Black leather spine & corners, 190 pp., illus. Professionally rebound, contents near fine. BTB #178-this account of the Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers was written by one of its field captains. Gives a remarkable concise account of the service of one of the more active Texas Ranger units. Contains one of the few accounts of the Mason County war, and has many other encounters described. Seller Inventory # 021193
Title: RANGERS AND SOVEREIGNTY.
Publisher: Wood Prtg., San Antonio
Publication Date: 1914
Binding: 3/4 Leather & Cloth
Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st.
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. Clean, bright & tight copy with dj protected in mylar. Seller Inventory # 005558
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Hard cover published by Wood Printing and Engraving Co. in 1914. No dust jacket. Olive covers with black lettering on front and spine. Front covers is faded and stained along side and bottom edges. Spine is faded some and stained, and back covers is scuffed and stained. Covers are bowed. Corners are bumped. First ten pages have water damage in middle of pages. Book is in acceptable condition. Small 8vo, 190 pages, .8 lb.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 190 pages. Seller Inventory # MSR10392
Book Description 190pp. plus frontispiece. Original green publisher's cloth, stamped in black. Extremities rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very good plus. Roberts was captain of Company D of the Texas Rangers, served with Perry, and saw field action with the Rangers until 1882. His first-hand account of events is reliable, though when his information is second-hand, various commentators have taken issue. HOWES R339. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1870. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 178. Seller Inventory # WRCAM44213
Book Description First edition. First edition. Cloth, 190 pp., frontispiece. "This account of the Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers was written by one of its field captains. This group of rangers, wrote Walter Prescott Webb, 'left behind a tradition of courage and heroic individual action which is unsurpassed by any organization in any country in the world.'.The volume gives a remarkable, concise account of the service of one of the most active of all Texas Ranger units."---John H. Jenkins. A classic account of his many fights with Indians, outlaws, rustlers, murderers and feuding families on the frontiers of western and southern Texas. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, else a near fine copy. A very scarce work. Seller Inventory # 52352