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Hand
Forged For Texas Cowboys
(2001)
Three Rivers Publishing
Company, $69.95 plus $5
shipping each or
call for wholesale
discounts on case of 15
or more. One of the few
books available on
cowboy spurs and their
origins, this book has
graphs, charts,
illustrations and over
200 photos demonstrating
the origin, manufacture,
blacksmithing,
distribution, rarity and
value of cowboy bits and
spurs and their makers
from Spanish to Mexican,
Texan to modern times.
Texas history as well as
the history of the
bottle opener type spur.
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Texas
Archeology
(1977)
Southern Methodist
University Press, now
out of print, $100
plus $5 shipping, includes essays
on archeology as
anthropology, fauna
found in Texas
archeological sites,
methodology, Spanish
Colonial sites in Texas,
and historical
archeology in the state.
Autographed by the
author upon request. |
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Antique
Mechanical Fans
(1999)
Three Rivers Publishing
Company, $200 plus $5
shipping, now out
of print, this was only
the second book printed
on the subject of
mechanical fans.
Hardback, 260 page
latest green cover
edition has sold out
three previous editions,
now highly desirable,
containing over 800
illustrations gleaned
from old electrical
journals most often when
the fans were new to the
market, commencing in
1885. This expose’ of
ice fans, kerosene &
alcohol fans, battery
operated, twin motored
gyroscopic fans, 360
degree roller coaster
fans, vacuum &
compressed air fans,
oscillating, ceiling,
column and table models
and virtually every
conceivable fan type
will amaze any reader.
Autographed by the
author upon request.
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A Guide
to Collecting Mechanical
Fans and An Emerson
Identification Manual
(1994)
Three Rivers Publishing
Company, soft back, 60
pages, $25 each $3
shipping. Based
on 20 years of repair
experience, this booklet
contains the first ever
published list of all
Emerson models by type
number, both table and
ceiling types.
Approximately 20
valuable illustrations
including the elusive
Emerson blade removal
process, diagrams &
repair tricks.
Autographed by the
author upon request.
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Bit &
Spur Makers In the Texas
Tradition
(2000)
Hawkhill Press, large 9
˝” X 12” coffee table
format, $85 plus $5
shipping, profusely
illustrated with over
700 color photographs of
western (cowboy type)
bits and spurs. Has
chapters on evolution of
bits and spurs, the two
basic types of bits and
spurs, the Hispanic
two-piece vs. Texas
once-piece style
construction (not just
made in Texas),
time-lines and short
biographies of over 75
different makers and
their marks, with
stunning photographic
examples allowing
identification of
makers. Has become the
“Bible” of spur
collecting, a gorgeous
book, soon to be OP. |
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Bit &
Spur Makers In the Texas
Tradition Pocket Guide
(2003)
Hawkhill Press, 192 pp.,
small format softback 3
˝” X 7 ˝” book designed
to carry in hip pocket,
same information in
larger book but black &
white illustrations,
condensed information
and timelines with brief
biographies and
identifying marks of
over 100 makers. Price
$25 plus $3 shipping. |
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Significant Colts
2008 13-Month Calendar
Attention Colt Single
Action Collectors! New
Colt "Pin-Up" calendar
just published,
featuring many Colt
Single Actions of
distinction, never
before seen! 13 month
full color calendar
photos by nationally
known gun photographer
Paul Goodwin, absolutely
spectacular! Book store
retail price was $16.95.
on sale while they last
for $10 prepaid. The
photographs are stunning
and these are 13 of the
finest Colt SAA's known!
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A
Pictorial History of the
Texas Rangers
(1978)
Rare out of print book,
the most desirable book
on Texas Rangers because
of all the photos (See
next photo, detail of
inside.) $500.
The best book available
on Texas Rangers!!!
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