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1) World War I Short Stories
Earl Lamm

Not Stated: Self-Published, 1979. Self-published short stories and personal accounts. Memoirs of his service in the 179th Infantry Brigade, AEF. Includes stories published in various magazines and photos of the author and his wife. The photos have been glued in. Paper covers are light and have some smudging and rubbing. Corners are curling some and the brown fabric on the spine has been bumped at spine ends with top end fraying some. Surely an unusual and scarce find.. No Stated Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL ACCOUNT, WWI. more information

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2) Ed Gooding Soldier, Texas Ranger
Ed Gooding and Robert Nieman

Longview, TX: Ranger Publishing, 2001. Signed by Robert Nieman with inscription on front free end paper. 269 pp. Bright, crisp and clean copy - as is dust jacket. Unread.. ISBN: 0967331919. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS RANGERS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY. more information

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3) Recollections of a Long Life
Elijah L. Shettles, Archie P. McDonald, Editor

Nashville, TN: Blue & Gray Press, 1973. Autobiography of Elijah L. Shettles, "a builder of churches" with foreword by J. Frank Dobie. 186 pp. Crisp, tight and clean copy with very minor wear. Dust jacket is bright with light corner and spine end wear and minor rubbing on hinges. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, METHODIST MINISTERS, TEXANS, TEXAS HISTORY, J. FRANK DOBIE. more information

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4) Fleet Admiral King, A Naval Record
Ernest J. King, Fleet Admiral, U.S. Navy & Walter Muir Whitehill, Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton, 1950. Admiral King, Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy, was known to be the most "even-tempered man in the Navy" - one of his sailors said, "Yeah, he was always mad!" This is Admiral King's autobiography - 674 pp. It is a little shaken and boards have light edgewear. Previous owner's bookplate on page opposite half title page.Text block is bright and clean. There are a few stains on page ends. Upper corner of flap on dust jacket has been clipped even though price is on lower corner of flap. Rear flap has lower corner torn off. The dust jacket has chipping on corners with some missing chips on top of spine at hinges. Significant creasing with wear and rubbing on flap folds. Fron fold has 3" tear which is closed. There is a 1" tear along spine foot. Now in protective cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, TWO, U.S. NAVY, ADMIRALS. more information

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5) Rebel Private: Front and Rear Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier
Fletcher, William A

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1995. With introduction by Richard Wheeler and Afterword by Vallie Fletcher Taylor. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 223 pp. Crisp and clean copy with light edgewear. Has very slight left lean. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with light wear. Nice copy.. ISBN: 052593992X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR, MEMOIRS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, RICHARD WHEELER, VALLIE FLETCHER TAYLOR, TEXAS BRIGADE, MILITARY. more information

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6) Lloyd George, A Diary By Frances Stevenson
Frances Stevenson, A.J.P. Taylor, Editor

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 338 pp. Tight and clean copy with light wear on corner and spine ends. Edges of blue cloth boards are slightly faded. Dust jacket is bright with slight wear on edges of front panel. Light creasing on spine ends, and a 1/4" closed tear on bottom front edge near corner. White backtround is slightly darkened on top edge and base of spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, PRIME MINISTERS, BRITISH MINISTERS. more information

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7) My Voyage Around the World, The Chronicles of a 16th Century Florentine Merchant, Herbert Weinstock
Francesco Carletti

New York: Pantheon Books, Inc., 1964. Translated by Herbert Weinstock. EX-LIB copy with usual library stamps, markings, etc. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover taped to boards and with index number on spine. Front hinge is slightly loosened - good reading copy. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, EXPLORATION. more information

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8) Roosevelt and Churchill, Their Secret Wartime Correspondence
Francis L. Loewenheim, Harold D. Langley, and Manfred Jonas, Editors

Bew: E. P. Dutton and Company Inc., 1975. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 805 pp. Tight copy is clean and bright with bumping on spine and 1/4" tear in cloth of top of spine. Page edges are slightly yellowed, with light foxing on top & bottom edges. Dust jacket has 1/2" closed tear at top of spine. Else light corner and edgewear. Now in protective cover.. ISBN: 0841503346. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, TWO, WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, ALLIES. more information

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9) Pro, Frank Beard on the Golf Tour
Frank Beard, Edited By Dick Schaap

New York, New York, U.S.A.: World Book Co., 1970. Tight and bright copy with slight right lean. Light shelfwear and bumping to spine and corners. Interior is clean and unmarked. Light shelf soiling on bottom page ends and small stain on front page ends. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing, chipping and creasing on edges and spine, which shows a little fading. Back cover has three small tears. Spine has faded slightly. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PRO GOLF, PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL ACCOUNT. more information

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10) My Name Is Frank, A Merchant Seaman Talks
Frank Laskier

London: George Allan & Unwin Ltd., 1941. By the merchant seaman who gave a post script to the BBC news the first Sunday in October, 1941, urging the British people to remember what the merchant seamen had been through and to 'never, never give up!'" Stiff paper wraps with flaps front and back. Intact, but wear on top of spine, about 1" split. Some rubbing on folds, spine edges and a little on front cover. Chipping and loss on bottom of spine and a little along fron spine hinge. Clean interior.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, MERCHANT SEAMEN. more information

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11) A Ranchman's Recollections
Frank S. Hastings

Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 1985. Ranked among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Texas Books, Adams' Rampaging Herd #1009, Dobie's Life and Literature of the Southwest #105 and Jenkins' Basic Texas Books #86. Written by the manager of the SMS Ranch, Stamford, TX. Crisp and bright copy, tight and clean inside and out. Dust jacket is crisp and in protective cover. Fine copy of highly collectible book.. ISBN: 0876110774. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. , JENKINS' BASIC TEXAS BOOKS, ADAMS' RAMPAGING HERD, DOBIE'S LIFE AND LITERATURE OF THE SOUTHWEST. more information

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12) A Ranchman's Recollections
Frank S. Hastings

Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 1985. Ranked among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Texas Books, and written by the manager of the SMS Ranch, Stamford, TX. Crisp and bright copy, tight and clean inside and out. Dust jacket is crisp and in protective cover - spine is very slightly sunned. Lovely copy of highly collectible book.. ISBN: 0876110774. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RANCHING, RANCH LIFE, MANAGEMENT, 50 BEST+ TEXAS BOOKS, TEXANA, TEXAS, HISTORY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVES. more information

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13) Of Time and Change, A Memoir
Frank Waters

Denver: Macmurray & Beck, 1998. Crisp, bright and tight copy with very sight corner and spine wear. Gift inscription on front free end paper, else interior clean. Dust jacket is price clipped and has very slight edgewear. Very nice copy.. ISBN: 1878448862. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SOUTHWEST, WEST, WESTERN WRITERS, TAOS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NEW MEXICO, MABEL DODGE LUHAN, TONY D. H. LAWRENCE, AMERICAN AUTHORS, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, MEMOIRS. more information

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14) World War II Personal Accounts Pearl Harbor to V-J Day
Gary A. Yarrington, James Stokesbury

Austin, Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, 1992. Part of a traveling exhibition sponsored by The National Archives and Records Administration. 425 pp. Stiff pictorial paper wraps. Tight, bright and clean large format paperback. Crisp as new but for a little shelf wear to bottom page edges. Very nice book of real life experiences of the men and women who saved the world.. ISBN: 0911333959. No Stated Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, TWO, WW2, SECOND WAR, PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, NARRATIVES. more information

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15) Wedemeyer Reports
General Albert C. Wedemeyer

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1958. 497 pp. Blue cloth boards show rubbing and gilt print of spine is a little rubbed. Slight bumping on corners and spine ends. Gift inscription on front free end paper - otherwise clean interior. Opens to signature at a few places. Sturdy copy for reading or reference.. 3rd Ptg.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, TWO, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, ACCOUNT. more information

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16) General Wainwright's Story
General Jonathan M. Wainright, Robert Considine, Editor

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1946. Subtitled, "The Account of Four Years of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender and Captivity by General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Who Paid the Price of his Country's Unpreparedness". 314 pp. Brown boards with gilt print. Corners and spine ends have light bumping, and edges show slight rubbing. Previous owner's name and a date printed in ink on front free end paper, and there is a light smudge toward the foreward edge of that page. Rear pasted down paper has price and code from original seller in small letters. Clean and bright text block. Hinges give a little, but book is sturdy. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and has chipping and creasing on edges, especially on spine ends and corners. There are a few closed tears. Now in protective cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. World War II, World War 2, WWII, WW2, Second World War, Bataan Death March, Fall of the Philippines, Autobiography, Personal Narrative. more information

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17) All the Best, My Life in Letters and Other Writings
George Bush

New York: Scribner, 1999. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg.Book is crisp, bright and clean without interior marking and with slight bumping to corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is bright, crisp and colorful also with clight edgewear. Book appears unread.. ISBN: 068483958X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, PRESIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE. more information

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18) Memoirs of My Services in the World War 1917-1918
George C. Marshall

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Personal narrative of his young WWI experience by the great military leader of WWII and of the Marshall Plan. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 268 pp. Tight copy with crisp and clean interior. Light edgewear and a little faint spotting on front board. No dust jacket.. ISBN: 0395207258. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WORLD WAR I, SECRETARY OF STATE. more information

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19) Memoirs of My Services in the World War 1917-1918
George C. Marshall

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Personal narrative of his young WWI experience by the great military leader of WWII and of the Marshall Plan. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 268 pp. Nice copy is a little shaken and has light wear to edges. Occasional highlighting throught. Previous owner's stamp on front free end papers. Dust jacket is creased with wear and a little tearing on edges. Chipping on corners and spine ends. Folds are rubbed and front fold has a few closed tears. White of background shows light rubbing.. ISBN: 0395207258. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WORLD WAR I, SECRETARY OF STATE. more information

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20) Taming the Nueces Strip, The Story of McNelly's Rangers
George Durham as Told to Clyde Wantland

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1982. With a foreword by Walter Prescott Webb. Jenkins' Basic Texas Books #49. 178 pp. Trade paperback is tight with light wear. Slight spotting/darkening shows on white background of wrapper. Previous owner's bookplate on reverse of front wrap - and embossed seal on half-title page. Else clean interior.. ISBN: 0292780486. 1st Paperback Ptg.. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXANA, TEXAS, TEXAS HISTORY, RANGERS, WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, JENKINS' BASIC BOOKS. more information

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21) Where The Hell Are The Guns? A Soldier's Eye View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44
George G. Blackburn

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1999. Personal narrative of author's experience with a Canadian Army field artillery unit in WWII. 439 pp. Trade paperback - bright, crisp and clean. Wraps have light wear and there is a very tiny scratch on bottom edge of front. Appears unread.. ISBN: 0771015062. First Edition, 1st Ptg., Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, REGIMENTAL HISTORIES, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, CANADIAN ARMY, ARTILLERY OPERATIONS. more information

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22) Warriors and Strangers
Geraldl Hanley

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. EX-LIB copy with usual markings, stamps and card pocket. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover with index number on spine. Crisp copy with a little play in hinges.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AFRICA, EAST NOMADIC TRIBES, PERSONAL NARRATIVE. more information

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23) Ed Gooding Soldier, Texas Ranger
Gooding, Ed; Nieman, Robert

Longview, TX: Ranger Publishing, 2001. Signed in the shakey hand of Gooding, himself, "Best Wishes, Edgar D. Gooding, Texas Ranger, Co. 'F'" on front free end paper. Also signed by co-author, Robert Nieman. Always an upright citizen, Gooding served with Patton at the Battle of the Bulge, and returned from the war to the cowboy life on a Texas ranch. He became a Texas Ranger in May of 1957 where he encountered almost every crime there is. He retired in 1983 and passed away in 2003. 269 pp. Bright, crisp and clean copy with light corner bumping. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp with very minor edgewear.. ISBN: 0967331919. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS RANGERS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY. more information

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24) Village Creek
Gordon Baxter

Bryan, Texas: Shearer Publishing, 1981. 318 pp. New trade paperback. Baxter's memoir of his childhood in East Texas.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS, TEXANA, MEMOIRS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, GORDON BAXTER. more information

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25) Shades of the West: A Cowboy's Memoirs
Gray, Ted

Marathon, TX: Iron Mountain Press, 2001. 276 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with like dust jacket. Unread.. ISBN: 0965798534. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Texas, Cowboys, Ranching. more information

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26) Samuel Maverick, Texan: 1803-1870
Green, Rena Maverick, Editor

San Antonio, TX: Private, 1952. Texas suffragette Rena Maverick Green edited this book - "A Collection of Letters, Journals and Memoirs" of her grandfather, Texas pioneer rancher, Samuel Maverick. Also included are reprints of her grandmother, Mary Maverick's memoirs. Adam's Rampaging Herd, 922 - Jenkins' Basic Texas Books, 140B. Blue cloth boards have minor corner and spine wear. Title page has embossed stamp of previous owner. Dust jacket is light tan with spine and rear panel darkened. Top edge has a closed 1" tear at front hinge, and rear panel has 2" X 1/4" chip and a crease. Corners have very light wear; top of spine has light creasing, and bottom rear hinge has small chip. Rubbing on rear flap fold and rear hinge. Slight spotting and rubbing on rear panel and spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Texas, Texas History, Pioneers, Ranching. more information

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27) Global Mission
H. H. Arnold

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1953. Autobiography by General of the Air Force, H. H. "Hap" Arnold who commanded the "Mighty 8th" in World War II and was a driving force in making the Air Force a separate military unit from the army. 626 pp. Corners have some bumping, and spine has four small dents down its length and light wear on ends. Hinges are slight loose, but book is solid. Paper is tanned , and end papers have a few light stains, but text block is clean. Dust jacket is heavily creased with chipping on some corners and fraying on bottom of spine. Top of spine is missing 1 1/2" to 2", and remaining portion is slightly faded. Rubbing wear on flap folds and hinges. Light background of rear panel shows some spotting and rubbing. Now in protective cover.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autobiography, U.S. Army Air Force, U.S. Air Force, Hap Arnold, World War II, ETO, European Theater of Operations, Air Power. more information

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28) Fifty Fabulous Years, A Personal Review
H. V. Kaltenborn

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1950. From the dust jacket, "The Dean of radio commentators gives an entertaining and stimulating account of a life rich with first-hand experience of men and events." 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. 312 pp. Gray board have light wear on corners and spine ends. Top page edge has a little spotting - else clean with clean interior, though pages are yellowed. Dust jacket has chipping with a little tearing on top corners and spine end with a little wear on bottom edge. Some rubbing which shows most on rear panel's white background, on hinges and flap folds.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RADIO, BROADCASTING, RADIO COMMENTATORS. more information

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29) Krautland Calling
Hal Lister

Austin: Eakin Press, 1989. Subtitled, "An American POW Radio Broadcaster in Nazi Germany". Clean, crisp and bright copy with bright red boards and bright gilt lettering. Light bumping to corners and spine ends. Dust jacket shows rubbing on frong edge on dark background. Also creasing and rubbing on bottom spine ends. Creasing on top edges with a few minute tears. Back cover has white background and shows rubbing and soiling. One almost 1" in diameter stain on bottom edge on back cover.. ISBN: 0890156603. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, PRISONER OF ETO, EUROPEAN THEATER PERSONAL ACCOUNT, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE. more information

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30) A Cavalryman's Story
Hamilton H. Howze

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. Subtitled, "Memoirs of a Twentieth-Century Army General", father of US Army Airmobile tactics and doctrine. Ham Howze was the son of Robert Lee Howze, a Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Indian Campaigns. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 316 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with faint wear. Dust jacket is crisp and with light rubbing and no obvious wear, but inside front flap lower corner shows light stain. . ISBN: 1560986646. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U.S.ARMY, AMERICAN GENERALS, U.S. CAVALRY. more information

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31) A Cavalryman's Story
Hamilton H. Howze

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. Subtitled, "Memoirs of a Twentieth-Century Army General". Ham Howze was the son of Robert Lee Howze, a Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Indian Campaigns. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 316 pp. EX-LIB copy with usual library stamps, markings - but no card pocket. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover with index number on spine. Has slight right lean. Clean interior. Good reading copy.. ISBN: 1560986646. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U.S.ARMY, AMERICAN GENERALS, U.S. CAVALRY. more information

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32) The Life of John Wesley Hardin from the Original Manuscript, As Written By Himself
Hardin, John Wesley

Seguin, TX: Smith & Moore, 1896. Professionally restored copy of Hardin's autobiography. 144 pp. With illustrations by noted Texas artist Robert Jenkins Onderdonk. Title page has notation dated April 29, 1955, relating appraisal value ($200) and who the previous owner bought the book from, Frank Culwell, Texana collector. Pages are darkened and soiled. One page, 7-8, has several holes in text. Margins have several instances of marking in margins. Some creasing of pages near spine appears to be from manufacture. Front wrapper has a few small spots and edges have some darkening. Restorations made to cover are subtle and well done, with book now whole and intact.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by R. J. Onderdonk. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Notorious, Outlaw, Texas. more information

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33) The War Years 1939-1945 Volume II of Diaries and Letters
Harold Nicolson

New York: Atheneum, 1967. EX-LIB copy with usual library stamps and markings - else crisp and clean. No dust jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BRITISH GOVERNMENT, WARTIME MEMOIRS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information

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34) My Three Years with Eisenhower
Harry C. Butcher

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. 911 pp. Book is lightly shaken. Blue cloth boards with a little spotting and rubbing wear. Clean interior. No dust jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, TWO, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, GENERAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE. more information

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35) Semper Fi, Mac
Henry Berry

New York, NY: Arbor House, 1982. Subtitled, "Living Memories of the U.S. Marines in World War II". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg.Clean, crisp and bright copy appears unread. Very light bumping on corners and spine ends. Dust jacket also has very light creasing on corners. Has 1/2" closed tear on bottom edge of front panel near hinge. Now in protective cover. Very nice copy.. ISBN: 0877953708. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, SECOND WAR, WW2, USMC, U.S. MARINE CORPS, MARINES, IN THE PACIFIC, PERSONAL NARRATIVES. more information

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36) With Milam and Fannin, The Adventures of a German Boy in Texas' Revolution
Herman Ehrenberg

Austin, Texas: Pemberton Press, 1968. 224 pp. + Index. Ex-Library copy with pocket and pasted down info on front free end paper. Library seal and stamps. Book has slight right lean and faint spotting on bottom page edge. Clean text block. Dust jacket is in protective cover attached to inside book boards. Lower portion of spine has rounded cutout piece, and lower portion of front panel has area which looks as if tape has been removed - a whetened spot on brown background, about 1/2"H X 4"W.. 1st Ed.of Pemberton. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Texas History, Texas Revolution, Personal Narrative, Memoirs, Texas Lore. more information

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37) No Surrender, My Thirty-year War
Hiroo Onoda

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1974. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 219 pp. Crisp, bright with slight right lean and very light shelf wear. Bottom page edge has small red smudge. Clean interior. Dust jacket is bright with very minor wear.. ISBN: 0870112406. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, JAPANESE SURRENDER, ARMY, BUSHIDO, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE. more information

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38) Farewell, A Memoir of a Texas Childhood
Horton Foote

New York, NY: Scribner, 1999. Autobiographical work of Texas writer - author of "Tender Mercies" and "The Trip to Bountiful". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 287 pp. Crisp and bright copy with very minor wear. Bottom page edge has black remainder mark - else clean. Appears unread. Dust jacket is bright with light creasing and a little rubbing.. ISBN: 0684844397. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, TEXAS WRITERS, TEXANA. more information

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39) The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston: Volume III: 1848-1852
Houston, Sam; Roberts, Madge Thornall

Denton, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of North Texas Press, 1998. Vol. III of 3 Vols. 390 pp. Crisp, bright and clean copy with like dust jacket. Unread.. ISBN: 1574410318. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HOUSTON SAM 1793 1863 BIOGRAPHY, TEXAS HISTORY. more information

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40) The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston: Volume III: 1848-1852
Houston, Sam; Roberts, Madge Thornall

Denton, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of North Texas Press, 1998. Vol. III of 3 Vols. 390 pp. Crisp, bright and clean copy with like dust jacket. Unread.. ISBN: 1574410318. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HOUSTON SAM 1793 1863 BIOGRAPHY, TEXAS HISTORY. more information

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41) The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston: Volume II: 1846-1848
Houston, Sam; Roberts, Madge Thornall

Denton, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of North Texas Press, 1998. Vol. II of 3 Vols. 390 pp. Crisp, bright and clean copy with like dust jacket. Unread.. ISBN: 1574410318. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HOUSTON SAM 1793 1863 BIOGRAPHY, TEXAS HISTORY. more information

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Price: $20.00
42) My City Friends Life, A Fifty Year Love Story of a Man And His City
Huffhines, Clifford

Richardson, TX: Rockwell Int'l, 1986. Richardson, Texas 1935-1985. 271 pp. Bright, clean and tight copy with minor bumping on spine. Dust jacket has minor rubbing and light edge and corner wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Richardson, Texas, Local History. more information

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43) Feather in the Breeze
J. Edson Leonard

Rockville Centre, NY: Freshet, 1974. 175 pp. Crisp, bright and tight copy with gift inscription on front pasted down paper. Clean interior. Dust jacket is bright with light creasing on spine head and edges. Light background shows a little rubbing. Nice copy.. ISBN: 088395026X. No Stated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FLY FISHING, ANGLING, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE. more information

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Price: $17.50
44) One Ranger: A Memoir
Jackson, H. Joaquin; Wilkinson, D. Marion

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing of this best selling book of Univ. of Texas Press. 279 pp. Crisp, bright copy with slight right lean. Bottom and forward page edges have light smudging, and there is very minimal corner and spine end wear. A few pages have creasing and a few small, faint smudges in margin. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with very light edge creasing. Rear panel has a little dark rubbing. Now in protective cover.. ISBN: 0292702590. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Texas Rangers, Texas Law Enforcement, Autobiography. more information

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Price: $40.00
45) Jim Farley's Story: The Roosevelt Years
James Farley

New York, NY: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1948. 1st Ed., 4th Ptg. Signed and inscribed by Farley, FDR's political tactician, on front free end paper. 388 pp. Book is tight, though slightly shaken, with a little bumping on corners and spine ends. Clean interior. Price-clipped dust jacket has chipping on edges, especially on spine ends. Spine has damp stain along length of hinges but does not affect book. Now in protective cover.. 1st Ed., 4th Ptg.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ROOSEVELT, DEMOCRATIC PARTY. more information

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46) The Forrestal Diaries
James Forrestal, Walter Millis, Editor

New York: Viking Press, 1951. 581 pp. Tight copy with clean interior. Slight bumping on corners and spine ends. Yellowed pages. Dust jacket has creasing and several chips and closed tears. Both book and dust jacket have foxing on edges.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U.S. NAVY, SECRETARY OF THE DEFENSE, WALTER MILLIS, E.S . DUFFIELD. more information

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47) The London Journal of General Raymond E. Lee 1940-1941
James Leutze, Editor

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1971. Gen. Lee served as military attache' to the American Embassy in London during early years of WWII and witnessed the politics of war. 489 pp. Crisp and bright copy with minor wear to corners and spine ends. Dust jacket has chipping and tearing at spine ends with several small (1/4") chips missing. Slight corner wear. Tape repaired snag on inside back fold. Nice copy now in protective covering.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE, ATTACHE, PRE-WAR LONDON, LONDON BLITZ, WWII, WORLD WAR II, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, 2. more information

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48) X. Beidler Vigilante
Jelen Fitzgerald Sanders & William H. Bertsche, Jr., Editors

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. #8 in The Western Frontier Library. 165 pp. Referenced in Adams' Six Guns and Saddle Leather. Tight, bright and crisp copy with minor shelfwear and faint smudging on top page edge. Clean interior. Dust jacket is bright with two scuff marks on front (top right corner probably price sticker removal) and bottom at hinge. White background shows rubbing and has small bit of tape at bottom hinge. A little rubbing and chipping at other edges. Nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE WESTERN FRONTIER LIBRARY, MONTANA, MONTANA HISTORY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE , AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ADAMS SIX GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER. more information

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49) Recollections of Early Texas: The Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins
Jenkins, John Holland; Jenkins, John Holmes III

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Press, 2003. Foreword by J. Frank Dobie. 307 pp. Trade paperback is crisp, bright and clean. Unread.. ISBN: 0292770375. 5th Paperback Ptg.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS HISTORY SOURCES BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information

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50) Ebony Brass
Jesse J. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel, AUS (Ret.)

Hampton, VA: Jesse Johnson, 1970. Subtitled, "An Autobiography of Negro Frustration and Aspiration". - 141 pp. Trade paperback is tight with edge and corner wear. Spine faded. Back wrap is somewhat creased and shows slight rubbing. Clean interior.. 3rd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS, U.S. MILITARY, MILITARY LEADERS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information

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Price: $15.00
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