Bookseller Catalogue Collection | SHSU Special Collections & University Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Bookseller Catalogue Collection

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement: This collection is housed in 3 archival banker boxes.

Subjects: Texas - History, United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Bookseller Catalogue Collection is composed of catalogs from various booksellers. The majority are from the Jenkins Company, Texas Library Journal, and Dorothy Sloan Rare Books. The catalogues were collected over several decades by the librarians over the Sam Houston State University Special Collections.

Subject/Index Terms

Texas - History
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Administrative Information

Repository: SHSU Special Collections & University Archives

Use Restrictions:

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Preferred Citation: Booksellers Catalogue Collection. SHSU Special Collections, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[All]

Box 1

Item 1: Catalogue Thirty, The Jenkins Company, 1969-1970: A Catalogue of Rare Books, Autographs, and Manuscipts
Item 2: Catalogue Forty, The Jenkins Company, undated: A Catalogue of Rare Books, Autographs, and Manuscipts
Item 3: Catalogue Forty-One, The Jenkins Company, undated: The West The Mexican War Mexico and Latin America J. Frank Dobie General Biliography Texas Rare Book and Documents
Item 4: Catalogue Forty-Two, The Jenkins Company, undated: The South The Civil War Negroes and Slavery Reconstruction Lincoln
Item 5: Catalogue 46, The Jenkins Company, undated: Texas and the West
Item 6: Catalogue 53, The Jenkins Company, undated: The South The Civil War Negroes and Slavery
Item 7: Catalogue 56, The Jenkins Company, undated: Some Books
Item 8: Catalogue 73, The Jenkins Company, undated: U.S.-iana a selection of works from Howes' bibliography of the United States
Item 9: Catalogue 74, The Jenkins Company, undated: Choice Books and Documents in the field of Americana
Item 10: Catalogue 78, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions in I. Literature and General II. Americana III. Texana
Item 11: Catalogue 84, The Jenkins Company, undated: The South The Civil War Negroes and Slavery
Item 12: Catalogue 90, The Jenkins Company, undated: American Church History
Item 13: Catalogue 119, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books
Item 14: Catalogue 126, The Jenkins Company, undated: Western Americana
Item 15: Catalogue 127, The Jenkins Company, 1980: Texas History: One Thousand Rare Books With Additional Sections on Texas Maps, Photographs, and Manuscripts and a Selection on The Mexican War
Item 16: Catalogue 128, The Jenkins Company, 1980: The Whole World Books and Manuscripts On Many Subjects
Item 17: Catalogue 129, The Jenkins Company, undated: The South The Civil War Negroes and Slavery
Item 18: Catalogue 130, The Jenkins Company, undated: American & Foreign Law, Canon Law, and Constitutions
Item 19: Catalogue 131, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions Western Americana
Item 20: Catalogue 132, The Jenkins Company, undated: States of the Union
Item 21: Catalogue 135, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions Americana
Item 22: Catalogue 137, The Jenkins Company, 1981: A Full Howes A Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Listed in Wright Howes' U.S.iana
Item 23: Catalogue 141, The Jenkins Company, undated: Western Americana
Item 24: Catalogue 144, The Jenkins Company, 1982: Rare Books and Documents
Item 25: Catalogue 145, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana Recent Acquisitions
Item 26: Catalogue 146, The Jenkins Company, undated: Latin America and the Southwestern United States
Item 27: Catalogue 147, The Jenkins Company, undated: Indians of America
Item 28: Catalogue 148, The Jenkins Company, undated: Texana
Item 29: Catalogue 149, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 30: Catalogue 151, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana Recent Acquisitions
Item 31: Catalogue 152, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana Recent Acquisitions
Item 32: Catalogue 153, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana Recent Acquisitions
Item 33: Catalogue 154, The Jenkins Company, undated: Women
Item 34: Catalogue 157, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana
Item 35: Catalogue 158, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books From Five Centuries 1316-1800
Item 36: Catalogue 159, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana Recent Acquisitions
Item 37: Catalogue 160, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 38: Catalogue 161, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books and Documents
Item 39: Catalogue 163, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana
Item 40: Catalogue 166, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana
Item 41: Catalogue 167, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 42: Catalogue 168, The Jenkins Company, undated: Texas and the West
Item 43: Catalogue 169, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books and Intersting Documents
Item 44: Catalogue 170, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 45: Catalogue 171, The Jenkins Company, undated: Railroad Steamboat River and Canal A Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets on Transportation
Item 46: Catalogue 172, The Jenkins Company, undated: Texana
Item 47: Catalogue 173, The Jenkins Company, undated: Bibliography Reference Biography
Item 48: Catalogue 174, The Jenkins Company, undated: Cowboys Outlawas & Rangers Featuring Books From The Ramon Adams Bibliographies
Item 49: Catalogue 176, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 50: Catalogue 178, The Jenkins Company, undated: Latin America & The Southwestern United States
Item 51: Catalogue 179, The Jenkins Company, undated: Women
Item 52: Catalogue 180, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana Recent Acquisitions
Item 53: Catalogue 181, The Jenkins Company, undated: Texana
Item 54: Catalogue 182, The Jenkins Company, undated: States of the Union
Item 55: Catalogue 183, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 56: Catalogue 184, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books and Documents
Item 57: Catalogue 185, The Jenkins Company, undated: Latin Amerca & The Southwestern United States (two copies)
Item 58: Catalogue 186, The Jenkins Company, undated: Maps Atlases & Books with folding maps and views

Box 2

Item 1: Catalogue 189, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books and Documents
Item 2: Catalogue 190, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 3: Catalogue 191, The Jenkins Company, undated: Western Americana (two copies)
Item 4: Catalogue 192, The Jenkins Company, undated: The South The Civil War Blacks & Slavery
Item 5: Catalgoue 193, The Jenkins Company, undated: Basic Texas Books
Item 6: Catalogue 194, The Jenkins Company, undated: America and the Americans A Catalogue of Books for Howes' U.S. iana
Item 7: Catalogue 195, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 8: Catalogue 196, The Jenkins Company, undated: Latin America West Indies Mexico and the Spanish Southwest
Item 9: Catalogue 197, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions
Item 10: Catalgoue 199, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books Literary & Historical
Item 11: Catalogue 200, The Jenkins Company, undated: Constitutions, Charters, and Treaties Celebrating the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
Item 12: Catalogue 201, The Jenkins Company, undated: Texana
Item 13: Catalogue 202, The Jenkins Company, undated: States of the Union
Item 14: Catalogue 203, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions
Item 15: Catalogue 204, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature
Item 16: Catalogue 205, The Jenkins Company, undated: Bibliography and Reference
Item 17: Catalogue 206, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions
Item 18: Catalogue 207, The Jenkins Company, undated: Rare Books & Documents
Item 19: Catalogue 208, The Jenkins Company, undated: The Presidents of the United States
Item 20: Catalogue 209, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions
Item 21: Catalogue 210, The Jenkins Company, undated: South Civil War Blacks & Slavery
Item 22: Catalogue 211, The Jenkins Company, undated: Western Americana Part I
Item 23: Catalogue 212, The Jenkins Company, undated: Western Americana Part II
Item 24: Catalogue 213, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions
Item 25: Catalogue 214, The Jenkins Company, undated: Texana
Item 26: Catalogue 217, The Jenkins Company, undated: States of the Union
Item 27: Catalogue 220, The Jenkins Company, undated: One Thousand Rare Books and Documents
Item 28: Catalogue 221, The Jenkins Company, undated: Literature (two copies)
Item 29: Catalogue 224, The Jenkins Company, undated: Military History
Item 30: Catalogue 225, The Jenkins Company, 1989: Recent Acquisitions. Contains a note on the death of John Jenkins.
Item 31: Catalogue 226, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana
Item 32: Catalogue 227, The Jenkins Company, undated: South Civil War Blacks & Slavery
Item 33: Catalogue 228, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions
Item 34: Catalogue 229, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana
Item 35: Catalogue 231, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquisitions
Item 36: Catalogue 232, The Jenkins Company, undated: America and the Western Hemisphere
Item 37: Catalogue 234, The Jenkins Company, undated: South Civil War Blacks & Slavery
Item 38: Catalogue 236, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana
Item 39: Catalogue 237, The Jenkins Company, undated: Recent Acquistions
Item 40: Catalogue 238, The Jenkins Company, undated: America and the Western Hemisphere
Item 41: Catalogue 241, The Jenkins Company, undated: Americana, etc.
Item 42: Texas Library Journal, 1983 Spring: Texas Library Journal Volume 59, No. 1
Item 43: Texas Library Journal, 1983 Summer: Texas Library Journal Volume 59, No. 2
Item 44: Texas Library Journal, 1983 Winter: Texas Library Journal Volume 59, No. 4
Item 45: Texas Library Journal, 1984 Spring: Texas Library Journal Volume 60, No. 1
Item 46: Texas Library Journal, 1984 Summer: Texas Library Journal Volume 60, No. 2
Item 47: Texas Library Journal, 1984 Fall: Texas Library Journal Volume 60, No. 3
Item 48: Texas Library Journal, 1984 Winter: Texas Library Journal Volume 60, No. 4
Item 49: Texas Library Journal, 1985 Summer: Texas Library Journal Volume 61, No. 2
Item 50: Texas Library Journal, 1985 Winter: Texas Library Journal Volume 61, No. 4
Item 51: Texas Library Journal, 1986 Fall: Texas Library Journal Volume 62, No. 3
Item 52: Texas Library Journal, 1987 Spring: Texas Library Journal Volume 63, No. 1
Item 53: Texas Library Journal, 1987 Summer: Texas Library Journal Volume 63, No. 2
Item 54: Texas Library Journal, 1987 Fall: Texas Library Journal Volume 63, No. 3
Item 55: Texas Library Journal, 1988 Summer: Texas Library Journal Volume 64, No. 2
Item 56: Texas Library Journal, 1988 Winter: Texas Library Journal Volume 64, No. 4
Item 57: Texas Library Journal, 1991 Spring: Texas Library Journal Volume 67, No. 1
Item 58: Texas Library Journal, 1991 Summer: Texas Library Journal Volume 67, No. 2
Item 59: Texas Library Journal, 1992 Fall: Texas Library Journal Volume 68, No. 3
Item 60: Jenkins Catalogs, undated: Folder containing loose pages of Jenkins Catalog #184 and Jenkins Catalog #185

Box 3

Item 1: Dorothy Sloan Books, 1989: Dorothy Sloan Books Bulletin 6
Item 2: Dorothy Sloan Books, 1993: Dorothy Sloan Books The Library of William H. Morrow Books, Broadsides, Maps, Manuscripts, Documents, and Ephemera
Item 3: Dorothy Sloan Books, undated: Dorothy Sloan Books Catalogue 7 Americana & a Selection of Books & Manuscripts from a Variety of Fields
Item 4: Dorothy Sloan Books, 1997: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books Auction Catalogue Six Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Photographs, Prints & Maps
Item 5: Dorothy Sloan Books, 1988: Dorothy Sloan Books The Library of Dr. Paul Burns An Excellent Collections of Maps & Atlases, Books & Broadsides, Manuscripts & Documents, with particular emphasis on the history of the State of Texas
Item 6: Dorothy Sloan Books, 1997: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books Auction Catalogue 5 The Library of Dudley R. Dobie, Sr. Part Two: Texas & the West
Item 7: Dorothy Sloan Books, undated: Dorothy Sloan Books Catalogue Four
Item 8: Dorothy Sloan Books, 1994: Dorothy Sloan - Books Auction Catalogue One
Item 9: Dorothy Sloan Books, undated: Dorothy Sloan - Books Catalogue One
Item 10: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books, 2009: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books Mostly Americana Auction Twenty-Two Featuring High Spots of Texas, The West, Borderlands & Mexico Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photographs, Iconography, Ephemera & Realia
Item 11: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books, 2009: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books Mostly Americana Auction Twenty-Two Featuring High Spots of Texas, The West, Borderlands & Mexico Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photographs, Iconography, Ephemera & Realia
Item 12: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books, 2013: Dorothy Sloan - Rare Books Auction Twenty-Three
Item 13: Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscipts, undated: Catalogue Fifteen Rare Americana Recollections of Western Texas; Descriptive and Narrative Including An Indian Campaign, 1852-55
Item 14: Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscipts, undated: Catalogue Twenty-One Texas and the Greater Southwest
Item 15: Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscipts, undated: Catalogue Twenty-Seven Texas in the Nineteenth Century
Item 16: State House Books, 1968: Special Catalog I Publications of the University of Texas
Item 17: Robert H. Rubin Books, 2013-2014: Catalogue Sixty-Eight Rare Books Manuscripts and Ephemera 18th-20th Centuries American, British & Continental
Item 18: Frontier America Corporation, undated: Rare & Unusual Americana Catalogue 31
Item 19: Frontier America Corporation, undated: Rare & Unusual Americana Catalogue 32
Item 20: Frontier America Corporation, undated: Rare & Unusual Americana Catalogue 34
Item 21: Frontier America Corporation, undated: Rare and Unusual Americana Catalogue 41 Recent Acquisitions
Item 22: Frontier America Corporation, undated: Rare and Unusual Americana Catalog No 46 Maps Books Broadsides and Pamphlets with Maps
Item 23: Maggie Lambeth, undated: Rare Books, Maps, and Prints Catalog 8
Item 24: Maggie Lambeth, undated: Rare Books, Maps, and Prints Texas Catalog 10
Item 25: Maggie Lambeth, undated: Rare Books, Maps, and Prints Catalog 34
Item 26: Hugh M. Wright Catalogue, 1986 Fall: Catalog No. 79
Item 27: The Brick Row Book Shop, undated: A Catalogue of A Portion of The Library of Texana Formed By E. W. Winkler State Librarian, 1909-1915 Librarian of the University of Texas 1923-1934 (donated by Loyce Adams)
Item 28: Price Daniel, Jr. Bookseller, undated: Catalogue Number One Texas and the West
Item 29: The Center for Western Studies, 1984: The Archives and Manuscripts Collections of The Center For Western Studies
Item 30: Yale University Library, 1957 February: The Only Located Copies of One Hundred Forty Texas Pamphlets and Broadsides An Exhibition marking the gift of the Thomas W. Streeter Texas Collection by friends of the Yale University Library
Item 31: Casanova Booksellers Publishers, 1934-1935: A Check-List of First Editions with a preface by H. E. Bates. Part II - L to S
Item 32: Casanova Booksellers Publishers, undated: A Check-List of First Editions with a preface by H. E. Bates. Part III - S to Z
Item 33: Casanova Booksellers Publishers, undated: Modern First Editions Number 8 with a preface by Rhys Davies (two copies)
Item 34: Mac Donnell Rare Books, 1988: Mac Donnell Rare Books Catalogue Two
Item 35: The Texas State Historical Association, 1988 March 4: Auction of Texana J. Frank Dobie and Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Auction of Texana
Item 36: Almagre Books, undated: List 65A New Mexico and the Southwest Texas and California Mexico and Latin America
Item 37: GALA & Texana Auction of the Century, 2006: Texas State Historical Assocation Heritage Auction Galleries
Item 38: William Reese Company, undated: Wm. Reese Co. 15 Americana
Item 39: Chapel Hill Rare Books, 1989 April: Chapel Hill Rare Books Catalogue 38
Item 40: Ken Crawford-Books, undated: Desirable Americana & Local History Lincolniana & Civil War For Collectors, Students & Libraries Catalogue Number 62
Item 41: Ken Crawford-Books, undated: Desirable Americana & Local History Lincolniana & Civil War For Collectors, Students & Libraries Catalogue Number 63
Item 42: George S. MacManus Co., undated: A Miscellany of Choice and Rare Books Catalog 207
Item 43: Civil War Times Illustrated, undated: Civil War Books a catalog from CWTI
Item 44: Coosa Valley Book Shop, undated: Catalog No. 17 Section 1: Civil War Period Section 2: Americana, Genealogy, First Editions & Mescellaneous
Item 45: Ray S. Walton - Bookseller, 1972 February: Catalogue Eleven Texas and the West
Item 46: Drew's Book Shop, 1974 Winter: Americana Catalog #39
Item 47: Western Hemispher Inc. Books and Manuscripts, 1971 April: Catalogue 28 War Between the States
Item 48: Western Hemispher Inc. Books and Manuscripts, 1972: Catalogue 39 War Between the States
Item 49: Loose Catalog Pages, undated: Loose pages to an unkown catalog
Item 50: The Jenkins Company, 1986: The Texas Revolution and Republic Materials Relating to the Period from the Beginning of Anglo-American Settlement to the Annexation of Texas to the United States by John H. Jenkins (two copies)

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