardcover Cloth 307 pages. Condition Very Good Mylar-protected Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated fourth edition 1970. Handsome black boards and grey embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no highlights. Previous owner was a western history fan - they decorated this book with cutouts and pictures applied to blank areas of the interior pages. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. Price clipped dust jacket protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in photo clippings.
This book portrays the notorious gunslingers of the period and the fearless men on the other side of the law, it analyzes the socialogical forces that shaped their careers, making one man an outlaw and another a peace officer.
Gathering vital data from many sources the author gives an accurate and authentic picture of more than two hundred and fifty notorius characters who have figured… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 115 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1980. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - fading to spine, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A short history lesson on prostitution in Texas and the famous building that survived generations of leading madams; from the mid 1800's until 1973 when Texas's famous news icon, Marvin Zindler got it closed down.

Hardcover Cloth 370 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1999. Handsome black boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
The biographies of Texas' 19th Century medical doctors reveal much more than medical history; they chronicle the lives of men whose influence in Texas extended far beyond their medical practices. Here, in Early Texas Physicians are the biographies of nineteen men who played vital roles not only in the medical health of Texans but in the political and social development of the state. Following an informative introductory essay on the practice of medicine among the thinly scattered, agrarian and rural populations of frontier Texas, seventeen of Texas'… Read More

Trade Paperback 243 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reprint edition 2015. Striking illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear - bubbles on cover where plastic has delaminated. Also a few scrapes and scratches. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
The Battle of the Alamo represented for Mexico an inconsequential victory in the war against the rebellious settlers who sought the independence of Texas. For the United States, it is the cornerstone that would give new meaning to its concept of nation and the empire it would become. What really happened? Why does an unimportant battle concentrate the black heart of the American empire?
Paco Ignacio Taibo II meticulously reconstructs the facts and tells us how they lied, deceived, heroics were fabricated and weaknesses were omitted in pursuit of the legend. The Alamo aims to open the door to… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 252 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2007. Attractive dark red boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Previous owner pasted a color clipping of the Presidio La Bahia on front endpapers. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in antique postcard of Presidio La Bahia.
Personal stories of tragedy, bravery, ego, and cowardice in this often-overlooked battle for Texas independence. This fast-moving narrative presents the struggles of the participants, both Texan and Mexican, and reveals the overriding egos and bad planning on both sides of the war.
The Alamo fell in thirteen days, with all its defenders killed. One hundred miles away, Goliad surrendered after a single day's battle, with the prisoners… Read More

Hell's Half Acre: The Life and Legend of a Red-Light District (Chisholm Trail Series)
by Richard F. Selcer
Hardcover Cloth 364 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1991. Attractive illustrated wraps on this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in bookmark and clippings.
Texas is a place where legends are made, die, and are revived. Fort Worth, Texas, claims its own legend – Hell's Half Acre – a wild 'n woolly accumulation of bordellos, cribs, dance houses, saloons, and gambling parlors.Tenderloin districts were a fact of life in every major town in the American West, but Hell's Half Acre – its myth and its reality – can be said to be a microcosm of them all. The most famous and infamous westerners visited the Timothy ("Longhair Jim") Courtright, Luke Short, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Sam Bass, Mary Porter, Etta Place, along with Butch Cassidy… Read More

Paperback 16 pages, staple bound brochure. Approx. Size: 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition First printing 1968. Beautiful blue and white wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Hemisfair 1968 United States Pavilion brochure. Features multi-colored printing and attractive images of the Confluence building.United States Confluence Theater, was part of the two-building Federal Exhibit at HemisFair '68. It was a 70-foot high structure which housed a one-of-a-kind theater and the largest curvilinear motion picture screen in the world. In it, fairgoers were shown the Francis Thompson film, "Confluence, U.S.A."

Paperback 310 pages. Condition Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition First printing June 1982. Handsome leather styled paper cover on this Clean copy. Book has Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Stains on front cover. Pages are lightly toned. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. A photographic history of Boerne, Texas 1849 to 1982. A complication of pictures and stories dealing with people and the different phases of growth and development in Boerne and Kendall County.

Staple bound paper covers 117 pages. No colophon in this book. Presumed First edition c1996. Striking illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Illustrated history of aviation and the air bases in the San Antonio area.

Hardcover Cloth 325 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 2015 with corresponding number line. Nice tan boards with red buckram spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
If we do in fact "remember the Alamo," it is largely thanks to one person who witnessed the final assault and survived: the commanding officer's slave, a young man known simply as Joe. What Joe saw as the Alamo fell, recounted days later to the Texas Cabinet, has come down to us in records and newspaper reports. But who Joe was, where he came from, and what happened to him have all remained mysterious until now. In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, authors Ron J. Jackson, Jr., and Lee Spencer… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 1167 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated First edition 2002. Handsome black boards and gold embossing on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Some spotting to edges. An unclipped dust jacket smooth and bright with slight shelf wear - a few tears, stains, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.Book Three of Robert A. Caro's monumental work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson—the most admired and riveting political biography of our era—which began with the best-selling and prizewinning The Path to Power and Means of Ascent.Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate… Read More

Hardcover with laminated covers and tan buckram cloth spine 181 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2017. Attractive illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear - a few stains. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
By definition, a maverick is a "lone dissenter" who "takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates" or "a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive policies or ideas." The word maverick has evolved in the English language from being the term for an unbranded stray calf to a label given to a nontraditional person to a more extreme "uncontrollable individualist, iconoclast, unstable nonconformist." The word has grown into an adjective ("he made a maverick decision") and become a verb ( mavericking or mavericked ). Of all the words that originated in the Old West and survive to the… Read More

Trade Paperback with glued binding 107 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2010. Handsome illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. 150 years ago our forefathers declared war against themselves. Six hundred and forty thousand would die. Nowhere was this more tragic than in the Texas Hill Country where a group of young German emigrants, new citizens, chose confrontation rather than concede to the Confederacy. It cost many of them their lives. It is a little known story of courage and heroism detailed in a genealogy book, THE ORPHAN: THE CASPAR FRITZ STORY. An orphaned German emigrant, Caspar Fritz survived the perils of emigration, mob lynching, murders and conflict during the Civil War. His ancestors now number in the thousands.His story is told by his namesake and great grandson,… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 95 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1978. Lovely red boards with black buckram 1/8 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Gift inscriptions to previous owner front endsheets. Previous owner pasted a commemorative postage stamp on title page. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket is discolored with age showing slight shelf wear - a few stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A thought-provoking examination of the enigmatic Mexican revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa. Through meticulous research and insightful analysis, Braddy delves into the complex persona of Villa, exploring the contradictions and ambiguities that define his legacy.
From his early years as a bandit to his rise as a charismatic military commander, Villa's life is portrayed with depth and nuance, shedding light on his strategic… Read More

Pass of the North: Four Centuries on the Rio Grande (Two Volume Set)
by C.L. Sonnicksen
Two Volumes Hardcover Cloth 465 & 140 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Volume 1 Presumed First edition fourth printing 1980. Volume 2 Stated First printing 1980. Lovely set with light green boards dark green 1/8 buckram spine black and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square set with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Red topstain. Previous owner's address on front endsheet. Books Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Pages are lightly toned. Unclipped dust jackets are discolored with age with slight shelf wear - a few punctures, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A captivating exploration of the rich history and diverse cultures that have flourished along the Rio Grande in the region known as the Pass of the North. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Sonnicksen chronicles four centuries of human… Read More

Faux Leatherbound Hardcover 72 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition 1991. Beautiful illustrated faux leather boards show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's address label on title page. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Gift inscription on title page.
Jim Zintgraff has spent his life on the track of elusiver rock art hidden in the deep canyons and dry rock shelters of the Lower Pecos River region. Jim has photogrphed hundreds of sites in Texas and Mexico.
He developed a special system using reflected light to capture the complex polychrome paintings.

Trade Paperback with glued binding 348 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated First paperback edition 1998. Beautiful illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear; stains on back cover. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
This book brings alive what one man feels about his childhood home. The place is West Texas, seen across a long vista in which today's events and people merge with the author's boyhood and young manhood. It is a harsh, remote country, where the weather is always very close and the horizon far away.
The Brazos country of long-ago Fourth of July fishing expeditions; the grass-grown remains of a way station of the Butterfield Stage Line; the streets of Abilene; the sparse grazing lands under infinite skies—all are made resonant by a native son's affection and understanding. It is a way of life—resilient and… Read More

A Place in Time: A Pictorial View of San Antonio's Pastby David McLemoreTrade Paperback with glued binding 112 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1980. Beautiful illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Gift inscription to previous owner on title page. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Previous owner neatly lettered 'San Antonio' on spine of book. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
This heavily illustrated book presents a visual history of the city of San Antonio, Texas. A beautiful collection of photographs, illustrations, and other images that depict the city and its people throughout the years. With captions or other text to provide context and additional information about the images.
Focus of the book is on the history of San Antonio and how the city has changed and evolved over time. Includes images of important historical events and… Read More

Slipcased Hardcover Cloth 489 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good Slipcase Good. BOMC Reprint edition 1990. Handsome red buckram boards with black boxing and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's signature on interior pages does not disturb illustrations on endpapers. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have some spotting. Glossy illustrated endpapers and sewn in ribbon. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Slipcase shelf worn and stained. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
"The Raven" is a compelling biography that delves into the life and legacy of one of America's most enigmatic and influential figures, Sam Houston. With meticulous research and vivid storytelling, James paints a vivid portrait of Houston's remarkable journey, from his early years as a frontiersman and soldier to his pivotal role in… Read More