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Nortex Offset Publications, Inc., 1973 Signed by the Author. Published the year author was Poet Laureate of Texas. Light green cloth with dark green titles on spine and cover. Cover also has lovely vine design. Small red scratch on front. Fron bottom corner is bumped. Slight rubbing to tail of spine. Small amount of soiling to rear. Slight ding in leading eddge of rear board. Inscribed by author on ffe. and dated Austin , November 16, 1973. 66p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Quanah, Texas: Nortex Press, 1976 Signed by the Author. 1st Ed., no jacket. Red cloth with gold embossed titles on front and spine. Slight soiling to cloth. Binding is tight. Interior is clean. Poems inspired to trip to Guatemala in the wake of the 1973 earthquake. Black and white line drawings. 65p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Erin Wells. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Dallas: The Book Craft, 1961 Signed by the Author. Collection of poetry. Dust jacket is in brodart. Fair amount of insect damage to edges. Shelfwear and some soiling. Sunned. Inscribed by author. Green cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Foxing to boards and endpapers. Binding is tight. 78p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Baltimore: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1937 Signed by the Author. Frank A. Perret's study of volcanoes helped define the science for the twentieth century. Perret and Reginald A. Daly, from Harvard, established the first observation station on Kilauea in 1911. Later, Perret spent ten years in Martinique observing Mt. Pelee. He built a museum in St. Pierre, where this volume was signed. Dark blue cloth with gold titles on spine and front board. Cloth is somewhat scuffed and soiled. Head and tail of spine are bumped and rubbed. Toning to endpapers. Some foxing to pages, mostly to preliminary and appendix pages. Book is printed on glossy paper with numerous black and white photos. Fold out chart. 126p.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Dutton, 1992 From the author of 'Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? "...a novel that captures with 20-20 vision and perfect emotional pitch the vanished America of the 1950s...Filled with laughter and tears, this uplifting work shows that courage can open up new beginnings, and that a man is never too old to come of age." Personnaly inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Jacket has coffee stains to rear and spine panel. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Beige spine with brown title, brown boards. Some coffee stains to edges of spine and top edge of pages. Binding is tight. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003 This is the author's second book in a cycle of historic novels set in the civil war. He also writes several other series including "Tales fo the Modern Navy" andthe "Tiller Galloway Series". Some of Poyer's writtings have become required reading in the U. S. Naval Academy's 'Literature of the Sea' course. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket is illustrated with a painting of a civil war naval battle. Dark blue spine with gold title, lighter blue boards. Tail of spine is slightly bumped. Binding is tight, text is clean. 429p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Austin, Texas: Junior Helping Hand Society, 1993 Signed by the Author. Book measures 11 1/4" by 8 3/4". Stories and pictures of the junior Helping Hand Society and the Junior Helping Hand Home for Children 1893 - 1993. Contains numerous black and white photos. Un-numbered limited edition. Inscribed by author on half-title page. Dark blue cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. There is a smear of white paint on the upper corner, and a trace amount on the lower. Rear board is slightly soiled. 109p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1953 Signed by the Author. Published the year author was Poet Laureate of Texas. Jacket is fragile. Faded, yellowing, edgeworn, insect damaged. There is a large tear on the front at the spine. Jacket is now in Brodart. Bright silver cloth with blue titles on spine and cover. There is also a design of Texas and a red star on the front. There is some rubbing to the edges and the bottom front corner is bumped. Endpapers are foxing. Inscribed by author on ffep. Foxing to gutter on title page. Foxing on page edges. 84p. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chico, California: Hurst & Yount, 1958 Signed by the Editor. Numbered limited edition, #408. Signed by W. H. Hutchinson, editor. This book was published after Rhodes death in 1934. First time in print outside of 1910 publication in The Saturday Evening Post. This is Rhodes' first attempt at a major love story. Edited and published with personal comments by W. H. Hutchinson. Heavy, light brown paper with brown title and cowboy illustration, horse on back cover. The cover is oversized. Heavy to moderate edgewear. Small tears at head and tail of spine. Stapled binding. Small bookplate from Sante Fe bookstore inside cover. There are some stains to page edges but the interior is mostly clean. 78p.. Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by James Bodrero. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996 Signed by the Author. Twentieth Anniversary Limited Edition. Black slipcase, gold dust jacket. . Signed by Author. 20th Anniversary Limited Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 2004 First novel by successful screenwriter who worked on such award winning project as 'Braveheart' and 'Last Orders'. Inscribed by author on title page and signed simply 'Lisa'. Dust jacket is protected by clear mylar cover. Jacket is as new except for a slight smudge on rear panel. Orange cloth spine with dark red title. Off-white boards. Unread, interior is clean and bright. 327p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960 Signed by Rockwell on first blank. Autobiography as told to Thomas Rockwell. Preface by Ben Hibbs, Editor of the Saturday Evening Post. Jacket shows light to moderate edgewear, mostly at top corner and head of spine. Two small closed tears to top of front flap. Two small notations in red pen made on front panel, not very noticeable. Back panel is a little scuffed and there is a small pencil mark. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Black cloth with gold titles over brown backgrounds on spine and front board. Head and tail of spine are rubbed, as are points. Top points are slightly bumped. Cloth is lightly worn. Brown endpapers with 'Norman Rockwell" and artist's palette in beige. Front endpapers cracked at gutter. Binding cracked at rear board. Each chapter is headed by a black and white drawing. There are eight pages of black and white and color illustrations at the back of the book. 436p. +10. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Norman Rockwell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Denton, Texas: North Texas State University Press, 1971 Signed by the Author. Distinguished Professor of English at North Texas State University. Mr. Sampley won the Edwin Markham Award of the Poetry Society of America in 1964 and the James Joyce Award in 1965. Brown dust jacket is heavily worn. Chips and tears all along edges. Large chip in back. Jacket is now in Brodart. Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine. Pulling and rubbing to head and tail of spine. Bottom front corner bumped. Cloth is clean, binding is tight. Inscribed by author on ffep. Interior is clean. 129p. including index of titles. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Signed by the Author. Blue paper cover, sunned near spine, slightly soiled. Staple binding. Inscribed by author on title page.56p.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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Denton, Texas: North Texas State University Press, 1972 Signed by the Author who is Cecil Eugene Shuford, former chairman of North Texas State University's Department of journalism. Poems about the darker side of American life, particularly in the southwest. Brown paper jacket with simple tree design on front. Numerous chips and tears to edges. A couple of faint red marks across the front and a dark smudge on the back. Jacket is now in Brodart. Brown cloth with black title on spine. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Inscribed by author on ffep. Binding is tight and interior is clean. 147p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Quanah, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978 Signed by the Author. Winnerr of the Fourth Annual Nortex Press Book Award sponsored by The Poetry Society of Texas. No jacket. Green cloth with gold title on spine and cover. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Lower corners slighgtly bumped. Small black stain on front board. Inscribed by author. 43p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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West Bloomfield, Michigan: Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, 1995 Signed by the Author. Written by Lubavitcher Rabbi, in English and Hebrew. Maroon leatherette with gold embossing. Colorful page edges. Clean interior and exterior. Some pulling at head/tail of spine.. Signed by Author. Leatherette. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1961 Signed by the Author. Green cloth with black title on spine, three women on cover. Some of the embossing on cover is rubbed. Some soiling to cloth, head and tail of spine are pulled and rubbed. Slight rubbing to corners. Foxing to page edges, a few stains. Foxing to endpapers. Inscribed on half-title,"To my good freind Jowe Salizar, in appreciation of the good job done in the printing of this book." 16 pages of black and white photos. A brief history of women's positions in society form ancient Greece to modern America (1960). Includes chapters on life insurance and artificial insemination. 308p. including index and bibliography.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002 From the award winning author of Gorky Park, Red Square and Havana Bay. Tokyo on the eve of the second world war. Signed by author on title page. Glossy dust jacket with white and gold titles and illustration of Japanese flag on front panel. Jacket is now protected by Brodart. Red cloth spine with bright gold title, clean white boards. Tail of spine is slightly bumped. Binding is tight, interior is clean and bright. 339p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Amarillo, Texas: Paramount Publishing Company, 1978 Signed by the Author. Beige softcover with green titles and illustration. Near fine except for some small amount of soiling and small tear at tail of spine. First and last pages are green, first is signed by author and illustrator. Collection of "Poems of the West - Then and Now". Book is printed on heavy, beige, textured paper. Interior is clean. 84p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Eugene H. Brock. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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1987 Signed by the Author. Paper binding, front is sunned. Small round sticker on front. Inscribed by author using only first name, dated Mankato 1987. Poem have alll been previously published in other anthologies. book is clean and sound. 26p.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Barbara Stevens. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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Signed by the Author. Winner 3rd Annual Crossroads Chapbook Competitiion, 1985. Heavy beige paper with title, violin and bird on cover. Cover is a little soiled and slightly worn in places. Inscribed on title page. . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Mickey Huffstutler. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995 Dust jacket protected by clear mylar cover. Beige cloth spine with gold title and decorations, beige boards with blind embossed floral design on front board. Head and tail of spine are slightly bruised. A couple of light smudges on leading edge of pages. Signed by author on first blank. Red endpapers. 358p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003 Autobiography. Signed by author on title page. Red dust jacket with dragon on front panel. Jacket shows some very light edgewear, now protected by Brodart. Orange cloth spine with gold title and decoration. Orange boards with gold design on front board. Light blue-green endpapers. Unread, clean and bright. 398p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 Signed by author on title page. Glossy dust jacket with purple titles and illustration of puppeteers and puppets. Jacket is yellowing; there is some crinkling at the upper edge. Small close tear on rear panel, plus some scuffing. Brown cloth spine with bright gold title. Beige boards with gold title on front. Some scuffing at leading edge of front board. Tail of spine is bumped. Binding is tight, interior is clean. 311p.. Signed by Author. Third Printing. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Richard Lupoff, 1963 This is the original loose leaf printing, but has been bound in brown cloth. The original blue paper cover is still present. The first printing was limited to 200 copies, this is #122. It is signed by David G. Van Arnam under the limitation notice. As the preface states, this project was originally intended as a magazine article, but the project grew and changed. The end result is more like a collection of several articles by different authors. Brown cloth with gold titles on spine and front board. White endpapers. Two color fold out map of Barsoom by Larry Ivie. The book includes: But what is Science Fiction? by Richard A. Lupoff; The Martian Odyssey of Edgar Rice Burroughs by David G. Van Arnam; The Face of Barsoom by Larry Ivie; Venus Observed by Van Arnam. There is some very light shelfwear to the boards. There is a very small dark ink stain on the front board. The pages are yellowed; there is a small glue stain to the rear paper cover. 85p.. Signed by Author. Limited. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Roy G. Krenkel, Robert Stewart, Larry Ivie, al Williamson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Anaheim, California: Graphitti Designs, 1991 Signed by the Author. This is a limited edition of 500 copies signed by both Clive Barker and Ted McKeever. Combines Hellraiser books #5 & #6. Some very slight wear to jacket edges. Jacket is now in clear protective cover. Black cloth with copper titles on spine and cover. Front board also has blind embossed diamond device. Front and rear endpapers feature different illustrations. Unpaginated.. Signed. Limited. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1952 Signed by the Author. Ernest Wallace was professor of history at Texas Technological College and E. Adamson Hoebel was an anthropology professor at the University of Utah. Jacket shows significant edgewear. Color is rubbing off on edges. There are numerous chips and tears. Some staining to back. Jacket is now in brodart. Ligtht brown cloth has black titles over brown background on spine. There are also horses and riders on spine and cover. There are a few stains on the front cover. Leading edge is slightly bumped. Head and tail of spine are pulled. Foxing to endpapers. Inscribed by Ernest Wallce on ffe. Top edge of pages are red, some foxing to other edges. A number of pages are dogeared. Numerous black and white photos. 381p. including index.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Warner Books, 1997 Debut novel, inscribed by author on title page. Thriller concerning the search for the KGB's top secret dossier on Lee Harvey Oswald. Glossy black dust jacket has some minor shelfwear. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Book is bound in black with silver title on spine. The book is unread, interior is clean and bright. 391p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Alpine, Texas: Sul Ross State University, 1977 Signed by the Author. Un-numbered limited edition, inscribed by author and dated Aug. 31, 1977. Jacket is heavily worn, chipping, tears and rubbing to all edges. Jacket is now protected by brodart. Field guide to wildflowers. Author was chairman of the Biology Department at Sul Ross State University.Beautiful color photographs. Special section on landscapes and landmarks, focusing on natural formations. Green cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Pulling to head and tail of spine, slight rubbing at corners. Binding is tight and interior is clean. Pages are bright. 274p. including index.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Peter Koch. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Alpine, Texas: Sul Ross State University Signed by the Author. Field guide to wildflowers. Author was chairman of the Biology Dept. at Sul Ross State University in Texas. Limited edition, no. 297 of 1500 copies. Inscribed by author and dated April 21, 1970. Small paper booklet entitled West Texas Flowers by same author is laid in. Drawings by Betty Walker. Booklet is also inscribed by author. Copyright 1967. Jacket of book is extremely fragile. Large chips at all corners and head and tail of spine. Back flap is almost off. Foxing to back panel. Jacket is now in Brodart. Lovely golden yellow cloth is very clean. Green title on spine. Tail of spine is bumped as is bottom of rear board, otherwise near fine. Front endpapers are map of west Texas. Interior is clean. Beautiful color photographs. 157p. including index.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Peter Koch. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Mysterious Press, 1994 Comic crime novel centering on the murder trial of country singer Ray Jones. The story is set in Branson, Mo. Inscribed by author on title page. Illustrated dust jacket shows a small amount of scuffing on rear panel. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Green spine with bright gold title, wine colored boards. Tail of spine is slightly bumped. Wrinkle to front endpaper, done when glued down by printer. Book is unread, interior is clean and bright. 291p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1962 Signed by the Author who was Poet Laureate of Texas for 1962. The book is inscribed by author using his name and title and dated 1962. Pictorial dust jacket is in brodart. Jacket shows moderate to heavy shelfwear and insect damage. The cover is also foxed and there is a stain across the top of the rear of the jacket. Brown cloth with gold title on spine. Gold is flaking and dusting the boards near the spine. Rubbing to head/tail of spine and corners. Foxing to page edges and some interiors. Page 35 is heavily dog-eared and pages 34&35 are heavily foxed. 52p.. Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Donald M. Yena. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000 Signed by author on title page. Return of Will Lee, "Now will isn't just running for president...he's running for his life." Black glossy dust jacket with white title and illustration of White House in cross hairs. Jacket is now protected by Brodart. Black spine with bright gold title, black boards. head and tail of spine are slightly bumped. Binding is tight and interior is clean and bright. 356p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1978 Signed by the Author. There is a very small closed tear at the head of the spine panel and some other minor edgewear. There is a slight wrinkle in to the front flap. Original price, $15.00, is present but next to it is price sticker bearing price of $10.50. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Red cloth spine with silver and gold titles. Boards are covered in black with reproduction of Wouk's signature on front board. Red endpapers. Very slight crease to top corners of pages277-288, like they were only partially bent. Binding is tight and pages are clean. Author's signature in heavy black ink on half-title page. 1042p.. Signed by Author. Third Printing. Cloth and Board. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Charleston, Illinois: Prairie Press, 1967 Signed by the Author. Anthology of poetry, foreword by Youngdahl. Inscribed by editor on verso of half-title, dated 7-8-67. Red cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Cloth shows minor shelfwear, tail of spine is bumped. Interior is clean and bright. 60p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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