1st Edition. 1st impression. Publisher’s original brown cloth with gilt stamped vignette to the front and titles to the front and spine. Inscribed by the author to ‘Miss Barnett / With love from the author. / Xmas 1894.' Together with Mary Jaques family Church Services Book, 20 black and white photographs and Miss Barnett’s autograph book c. 1905 which includes vers and illustrations from both Mary Jaques and Emma Hartley (a.k.a. “Didymusa”, in Texan Ranch Life). The notes from a recent Texas A&M reprint say: J. Frank Dobie once claimed that ‘the English write our best Western books,’ and Jaques’ account bears him out. Out of print for some ninety years, this collector’s classic will delight and inform, entertain and amuse ............. a valuable resource on early Texas life, long sought by collectors and historians alike.” Chipping to head and foot of spine, light rubbing to corners, two splits in the cloth at lower joint and a few white spots on the front cover. The binding is firm and square. Internally, it is very clean with no marks, stains or damage. A very good condition copy of this acclaimed work, likely a unique survivor with the author’s inscription. The accompanying photographs are in very good condition and relate to her return to the USA where she settled in San Diego, California. The photographs mainly date from 1916 - 1919. Most of them have a post card verso, on which she has written about the picture (including to the three nieces of Emma Hartley, Jessie, Gertie & Florrie). There are no stamps or post marks, they are wrapped in note-paper (one with a short note) and presumably were sent as enclosures in letter/parcels. There are two additional photographs: one showing the gravestone of her parents in the UK and one of her own gravestone in California, constructed in the same style as that of her parents. The accompanying autograph book is in very good condition and, as well as the Jaques and Hartley entries, contains various hand drawn cartoons and illustrations. The accompanying prayer book was published in 1858 and bears a family name dated 1859 showing the name of the family property in Yorkshire - Easby Abbey - that was left to her father's elder brother, and then an inscription gifting it her from Mary Jaques’ uncle to her mother: 'R M Jaques to Eliza Jaques. A keepsake in remembrance of the dear departed owner. Easby Abbey. April 1878'.