Beschreibung:

A SELECTION OF ITEMS HAVING BELONGED TO GAINES DE GRAFFENRIED Ranching Life in Texas , by Richard Harding Davis, signed on back cover "Gaines de Graffenried"; Winchester Promotional Arts , by Richard Rattenbury, signed "To my friend, Gaines, with my best wishes, George Madis"; Yearly Variations of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver , by J.W. Yates, Jr., signed on front cover "Gaines de Graffenried"; one of Gaines' business cards of the City of Waco, as Curator of the Homer Garrison Museum, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame, signed on front "Property of G. de Graffenried" (the image of a Colt 1861 Navy on the card is of the same revolver on page 132 of Texas Collector: Gaines de Graffenried ); the original black and white plastic office door placard marked GAINES de GRAFFENRIED/CURATOR , from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame; an envelope address to Gaines de Graffenried (Curator), dated 4 Aug. 1987, from Henry R. Stevenson, Jr. of Vidor, Texas; The Arms Gazette , October, 1975, featuring the "Personality Profile: Gaines de Graffenried" with a picture of Gaines de Graffenried on the front cover, article filled with images of the interior of his gun room showing many of the items featured throughout this catalogue; Gaines de Graffenried personal copy of The Texas Gun Collector , Fall 1984 issue (8)