Dorothy Sloan -- Books
Comprehensive List of Our Catalogues

Fine & Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Prints, Paintings, Ephemera
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Recently Issued Catalogues

THE RANCHING CATALOGUE: Part 1, Letters A-C

Presenting 1,364 Rare Books From the Collections of Dudley R. Dobie, Fred Rosenstock (The Autry Museum of Western Heritage), Carl Hertzog & Other Generous Consignors. Ranches, Ranchers & Ranching History; Cattle Trade & Cattle Barons; Roundups & Rodeos; Fiction, Poetry, Humor & Music; Wild West Shows & Cinema; Cowboys, Cowgirls, Vaqueros, Gauchos & Charros; Cattle Rustlers, Outlaws & "The Code of the West"; Material Culture & Social History in the Cattle Country; Art, Photography & Iconography; Cattle, Horses, Mustangs, Buffalo, Sheep & a Few Stray Goats; Land, Grass & Water; the Mystique & the Reality.
All items fully described, annotated & with bibliographical citations. Illustrated (color & black & white plates, text illustrations). Design & letterpress printing by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress. Color & black & white plates printed by David Holman at Wind River Press.
Edition limited to 300 copies
250 copies in printed wrappers, $50
50 special cloth-bound copies, $100


Ranching Catalogue, part 1 (wrappers)
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THE RANCHING CATALOGUE: Part 2, Letters D-G

Volume 2 of the Ranching Catalogue, presenting 925 Rare Books of Ranching Literature. All items fully described, annotated & with bibliographical citations. Illustrated (color & black & white plates, text illustrations). Includes an introductory essay by Richard H. Dillon.
Design & letterpress printing by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress.
Color & black & white plates printed by David Holman at Wind River Press.
Edition limited to 300 copies
250 copies in printed wrappers, $50
50 special cloth-bound copies, $100


Ranching Catalogue, part 2 (wrappers)
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AUCTION CATALOGUE TWENTY: AMERICANA – Rare books, manuscripts, autograph letters, maps, atlases, broadsides, and ephemera

172 lots, Conducted on February 14, 2007 at the Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco, CA
Photography: Tommy Holt at Third Eye Photography (Austin, TX)
Design and Typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress (Austin, TX)

Auction 20 Catalogue: $75.00


Auction Catalogue 20
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AUCTION CATALOGUE NINETEEN: WESTERN AMERICANA

253 lots, Conducted on October 18, 2006 at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY.
Photography: Tommy Holt at Third Eye Photography (Austin, TX)
Design and Typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress (Austin, TX)

Auction 19 Catalogue: $50.00


Auction Catalogue 19
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AUCTION CATALOGUE EIGHTEEN: Texas, California, the Southwest U.S., Mexico & the Borderlands – Interesting books, broadsides, maps & ephemera

89 lots, Conducted on March 15, 2006 at the Bel Age Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
33 color illustrations. Includes a manuscript plan of Los Adaes, made capital of Texas in 1729, drawn before 1726.
Photography: Tommy Holt at Third Eye Photography (Austin, TX)
Design and Typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress (Austin, TX)

Auction 18 Catalogue: $25.00


Auction Catalogue 18
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AUCTION CATALOGUE SEVENTEEN: Voyages and Travels, With an Emphasis on Captain Cook

75 lots, Conducted on March 15, 2006 at the Bel Age Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
Items include accounts of Cook's voyages, including a full set of the three voyages in contemporary matching bindings, iconography, artifacts, Cook literature, and other voyages and travels. Numerous color illustrations.
Photography: Tommy Holt at Third Eye Photography (Austin, TX)
Design and Typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress (Austin, TX)

Auction 17 Catalogue:
Wrappers Issue: $75.00


Auction Catalogue 17
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AUCTION CATALOGUE SIXTEEN: "The World Rushed In" – The California Gold Rush

166 lots, Conducted on March 15, 2006 at the Bel Age Hotel, West Hollywood, CA.
14 color plates and numerous text illustrations. Includes maps, guidebooks, travelers' accounts, and other rarities related to the California Gold Rush.
Photography: Tommy Holt at Third Eye Photography (Austin, TX)
Design and Typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress (Austin, TX)

Auction 16 Catalogue:
Wrappers Issue: $75.00


Auction Catalogue 16
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AUCTION CATALOGUE FIFTEEN: The Daniel G. Volkmann Jr. Collection of Rare Californiana

225 lots, Conducted at the time of the California Book Fair, February 16, 2005, at The Society of California Pioneers in San Francisco.
A Fine Collection of Californiana: A Selection of Distinguished Rare Books, Maps, Broadsides, Letter Sheets & Ephemera Formed by Daniel G. Volkmann, Jr.
Occasional historical essays by Dr.W. Michael Mathes.
37 color plates and numerous text illustrations.
Catalogue Editors-in-Chief: Jasmine & Jason Star
Photography: frontispiece by George Selland Photography (San Francisco, California);
remainder by Third Eye Photography (Austin, Texas), John Oliver (Austin, Texas), and Peter L. Oliver (Austin, Texas)
Design and typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress, Austin, Texas
Printed by the Studley Press in Dalton, Massachusetts
Auction 15 Catalogue:
Wrappers Issue: $75.00
Hardbound Issue: $100.00


Auction Catalogue 15 (wrappers)
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AUCTION CATALOGUE FOURTEEN: Americana, with an emphasis on the Southwest & the Borderlands, especially Texas, California, and Mexico

64 lots, Conducted at the time of the California Book Fair, February 16, 2005, at the Society of California Pioneers in San Francisco.
Americana: with an emphasis on the Southwest & the Borderlands, especially Texas, California, and Mexico. Rare books, manuscripts, autograph letters, maps, atlases, broadsides, and ephemera.
41 color illustrations
Design and typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress, Austin, Texas. Printed by Aus-Tex Printing, Austin, Texas.
Auction 14 Catalogue: $25.00


Auction Catalogue 14
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AUCTION CATALOGUE THIRTEEN: Maps & Manuscripts Touching upon the History of Texas, California, the Southwest, Mexico & The Borderlands

19 lots, Conducted at the time of the California Book Fair, February 5, 2003, at the Society of California Pioneers in San Francisco.
A Few Select Maps & Manuscripts Touching upon the History of Texas, California, the Southwest, Mexico & The Borderlands, including the Disturnell Treaty Map Sequence and Two Important Manuscript Overland Diaries.
17 color illustrations of maps, including the Disturnell Treaty Map Sequence, Goodwin's Gold Rush Map, and important maps relating to Texas (Emory, Arrowsmith, DeCordova, and others).
Design and typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress, Austin, Texas. Printed by Aus-Tex Printing, Austin, Texas.
Auction 13 Catalogue: $10.00


Auction 13 Catalogue
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AUCTION CATALOGUE TWELVE: The Daniel G. Volkmann Jr. Collection of The Zamorano 80

146 lots, Conducted at the time of the California Book Fair, February 5, 2003, at the Society of California Pioneers in San Francisco.
A Complete Collection of First Editions of the Zamorano 80, the Selection of Distinguished California Books Made by The Zamorano Club in 1945. With historical essays by Gary F. Kurutz, Director of Special Collections of the California State Library, and Dr.W. Michael Mathes.
20 color plates. Profusely illustrated, including reproductions of the title pages for each of the Zamorano 80 books.
Catalogue Editor-in-Chief: Jasmine Star
Photography by Eric Beggs, with the assistance of Anthony Sloan
Design and typesetting by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress, Austin, Texas
Printed by the Studley Press in Dalton, Massachusetts
Auction 12 Catalogue:
Wrappers Issue: $75.00
Hardbound Issue: $100.00


Auction 12 Catalogue (Wrappers)
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Other Catalogues

For the benefit of researchers and our clients, we are currently in the process of bringing our older catalogues to the web. Many of these are currently available only as unillustrated typescripts in Adobe PDF format. Printed editions of these catalogues (with illustrations) are available as noted.

Catalogue 1. Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Maps. Out of print.
PDF [204 KB]

Catalogue 2. Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Maps. Out of print.
PDF [404 KB]

Catalogue 3. Women in the Cattle Country. Out of print.
PDF [408 KB]

Catalogue 4. Americana. $10.00
PDF [380 KB]

Catalogue 5. Americana. $20.00
PDF [384 KB]

Catalogue 6. The Library of Dr. Paul Burns. [Maps and Map Reference] $50.00
PDF [344 KB]

Catalogue 7. Americana. $20.00
PDF [512 KB]

Catalogue 8. Thomas E. Moody, Jr. Collection (typescript only). Out of Print
PDF [428 KB]

Catalogue 9. Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Maps. $20.00
PDF [320 KB]

Catalogue 10/1. J. Frank Dobie Collection: The Library of Dudley R. Dobie, Sr., part 1 $50.00
PDF [664 KB]

Catalogue 10/3. The Library and Work of Carl Hertzog, Printer at the Pass. $50.00 (wrappers edition), $75.00 (hardbound edition).
PDF [720 KB]

Catalogue 11. The Library of William H. Morrow. $40.00
PDF [952 KB]


Catalogue 3
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Catalogue 5
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Catalogue 10/3 (wrappers)
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Catalogue 11
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Auction Catalogues

Auction 1. Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Maps. $10.00
PDF [224 KB]

Auction 2, Part 1. The Zamorano 80. The Henry H. Clifford Collection, Part 1. $40.00
PDF [340 KB]

Auction 2, Part 2. California & the West. The Henry H. Clifford Collection, Part 2. $35.00
PDF [352 KB]

Auction 2, Part 3. California Pictorial Letter Sheets. The Henry H. Clifford Collection, Part 3. $300.00
PDF [828 KB]

Auction 3. Bibliography & Reference. $10.00
PDF [220 KB]

Auction 4. Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Maps. Out of Print

Auction 5. Texas & the West. The Library of Dudley R. Dobie, Sr., Part 2. $25.00

Auction 6. Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Maps. Out of Print

Auction 7. Autry / Rosenstock Collection. Online only

Auction 8. Rarities — Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Maps. $40.00

Auction 9: The Ben E. Pingenot Collection. Online only

Auction 10: Cartography of Texas and the West. $100.

Auction 11: Rarities — Books, Manuscripts, Broadsides, Photography, and Ephemera, with an Emphasis on Texas and the West. $50.


Auction Catalogue 2/1
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Auction Catalogue 5
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Auction Catalogue 6
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Auction Catalogue 10
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Catalogues In Preparation

Catalogue 10, Part 4. Parts 2, 3 & 4: Ranching D-Z: The Library of Dudley R. Dobie, Sr., part 4

Catalogue 10, Part 5. Texas County and Local History: The Library of Dudley R. Dobie, Sr., part 5

Bulletins

Bulletin 1(1/86)
PDF [212 KB]

Bulletin 2 (8/86)
PDF [304 KB]

Bulletin 3 (7/87)
PDF [300 KB]

Bulletin 4 (11/87)
PDF [312 KB]

Bulletin 5 (88)
PDF [388 KB]

Bulletin 6 (2/89)
PDF [280 KB]

Bulletin 7 (8/89)
PDF [324 KB]

Bulletin 8 (Maddox Archive)
PDF [316 KB]

Bulletin 9 (12/92)
PDF [164 KB]

Bulletin 10 (12/95)
PDF [132 KB]

Bulletin 10[a] (12/97)
PDF [144 KB]

Bulletin 11 (3/96)
PDF [80 KB]


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