Decree on Funding the War Provoked by the Texas Settlers. by [President Miguel Barragán - 1836: A Streeter Item

[Texas] Colquitt, Oscar Branch. Gov. O.B. Colquitt tells of Early Life and of his Newspaper and Political Experiences. [Pittsburg, Texas?]: [No publication information.] 1934. Tan printed wraps. 18.5 cm. Illustrated. 29 pp. Near fine.
OCLC shows 12 holdings (U. MO.; Duke; Baylor; Dallas Pub. Lib.; DRT Lib.; Houston Pub. Lib.; SMU; SFA U.; TAMU-SA; Texas State Lib.; Texas Tech.; & UT-Austin) Revised and reprinted from the Pittsburg gazette, February 13, 1934. The Colquitt family moved to Kaufman County, Texas in 1886. Gives some family history and his rise to Governor. Before politics he founded the newspaper the Pittsburg [Texas] Gazette.

Wheeler, Homer W. Buffalo Days, Forty Years in the Old West: The Personal Narrative of a Cattleman, Indian Fighter and Army Officer, by Wheeler Homer, with introduction by Major General James G. Harbord. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill. 1925. Second edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated. frontis, photos, 369 pp. Book and jacket are very good. Minor chipping at top of jacket spine. Howes W322, Rader 3627, Six Guns 2375, Herd 2499. Wheeler served also as a post trader and Indian agent and was in command of Fort Reno in Oklahoma Territory. Excellent on Indians and Indian government scouts. A chapter on Wild Bill Hickok and one entitled "Western Badmen."

[Mexican American War] [Mexico] Ruano. R.; P Velez; José María Lara. Esposición del Secretario del Despacho de Hacienda, Leida en Consejo de Ministros con Asistencia de los Gobernadores de los Estados, en 17 de Agosto de 1851. México: Impr. de J.M. Lara. 1851. Brown leather with gilt tooling. 24 cm. 14, 34 pp. [7 folding tables] [4] pp. Covers show some wear, a few spots and stains; overall very good.
OCLC shows five holdings (Harvard; Yale; Univ. Ill.; Biblio. Natl. Mexico; & Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) Speech and documents relating to the meeting in this capital of the governors of the states, summoned to provide for the demands of the federal treasury in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War. Signed on p. 14: Piña y Cuevas. Second section has title: Documentos. "The invasion of the Republic in 1847 did not produce only the misfortune that is the dismemberment of its territory, but the loss of its income, and great embarrassments to repair it. Maritime customs suffered because of the… Read More

[Texas] [Houston] Houston and Galveston. Portland, Maine: L.H. Nelson Company; S.H. Kress & Co. 1907. Green wraps with gold lettering. 20 x 25 cm. Illustrated. [32] pp. Front cover has edge chip and corner chips, split at spine; rear cover has tear and chips. First page has a few stains. Images are very good.
OCLC shows three holdings (UT-Austin; UT-Arlington; & Columbia). SMU also has a copy. Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of street views and buildings in Galveston and Houston, Texas being rebuilt after the hurricane and flood of 1900. The booklet includes Houston images of Main Street south from Franklin Street; City Hall and Market House; Grand Central Passenger Station; Houston High School; Thalian Club & Rice Hotel; Residence of H. B. Chew & Heights Blvd.; St. Agnes Academy & Horne Sanitarium in Heights; First Presbyterian Church and Annunciation (Catholic) church.

[New Mexico] C. S. Hammond & Co. New Mexico. New York: C.S. Hammond & Co. 1904 Color map 21 x 28 cm on sheet 25.5 x 33.5 cm. In tan paper folder 7 x 14 cm. Cover title: New State Map. Based on Official Government Surveys and Other Reliable Data. Very good with no splits.
OCLC shows no holdings of this vest pocket map. There are two holdings for the map (Cal. Hist. Soc. & UC-Davis). Other title: Hammond's 8 x 11 Map of New Mexico. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

[Texas] Colquitt, Oscar Branch. Gov. O.B. Colquitt tells of Early Life and of his Newspaper and Political Experiences. [Pittsburg, Texas?]: [No publication information.] 1934. Tan printed wraps. 18.5 cm. Illustrated. 29 pp. Near fine.
OCLC shows 12 holdings (U. MO.; Duke; Baylor; Dallas Pub. Lib.; DRT Lib.; Houston Pub. Lib.; SMU; SFA U.; TAMU-SA; Texas State Lib.; Texas Tech.; & UT-Austin) Revised and reprinted from the Pittsburg gazette, February 13, 1934. The Colquitt family moved to Kaufman County, Texas in 1886. Gives some family history and his rise to Governor. Before politics he founded the newspaper the Pittsburg [Texas] Gazette.

Wheeler, Homer W. Buffalo Days, Forty Years in the Old West: The Personal Narrative of a Cattleman, Indian Fighter and Army Officer, by Wheeler Homer, with introduction by Major General James G. Harbord. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill. 1925. Second edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated. frontis, photos, 369 pp. Book and jacket are very good. Minor chipping at top of jacket spine. Howes W322, Rader 3627, Six Guns 2375, Herd 2499. Wheeler served also as a post trader and Indian agent and was in command of Fort Reno in Oklahoma Territory. Excellent on Indians and Indian government scouts. A chapter on Wild Bill Hickok and one entitled "Western Badmen."

[Mexican American War] [Mexico] Ruano. R.; P Velez; José María Lara. Esposición del Secretario del Despacho de Hacienda, Leida en Consejo de Ministros con Asistencia de los Gobernadores de los Estados, en 17 de Agosto de 1851. México: Impr. de J.M. Lara. 1851. Brown leather with gilt tooling. 24 cm. 14, 34 pp. [7 folding tables] [4] pp. Covers show some wear, a few spots and stains; overall very good.
OCLC shows five holdings (Harvard; Yale; Univ. Ill.; Biblio. Natl. Mexico; & Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) Speech and documents relating to the meeting in this capital of the governors of the states, summoned to provide for the demands of the federal treasury in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War. Signed on p. 14: Piña y Cuevas. Second section has title: Documentos. "The invasion of the Republic in 1847 did not produce only the misfortune that is the dismemberment of its territory, but the loss of its income, and great embarrassments to repair it. Maritime customs suffered because of the… Read More

[Texas] [Houston] Houston and Galveston. Portland, Maine: L.H. Nelson Company; S.H. Kress & Co. 1907. Green wraps with gold lettering. 20 x 25 cm. Illustrated. [32] pp. Front cover has edge chip and corner chips, split at spine; rear cover has tear and chips. First page has a few stains. Images are very good.
OCLC shows three holdings (UT-Austin; UT-Arlington; & Columbia). SMU also has a copy. Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of street views and buildings in Galveston and Houston, Texas being rebuilt after the hurricane and flood of 1900. The booklet includes Houston images of Main Street south from Franklin Street; City Hall and Market House; Grand Central Passenger Station; Houston High School; Thalian Club & Rice Hotel; Residence of H. B. Chew & Heights Blvd.; St. Agnes Academy & Horne Sanitarium in Heights; First Presbyterian Church and Annunciation (Catholic) church.

[New Mexico] C. S. Hammond & Co. New Mexico. New York: C.S. Hammond & Co. 1904 Color map 21 x 28 cm on sheet 25.5 x 33.5 cm. In tan paper folder 7 x 14 cm. Cover title: New State Map. Based on Official Government Surveys and Other Reliable Data. Very good with no splits.
OCLC shows no holdings of this vest pocket map. There are two holdings for the map (Cal. Hist. Soc. & UC-Davis). Other title: Hammond's 8 x 11 Map of New Mexico. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.