New York; (1928): Row, Peterson & Company. First Edition. Octavo. xi [I], 687, xxxvi p. Dorothy Sloan's copy lacked the facsimile letter to Dobie and books had bumped corners. This copy has Dobie's ownership signature on the front fly leaf and the following facsimilie letter to Dobie from the publisher..... More
Austin, Tx;: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1927. Octavo. 49p. From the library of Mrs. J. Frank Dobie,[Bertha McKee Dobie] with her address plate. This was reprinted from the Texas and Southwestern Lore, publication number VI in 1927. Bound in tan wraps printed in black, chip to lower front corner, early clear..... More
Los Angeles: ABAA, Southern California Chapter, 1957. Quarto. Contains "The First Bookseller to Enrich My life" by J. Frank Dobie. One of the most moving accounts of discovering books and booksellers especially Elijah Leroy Shettles, professional gambler, converted to Methodist preacher and always a bookseller who know more about rare..... More
(Dallas: Southwest Review, 1955). Small Quarto. 12pp. A Chritmas gift which discusses the early history of the Texas Reivew and Texas writers contributing to it. Bound in brown stiff paper wraps lettered in dark brown. More
Dallas, TX: Southwest Review/Southern Methodist Univ. Press, 1955. Octavo. 10 pages (unnumbered) offprint from the Southwest Review (Winter, 1955), drawings by Hal Story. One of the masterful ways different traditions about the Comanche and their enemy the rattlesnake is combined to show how folklore has variations even within the same..... More
Dallas, Texas: Southwest Review, 1950. Octavo. A Christmas gift- With wishes to you for/a good Christmas and good books/ Bertha and Frank Dobie/1950. Reprinted from the Winter, 1951 issue of Southwest Review,.8pp. bound in light green paper wraps printed in dark green. Only minor light fading to edges... More
[Austin, 1951]. Octavo. A Christmas Keepsake. Reprinted from Texas Folklore Society Publication XXIV. The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore, Dallas, 1951. Bound in light green paper wraps lettered in dark green. A Christmas Remembrance, Bertha and Frank Dobie, 1951. Some toning to edges. A very good copy..... More
Np/np/nd, 1938. Octavo. 8pp. Re-printed (in part) from "The Alcade," April, 1938. A plea for a Texas Center for books and pamphlets. Staple bound beige sheets lettered in black and brown. Fine. More
Dallas, Rx. 1962: Southern Methodist University Press, Limited Edition. Quarto. 10 pp. Signed by author. Limited to 300 copies. reprinted from Southwest Review. Staple brown paper wraps printed inblack. [McVickers, D-810]. More
The American Statesman, Sunday, Dec. 24, 1961. 8 1/2" x 15" Signed by Dobie "Cheerio!/ J. Frank Dobie/Jan/1962. Reprinted from The American-Statesman Sunday, Dec. 24, 1961. A very nice remembrance of Dobie's mother at Christmas, growing up on a farm, the gifts he received and thoughts of those family friends..... More
Waller Creek, Austin Texas , Christmas 1956: Np. Octavo. Inscribed by Dobie. A Christmas greeting reprinted from Southwest Review, Summer, 1956, Dallas, Texas. 15pp., staple bound in yellow wraps printed in red. A very nice, scarce Dobie item. More
[Austin, Texas, 1963]. Octavo. A Christmas Keepsake. Bertha and Frank Dobie. 14pp., Reprinted from the Southwest Review, Summer, 1963, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, Texas. Bound in blue pictorial wraps stamped in bright blue designed by William D. Wittliff. Near fine with just a hint of toning to edges of..... More
Dallas, Texas [ca.1938]: Methodist Publishing House/Cokesbury Book Store. 3 1/2 " X 5. Separate printing, reprinted from the October, 1936 issue of Texas Outlook. This copy, a variant issue, not found in McVicker or Dykes. It was possibly printed for Texas Institute of Letters Awards which held its third meeting..... More
Austin, TX: J. Frank Dobie, 1957. Octavo. 23pp. A special Christmas Greeting by Bertha and Frank Dobie, reprinted from The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 15 (3). January 1957. Text, with footnotes. Bound in pictorial red stiff paper wraps lettered in black with a black outline of a knife. Fine... More
Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1941. Small Quarto. Vol. I, No. 3. Dobie introduces the issue with a note of the books that will introduce the young Texas historians to the colorful aspects of the state's history [.McVickers C 186] Bound in orange and white printed wraps, tiny chip to..... More
Austin, Tx.(nd But ca.1941): University Co-Operative Society. Octavo. no pagination, (16)pages with text and (19) photographic illustrations of longhorns, staple bound in pictorial wraps printed and illustrated in brown with the rear inside cover giving s short biography of J. Frank Dobie and order form on rear panel. A near..... More
El Paso Del Norte: Carl Hertzog, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. 11pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated by J. Cisneros. In brown printed (adobe bricks-the native stone of the southwest) wrappers. Fine. [Lowman #89; McVicker D52.]. More
Austin, TX: Board of Texas Historians, 1935. Quarto. 32pp. mimeographed on rectos only, providing each Texas district to suggest monuments they would like to erect along with a short biography of those important historic people of Texas, such as Charles Goodnight, Sam Houston, Jack Hayes and others. Listed are the..... More
[El Paso: Carl Herzog], 1947. First American Edition. Octavo. 12 pp. A Christmas Remembrance from Bertha and Frank Dobie. A copy of first Dobie item printed by his friend Carl Herzog about the life and fine writing of Eugene Rhodes. Staple bound in light brown paper wraps lettered in black..... More
Denver: Brand Book of the Denver Posse, 1963. First Edition. Octavo. 10 pages. folded map. A remarkable man who fought for the Confederacy, served in the Texas State Legislature, required prisons to teach a man a trade, and in general did not believe in courts. He said: any man who..... More
Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1940. Octavo. 15 pp. Reprinted from Mustangs and Cow Horses.Bound in stiff beige paper wraps lettered in black. A very good copy and scarce according to Jeff Dykes #37 rarities. McVickers, D27. More
[Dallas ?, 1953]. Octavo. A Christmas keepsake, Bertha and Frank Dobie. (1), 12pp., Reprinted from Southwest Review, Spring, 1953, Dallas, Texas. Bound in buff stapled paper wraps, design simulating leather, lettered in brown. Previous owner's name. Near Fine. More
Dallas, Texas, Spring, 1953: Southwest Review. Quarto. VOl. XXXVIII, No. 2. pp. 89-100. Bound in green paper wraps lettered in white with yellow wrap around band advertising "Read....the beginning of J.Frank Dobie's autobiography "A Plot of Earth"....in this issue". A near fine copy with a couple of short closed tears..... More
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[Austin, The Adams Publication] 1948. Octavo. A Christmas Remembrance from Bertha and Frank Dobie. A new printing of the address made at the unveiling of A.P. Procter's monument. Notes below title in Dobie's hand referring to the address change and dated May 31, 1948 Staple bound in green pictorial paper..... More
On Waller Creek, Austin, Tx, 1958: Author. 5 1/2" x 8" no pagination.A Christmas gift from the Dobies, bound in stiff apper wraps lettered and decorated in black. Fine. More