David B Gracy (51 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good hardcover with dj. Dj has much wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover and dusk jacket ex-library with typical marks shows moderate cover wear. Text is unmarked. Ships FAST.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine-. Softcover journal in fine minus condition. Article topics include: dedication to Walter Stanley Campbell; Walter Stanley Campbell: plainsman; R. S. Mackenzie and the Kickapoos: the raid into Mexico in 1873; from the Mississippi to the Pacific: an Englishman in the Mormon Battalion; and more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Very good book in lightly edgeworn, mylar-covered dj. Dj has small coffee-like stain on rear panel.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First edition, first printing. 303 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Littlefield Lands: Colonization on the Texas Plains, 1912-1920. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author to previous owner. Softcover with only light edge wear. Text appears unmarked and binding is tight. Ships FAST.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The State Library and Archives of Texas: A History, 1835-1962. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. x, 161 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm ; navy full cloth with gilt spine lettering ; price-clipped dj in mylar. The phenomenon of colonization by big land companies, common throughout the history of the United States, came late to the Panhandle-Plains of West Texas. Ranchers held sway there up into the 20th century. Then, realizing that the future followed the plow, they, joined by business owners and speculators, founded towns on their land, competed for railroad connections, provided irrigation wells and other improvements, and engaged in a variety of advertising activities to interest prospective settlers and to sell the land to farmers at a profit. Trainloads of such "prospectors" were brought in to tour the land; and salesmen of all kinds roamed all the more settled states painting enticing pictures of the fertile lands which their employers offered for sale. Major George W. Littlefield created the Littlefield Lands Company and founded the town of Littlefield, Texas, in 1912, in order to sell as farmland a part of his Yellow House Ranch. Because the role of the big land company in the settlement of the United States has not, on the whole, received the attention which it deserves, this detailed examination of the operations of one such company is of particular significance. Most of the book is devoted to the creation of the company, the steps taken to make the area attractive to potential settlers, and the problems which beset the building of the community.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Used; Good. Used; Good. 57-F-13 University of Texas Press 2010 Hardcover. This is a former library book, with library markings. Text itself is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light wear. Book Condition; Good Jacket Condition; Good . 2010. HARDCOVER.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This is the first full biography of George Washington Littlefield, the Texas and New Mexico rancher, Austin banker and businessman, University of Texas regent, and philanthropist. In just two decades, Littlefield's business acumen vaulted him from debt to inclusion in 1892 on the first list of American millionaires. A Man Absolutely Sure of Himself is a grand retelling of the life of a highly successful entrepreneur and Austin civic leader whose work affected spheres from ranching and banking to civic development and academia. Littlefield's cattle operations during the open range and early ranching periods spanned a domain in New Mexico and Texas larger than the states of Delaware and Connecticut combined. In a unique contribution to ranching art, Littlefield commissioned murals and bronze doors depicting scenes from his ranches to decorate Austin's American National Bank, which he led for its first twenty-eight years. Gracy provides new information about Littlefield's term as University of Texas regent and the necessity of choosing between friendship and duty during the university's confrontation with Gov. James E. Ferguson. Proud of his Civil War service in Terry's Texas Rangers, Littlefield funded one of the nation's first centers for Southern history. He also underwrote the school's purchase of its first rare book library and its training programs preparing troops for World War I's new combat roles. Littlefield played a central role in advancing Austin from a cattleman's town into the business center it wanted to become. His Littlefield Building, the tallest office building between New Orleans and San Francisco when it was built, served for a generation as the prime location of the town's business community. Author David B. Gracy II, a relative of Littlefield, grounds his vivid prose in a lifetime of research into archival and family sources. His comprehensive biography illuminates an exceptional figure, whose life singularly illustrates the evolution of Texas from Southern to Western to American. Offers the first full biography of George Washington Littlefield, the Texas and New Mexico rancher, Austin banker and businessman, University of Texas regent, and philanthropist. In just two decades, Littlefield's business acumen vaulted him from debt to inclusion in 1892 on the first list of American millionaires. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed, "For Frankie, whose maps are worth the price of the book" and signed and dated by the author. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Hint of bowing to boards. Light foxing to endpages and pp. 50-51. Unmarked but for author's isncription/signature. Jacket with a bit of wear at head of spine, plus a few short edge-tears (longest tear being one-eighth-inch). 161 pages. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Observations on Texas history and public life in Texas in the decades following the Civil War by Samuel Bell Maxey, a Confederate commander in Texas during the war and leading figure following the war. Maxey's observations were originally published in a magazine article in 1893. Gracy's introduction presents a biographical sketch of Maxey with detail about his Civil War service. Blue cloth, 135 pages. Has light edge wear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None Stated. The story of the colonication of the Panhandle and Plains of West Texas beween 1912 and 1920. Edge wear to the DJ with a .5" chip at the top right front flap fold corner. A very good or better copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Rather lengthy inscription by Gracy to previous owner on half-title page. Boards and unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Binding tight and text clean. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. xv, 91 pages : portrait ; 24 cm. ; full rust cloth with black lettering ; dj.