Lots 301–400
LEA, Tom. "Diagram to Show the Construction and Proportions of a Good Horse's Forelegs and Hindlegs...."
through
PARRAMORE, Dick Dilworth. Scenes and Stories of Early West Texas.
Lots 301–400
LEA, Tom. "Diagram to Show the
Construction and Proportions of a Good Horse's Forelegs and
Hindlegs...."
through
PARRAMORE, Dick Dilworth. Scenes and Stories of
Early West Texas.
301. LEA, Tom. "Diagram to Show the Construction and Proportions of a
Good Horse's Forelegs and Hindlegs...." [El Paso: Carl Hertzog], 1966. Print of
black and white drawing. 11 x 14 inches. Slightly wrinkled at upper corner,
otherwise fine. Signed: "Carl Hertzog printer."
$175.00
302. LEA, Tom. "Diagram to Show the Construction and Proportions of a
Good Horse's Forelegs and Hindlegs...." [El Paso: Carl Hertzog], 1966. Print of
black and white drawing. 11 x 14 inches. Very fine.
$125.00
303. LEA, Tom. "Diagram to Show the Construction and Proportions of a
Good Horse's Forelegs and Hindlegs...." [El Paso: Carl Hertzog], 1966. Print of
black and white drawing. 11 x 14 inches. Very small rust spot at lower center
from envelope clasp, else fine.
$75.00
304. LEA, Tom. Famous Travelers through El Paso del Norte. [El
Paso: Carl Hertzog for Hotel Paso del Norte, ca. 1943]. 7 four-page restaurant
menus, each with a cover illustration by Lea. 4to. Very fine in original
envelope (envelope torn).
Later printing of the menu
series for Hotel Paso del Norte (first publication 1938). Dykes, Fifty Great
Western Illustrators (Lea) 170. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 23Bn.
Lowman, Printer at the Pass 279n: "These menus were the genesis of one
of the great printing achievements of modern times [Calendar of Twelve
Travelers]." An inside note states that prices "do not exceed prices
charged April 4 to 11, 1943 in accordance with O.P.A. regulations."
$350.00
305. LEA, Tom. A Grizzly from the Coral Sea: Conversation and
Pictures by Tom Lea. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1944. [4] 32 [2] pp.,
illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth stamped with the stars of Ursa major
on upper cover. Very fine in d.j. Inscribed by Hertzog: "To Dad who gave me a
better understanding of good books. Carl."
First edition, limited
edition (295 copies, one of 20 copies stamped with Ursa major in gilt on
the upper cover). Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 29.
Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 65. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 25B:
"Most copies were printed on gray textured Brooke paper and bound in green
cloth to lend a Chinese atmosphere. The end sheets are beautiful and
imaginative-a drawing of a great carrier against a delicate coral sea and a
muted lavender and green sky. The stars of Ursa Major, or the Great
Bear-another element in the story-are displayed on a well designed double
spread title-page. The Scotch-Roman typeface is taut and virile.... Most copies
were bound in green cloth without decoration. However, 20 were stamped on the
front cover with the stars of Ursa Major, while three more were stamped with
the grizzly head. Finally, there were 10 copies printed on 100 percent white
rag paper. Six of these were bound in blue buckram with a parchment backstrip
and three more bound entirely in parchment. These nine were stamped with the
star pattern. The final rag paper copy was bound in white vellum cloth and
stamped with the grizzly head."
$3,000.00
306. LEA, Tom. A Grizzly from the Coral Sea: Conversation and
Pictures by Tom Lea. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1944. [4] 32 [2] pp.,
illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth without Ursa major decoration on the
upper cover. Very fine in d.j.
First edition, limited
edition (295 copies, one of 20 copies stamped with Ursa major in gilt on
the upper cover). Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 29.
Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 65. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 25B:
"Most copies were printed on gray textured Brooke paper and bound in green
cloth to lend a Chinese atmosphere. The end sheets are beautiful and
imaginative-a drawing of a great carrier against a delicate coral sea and a
muted lavender and green sky. The stars of Ursa Major, or the Great
Bear-another element in the story-are displayed on a well designed double
spread title-page. The Scotch-Roman typeface is taut and virile.... Most copies
were bound in green cloth without decoration. However, 20 were stamped on the
front cover with the stars of Ursa Major, while three more were stamped with
the grizzly head. Finally, there were 10 copies printed on 100 percent white
rag paper. Six of these were bound in blue buckram with a parchment backstrip
and three more bound entirely in parchment. These nine were stamped with the
star pattern. The final rag paper copy was bound in white vellum cloth and
stamped with the grizzly head."
$1,800.00
307. LEA, Tom. A Grizzly from the Coral Sea: Conversation and
Pictures by Tom Lea. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1944. [4] 32 [2] pp.,
illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth without Ursa major decoration on the
upper cover. Fine.
First
edition, limited edition (295 copies, one of 20 copies stamped with Ursa
major in gilt on the upper cover). Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Lea) 29. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 65. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 25B: "Most copies were printed on gray textured
Brooke paper and bound in green cloth to lend a Chinese atmosphere. The end
sheets are beautiful and imaginative-a drawing of a great carrier against a
delicate coral sea and a muted lavender and green sky. The stars of Ursa Major,
or the Great Bear-another element in the story-are displayed on a well designed
double spread title-page. The Scotch-Roman typeface is taut and virile.... Most
copies were bound in green cloth without decoration. However, 20 were stamped
on the front cover with the stars of Ursa Major, while three more were stamped
with the grizzly head. Finally, there were 10 copies printed on 100 percent
white rag paper. Six of these were bound in blue buckram with a parchment
backstrip and three more bound entirely in parchment. These nine were stamped
with the star pattern. The final rag paper copy was bound in white vellum cloth
and stamped with the grizzly head."
$900.00
308. LEA, Tom. The King Ranch. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1952
[-1957]. Loose pages inserted into a folio linen cover and slipcase with
Running "W," sympathetic in style to the Saddle Blanket edition.
Loose pages and gatherings of
trial proofs, proof pages with corrections indicated, Hertzog's typescript and
manuscript comments on the style and typesetting, type fonts and modifications,
page layout changes, and colors for illustrations, etc. Many more samples of
the history of the book's production than in the bound "Private edition,"
below. Includes the December 1952 "Trial Printing" in terracotta wrappers
(Lowman, Printer at the Pass 80).
$8,000.00
309. LEA, Tom. The King Ranch. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1952.
Approx. 400 pages. square 8vo, original natural linen with the King Ranch
"Running W" brand.
Special "Private
Edition." Publisher's mock-up with sample alternative pages, papers,
designs, color renditions, etc. bound in. Printed card laid in: "This is your
copy of the Private Edition of 'The King Ranch' by Tom Lea to be published in
1957. This book is not for public distribution."
$3,000.00
310. LEA, Tom. The King Ranch. Kingsville: Printed for the King
Ranch [by Carl Hertzog] 1957. [10] 467 1 [9] 469-838 pp. (plus added pages),
illustrations by the author (some in color), facsimiles, maps. 2 vols., square
8vo, original natural linen with the King Ranch "Running W" brand. Very fine in
publisher's linen slipcase. With Carl Hertzog's signed note: "This is a special
hand-sewed copy, the only one with 'Part One' design which was made when the
original plan was to have all in one volume...."
First edition, limited
edition, the Saddle Blanket edition. A unique copy of the Saddle Blanket
edition with several additional pages illustrative of the earlier design
history and changes added. Among the special features Hertzog notes: the
title-page is one of only 12 copies to have the C.H. imprint; an extra copy of
page 1 in the original five-color plan is inserted; page 32 illustration is
also present in two alternative versions; page 350 portrait is present in color
separation as well as the final black and white drawing. Adams, Herd
1319. Basic Texas Books 121. CBC 2785. Dykes, Fifty Great
Western Illustrators (Lea) 65; Western High Spots, pp. 79, 102.
Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 114. Lowman, Printing Arts in Texas,
p. 54: "Tom Lea's history of the King Ranch is one of the most important books
ever to emerge from a Texas background. Its typographical achievement is
equally distinguished"; Printer at the Pass 99n: "This book was
originally planned as a 250-300 page private edition to be published on the
occasion of the ranch centennial in 1953, but it grew steadily for the next
four years.... The project grew from a modest private edition to a two-volume,
838-page trade book. The physical dimensions of the book itself, the 16-point
Centaur type of the text, the ample page margins, and the expansive chapter
head designs all suggest the vastness of the ranch. Typesetting was inspected
page by page to insure that bad spacing and bad breaks were avoided. An
original color technique was developed for color separation in the four, five,
and seven-color illustrations.... The special edition was printed on an all rag
paper made especially for this book by the Curtis Paper Company. It is bound in
heavy crush linen resembling the King Ranch saddle blanket with the running 'W'
brand. The slipcase is made from the same material, but lacks the brand."
Reese, Six Score 69.
$5,000.00
311. LEA, Tom. The King Ranch. Boston, Toronto: Little Brown,
[1957]. [10] 467 1 [9] 469-838 pp. (plus added pages), illustrations by the
author (some in color), facsimiles, maps. 2 vols., square 8vo, original beige
cloth over rust cloth. Very fine set in lightly worn publisher's slipcase.
Presentation copy inscribed to E. R. Wyatt and signed by Tom Lea.
First trade edition, first
issue, as distinguished by issue point on p. 507. Dykes, Fifty Great
Western Illustrators (Lea) 66. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 114B.
Lowman, Printer at the Pass 99B. Reese, Six Score 69n: "Perhaps
the most exhaustive ranch history ever written, and a tremendous account of the
cattle industry in south Texas.... Designed by Carl Hertzog."
$275.00
312. [LEA, Tom. The King Ranch] Map of Coastal Area between
the Rio Grande and the Nueces Showing Early Spanish and Mexican Land Grants as
of 1852 the Year Captain Richard King First Rode from Brownsville to Corpus
Christi. N.p., n.d. 13 x 21 inches. Scale: 1 inch 5 62/3 miles. Very
fine.
This is an oversize,
uncolored version of the map that appears at pp. 378-379 in the published
version of The King Ranch. Hertzog's name does not appear as an imprint,
but the paper bears the running "W" watermark.
$75.00
313. [LEA, TOM. THE KING RANCH]. CHEESEMAN, Bruce S. & Al
Lowman. "The Book of All Christendom": Tom Lea, Carl Hertzog, and the Making
of "The King Ranch" [cover title]. Kingsville: [W. Thomas Taylor for] King
Ranch, Inc., 1992. 11 [1] 13 [2] pp., photographic plates. 8vo, original tan
printed wrappers. Very fine. With two leaflets laid in: 1) the program for The
Book Club of Texas celebration at the King Ranch on the occasion of the special
offering of the Saddle Blanket edition, and 2) the prospectus offering the
volume.
First edition,
limited edition (750 copies). Shortly after The Book Club of Texas was
reestablished, remaining copies of The King Ranch were discovered at the
ranch by archivist Bruce Cheeseman. Arrangements were made between The Book
Club and the Ranch for these located copies to be offered to Club members at a
substantial savings over the then market price. A special, tour, celebration,
and dinner was organized to mark the occasion. The offered volumes were quickly
snapped up by the members and the Saddle Blanket King Ranch again became
a hard-to-find collector's item.
$75.00
314. [LEA, TOM. THE KING RANCH]. "Place Your Advance Order Here
for The King Ranch...." 1 p. Folio broadside promotional, printed on cardboard.
Very fine.
Counter display
board with attached tablet of reservation forms to be filled out by the
prospective purchaser. With eight newspaper reviews of the book by: Stanley
Walker (New York Herald Tribune, September 15, 1957), Elmer Kelton
(San Angelo Standard-Times, September 15, 1957), Al Collins (The
Houston Chronicle, September 25, 1967), Marian Howe Broaddus (The El
Paso Times, September 15, 1957), Frank Reeves (Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, September 25, 1957), Walter Prescott Webb (The Dallas
Morning News, September 15, 1957), Bill Warren (The [Austin]
American Statesman, September 22, 1957), Clark Kinnaird (San Antonio
Light, September 15, 1957).
$250.00
315. LEA, Tom. Maud Durlin Sullivan 1872-1944, Pioneer Southwestern
Librarian. El Paso: Carl Hertzog for Class of 1962, Class of Library
Service, UCLA, 1962. [12] pp., frontispiece portrait. 8vo, original light blue
printed wrappers. Very fine.
First edition. Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 94. Lowman, Printer at the
Pass 147. Not in Hinshaw & Lovelace.
$70.00
316. LEA, Tom. Old Mount Franklin. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog for
Tom Lea, 1968]. [16] pp., illustrations by Tom Lea. 4to, hand sewn, original
grey cloth. Very fine.
First edition, limited
edition, Sand and Rock edition (150 copies). Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Lea) 81. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 145C. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 224B. "Excerpt from the program 'Look to the
Mountain' a telecast presented annually on Channel 9 KTSM-TV by the El Paso
Electric company" (title-page).
$125.00
317. LEA, Tom. Old Mount Franklin. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog for
Tom Lea, 1968]. [16] pp., illustrations by Tom Lea. 4to, hand sewn, tan
wrappers with title in Hertzog's hand. Very fine.
Hertzog's personal copy,
unnumbered and not in cloth. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators
(Lea) 81. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 145C. Lowman, Printer at the
Pass 224B. "Excerpt from the program 'Look to the Mountain' a telecast
presented annually on Channel 9 KTSM-TV by the El Paso Electric company"
(title-page).
$2,000.00
318. LEA, Tom. Peleliu Landing. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1945.
[6] 34 [3] pp., plates by the author. 4to, original herringbone twill Marine
dungaree cloth. Very fine. With the offprint from Life Magazine:
"Peleliu, Tom Lea Paints Island Invasion." Signed by Tom Lea. Presentation
copy, signed by Carl Hertzog on colophon page: "To Eloise and Frank Sept. 3,
1945 Carl Hertzog."
First edition, limited
edition (500 numbered copies, signed by Lea). Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Lea) 30. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 66C. Holman,
Hertzog Dozen: "A volume that met all of the standards we can set for a
book." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 29A: "Here the author's original
battle sketches and accompanying narrative are presented in one of Hertzog's
great achievements. Katherine Simmons said of this masterpiece: 'All the agony
and shock of the Marine landing on Peleliu Island are in Lea's narrative. The
black and white of the sketches he drew "before my hand steadied" are stark and
poignant beyond the paintings he later made from them for Life
magazine....' The title and initial letters are photographic enlargements of
the Centaur type, and were printed from zinc etchings. The endpapers were made
using a photograph taken by the author-artist from his foxhole near the beach.
The text was printed by letterpress with spaces left for the drawings which
were reproduced in a second press run on the same sheets by photo-offset, to
retain the effect of original drawings.... Eight pages in color from
Life magazine were laid in all copies of the deluxe edition";
Remembering Carl Hertzog, pp. 7-8: "The most daring, exciting, and
innovative volume produced in Texas to that time."
$2,000.00
319. LEA, Tom. Peleliu Landing. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1945.
[6] 34 [3] pp., plates by the author. 4to, original herringbone twill Marine
dungaree cloth. Very fine in original, moderately chipped glassine d.j. With
the offprint from Life Magazine: "Peleliu, Tom Lea Paints Island
Invasion." Signed by Lea.
First edition, limited
edition (500 numbered copies, signed by Lea). Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Lea) 30. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 66C. Holman,
Hertzog Dozen: "A volume that met all of the standards we can set for a
book." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 29A: "Here the author's original
battle sketches and accompanying narrative are presented in one of Hertzog's
great achievements. Katherine Simmons said of this masterpiece: 'All the agony
and shock of the Marine landing on Peleliu Island are in Lea's narrative. The
black and white of the sketches he drew "before my hand steadied" are stark and
poignant beyond the paintings he later made from them for Life
magazine....' The title and initial letters are photographic enlargements of
the Centaur type, and were printed from zinc etchings. The endpapers were made
using a photograph taken by the author-artist from his foxhole near the beach.
The text was printed by letterpress with spaces left for the drawings which
were reproduced in a second press run on the same sheets by photo-offset, to
retain the effect of original drawings.... Eight pages in color from
Life magazine were laid in all copies of the deluxe edition";
Remembering Carl Hertzog, pp. 7-8: "The most daring, exciting, and
innovative volume produced in Texas to that time."
$1,750.00
320. LEA, Tom. Randado. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1941]. [13]
pp., illustrations by Tom Lea. 4to, original reddish-brown boards, illustration
mounted on upper cover. Signed by Lea. Very fine in glassine d.j.
First edition, limited
edition, boards issue (100 copies, one of 15 in boards). Dykes, Fifty
Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 28. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea
46A. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 16: "When Tom Lea undertook to
illustrate J. Frank Dobie's book The Longhorns, the author and the
artist made a trip together, visiting the ranches where they might see the last
remaining herds of wild longhorns. When Lea saw the ruins of the old ranch at
Randado, and heard its legend, he was inspired to write his poetic tribute.
According to Hertzog, 'the type selected was not by choice, but was simply the
best available face in El Paso for machine composition. The presswork is
faulty, partly on account of the pressman, but more on account of using an old
press with a loose platten and loose rollers. Even so, the book is stunning in
its format. Only 25 copies were for sale to the public, prompting H. Bailey
Carroll to comment at the time: 'Copies may soon become as scarce as the
remaining tangible evidence of the existence of El Randado-now largely dust
upon the sunburned face of Jim Hogg County.'-Southwestern Historical
Quarterly, April 1941, p. 512. The original binding for the entire edition
was a heavy brown paper cover. When certain collectors wanted a more permanent
binding, 15 copies were rebound in boards, using the same light brown cover
(although on three copies a yellow cover was substituted). These copies have a
knife edge."
$6,000.00
321. LEA, Tom. Randado. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1941]. [13]
pp., illustrations by Tom Lea. 4to, original stiff reddish-brown wrappers,
illustration mounted on upper wrap. Very fine in glassine d.j.
First edition, limited
edition, wrappers issue (100 copies, one of 85 in wrappers). Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 28. Hinshaw & Lovelace,
Lea 46A. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 16: "When Tom Lea undertook
to illustrate J. Frank Dobie's book The Longhorns, the author and the
artist made a trip together, visiting the ranches where they might see the last
remaining herds of wild longhorns. When Lea saw the ruins of the old ranch at
Randado, and heard its legend, he was inspired to write his poetic tribute.
According to Hertzog, 'the type selected was not by choice, but was simply the
best available face in El Paso for machine composition. The presswork is
faulty, partly on account of the pressman, but more on account of using an old
press with a loose platten and loose rollers. Even so, the book is stunning in
its format. Only 25 copies were for sale to the public, prompting H. Bailey
Carroll to comment at the time: 'Copies may soon become as scarce as the
remaining tangible evidence of the existence of El Randado-now largely dust
upon the sunburned face of Jim Hogg County.'-Southwestern Historical
Quarterly, April 1941, p. 512. The original binding for the entire edition
was a heavy brown paper cover. When certain collectors wanted a more permanent
binding, 15 copies were rebound in boards, using the same light brown cover
(although on three copies a yellow cover was substituted). These copies have a
knife edge."
$2,250.00
322. LEA, Tom. Randado. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1941]. [13]
pp., illustrations by Tom Lea. 4to, original stiff reddish-brown wrappers,
illustration mounted on upper wrap. Very fine.
First edition, limited
edition, wrappers issue (100 copies, one of 85 in wrappers). Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 28. Hinshaw & Lovelace,
Lea 46A. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 16: "When Tom Lea undertook
to illustrate J. Frank Dobie's book The Longhorns, the author and the
artist made a trip together, visiting the ranches where they might see the last
remaining herds of wild longhorns. When Lea saw the ruins of the old ranch at
Randado, and heard its legend, he was inspired to write his poetic tribute.
According to Hertzog, 'the type selected was not by choice, but was simply the
best available face in El Paso for machine composition. The presswork is
faulty, partly on account of the pressman, but more on account of using an old
press with a loose platten and loose rollers. Even so, the book is stunning in
its format. Only 25 copies were for sale to the public, prompting H. Bailey
Carroll to comment at the time: 'Copies may soon become as scarce as the
remaining tangible evidence of the existence of El Randado-now largely dust
upon the sunburned face of Jim Hogg County.'-Southwestern Historical
Quarterly, April 1941, p. 512. The original binding for the entire edition
was a heavy brown paper cover. When certain collectors wanted a more permanent
binding, 15 copies were rebound in boards, using the same light brown cover
(although on three copies a yellow cover was substituted). These copies have a
knife edge."
$2,000.00
323. LEA, Tom. Randado. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1941]. [13]
pp., illustrations by Tom Lea. 4to, 1944 square back binding. Grey cloth over
reddish-brown boards, illustration mounted on upper cover. Very fine.
$500.00
324. LEA, Tom. "Randado," in TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting, April 30 and May 1, 1954. Driskill Hotel,
Austin, Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1954. [4] pp.
8vo, original pictorial wrappers. Very fine.
Hinshaw & Lovelace,
Lea 46B. Reprint of the text of Randado. "This year, with the
theme of the annual meeting built around the subject of horses, Tom Lea of El
Paso has generously consented to the reprinting of the text of Randado,
a booklet for which he supplied text and pictures to Carl Hertzog in 1941. Only
twenty-five copies of Randado were offered for sale and thus it was
extremely scarce even at the moment of its birth. In the intervening years Tom
Lea has won acclaim both as an artist and as a writer, but copies of
Randado remained as fugitive as the physical remains of the horse ranch
which first bore the name. Now the text may have circulation as part of the
Association's annual meeting program of 1954. Copies may be preserved through
many decades to delight those who believe in the Texas tradition and those who
thrill to the story of horses" (H. Bailey Carroll in his preface to this
reprinting).
$50.00
325. LEA, Tom. Response. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1957]. [3]
pp., French fold. 16mo, original grey green printed wrappers. Very fine.
Limited edition (210
copies). Transcribed from a tape recording. Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Lea) 67. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 114D. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 316: "The response was given at a dinner in Lea's
honor on the occasion of the publication of The King Ranch, September
14, 1957."
$50.00
326. LEA, Tom. Socorro Mission. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog], n.d.
83/4 x 101/4 inches. Very fine.
Print of Tom Lea's painting by
Hertzog.
$50.00
327. LEA, Tom. The Stained Glass Designs of McKee Chapel, Church of
St. Clement. El Paso: [Carl Hertzog for] Church of St. Clement, 1953. [19]
pp., illustrations (1 colored). 8vo, original light blue printed wrappers. Very
fine.
First edition.
Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 62n. Hinshaw &
Lovelace, Lea 105. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 85.
$75.00
328. LEA, Tom. "This Is the Cartel of the Climax Corida in Tom
Lea's Novel 'The Brave Bulls.'" El Paso: Carl Hertzog, [1949]. 1 p. Tall,
narrow broadside, printed in black, red, & green. Very fine.
First edition. Not in
Lowman. Promotional for The Brave Bulls, with promotional text printed
vertically at sides of the cartel. In an envelope with two additional copies of
Hertzog's cartel for the book without the additional promotional information
and four actual bullfight cartels (one on cloth).
$475.00
329. LEACH, Joseph. The Typical Texan: Biography of an American
Myth. Dallas: SMU Press, 1952. xiii [1] 178 [1] pp., frontispiece by
Cisneros, illustrations. 8vo, original blue leather. Frontispiece signed by
Cisneros. Presentation copy, inscribed to Carl Hertzog, signed by Leach. Very
fine.
First edition,
limited edition (1 of only 3 copies in leather). Laid-in note by Hertzog:
"One of three leather-bound copies." Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Cisneros) 108. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 81n:
(quoting Hertzog): "After extreme care and good looking proofs, I am (as usual)
disappointed with presswork. In tight lock-up and on hard vellum paper, type
thickens-but we sure don't want to use enamel paper. But we still have a good
looking book with many interesting facets." Lowman does not note the special
leather-bound copies.
$650.00
330. LEACH, Joseph. The Typical Texan: Biography of an American
Myth. Dallas: SMU Press, 1952. xiii [1] 178 [1] pp., frontispiece by
Cisneros, illustrations. 8vo, original brown cloth. Very fine in d.j.
First edition. Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 108. Lowman, Printer at
the Pass 81: (quoting Hertzog): "After extreme care and good looking
proofs, I am (as usual) disappointed with presswork. In tight lock-up and on
hard vellum paper, type thickens-but we sure don't want to use enamel paper.
But we still have a good looking book with many interesting facets."
$45.00
331. LEACH, Joseph. The Typical Texan: Biography of an American
Myth. Dallas: SMU Press, 1952. xiii [1] 178 [1] pp., frontispiece by
Cisneros, illustrations. 8vo, original brown cloth. Very fine in lightly
chipped and soiled d.j.
First edition. Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 108. Lowman, Printer at
the Pass 81: (quoting Hertzog): "After extreme care and good looking
proofs, I am (as usual) disappointed with presswork. In tight lock-up and on
hard vellum paper, type thickens-but we sure don't want to use enamel paper.
But we still have a good looking book with many interesting facets."
$40.00
332. LEACH, Joseph. The Typical Texan: Biography of an American
Myth. Dallas: SMU Press, 1952. xiii [1] 178 [1] pp., frontispiece by
Cisneros, illustrations. 8vo, original brown cloth. Very fine.
First edition. Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 108. Lowman, Printer at
the Pass 81: (quoting Hertzog): "After extreme care and good looking
proofs, I am (as usual) disappointed with presswork. In tight lock-up and on
hard vellum paper, type thickens-but we sure don't want to use enamel paper.
But we still have a good looking book with many interesting facets."
$30.00
333. LEACH, Joseph. What Then Is the American, This New Woman?
[cover title]. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1974. 29 [3] pp. 8vo, original tan
printed wrappers. Very fine. Signed by author.
First edition, limited
edition (500 copies) Cotton Memorial Papers, no. 5.
$45.00
334. LEHMANN, Valgene W. Forgotten Legions: Sheep in the Rio Grande
Plain of Texas. El Paso: Texas Western Press, [1969]. xv [3] 226 pp.,
illustrated half-title by Cisneros, maps, photographic illustrations. 8vo,
original half sheep over natural hopsack cloth. Very fine in original
publisher's slipcase.
First edition. In the
limited edition binding and slipcase, but without a limitation statement.
Basic Texas Books 125: "The most thorough study of the history and
development of the sheep industry in South Texas. Actually, its title is
misleading, because it encompasses a detailed study of the economic history of
the cattle and horse industry and an ecological study of the Rio Grande Plains
as well." Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 109.
Lowman, Printer at the Pass 242An (quoting Hertzog): "I had to paste up
every single page to eliminate bad breaks and be certain that the footnotes
were in the right place. Some pages had an asterisk, dagger, double dagger and
squiggle all on the same page. But half the time when I'd move a line back a
page to look better, it would take out the line that had the asterisk. So I'd
have to go back several pages and realign them. It was like fitting a jigsaw
puzzle together. The sheepskin spine ...really gave the bookbinder fits. He had
to skiver the places where the spine edges folded so it would fit smoothly. But
it was such a delicate job that often his knife slipped through and spoiled
one." Reese, Six Score 72.
$175.00
335. LEHMANN, Valgene W. Forgotten Legions: Sheep in the Rio Grande
Plain of Texas. El Paso: Texas Western Press, [1969]. xv [3] 226 pp.,
illustrated half-title by Cisneros, maps, photographic illustrations.
8vo,original grey hopsack cloth. Very fine in d.j. Signed by Hertzog.
First trade edition.
Basic Texas Books 125: "The most thorough study of the history and
development of the sheep industry in South Texas. Actually, its title is
misleading, because it encompasses a detailed study of the economic history of
the cattle and horse industry and an ecological study of the Rio Grande Plains
as well." Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 109.
Lowman, Printer at the Pass 242B (quoting Hertzog): "I had to paste up
every single page to eliminate bad breaks and be certain that the footnotes
were in the right place. Some pages had an asterisk, dagger, double dagger and
squiggle all on the same page. But half the time when I'd move a line back a
page to look better, it would take out the line that had the asterisk. So I'd
have to go back several pages and realign them. It was like fitting a jigsaw
puzzle together." Reese, Six Score 72.
$75.00
336. LEHMANN, Valgene W. Forgotten Legions: Sheep in the Rio Grande
Plain of Texas. El Paso: Texas Western Press, [1969]. xv [3] 226 pp.,
illustrated half-title by Cisneros, maps, photographic illustrations.
8vo,original grey hopsack cloth. Very fine in d.j. Inscribed and signed by
author.
First trade
edition. Basic Texas Books 125: "The most thorough study of the
history and development of the sheep industry in South Texas. Actually, its
title is misleading, because it encompasses a detailed study of the economic
history of the cattle and horse industry and an ecological study of the Rio
Grande Plains as well." Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators
(Cisneros) 109. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 242B (quoting Hertzog): "I
had to paste up every single page to eliminate bad breaks and be certain that
the footnotes were in the right place. Some pages had an asterisk, dagger,
double dagger and squiggle all on the same page. But half the time when I'd
move a line back a page to look better, it would take out the line that had the
asterisk. So I'd have to go back several pages and realign them. It was like
fitting a jigsaw puzzle together." Reese, Six Score 72.
$65.00
337. LEHMANN, Valgene W. Forgotten Legions: Sheep in the Rio Grande
Plain of Texas. El Paso: Texas Western Press, [1969]. xv [3] 226 pp.,
illustrated half-title by Cisneros, maps, photographic illustrations.
8vo,original grey hopsack cloth. Very fine in d.j.
First trade edition.
Basic Texas Books 125: "The most thorough study of the history and
development of the sheep industry in South Texas. Actually, its title is
misleading, because it encompasses a detailed study of the economic history of
the cattle and horse industry and an ecological study of the Rio Grande Plains
as well." Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 109.
Lowman, Printer at the Pass 242B (quoting Hertzog): "I had to paste up
every single page to eliminate bad breaks and be certain that the footnotes
were in the right place. Some pages had an asterisk, dagger, double dagger and
squiggle all on the same page. But half the time when I'd move a line back a
page to look better, it would take out the line that had the asterisk. So I'd
have to go back several pages and realign them. It was like fitting a jigsaw
puzzle together." Reese, Six Score 72.
$45.00
338. [LONDON, JACK]. WALKER, Dale L. & James E. Sisson III
(compilers). The Fiction of Jack London: A Chronological Bibliography.
El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1972. xv [1] 40 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original
green pictorial cloth. Very fine. Presentation copy, inscribed to Carl Hertzog
and signed by Walker.
First edition.
$110.00
339. [LONDON, JACK]. WALKER, Dale L. & James E. Sisson III
(compilers). The Fiction of Jack London: A Chronological Bibliography.
El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1972. xv [1] 40 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original
green pictorial cloth. Very fine.
First edition.
$50.00
340. LOUGHBOROUGH, Robert H. P., Jr. The More Abundant Life.
[Cover title: A 4th of July Sermon]. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1962]. [10]
pp. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers. Very fine. With Hertzog's note laid
in: "This is a rare item ...1962-a lady in Del Rio asked me to do it but I
can't remember her name ...It is rather good." Later addition to note
continues: "Mrs. Albert Cauthorn, now moved to San Antonio, see letter
file."
First
edition. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 137.
$175.00
341. LOUGHBOROUGH, Robert H. P., Jr. The More Abundant Life.
[Cover title: A 4th of July Sermon]. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1962]. [10]
pp. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers. Very fine.
First edition. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 137.
$100.00
342. MacDONALD, Jack. How Slippery Rock Got Its Name. [El Paso:
Carl Hertzog for the author], n.d. Folded 8vo card, illustration by José
Cisneros. Very fine. Autograph note by Hertzog on back: "Limited edition
printed for Joe Ray / drawing by Cisneros especially for this edition / printed
by Carl Hertzog." Ray's sister served as Dean of Women at Slippery Rock
College, Pennsylvania.
First edition, limited
edition.
$150.00
343. MANGAN, Frank J. Bordertown. Drawings by Frank Carter. El
Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1964. vi, 120 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original grey cloth.
Very fine in d.j.
First
edition. One of 500 copies in cloth. Adams, Guns 1440. CBC
1568. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 178A.
$75.00
344. MANGAN, Frank J. Bordertown. Drawings by Frank Carter. El
Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1964. vi, 120 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original pictorial
wrappers. Very fine.
First edition, wrappers
issue. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 178B.
$40.00
345. [MARCUS, Stanley]. Broadside with five quotations about time,
under a photograph of a multifaced antique clock. El Paso: Carl Hertzog for
Stanley Marcus, January 1966. Folio broadside. Very fine.
Lowman, Printer at the
Pass 332.
$125.00
346. MARCUS, Stanley]. The Four Stumbling Blocks to Truth by the
Anglican Mage Brother Roger Bacon, O.F.M. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog for Mary
and Stanley Marcus, 1947]. 2 leaves, illustration by Cornelius Teunissen. Large
4to, French-fold. Very fine.
Holiday keepsake. Preserved in
a manila envelope with Carl Hertzog's autograph note: "Frank - This is
Christmas card for a Jew using a text written by a Catholic - the whole
concocted by a Presbyterian printer who did the work in a Baptist printing
shop. The illustration by a Dutchman using the head of the animal most despised
by the Jews. What do you think? C H." Lowman, Printer at the Pass
301.
$125.00
347. MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds. Interwoven, A Pioneer
Chronicle. [El Paso: Hertzog], n.d. File of material related to the
production of Interwoven.
Includes: Proof galleys (of pp.
27-203, 210-end, & colophon page of published book) with corrections; index
also present in typescript and paged galleys; sketch of brands used on front
cover; miscellaneous loose leaves from the final book.
$2,750.00
348. MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds. Interwoven, A Pioneer
Chronicle. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1958. xviii, 226 [3] pp., frontispiece
portrait, plates, illustrations by E. M. Schiwetz. 8vo, original terracotta
cloth over patterned beige cloth with gilt brands and gilt printed label. Very
fine. Prospectus laid in.
Second edition, limited
edition (1,500 copies). Adams, Herd 1454n. Basic Texas Books
139C. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Schiwetz) 36; High
Spots of Western Illustrating 90; Western High Spots, p. 80. Greene,
Fifty Best Books on Texas 21: "Tells more a daily life on the frontier
than any comparable narrative.... A good history of a large part of the cattle
frontier from the 1860's to modern times.... The most beautiful specimen of
[Hertzog's] work." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 105; Printing Arts in
Texas, p. 20: "Perhaps the printer's personal favorite of his books."
Reese, Six Score 78: "This [Hertzog] edition is now in as great demand
as the first." Hertzog declared this book to be "the most important book of my
entire production" (Lowman, Remembering Carl Hertzog, p. 29).
$375.00
349. MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds. Interwoven, A Pioneer
Chronicle. El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1958. xviii, 226 [3] pp., frontispiece
portrait, plates, illustrations by E. M. Schiwetz. 8vo, original terracotta
cloth over patterned beige cloth with gilt brands and gilt printed label. Very
fine.
Second edition,
limited edition (1,500 copies). Adams, Herd 1454n. Basic Texas
Books 139C. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Schiwetz) 36;
High Spots of Western Illustrating 90; Western High Spots, p. 80.
Greene, Fifty Best Books on Texas 21n: "Tells more a daily life on the
frontier than any comparable narrative.... A good history of a large part of
the cattle frontier from the 1860's to modern times.... The most beautiful
specimen of [Hertzog's] work." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 105;
Printing Arts in Texas, p. 20: "Perhaps the printer's personal favorite
of his books." Reese, Six Score 78: "This [Hertzog] edition is now in as
great demand as the first." Hertzog declared this book to be "the most
important book of my entire production" (Lowman, Remembering Carl
Hertzog, p. 29).
$325.00
350. MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds. Interwoven, A Pioneer
Chronicle. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, [1974]. xviii,
226 [3] pp., frontispiece portrait, plates, illustrations by E. M. Schiwetz.
8vo, original terracotta cloth over patterned beige cloth with gilt brands and
gilt printed label. Very fine in d.j. Signed by "Carl Hertzog ex-impressor" and
by Watt R. Matthews. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hertzog on half-title:
"For Jane & Carl [Interwoven] with Vivian & Carl."
Third edition, reprinting the
1958 Hertzog edition. Adams, Herd 1454n. Basic Texas Books 139F.
Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Schiwetz) 36; High Spots of
Western Illustrating 90; Western High Spots, p. 80. Greene, Fifty
Best Books on Texas 21n: "Tells more a daily life on the frontier than any
comparable narrative.... A good history of a large part of the cattle frontier
from the 1860's to modern times.... The most beautiful specimen of [Hertzog's]
work." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 105n; Printing Arts in Texas,
p. 20: "Perhaps the printer's personal favorite of his books." Reese, Six
Score 78n: "This [Hertzog] edition is now in as great demand as the first."
Hertzog declared this book to be "the most important book of my entire
production" (Lowman, Remembering Carl Hertzog, p. 29).
$35.00
351. MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds. Interwoven, A Pioneer
Chronicle. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, [1974]. xviii,
226 [3] pp., frontispiece portrait, plates, illustrations by E. M. Schiwetz.
8vo, original terracotta cloth over patterned beige cloth with gilt brands and
gilt printed label. Very fine in lightly chipped d.j.
Third edition, reprinting the
1958 Hertzog edition. Adams, Herd 1454n. Basic Texas Books 139F.
Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Schiwetz) 36; High Spots of
Western Illustrating 90; Western High Spots, p. 80. Greene, Fifty
Best Books on Texas 21n: "Tells more a daily life on the frontier than any
comparable narrative.... A good history of a large part of the cattle frontier
from the 1860's to modern times.... The most beautiful specimen of [Hertzog's]
work." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 105n; Printing Arts in Texas,
p. 20: "Perhaps the printer's personal favorite of his books." Reese, Six
Score 78n: "This [Hertzog] edition is now in as great demand as the first."
Hertzog declared this book to be "the most important book of my entire
production" (Lowman, Remembering Carl Hertzog, p. 29).
$30.00
352. MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds. Interwoven, A Pioneer
Chronicle. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, [1974]. xviii,
226 [3] pp., frontispiece portrait, plates, illustrations by E. M. Schiwetz.
8vo, original terracotta cloth over patterned beige cloth with gilt brands and
gilt printed label. Very fine in d.j.
Third Edition, second printing,
reprinting the 1958 Hertzog edition. Adams, Herd 1454n. Basic Texas
Books 139F. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Schiwetz) 36;
High Spots of Western Illustrating 90; Western High Spots, p. 80.
Greene, Fifty Best Books on Texas 21n: "Tells more a daily life on the
frontier than any comparable narrative.... A good history of a large part of
the cattle frontier from the 1860's to modern times.... The most beautiful
specimen of [Hertzog's] work." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 105n;
Printing Arts in Texas, p. 20: "Perhaps the printer's personal favorite
of his books." Reese, Six Score 78n: "This [Hertzog] edition is now in
as great demand as the first." Hertzog declared this book to be "the most
important book of my entire production" (Lowman, Remembering Carl
Hertzog, p. 29).
$25.00
353. MATTHEWS, Sallie Reynolds. Interwoven, A Pioneer
Chronicle. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, [1982]. [With]:
HOLDEN, Frances Mayhugh. Lambshead before Interwoven: A Texas Range
Chronicle, 1848-1878 ...Drawings by John Guerin. College Station: Texas
A&M University Press, [1982]. xiv [4] 226 [1] 1 + xv [5] 230 [1] pp.,
portraits, illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, full leather, gilt titles on spines,
upper covers blind-stamped with brands and gilt-stamped with Carl Hertzog's
name. Very fine, in publisher's slipcase, with supplemental pamphlet
Chronology of the Matthews and Reynolds Families laid in. A unique
copy of the limited edition matched set, specially prepared and bound in
leather for Carl Hertzog. The copy of Interwoven (fourth edition) is
inscribed to the Hertzogs by Watt Matthews: "To Carlos and Vivian with
affection appreciation and many happy memories. Watt R. Matthews 7-12-82."
Lambshead before Interwoven (first edition) is signed by Hertzog,
Holden, Guerin, Schiwetz, and Watt Matthews. Basic Texas Books 139
(Jenkins does not note this special issue). Lambshead Revisited
discusses events in the area prior to or not discussed in Interwoven.
$1,200.00
354. [MATTHEWS, Watt]. "Wattisms...." N.p.: Carl Hertzog, n.d. Folio
broadside, calligraphy and illustrations by José Cisneros. With "AV",
Spanish Gourd, and Carl Hertzog's "brands" at bottom. Very fine.
First edition. Sixteen
homey sayings of Watt Matthews, such as "plumb handy," "He is not even a notch
on a stick," etc. Hertzog was so entranced by Matthews' expressions that he
collected some and had Cisneros draw up the broadside. The original was given
to Matthews as a birthday present. A few copies were printed, most of which
were given to members of the Matthews and Reynolds families. Dykes, Fifty
Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 122a.
$50.00
355. McCAULEY, James Emmit. A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story. Introduction
by John A. Lomax. Drawings by Tom Lea. Austin: [Carl Hertzog for] Texas
Folklore Society and Dallas: University Press, 1943. xxii [2] 73 pp.,
illustrations. 8vo, original yellow pictorial cloth. Very fine in d.j.
First edition, limited
edition (700 copies). Adams, Guns 1389; Herd 1373. Basic
Texas Books 100n. Dobie, p. 110. Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Lea) 187. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 68B. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 22 (quoting Hertzog): "One day Tom Lea walked into
the shop and, because I was busy, he picked up some galley proofs and began
reading A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story. When I was free to talk, he looked up
from his reading, dark eyes sparkling, and said: 'Jeezis, this is so damn good
I want to do something for it.' As a result of his enthusiasm the book received
five illustrations." McVicker B50. Reese, Six Score 75: "One of the most
forceful and expressive autobiographies of the range country. McCauley lived
hard."
$375.00
356. McCAULEY, James Emmit. A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story. Introduction
by John A. Lomax. Drawings by Tom Lea. Dallas: SMU Press, [1965]. xii [2]
76 pp. 8vo, original tan pictorial cloth. Very fine in d.j.
Facsimile edition, with an
afterword by Carl Hertzog: "The Story Behind the Book." Dykes, Fifty Great
Western Illustrators (Lea) 189. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 65E.
$30.00
357. McCAULEY, James Emmit. A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story. Introduction
by John A. Lomax. Drawings by Tom Lea. Dallas: SMU Press, [1965]. xii [2]
76 pp. 8vo, original tan pictorial cloth. Very fine in d.j.
Facsimile edition, second
printing, with an afterword by Carl Hertzog: "The Story Behind the Book."
Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea) 189. Hinshaw &
Lovelace, Lea 65E.
$20.00
358. McFARLAND, Elizabeth Fleming. Forever Frontier: The Gila Cliff
Dwellings. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1967. [8] 62 pp.,
photographic illustrations. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers. Very fine.
Inscribed to Carl and Vivian Hertzog and signed by author.
First edition. Cover
design by Carl Hertzog.
$55.00
359. McFARLAND, Elizabeth Fleming. Forever Frontier: The Gila Cliff
Dwellings. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1967. [8] 62 pp.,
photographic illustrations. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers. Very fine. Signed
by author.
First
edition. Cover design by Carl Hertzog.
$45.00
360. McGOWAN, M. M. The Jury-Barrier to Tyranny. Canyon: Texans
for America, n.d. [2] 6 pp. 8vo, original printed wrappers.
Reprinted from Jackson Daily
News of November 19, 1965. Designed by Carl Hertzog.
$45.00
361. McKEE, Robert E. The Zia Company in Los Alamos: A History.
El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1950. [10] 71 [1] pp., illustrations, illustrated
endpapers. 8vo, original red cloth. Very fine.
First edition. Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 121. Lowman, Printer at
the Pass 69: "The use of blue and terracotta on the title-page is unusual
and effective. The maps are by José Cisneros."
$175.00
362. METCALF, Artie L. Late Quaternary Mollusks of the Rio Grande
Valley: Caballo Dam, New Mexico to El Paso, Texas. El Paso: Texas Western
Press, 1967. 62 pp., illustrations. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Very
fine.
First edition.
Science Series, no. 1. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 216.
$35.00
363. MIDDAGH, John. Frontier Newspaper: The El Paso Times. El
Paso: Texas Western Press, 1958. xiv [2] 333 [2] pp., illustrations. Dust
jacket drawing by José Cisneros. 8vo, original terracotta cloth. Minor
tape stains to endpapers, otherwise fine in d.j. Signed by Carl Hertzog and the
author.
First edition.
CBC 1571. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 125.
Lowman, Printer at the Pass 106: "The double spread title-page has an
expansive mood that is most appropriate for the subject. The front end-sheets
are a facsimile of the first issue of The Times dated April 2, 1881,
whereas the back end-sheets are a reproduction of The Times on the day
the book was finished. The dust jacket drawing is by José Cisneros.
Included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce and Coffin Club)."
$125.00
364. MIDDAGH, John. Frontier Newspaper: The El Paso Times. El
Paso: Texas Western Press, 1958. xiv [2] 333 [2] pp., illustrations. Dust
jacket drawing by José Cisneros. 8vo, original terracotta cloth. Very
fine in d.j. Signed by author.
First edition. CBC 1571.
Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 125. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 106: "The double spread title-page has an expansive
mood that is most appropriate for the subject. The front end-sheets are a
facsimile of the first issue of The Times dated April 2, 1881, whereas
the back end-sheets are a reproduction of The Times on the day the book
was finished. The dust jacket drawing is by José Cisneros. Included in
the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce and Coffin Club)."
$75.00
365. MIDDAGH, John. Frontier Newspaper: The El Paso Times. El
Paso: Texas Western Press, 1958. xiv [2] 333 [2] pp., illustrations. Dust
jacket drawing by José Cisneros. 8vo, original terracotta cloth. Very
fine in d.j.
First
edition. CBC 1571. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators
(Cisneros) 125. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 106: "The double spread
title-page has an expansive mood that is most appropriate for the subject. The
front end-sheets are a facsimile of the first issue of The Times dated
April 2, 1881, whereas the back end-sheets are a reproduction of The
Times on the day the book was finished. The dust jacket drawing is by
José Cisneros. Included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce and
Coffin Club)."
$45.00
366. MILLER, Townsend. A Letter from Texas. [El Paso: Carl
Hertzog], 1939. [19] pp. Small 4to, original green cloth over beige printed
boards. Fine in original glassine d.j.
First edition, limited
edition (415 copies, one of 100 author's copies without the Neiman-Marcus
imprint) Lowman, Printer at the Pass 14. Hertzog's original project was
to print a small edition for the author, but when expenses began to mount he
made a deal for Stanley Marcus to get 300 copies, Miller 100, and he would keep
15 copies and residue sheets. When a fire destroyed the Goudy types at the
Village Foundry, Hertzog lost his source for the selected Truesdell type. He
was forced to set and print the book three or four pages at a time and
redistribute the type after each printing.
$300.00
367. MILLER, Townsend. A Letter from Texas. [El Paso: Carl
Hertzog], 1939. [19] pp. Small 4to, original green cloth over beige printed
boards. Fine.
First
edition, limited edition (415 copies, one of 100 author's copies without
the Neiman-Marcus imprint) Lowman, Printer at the Pass 14. Hertzog's
original project was to print a small edition for the author, but when expenses
began to mount he made a deal for Stanley Marcus to get 300 copies, Miller 100,
and he would keep 15 copies and residue sheets. When a fire destroyed the Goudy
types at the Village Foundry, Hertzog lost his source for the selected
Truesdell type. He was forced to set and print the book three or four pages at
a time and redistribute the type after each printing.
$200.00
368. MILLER, Townsend. A Letter from Texas. Dallas:
Nieman-Marcus, 1944. [19] pp. 8vo, Three-quarter blue morocco. Very fine.
Second edition, special
morocco binding. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 26: "Hertzog was not
well pleased with the first edition of A Letter from Texas which
appeared in 1939. He explained in a letter to J. Frank Dobie that he was
extremely busy when the project finally materialized and there was no
opportunity to 'examine every letter and do some delicate spacing.' But he
continued, 'Mr. Marcus has indicated that he might buy a second edition. If he
does I can perfect many of the details that bother me now.'-Hertzog to J. Frank
Dobie, January 23, 1940. Four years later the opportunity came. The new version
was set in Centaur type, was slightly smaller in size, and was much nearer the
printer's ideal. The edition consisted of 1,925 copies."
$350.00
369. MILLER, Townsend. A Letter from Texas. Dallas:
Nieman-Marcus, 1944. [19] pp. 8vo, original grey printed boards. Fine in soiled
d.j.
Trade edition. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 26: "Hertzog was not well pleased with the first
edition of A Letter from Texas which appeared in 1939. He explained in a
letter to J. Frank Dobie that he was extremely busy when the project finally
materialized and there was no opportunity to 'examine every letter and do some
delicate spacing.' But he continued, 'Mr. Marcus has indicated that he might
buy a second edition. If he does I can perfect many of the details that bother
me now.'-Hertzog to J. Frank Dobie, January 23, 1940. Four years later the
opportunity came. The new version was set in Centaur type, was slightly smaller
in size, and was much nearer the printer's ideal. The edition consisted of
1,925 copies."
$75.00
370. MILLS, W. W. Forty Years at El Paso 1858-1898 ...With Drawings
by Tom Lea. Introduction and Notes by Rex W. Strickland. El Paso: Carl
Hertzog, 1962. xxii [4] 212 [1] pp., illustrations. 8vo, original black cloth.
Very fine in d.j. Signed by Lea, Strickland, and Hertzog.
Trade edition. Adams, Guns
1505n: "Deals with gun battles and the bloody reign of the city marshals of
El Paso." CBC 1574. Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Lea)
205. Graff 2807n. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 129C. Howes M633n.
Lowman, Printer at the Pass 148.
$275.00
371. MINCKLEY, W. L. Environments of the Bolsón of Cuatro
Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico With Special Reference to the Aquatic
Biota. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1969. 65 pp., photographic
illustrations, maps. 8vo, original mustard pictorial wrappers. Very fine.
Signed by Hertzog.
First
edition. Science Series, no. 2. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 243: "'I
was there,' says Hertzog enigmatically."
$45.00
372. MOSELEY, J. A. R. The Presbyterian Church in Jefferson.
Austin: [Carl Hertzog for] Texas State Historical Association, 1946. xiii [1]
52 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, facsimile of a letter. 8vo, original rose
pictorial cloth. Very fine in glassine d.j.
First edition, limited
edition (675 copies). CBC 3185. Lowman, Printer at the Pass
39 (quoting Hertzog): "Wartime shortage of cloth for binding made selection
difficult; materials available included no choice appropriate for the book.
Samples submitted were dull, too loud, or too text-bookish. We hit upon the
idea of using the red cloth wrong-side out and sized to repel fingerprints.
This gave us a texture of some character."
$80.00
373. MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. A City and a
Service Grow Up Together [cover title]. El Paso: [Carl Hertzog, 1948]. [20]
pp., photographic illustrations, historical sketches by José Cisneros.
Folio, original terracotta pictorial wrappers (by Tom Lea). Very fine. Signed
by Cisneros.
First
edition. Hinshaw & Lovelace, Lea 79. Lowman, Printer at the
Pass 53: "As fine a piece of commercial printing as was ever produced in
the Southwest. The printer was obviously given latitude-and made good use of
it."
$175.00
374. MULLIN, Robert N. The Boyhood of Billy the Kid, with a Gallery
of Photographs [cover title]. [El Paso: Texas Western Press], 1967. 26 [2]
pp., photographic plates. 8vo, original red pictorial wrappers. Very fine in
original mailing envelope addressed to Dudley R. Dobie.
First edition. Southwestern
Studies Monograph, no. 17. Adams, Guns 2487: "An interesting and
valuable addition to the literature on Billy the Kid, filled with new material
about the Kid's childhood." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 217.
$30.00
375. MULLIN, Robert N. An Item from Old Mesilla [cover title].
[El Paso: Carl Hertzog], n.d. [after 1968]. [4] pp., map. 8vo, original yellow
printed wrappers.
First
edition. Half title: A Schoolboy's Diary.
$25.00
376. MUSIC WORLD OF EL PASO. National Music Week, El Paso, May
5-12, 1946. [El Paso: Hertzog & Resler], 1946. [14] pp., portrait
illustrations by José Cisneros. 8vo, decorated wrappers.
First edition. Dykes,
Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 91. Lowman, Printer at
the Pass 40: "This program for a concert series was the first major
collaboration between Cisneros and Hertzog." Lowman quotes Hertzog's story
about how he avoided printing advertising in the program through securing a
patron to pay the cost.
$150.00
377. MYRES, Sandra L. The Ranch in Spanish Texas 1691-1800. El
Paso: Texas Western Press, 1969. [2] 69 pp., plates. 8vo, original green cloth.
Very fine. Signed by Myres, Hertzog, and Cisneros, descriptive limitation sheet
laid in.
First edition,
limited edition (50 signed copies). Social Science Series, no. 2.
Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Cisneros) 129. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 244A. "Both Cisneros and I thought this should be a
separate individual clothbound book, but it was already in routine production
and half done before we were inspired. When I discovered that we had transposed
the legends under two of the Cisneros drawings, I decided that there should at
least be a few hardbound copies with the legends corrected, for the permanent
record in important libraries. While reprinting the illustrations we discovered
that they looked better on a special tinted textured paper. Alas, we had
already printed special endsheets.... The buff endpapers looked all right until
we saw how beautifully the paper of the newly inserted illustrations harmonized
with the cloth covers. Hence this reprint of the endpapers. But-more diligence
is required: The bookbinder transposed some words when gold stamping the spine.
The Ranch in Spanish Texas has now become The Spanish Ranch in
Texas. We cannot afford to start all over again. But the fifty collectors
or libraries who acquire this volume should be sympathetic to the hazards of
bookmaking."-Carl Hertzog, from the limitation page.
$250.00
378. MYRES, Sandra L. The Ranch in Spanish Texas 1691-1800. El
Paso: Texas Western Press, 1969. [2] 69 pp., plates. 8vo, original beige
pictorial wrappers. Very fine.
First edition, wrappers
issue. Social Science Series, no. 2. Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Cisneros) 129. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 244B.
$35.00
379. NAIL, Robert E. The Fandangle: A People's Theater. Albany:
[Carl Hertzog for] Fort Griffin Fandangle Association, [1970]. [24] pp.,
illustrations. 8vo, original green pictorial wrappers. Very fine.
First edition. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 258.
$35.00
380. NEAL, Dorothy Jensen. Captive Mountain Waters: A Story of
Pipelines and People. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1961. vii [1] 103 pp.,
photographic plates, illustrations by Bob Staggs. 8vo, original green cloth.
Very fine in d.j. Signed by Hertzog.
First edition, limited
edition (300 copies). Lowman, Printer at the Pass 139A.
$75.00
381. NEAL, Dorothy Jensen. Captive Mountain Waters: A Story of
Pipelines and People. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1961. vii [1] 103 pp.,
photographic plates, illustrations by Bob Staggs. 8vo, original green cloth.
Very fine in d.j.
First
edition, limited edition (300 copies). Lowman, Printer at the Pass
139A.
$60.00
382. NEAL, Dorothy Jensen. Captive Mountain Waters: A Story of
Pipelines and People. El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1961. vii [1] 103 pp.,
photographic plates, illustrations by Bob Staggs. 8vo, original pictorial
wrappers. Very fine.
First edition, wrappers
issue. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 139B.
$30.00
383. NEVILLE, A. W. The Red River Valley Then and Now. Paris:
[Carl Hertzog for North Texas Publishing Co.], 1948. xiv, 278 [2] pp.,
illustrations and endpaper maps by Cisneros. 8vo, original red cloth. Very fine
in d.j. Presentation copy, inscribed to J. Frank Dobie and signed by the
author, October 29, 1952.
First edition. Adams,
Guns 1604. CBC 5004. Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Cisneros) 130. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 56. Hertzog
draws attention to the fact that all of the Cisneros drawings are in the shape
of a triangle. Lowman also points out: "Another interesting facet of this book
is the binding. From a Rhode Island firm, Hertzog ordered a cloth 'the color of
Red River mud and texture of old homespun.' He got just what he wanted because
the request was filled by an ex-GI who had been stationed at a military post in
the area."
$175.00
384. NEVILLE, A. W. The Red River Valley Then and Now. Paris:
[Carl Hertzog for North Texas Publishing Co.], 1948. xiv, 278 [2] pp.,
illustrations and endpaper maps by Cisneros. 8vo, original red cloth. Fine.
Promotional brochure and an invitation to the 1948 Hertzog lecture and Cisneros
exhibition at Paris Public Library laid in.
First edition. Adams,
Guns 1604. CBC 5004. Dykes, Fifty Great Western
Illustrators (Cisneros) 130. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 56. Hertzog
draws attention to the fact that all of the Cisneros drawings are in the shape
of a triangle. Lowman also points out: "Another interesting facet of this book
is the binding. From a Rhode Island firm, Hertzog ordered a cloth 'the color of
Red River mud and texture of old homespun.' He got just what he wanted because
the request was filled by an ex-GI who had been stationed at a military post in
the area."
$75.00
385. NICHOLS, James Wilson. Now You Hear My Horn the Journals of
...1820-1887. Austin & London: [Carl Hertzog for] University of Texas
Press, [1967]. xvi [6] 212 pp., illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original
brown cloth over green cloth. Unopened, very fine in slipcase. Signed by
McDowell. With the elusive miniature Bowie knife which was included in this
edition to slit the page edges.
Special limited edition
(250 copies). Basic Texas Books 152: "One of the most delightful
American pioneer narratives ever written, and a valuable contribution not only
to our knowledge of events in Texas history but to our understanding of the
frontier spirit as well." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 218A: "Nichols was
a participant in many history-making events on the West Texas frontier of his
time. This important book, written in a straightforward style, is spiced with
good humor, and with the author's original spelling left intact, is one of the
juiciest pioneer chronicles to appear since A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story,
by J. E. McCauley. Competent editing by Catherine McDowell and the attractive
Hertzog format contribute materially toward making the Nichols Journal a highly
desirable item for both the casual reader and the serious collector of Texana.
The drawing on page xxii and the map on page 4 were prepared by José
Cisneros."
$400.00
386. NICHOLS, James Wilson. Now You Hear My Horn the Journals of
...1820-1887. Austin & London: [Carl Hertzog for] University of Texas
Press, [1967]. xvi [6] 212 pp., illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original
brown cloth over green cloth. Unopened, very fine in slipcase. Without the
miniature Bowie knife.
Special limited edition
(250 copies). Basic Texas Books 152: "One of the most delightful
American pioneer narratives ever written, and a valuable contribution not only
to our knowledge of events in Texas history but to our understanding of the
frontier spirit as well." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 218A: "Nichols was
a participant in many history-making events on the West Texas frontier of his
time. This important book, written in a straightforward style, is spiced with
good humor, and with the author's original spelling left intact, is one of the
juiciest pioneer chronicles to appear since A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story,
by J. E. McCauley. Competent editing by Catherine McDowell and the attractive
Hertzog format contribute materially toward making the Nichols Journal a highly
desirable item for both the casual reader and the serious collector of Texana.
The drawing on page xxii and the map on page 4 were prepared by José
Cisneros."
$75.00
387. NICHOLS, James Wilson. Now You Hear My Horn the Journals of
...1820-1887. Austin & London: [Carl Hertzog for] University of Texas
Press, [1967]. xvi [6] 212 pp., illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original
brown cloth over green cloth. Very fine in d.j. Signed by Carl Hertzog and
McDowell.
First trade
edition. Basic Texas Books 152: "One of the most delightful American
pioneer narratives ever written, and a valuable contribution not only to our
knowledge of events in Texas history but to our understanding of the frontier
spirit as well." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 218B: "Nichols was a
participant in many history-making events on the West Texas frontier of his
time. This important book, written in a straightforward style, is spiced with
good humor, and with the author's original spelling left intact, is one of the
juiciest pioneer chronicles to appear since A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story,
by J. E. McCauley. Competent editing by Catherine McDowell and the attractive
Hertzog format contribute materially toward making the Nichols Journal a highly
desirable item for both the casual reader and the serious collector of Texana.
The drawing on page xxii and the map on page 4 were prepared by José
Cisneros."
$75.00
388. NICHOLS, James Wilson. Now You Hear My Horn the Journals of
...1820-1887. Austin & London: [Carl Hertzog for] University of Texas
Press, [1967]. xvi [6] 212 pp., illustrations, endpaper maps. 8vo, original
brown cloth over green cloth. Very fine in d.j.
First trade edition.
Basic Texas Books 152: "One of the most delightful American pioneer
narratives ever written, and a valuable contribution not only to our knowledge
of events in Texas history but to our understanding of the frontier spirit as
well." Lowman, Printer at the Pass 218B: "Nichols was a participant in
many history-making events on the West Texas frontier of his time. This
important book, written in a straightforward style, is spiced with good humor,
and with the author's original spelling left intact, is one of the juiciest
pioneer chronicles to appear since A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story, by J. E.
McCauley. Competent editing by Catherine McDowell and the attractive Hertzog
format contribute materially toward making the Nichols Journal a highly
desirable item for both the casual reader and the serious collector of Texana.
The drawing on page xxii and the map on page 4 were prepared by José
Cisneros."
$40.00
389. NICHOLS, Roy Franklin. The Slow Evolution of American
Politics [cover title]. El Paso: University of Texas at El Paso, 1967. 18
[1] pp. 8vo, original rose printed wrappers. Very fine.
First edition. Cotton
Memorial Papers, no. 3. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 219.
$30.00
390. NIXON, Pat Ireland. The Early Nixons of Texas. El Paso:
Carl Hertzog, 1956. xiv, 172 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, plates. 8vo,
original green cloth. Very fine in acetate d.j. Signed by Pat Nixon Sr. and Pat
Nixon Jr.
First
edition. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 96 (quoting a letter from
Hertzog to Nixon): "Technically it is one of the best jobs I have ever done.
The make-up of the pages is smooth. No one will ever know what it took to avoid
the bad breaks and awkward arrangements.... The final result looks easy which
is the way it should be."
$175.00
391. NIXON, Pat Ireland. The Early Nixons of Texas. El Paso:
Carl Hertzog, 1956. xiv, 172 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, plates. 8vo,
original green cloth. Very fine in acetate d.j.
First edition. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 96 (quoting a letter from Hertzog to Nixon):
"Technically it is one of the best jobs I have ever done. The make-up of the
pages is smooth. No one will ever know what it took to avoid the bad breaks and
awkward arrangements.... The final result looks easy which is the way it should
be."
$100.00
392. NIXON, Pat Ireland. In Memoriam, Olive Read Nixon 1886-1964
...with a Tribute to Olive by Sterling Fisher Wheeler. San Antonio: [Carl
Hertzog for Pat Nixon], 1965. 25 pp., portrait. 8vo, original beige printed
wrappers. Very fine.
First edition, wrappers
issue. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 195B: "Olive Read Nixon was an
active partner with her doctor-husband in the building of an outstanding
private library which is now the cornerstone of the Texana collection at
Trinity University."
$80.00
393. [NIXON, PAT IRELAND]. Celebration Honoring Dr. Pat Ireland
Nixon on his Seventy-fifth Birthday. [El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1959]. 25 [3]
pp., photographic portrait. 8vo, original maroon printed wrappers.
First edition, wrappers
issue. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 113: "Twenty copies of this
tribute were bound by the printer as his present to Dr. Nixon. The remaining
340 copies were bound in heavy maroon paper covers."
$75.00
394. OATES, Joyce Carol. Celestial Empire. Poems.... Illustrated by
Paula George. Dallas: [Designed by Carl Hertzog for] Pressworks Publishing,
1980. 25 pp., tipped-in illustrations and limitation sheet. 8vo, original
maroon gilt cloth. Very fine in acetate d.j. Signed by the author and
illustrator.
First
edition, limited edition (376 copies). One of 26 copies for the use of the
author and illustrator.
$300.00
395. OATES, Joyce Carol. Celestial Empire. Poems.... Illustrated by
Paula George. Dallas: [Designed by Carl Hertzog for] Pressworks Publishing,
1980. 25 pp.. 8vo, in endsheets, ready for casing. Very fine. Illustrations by
Paula George not present.
$30.00
396. ODEN, Bill. Early Days on the Texas-New Mexico Plains. Edited
by J. Evetts Haley. Canyon: [Designed by Carl Hertzog for] Palo Duro Press,
1965. xi [1] 69 [2] pp., frontispiece portrait, illustrations by H. D. Bugbee,
endpaper maps by Cisneros. 8vo, original charcoal gilt pictorial cloth. Very
fine. Signed by Haley
First edition, limited
edition (750 copies). Adams, Guns 1637: "Reminiscences of an
old-time cowboy." Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators (Bugbee) 115;
(Cisneros) 132. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 196.
$70.00
397. OLSON, James C. Some Reflections on the Study and Teaching of
History [cover title]. El Paso: Texas Western College, 1963. 13 pp. 8vo,
original grey printed wrappers. Very fine.
First edition. Lowman,
Printer at the Pass 167.
$30.00
398. PARRA, Gonzalo de la. La Lepra Nacional. [Chihuahua,
1923]. 137 [4] pp. 12mo, original printed wrappers. Very fine, paper age-toned
and becoming brittle.
First edition, plain paper
issue. Lowman, Printer at the Pass 1: "This book was printed in El
Paso at The McMath Company shortly after Hertzog's arrival there. Production
was under his supervision. De la Parra was personal secretary to President
Obregón of Mexico. The book was propaganda against the spirit of
revolution and a plea for the restoration of stability in the country. The
printing was done in the United States to avoid the possibility of
prepublication leaks. Although Hertzog had not learned the Spanish language,
the typesetters and pressmen at The McMath Company were bilingual. When the
books were finished de la Parra loaded them into a taxi and disappeared."
Withdrawn from catalogue.
399. PARRAMORE, Dick Dilworth. Scenes and Stories of Early West
Texas. ...El Paso: Texas Western Press, [1975]. 93 pp., illustrations.
Oblong 8vo, original green cloth over brown cloth. Very fine in printed acetate
d.j. and slipcase. Signed by Hertzog.
First edition, limited
edition (195 copies, signed). Typography by Carl Hertzog.
$175.00
400. PARRAMORE, Dick Dilworth. Scenes and Stories of Early West
Texas. ...El Paso: Texas Western Press, [1975]. 93 pp., illustrations.
Oblong 8vo, original brown cloth. Very fine in printed acetate d.j.
First trade edition.
Typography by Carl Hertzog.
$40.00
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