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(10) Hardcover Books: Texana & History Subjects, 4 Signed

Price realized
$336
Pre-sale estimate
$100 – $200
Hammer price
$275
Category
Books, Manuscripts & Archives
Sold
February 22, 2025
Sale
DAY 1- FEBRUARY 2025 ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION

Lot description

(lot of 10) Books: Texana and history subjects, all with hard cover binding, including: (1) "The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk," by Donna Marie Miller, author signed with sentiment at front end paper, published by Texas A&M University Press, copyright 2017, 244 pages, (1) "Captain Lee Hall of Texas," by Dora Neill Raymond, author signed at front end paper, published by University of Oklahoma Press, copyright 1940, 350 pages, (1) "Imaginary Kingdom: Texas Seen by the Rivera and Rubi Military Expeditions, 1727 and 1767," edited by Jack Jackson with annotations by William C. Foster, annotator signed with sentiment at front title page, published by Texas State Historical Commission, copyright 1995, 272 pages, (1) "Houston: The Unknown City 1836-1946," by Marguerite Johnston, author signed with sentiment at front end paper, published by Texas A&M University Press, copyright 1991, 446 pages, (1) "Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West," by Christopher Knowlton, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, copyright 2017, 426 pages, (1) "Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis," by William C. Davis, published by Harper Collins, copyright 1998, 791 pages, (1) "Sam Houston: A Biography of the Father of Texas," by John Hoyt Williams, published by Simon and Schuster, copyright 1993, 448 pages, (1) "The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo," by James Donovan, published by Little, Brown and Company, copyright 2012, 500 pages, (1) "The Village Horse Doctor: West of the Pecos," by Ben K. Green, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1973, 306 pages, (1) "Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter," by Mike Cochran, published by Texas A&M University Press, copyright 2007, 435 pages, largest: approx 9.5"h, 6.5"w, 2"d, 18.25lbs total

This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.