Rare books from Maggie Lambeth

Austin: Ericson, 2003. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Reprint of the first edition published in 1912. Gray cloth with white titles on spine and upper board. Corner bumped. 902pp., photographic reproductions, and in addition to the alphabetical memoirs of each soldier there are also these documents: Chronological List of Engagements by States, Constitution of the Confederate States and Members of the Provisional and Regular Congress of the Confederate States. Clean, no names, no writing. 4to gray cloth. A much needed and enormous undertaking. Contains 2,006 entries. BASIC TEXAS 223 -"Predominantly Texans, common soldier recollections, delightful insights into the life of the soldier." NEVINS II-248.

Austin: Texas Writers Project, 2000. Original . Broadside. FINE. 24 x 36 inches, printed on high quality coated stock with metalic ink. Shipped- rolled in heavy tube. This fabulous poster was created especially for the featured author of Texas Writers Month in 2000 held in Austin, Texas by graphic designer Marc English. It is printed on heavy high quality coated stock in metalic inks: silver and bronze and laid over a duotone photograph of the rugged Big Bend country of West Texas. The poster quotes a long scene from McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN with drops of bronze red blood for emphasis. This is a stunning visual and carries the impact of the original text depicting a scene of horror as the savages line up on horseback along the ridge their glass beads and painted bodies caught forever in the sun's hot glare as they anticipate the massacre that would follow. Only McCarthy could make this scene so vivid you might have to put the book down and never finish it.

Austin: Southern Law Book, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. 434pp., appendix, index. Brown cloth with four raised spine bands, red and black leather labels with gilt titles. Previous owner's small name stamp. Bookseller's label "Eugene Digges/ Law and Historical BOOKS/ Austin, Texas" fixed over publisher on title page. Devoted to a history of the activities of the state supreme court during the 19th century with extensive biographical sketches of the justices. Of special value are the author's clear and concise summaries of significant cases. Most comprehensive study of the Texas judiciary -BASIC 36. RARE.

1969. FINE. Original oil on board, 11 1/2 x 8 in. framed with linen mat. SIGNED and dated CAA lower right, framed dimensions 17 1/2 x 14 label on back "General Store Gallery / Austin, Texas" and sealed. Photos on request. James Boren was one of the deans of modern western painters in Texas. Born in Waxahachie, Boren was inducted into the Cowboy Artists of America and became one of its most celebrated and honored members. His preferred media was watercolor. Few oils have come to market. In the late 1960s he and fellow CAA member Melvin Warren, both established homes and studios in the small central Texas town of Clifton and helped turn that city into something of a western artist's colony. This small gem in oil is rare to see and not offered for sale previously, having been purchased by me from the original owner in San Antonio in the early 1980's. Only a few oils have turned up on the auction sights, most recent items are $3,000 - 8,000.00.

Freeport, New York: University of Texas Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Four volumes, complete. 5 maps, 4 folding, index contained in each vol., 630pp., 618pp., 623pp., 514pp. All in original navy blue cloth, two with dust jackets. Vol. II ; No names, no writing, top edge sprinkled with foxing, 618pp., biblio., footnotes, index, interesting large folding map called for in rear pocket is present, gilt-stamped navy blue cloth. Published for the first time from a transcript of the original manuscript in the Mexican Archives, translated into English, edited and annotated by Charles Wilson Hackett, et al. EL NUEVO MEXICO Y TIERRAS ADYACEN-TES MAPA....including PROVINCIA DE TEXAS. Anade 1811 and measures 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches including ruled border. Several fold lines beginning to separate all else in fine bright condition. An excellent map with details of the Gulf Coast of Texas and all the southwestern lands from Pacific to Mississippi River.In addition the expedition of Coronado is… Read More