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Nothing Better Than This - The Biography of James Huckins, First Baptist missionary to Texas Eugene W. Baker Baylor University, Waco, Texas 1985 First Edition, first printing Baylor University Founders Series, Volume 1 James Huckins (1807-1863) devoted his life to service to Jesus and traveled extensively in Texas and most of the eastern and southern states. He founded and pastored the first Baptist churches in Galveston and Houston, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Unio....]]> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:48:55 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/hereford-texas-diamond-jubilee-celebration-hustlin-heritage-75 $45.00
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Texas Homes of the Nineteenth Century Alexander, Drury Blakeley Photographs by Todd Webb University of Texas Press 1966 First edition.  Publication number one of the Texas Architectural Survey, sponsored by the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art and the School of Architecture, University of Texas. Hard cover Hardcover, green cloth, black title block on spine, in dust jacket, 32 cm; xiv, 276p. illustrations: 200 plates, 14 figures. Very good in poor dust jacket. Near fine copy in....]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:10:14 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/lasalle-the-mississippi-and-the-gulf-three-primary-documents $25.00
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League City: A History from its Beginning to 1912League City Historical Committee??(1982)Judy Warco, ChairmanFirst edition, stated.??Printed by Quality Printing, Inc., League City, TexasSoftcover. Near fine, almost as new with minimal handling marks, very clean andtight; a nice copy. 218 p., 11" X 8 1/2", paper wraps, illustrations, maps. [sku 5102203]....]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:28:11 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/families-of-falls-county-texas-1987-first-edition $160.00
Families of Falls County, Texas 1987 First edition Compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission Biographical sketches, includes early settlers in what becomes present-day Falls County, Texas, their descendants, and other families who came later and contributed to the history of the county.   The first families to settle the area came as settlers in Robertson's  Colony of the State of Coahuila, Mexico.   The seat of government for the colony, which covers an ....]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:09:58 GMT http://www.stonehillbooks.com/product/waco-texas-crossroads-an-illustrated-history $47.00
Waco - Texas Crossroads: An Illustrated History by Patricia Ward Wallace Illustrated with historic photographs, some in color.? Produced in cooperation with Historic Waco Foundation. First Edition (Stated), 1983, Windsor Publications, Inc.? ISBN 0897810686 136 p., quarto (11 1/4" X 8 3/4"), brown cloth over boards, gilt spine titles, graphic dust jacket. Condition: Fine volume, dust jacket price-clipped, else fine. ....]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:09:24 GMT