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By: "Brazos" w/intro by Hardin, Stephen L.
Price: $38.25
Publisher: Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press: 2009
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 049196
ISBN: 0826347487
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. View more info
By: "Buckskin Sam" - Hall, Major Sam S.
Price: $21.04
Publisher: Austin, TX, Steck-Vaughn Company: 1965
Edition: Facsimile
Seller ID: 031499
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. View more info
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
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. View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By
Price: $17.85
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1997
Edition: 2nd Edition
Inscription: Signed by Illustrator(s)
Seller ID: 030380
ISBN: 1574410377
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... View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By
Price: $17.85
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1997
Edition: 2nd Edition
Inscription: Signed by Illustrator(s)
Seller ID: 035721
ISBN: 1574410377
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... View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By
Price: $21.25
Publisher: Austin, TX, The Encino Press: 1972
Seller ID: 040817
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 View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By
Price: $18.70
Publisher: Austin, TX, Encino Press: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 051634
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. View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis E. edited By
Price: $12.75
Publisher: Austin, TX, University of Texas Press: 1980
Edition: 6th Printing
Seller ID: 051737
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. View more info
Price: $29.75
Publisher: Dallas, TX, Southern Methodist University Press: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 037452
ISBN: 0870742116
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. View more info
Price: $18.49
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 038065
ISBN: 0929398149
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. View more info
Price: $41.23
Publisher: Dallas, TX, Southern Methodist University Press: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 038478
ISBN: 0870742108
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. View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis Edward & Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler
Price: $16.11
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1993
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 022418
ISBN: 0929398572
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. View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis Edward & Untiedt, Kenneth L.
Price: $24.23
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 051521
ISBN: 1574411845
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. View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis Edward and Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler
Price: $21.04
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 051357
ISBN: 0929398785
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. View more info
By: Abernethy, Francis Edward and Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler Ass't Editor
Price: $29.75
Publisher: Denton, TX, University of North Texas Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 033688
ISBN: 0929398785
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. View more info
By: Acheson, Sam
Price: $23.59
Publisher: New York, NY, the Macmillan Company: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Autographed Letter Signed By Author
Seller ID: 009232
Condition: Very Good
337 pp, red clothcovered boards w/gilt lettering, Inscribed & SIGNED. light foxing to edges. View more info
Price: $26.78
Publisher: Austin, TX, Texas Heritage Foundation Inc.: 1950
Seller ID: 020397
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. View more info
Price: $11.86
Publisher: Austin, TX, Highlands Historical Press: 1961
Inscription: Signed by Editor
Seller ID: 027350
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. View more info
Price: $15.09
Publisher: Austin, TX, Texas Heritage Foundation, Inc.: 1959
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 035508
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. View more info
Price: $29.54
Publisher: Austin, TX, Texas Heritage Foundation, Inc.: 1956
Seller ID: 035535
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. View more info
