I just tried 0.9.16 by 1) clone from github 2) git checkout v0.9.16 3) make install 4) start fresh emacs 5) M-x mu4e 6) "bt"
when displaying a non-empty headers from search (e.g., "bt" or "bu" when unread mail is present, I get the following Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function add-face-text-property) add-face-text-property(0 63 mu4e-header-face t #("08:31:05 PM S Robert Horn + testing" 0 11 (help-echo "Mon 25 Jan 2016 08:31:05 PM EST") 13 14 (help-echo "(seen)"))) mu4e~headers-line-apply-flag-face((:docid 163426 :thread (:path "00" :level 0 :has-child t) :subject "testing" :from (("Robert Horn" . "rjh...@alum.mit.edu")) :to ((nil . "rjh...@alum.mit.edu")) :date (22182 52313 0) :size 284 :message-id "m3k2mx6s9y....@alum.mit.edu" :path "/home/other-disk/hornrj/mail/sent/cur/20160125-a57c19-quad:2,S" :maildir "/sent" :priority normal :flags (seen)) #("08:31:05 PM S Robert Horn + testing" 0 11 (help-echo "Mon 25 Jan 2016 08:31:05 PM EST") 13 14 (help-echo "(seen)"))) mu4e~headers-line-handler((:docid 163426 :thread (:path "00" :level 0 :has-child t) :subject "testing" :from (("Robert Horn" . "rjh...@alum.mit.edu")) :to ((nil . "rjh...@alum.mit.edu")) :date (22182 52313 0) :size 284 :message-id "m3k2mx6s9y....@alum.mit.edu" :path "/home/other-disk/hornrj/mail/sent/cur/20160125-a57c19-quad:2,S" :maildir "/sent" :priority normal :flags (seen)) #("08:31:05 PM S Robert Horn + testing" 0 11 (help-echo "Mon 25 Jan 2016 08:31:05 PM EST") 13 14 (help-echo "(seen)"))) mu4e~headers-header-handler((:docid 163426 :thread (:path "00" :level 0 :has-child t) :subject "testing" :from (("Robert Horn" . "rjh...@alum.mit.edu")) :to ((nil . "rjh...@alum.mit.edu")) :date (22182 52313 0) :size 284 :message-id "m3k2mx6s9y....@alum.mit.edu" :path "/home/other-disk/hornrj/mail/sent/cur/20160125-a57c19-quad:2,S" :maildir "/sent" :priority normal :flags (seen))) byte-code("\306 \205\307\310\311 #\210\312 \313\"\203 \n !\210\202\312 \314\"\203+\312 \314\"!\210\202\312 \315\"\203<\f\312 \315\"!\210\202\312 \316\"\203I \210\202\312 \317\"\203_&\312 \320\"\312 \321\"\"\210\202\312 \322\"\203q'\312 \323\"!\210\202\324 \325\"\203\203(\312 \325\"!\210\202\312 \326\"\203\231)\312 \326\"\312 \327\"\"\210\202\312 \330\"\203\253*\312 \330\"!\210\202\312 \331\"\203\305+\312 \331\"\312 \332\"\312 \333\"#\210\202\312 \334\"\203\343,\312 \334\"\312 \335\"\312 \320\"\312 \336\"$\210\202\312 \337\"\203\362- !\210\202\312 \340\"\203.\312 \340\"\312 \341\"\"\210\202\342\343 \"\210\306\344\345\217\211\204 \306)\207" [inhibit-quit sexp mu4e-header-func mu4e-found-func mu4e-view-func mu4e-erase-func nil mu4e-log from-server "%S" plist-get :date :found :view :erase :sent :docid :path :pong :props plist-member :contacts :update :move :remove :compose :original :include :temp :what :param :info :error :message mu4e-message "Unexpected data from server [%S]" (byte-code "\305 \"\306\211\211\205;\307\310\311 \"\312\" G\313\225\\Y\205; \313\225\306O\314\315 \313O\316\317#!\211\205; \306O\n@+\207" [mu4e~cookie-matcher-rx mu4e~proc-buf objcons sexp-len b string-match nil string-to-number match-string 1 16 0 read-from-string decode-coding-string utf-8 t] 6) ((error)) mu4e-sent-func mu4e-pong-func mu4e-contacts-func mu4e-update-func mu4e-remove-func mu4e-compose-func mu4e-temp-func mu4e-info-func mu4e-error-func] 8) mu4e~proc-filter(#<process *mu4e-proc*> "\376172\377(\n :docid 163426\n :thread (:path \"00\" :level 0 :has-child t)\n :subject \"testing\"\n :from ((\"Robert Horn\" . \"rjh...@alum.mit.edu\"))\n :to ((nil . \"rjh...@alum.mit.edu\"))\n :date (22182 52313 0)\n :size 284\n :message-id \"m3k2mx6s9y....@alum.mit.edu\"\n :path \"/home/other-disk/hornrj/mail/sent/cur/20160125-a57c19-quad:2,S\"\n :maildir \"/sent\"\n :priority normal\n :flags (seen)\n)\n\n\376199\377(\n :docid 163427\n :thread (:path \"00:00\" :level 1 :first-child t :duplicate t)\n :subject \"testing\"\n :from ((\"Robert Horn\" . \"rjh...@alum.mit.edu\"))\n :to ((nil . \"rjh...@alum.mit.edu\"))\n :date (22182 52313 0)\n :size 3273\n :message-id \"m3k2mx6s9y....@alum.mit.edu\"\n :path \"/home/other-disk/hornrj/mail/inbox.maildir/cur/1453771891.9988_0.quad:2,S\"\n :maildir \"/inbox.maildir\"\n :priority normal\n :flags (seen)\n)\n\n\37618e\377(\n :docid 163424\n :thread (:path \"01\" :level 0)\n :subject \"testing\"\n :from ((nil . \"hor...@shuttle.robs.office\"))\n :to ((nil . \"hor...@shuttle.robs.office\"))\n :date (22182 51457 0)\n :size 874\n ... long list of other emails headers etc. removed. There is no problem when using v0.9.13 (the next earlier tag). This is using Emacs 24.3.1 on Linux. R Horn -- Sent with my mu4e