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Texas Ranger Biographies : Those Who Served 1910 - 1921

By: "Brazos" w/intro by Hardin, Stephen L.

Price: $38.25

Publisher: Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press: 2009

Seller ID: 049196

ISBN: 0826347487

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

xx, 434 pp, dark brown cloth covered boards w/silver lettering on spine and stamped silver star on the front panel, glossy light & dark brown dj w/black-and-white pictorial spine & front panel. The book provides brief biographies of the Texas Rangers that served from 1910 to 1921.
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BIG FOOT WALLACE : The King of the Lariat: or, Wild Wolf, The Waco

By: "Buckskin Sam" - Hall, Major Sam S.

Price: $21.04

Publisher: Austin, TX, Steck-Vaughn Company: 1965

Seller ID: 031499

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

30 pp, white-black boards w/color pictorial front, w/clear mylar jacket, black & white illustrations w/color illustrations also. Facsimile reproduction of the September 20, 1882 edition, of Beadle's Dime Novel about Big Foot Wallace. There is evidence that Bucksin Sam's stories about Big Foot Wallace may have been embellished with his imagination because the writer was interested primarily in writing a story that had appeal to Beadle and Adams' clientele. clear mylar dj has two inch tear top front corner.
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75th Anniversary : the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

By: 75th Anniversary Committee A. and M. College of Texas, Illustrated

Price: $38.25

Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A & M University Press: 1950

Seller ID: 026771

Binding: Soft Cover w/staples

Condition: Very Good+

unpaginated, maroon SC wraps w/leather pattern, w/gilt-maroon label on front cover. A 36 page booklet commemorating the the 75th Anniversary of Texas A&M. Contains a brief history of Texas A&M along with the services they provide.
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Texas Toys and Games

By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By

Price: $17.85

Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1997

Seller ID: 030380

ISBN: 1574410377

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

253 pp, tan SC wraps w/green-red lettering w/pictorial front, SIGNED by the cover & title page illustrator. Book by the Texas Folklore Society devoted to games, toys, jump-rope rhymes, play-party games and other pastimes that kids had to invent for themselves. These are folk toys, made from natural or available materials and the folk games encompass guessing, gambling, and counting out games; physically competitive games of chase, tag, & mock combat; skill games using sticks, stones, marbles, tops, & knikves; variations of baseball, basketball, and football; and rhythmic clapping, rope-jumping...
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Texas Toys and Games

By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By

Price: $17.85

Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1997

Seller ID: 035721

ISBN: 1574410377

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By

Price: $21.25

Publisher: Austin, TX, The Encino Press: 1972

Seller ID: 040817

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

viii, [2], 151 pp, red buckram covered boards w/black lettering, tan dj w/black-brown lettering w/black-and-white illustrated front & rear panels. Illustrated w/black and white photographs and with line drawings by James R. Snyder. A collection of fourteen essays on Texas folklore folk life by well-known folklorists, including J. Fank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, William A. Owens, C. L.Sonnichsen, and Abernethy. some of the old ways- customs - still practiced in Texas. It is a practical way of dealing with problems of survival and coping with nature and people. Whaley - #92
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Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By

Price: $18.70

Publisher: Austin, TX, Encino Press: 1972

Seller ID: 051634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

151 pp, (3), red cloth covered boards w/black lettering on the spine, tan-orange-black dj w/illustration of black wagon on front. This is number xxxvii of the publications of the Texas Folklore Society. It is a collection of fourteen essays on Texas folklore and folk life. It contains articles by Mody Boatright , Ronnie Tyler, and others.
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Tales from the Big Thicket

By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By

Price: $12.75

Publisher: Austin, TX, University of Texas Press: 1980

Seller ID: 051737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

xii, 244 pp, green linen boards, dj brown-blk w/pictorial front. The book contains a collection of essays portraying the Big Thicket & its people, as characterized in the past and in the present. Gives a background history of the area, & brief survey of the geological conditions which created it. Mostly however it is anecdotes & tales which introduce the reader to the people & the land. prev owners names on the front free endpaper, dj missing chip at top of the spine 1/2" x 1", slight cocking to the book.
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Sonovagun Stew : a Folklore Miscellany

By: Abernethy, Francis Edward

Price: $29.75

Publisher: Dallas, TX, Southern Methodist University Press: 1985

Seller ID: 037452

ISBN: 0870742116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

171 pp, black cloth covered boards w/gilt lettering, dj brown w/brown pictorial front panel. This is number XLVI from the publicaitons of The Texas Folklore Society and contains fifteen essays. It has "The Cowboys' Christmas Ball" the Historicity of a cowboy Ballad, Three Corridos of the Big Bend, Cowboy and Gaucho Songs: a comparison, The Old-Time Cowboy inside out and others. Some of the authors are: John Graves, Charles Townsend, Elton Miles, Connie Ricci, Lawrence Clayton, Al Lowman, Joe Graham, Ernest Speck, Thad Sitton and others.
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The Bounty of Texas - Texas Folklore Society Publication XLIX

By: Abernethy, Francis Edward

Price: $18.49

Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1990

Seller ID: 038065

ISBN: 0929398149

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(8), 232 pp, white cloth boards w/dark blu cloth covered spine w/white lettering, dj blue-white w/black-and-white pictorial fornt panel. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society XLIX. The book contains reminiscences of the author in collecting folklore from the Southwest. It contains essays by J. Frank Dobie, Elmer Kelton, Joyce Roach, Robert Flynn, Paul Patterson, Kenneth Davis and others about their work and their home towns.
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Folk Art in Texas

By: Abernethy, Francis Edward

Price: $41.23

Publisher: Dallas, TX, Southern Methodist University Press: 1985

Seller ID: 038478

ISBN: 0870742108

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

204 pp, quarterbound w/brown cloth covered boards w/green cloth covered spine, dj brown-green-blu w/color illustrated front panel & color pictorial rear panel, spine brown w/wht lettering. This is the forty-fifth publication of the Texa Folklore Society and contains twenty-eight essays. The book contains examples of yard art, tail fins, grave decorations, murals, tattoos, cowboy hats, saddles, quilts, tatting, wood carvings, and other examples of folk art. dj rubbed to edges w/small tears on the corners of the dj.
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Corners of Texas

By: Abernethy, Francis Edward & Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler

Price: $16.11

Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1993

Seller ID: 022418

ISBN: 0929398572

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

xxiv, 295 pp, wht cloth coveredboards w/red lettering on the spine, dj blu w/wht-red lettering w/star on front of the dj. Publication of the Texas Folklore Society, volume LII. Book begins w/special section about the history of soceity itself and its "sainted elders." Collection of essays about texas history & folklore. The best of the Societies papers over the past three years are presented.
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Both Sides of the Border - a Scattering of Texas Folklore

By: Abernethy, Francis Edward & Untiedt, Kenneth L.

Price: $24.23

Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 2004

Seller ID: 051521

ISBN: 1574411845

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

xi, 304 pp, burnt-orange colored clothcovered boards w/gilt lettering on the spine, glossy brown-green-white dj w/pictorial front cover and text rear cover. Publication of the Texas Folklore Society LXI . The chapters are organized thematically, and include favorite storytellers like James WardLee, Thad Sitton, and Jerry Lincecum. The book is divided into four sections: Remembering our Ancestors, Texas-Mexican Folklore, Miscellaneous Memorabilia,and The Family Saga. Prev owners name stamped on ffep and address label on the pastedown of the front cover.
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The Texas Folklore Society 1943-1971 Volume II

By: Abernethy, Francis Edward and Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler

Price: $21.04

Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1994

Seller ID: 051357

ISBN: 0929398785

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

vii, (1), 320 pp, red clothcovered boards w/black lettering on the spine, glossy color illustrated dj of bookshelves with books, photos, and other items. This volume includes the publishing history of the TFS books, anecdotes about the gatherings of the TFS, and tradiiton of the hootenanny at the TFS meetings. The book is divided into five chapters: Secretary-Editor Mody Boatright : 1943-1950, Some Problem Years : 1951-1956, Finishing the Fifties: 1957-1962, Wilson M. Hudon Takes Over: 1963-1967, and End of a Cycle: 1968-1971.
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The Texas Folklore Society 1943-1971 Volume II

By: Abernethy, Francis Edward and Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler Ass't Editor

Price: $29.75

Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1994

Seller ID: 033688

ISBN: 0929398785

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

vii, 320 pp, red cloth boards w/black lettering, dj tan-brn-blk w/color pictorial wraparound. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LIII. Book has the publishing history of the Texas Folklore Society books, ancedotes about the gatherings of the Society & the emphasis on singing beginning at Society gatherings.
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35,000 Days in Texas : a history of the Dallas News and its Forbears

By: Acheson, Sam

Price: $23.59

Publisher: New York, NY, the Macmillan Company: 1938

Seller ID: 009232

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

337 pp, red clothcovered boards w/gilt lettering, Inscribed & SIGNED. light foxing to edges.
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Under Texas Skies - Volume I, No. 2 - June 1950

By: Adair, A. Garland

Price: $26.78

Publisher: Austin, TX, Texas Heritage Foundation Inc.: 1950

Seller ID: 020397

Binding: Soft Cover w/staples

Condition: Very Good

24 pp, white SC wraps w/color illustrated front. Covers the first meeting of the Texas National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission on May 29, 1950 in Austin, TX.
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Texas Heritage : volume III Number I

By: Adair, A. Garland

Price: $11.86

Publisher: Austin, TX, Highlands Historical Press: 1961

Seller ID: 027350

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good+

179 pp, glossy white SC wraps w/black lettering on the front, SIGNED by the editor. The book features Senate Journal 1836 Republic of Texas: The story of the seal of the Lone Star State and other Texana. The covers are foxed and prev owner wrote three dollars on the title page.
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Texas Heritage

By: Adair, A. Garland

Price: $15.09

Publisher: Austin, TX, Texas Heritage Foundation, Inc.: 1959

Seller ID: 035508

Binding: Soft Cover w/staples

Condition: Very Good

48 pp, white SC wraps w/black lettering on the front. The booklet features the fifty-nine delegates who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and pictures of the Capitols of the Lone Star Republic and the State of Texas. small chips along bottom edge of the back cover.
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Adair's Texas Pictorial Handbook : August 1956

By: Adair, A. Garland

Price: $29.54

Publisher: Austin, TX, Texas Heritage Foundation, Inc.: 1956

Seller ID: 035535

Binding: Soft Cover w/staples

Condition: Very Good

24 pp, wht SC wraps w/light blu-red pictorial front & rear panels. The booklet contains the following two articles: Texas Heritage Foundation National Metal Awarded to Mrs. O. H. Davenport and Uncrowned Heroes of the Texas Missions condensed by Adair from an article by Dudley G. Wooten.
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Category: Texana