First Edition. An early book on Black politicians in Texas, from the end of the Civil War to 1899, when legislative and political changes blocked Black candidates for the Texas legislature. Brewer traces the emergence of Black politicians in Texas, combining a general political history and transcriptions of documents with.....

First Edition. One of the best accounts of antebellum Texas, written as a series of letters about life in the slave states, commissioned for the New York Times. This is the second of three volumes (issued separately) in Olmsted's "Our Slave States" series. While not a radical, Olmsted, in sending.....

First Edition. One of the most important American music books of the nineteenth century, a landmark cross-genre survey that gave equal attention to sacred and secular as well as popular and classical music. "This volume stands as the very first survey of American music published in this country" ("Black Scholars.....

Second Edition. One of 1000 signed and numbered copies with a short new introduction by the editor. "The best memoir of a Texas Ranger during the mid-19th century... One of Barry's most valuable contributions is his account of the daily life of the pioneer on the edge of civilization"—John Jenkins.....

First Edition. "A.C. Greene considered The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement an instant choice to be included in his book, The Fifty Best Books on Texas. The book details both sides of the tragic Council House Fight of 1840, the Battle of Adobe Walls, and the reluctance of the.....

First Edition. A classic account of the Texas Rangers during the heyday of the cowboy. "It is superb, and truthful; its dramatic color comes from the events themselves, not Gillett's manner of telling them. Even Walter Prescott Webb's The Texas Rangers (held to be the definitive work on the same).....

First Edition. "This is the best work ever written on hidden treasure, and one of the most fascinating books on any subject to come out of Texas"—John Jenkins, Basic Texas Books. "Folklore about lost mines and buried treasure, caves full of gold bars, and jack-loads of Spanish silver... I know.....

First Edition. Langston’s autobiography is a sweeping personal and political memoir that traces his singular life through one of the most turbulent chapters of American history. His guiding philosophy appears on the title page: “Self-reliance the secret of success”—a distillation of Langston’s deeply held belief in perseverance, education, and personal.....

Two letters from Keller to Sir Ewen Waterman, with a short autograph letter signed from Keller's assistant, Polly Thompson. The Keller letters are three pages and two pages respectively, each signed "Helen Keller" in her characteristic hand. Helen Keller (1880–1968) became deafblind at nineteen months old but went on to.....

First Edition. An inscribed first edition of this hugely successful popular history of African Americans, written by the history editor of Ebony magazine. According to Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr. by James West, Before the Mayflower went on to sell more than one million copies and it remained in.....

A very scarce example of the War Relocation Authority's efforts to find opportunities for interned Japanese Americans in New England. The pejorative headline suggests that the Boston field office of the WRA may not have fully supported the effort. This pamphlet is dated December 31, 1944. The Western Defense Command.....

First Edition. A speech delivered before the Open Forum, Austin, Texas, March 8, 1960. 14 pages. Reproduced from typescript. One of 200 signed and numbered copies. First edition (first printing). A very good copy (spine fold wearing). This is copy 53 of 200 signed by Daniel.

First Edition. Reports on the business and activities of the Glasgow Emancipation Society and provides the text of remarks given by various speakers at the annual meeting. The Society aimed to abolish slavery worldwide. 47, [1] pages. Uncommon. Spine perished, else very good in the original string-bound printed wrappers. Pages.....