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The Life and Tragic Death of Jesse James The Western Desperado
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Austin, TX: Steck Co., 1966. 1966 Facsimile Reproduction of original 1883 Edition with Preface and Acknowledgement added. 96 pp. In slip case. Crisp, bright and clean copy with very minor edgewear and a small mark on top edge near hinge. Glassine cover is clear and bright with very little wear. Slip case shows some wear with 2inch closed split along bottom fold. Some darkening and shelf soiling along edges. Very nice copy.. Reprint. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Carol Rogers, Color. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Roosevelt Album
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New York: Knickerbocker Publishing Co., 1945. Subtitled, "The Highlights in the Life and Works of the 32nd President of the United States." Over 150 photographs. Tight trade paperback with clean interior and paper age darkened. Covers have edge chipping with tip of front bottom corner missing. Creasing and some rubbing. Dark red background is bright, with Roosevelt's picture on the front -- has a scuffed spot on the top of his head. Apparently published at FDR's death, and in very good condition, given its age. Lovely bit of nostalgia.. No Stated Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, FDR. more information
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Lindbergh
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. 1999 Pulitzer Prize award. Book is bright and clean with slightly weak front hinge and slight right lean. Previous owner's label on ffep. Dust jacket is unclipped, crisp and bright with very light edgewear. First Printing of First Edition.. ISBN: 0399144498. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AVIATORS, CHARLES LINDBERGH, PILOTS, BIOGRAPHY. more information
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The Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1969. EX-LIB copy with library markings and remains of card pocket on ffep. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover which is taped to boards of book. Book is clean and tight and appears unread.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MAINE, CONGRESS, SENATE, WOMEN IN POLITICS. more information
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Of Permanent Value, The Story of Warren Buffett
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Birmingham, AL: AKPE, 1994. Tight bright and crisp. Slight soiling on page ends. No interior markings. Dust jacket is bright with some shelfwear and a scratch along front which does not disturb color. Very nice copy.. ISBN: 0964190508. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BUSINESS, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, BIOGRAPHY. more information
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The Log of a Cowboy
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. New trade paperback. Andy Adams worked for ten years as a cowboy in the 19th century. He published several books about his travels in Texas and the Old West.. 1st Paperback Ed., 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by E. Boyd Smith. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. OLD WEST, RANCHING, COWBOYS, TEXAS. more information
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Mr. Lincoln's Wife
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New York: Farrar & Rhinehart, Inc., 1943. Tight copy with dark smudging/smears on front edge of light cloth boards. Spine has darkened a little. Interior clean. No dust jacket. Good reading copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good-/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MARY TODD LINCOLN, BIOGRAPHY, FIRST LADIES. more information
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-1945
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1971. 621 pp. Black cloth boards have corner wear and spine ends are bumped and faded at the very edges. Also slightly fraying at edge of hinges. Hinges are a little loose and pages are a little darkened, with light shelf-soiling on bottom page edges. Previous owner's bookplate is on half title page. Dust jacket has chipping, creasing and tearing, with several chips missing. Still, intact and now in protective cover. Good reading/reference copy.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good--/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, TWO, GENERALS OF THE ARMY, IN PACIFIC. more information
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Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Lost Diary of Brig. Gen. Lewis Beebe
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College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A&M University Press, 2006. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 253 pp. Bright, tight, crisp and clean - unread. Like dust jacket.. ISBN: 1585444812. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. World War II, WWII, POW, Pacific War, Autobiography, Personal Narrative. more information
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. American
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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Autobiography by the commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, famous for their flying skills and their trials in the U.S. military in the '40s. He retired as a three-star general. With a foreword by L. Douglas Wilder. Tight and crisp copy with very light wear to boards and very faint smudging on bottom page ends. Else clean inside and out. Dust jacket has slight corner bumping and top spine has some creasing. Creasing along edges of back cover with a little chipping on bottom. Red of spine has faded somewhat. Nice copy.. ISBN: 0874747422. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GENERALS, U. S. ARMY, U.S. AIR FORCE, TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, AFRICAN AMERICAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS. more information
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Jefferson Himself, The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American
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Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1995. 384 pp. Trade paperback. Crisp, bright and clean copy - appears unread. Light corner and rubbing wear. Front wrap has very slight curling.. ISBN: 0813902843. 2nd Ed. 9th Ptg.. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THOMAS JEFFERSON, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information
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This Stubborn Self, Texas Autobiographies
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Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 2002. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg."How Being Texan Has Shaped Their Stories" - Texas writers. Bright and crisp - unread. 419 pp. Dust jacket has light rubbing. Nice copy.. ISBN: 0875652662. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS WRITERS, TEXANS, SPIRIT, CULTURE, BIOGRAPHY, SALLIE REYNOLDS MATTHEWS, JOHN A. LOMAX, J. FRANK DOBIE, GERTRUDE BEASLEY, HALLIE CRAWFORD STILLWELL, JEWEL BABB, CHARLEY C. WHITE, ANNIE MAE HUNT, A.D. GREENE, WILLIAM HUMPHREY, LARRY MCMURTRY, PAT MORA,. more information
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This Stubborn Self, Texas Autobiographies
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Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 2002. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. "How Being Texan Has Shaped Their Stories" - Texas writers. Bright and crisp - unread. 419 pp. Dust jacket has light rubbing.. ISBN: 0875652662. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS WRITERS, TEXANS, SPIRIT, CULTURE, BIOGRAPHY, SALLIE REYNOLDS MATTHEWS, JOHN A. LOMAX, J. FRANK DOBIE, GERTRUDE BEASLEY, HALLIE CRAWFORD STILLWELL, JEWEL BABB, CHARLEY C. WHITE, ANNIE MAE HUNT, A.D. GREENE, WILLIAM HUMPHREY, LARRY MCMURTRY, PAT MORA,. more information
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George C. Marshall: Interviews and Reminiscences
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Lexington, VA: Marshall Foundation, 1996. 651 pp. Bright, clean, crisp and tight copy with very minor spine end bumping. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with a little edge creasing. Unread copy and very nice.. 3rd Ed., 1st Ptg.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR II, WWII, U.S. GENERALS, STATESMEN. more information
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Tex! The Man Who Built The Dallas Cowboys
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1988. Biography of Tex Schramm, first General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys, and an innovator in the NFL. Gift inscription signed by author, Bob St. John, on front free end paper. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Crisp, bright and clean copy with bumping on corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is bright, crisp and colorful with slight creasing on edges. Light bumping on corners and spine ends. Nice signed copy.. ISBN: 0139119752. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. DALLAS COWBOYS, TEX SCHRAMM, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, BIOGRAPHY, NFL. more information
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A Portrait of Pancho, The Life of a Great Texan: J. Frank Dobie
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Austin, Texas: Pemberton Press, 1965. Signed by author, Bode, on half-title page. 1st Ed., 3rd Ptg. 164 pp. Many photographs thoughout. Light brown cloth boards with bright gilt print. Paisano (roadrunner) motif on endpapers. Clean and bright interior. Dust jacket is graced with Tom Lea's portrait of Dobie, and has light rubbing and wear with a few small closed tears. Has price intact and also has old booksellers' price label. Now in protective cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS, FOLKLORE SOCIETY, AUTHORS, WRITERS. more information
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A Victor, Not a Butcher : Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius
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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, 2004. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with very minor spine end bumping. 456 pp. Appears unread. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with slight edgewear. Nice copy.. ISBN: 089526062X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GRANT ULYSSES SIMPSON 1822 1885. more information
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A Victor, Not a Butcher : Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius
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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, 2004. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with very minor spine end bumping. 456 pp. Appears unread. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with slight edgewear. Nice copy.. ISBN: 089526062X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GRANT ULYSSES SIMPSON 1822 1885. more information
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Bataan: A Survivor's Story
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Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2004. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 237 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with like dust jacket. Unread.. ISBN: 0806135824. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WORLD WAR 1939 1945 PERSONAL. more information
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Andrew Jackson: A Life And Times
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 2005. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 620 pp. Bright and crisp copy - as is dust jacket. Unread.. ISBN: 0385507380. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. more information
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Lindbergh Alone, May 21, 1927
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1977. 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. 216 pp. Tight copy with black cloth boards and gilt design/type. Boards have some spotting. Page edges have foxing. Clean interior. Price-clipped dust jacket is bright with 1/2" closed tearon front bottom edge. Else minor creasing and corner wear.. ISBN: 0151524017. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. AVIATION, AVIATORS, LINDBERGH, SOLO FLIGHT. more information
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Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1996. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg., 230 pp. Book is tight and crisp with occasional underlining, marking, and notation on rear free end paper. Light corner and spine end bumping. Dust jacket is clean and bright with light creasing on edges.. ISBN: 0684822911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, Biography. more information
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Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight, A Biography
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1972. 514 pp. Tight and clean copy with light wear. End pages have discoloration in hinge area - else clean interior. Dust jacket is bright with light corner and spine end wear.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Aviation, Aviation History, Biography. more information
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Susanna Dickinson: Messenger of the Alamo
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Houston, TX: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1976. 166 pp. EX-LIB copy with pocket residue on rear pasted down paper and other residue on rear free end paper. Also tape around edges where dust jacket was once attached. Minimal library markings. - Clean text block. Dust jacket is bright has light chipping on corners and spine ends with closed 1" tear on rear hinge at spine top. Now in protective cover.. ISBN: 0883190230. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS, TEXANA, TEXAS HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY. more information
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James Branch Cabell
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New York: The Literary Guild, 1932. Noted editor and writer Carl Van Doren comments on Virginian James Branch Cabell - the reality and the legend. Special revised edition, 1932. Book shows minor edgewear, and is tight. Black and white boards with black cloth spine on which the ink of the title has faded. Pages are yellowing with some foxing on end papers and edges.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Eisenhower, A Soldier's Life
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2003. Biography of Eisenhower's military life by distinguished military historian. Trade paperback - 848 pp. Tight and clean copy with very light wear to wraps. Appears unread.. ISBN: 0805056874. 1st Paperback Edn.. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, TWO, 2, WW2, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, GENERALS. more information
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A Sketch of Sam Bass the Bandit
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Crisp and bright copy with slight soiling on page ends and a few incidences of spotting on page margins. Has slight right lean and opens all the way to stitching at half title page.. 2nd Printing Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. WESTERN HISTORY, OLD WEST, BIOGRAPHY, AMERICAN HISTORY. more information
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I Fought with Custer
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Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1987. 236 pp.Trade paperback is crisp and bright with very slight corner and edgewear - Previous owner's bookplate on reverse of front wrap.. ISBN: 0803297203. Reprint Ed., 3rd Ptg.. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INDIAN CAMPAIGNS, BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN, U. S. ARMY, CAVALRY, OLD WEST. more information
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Hanging Sam, A Military Biography of General Samuel T. Williams
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Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 1990. "From Pancho Villa to Vietnam" - from the cover. Inscribed by author on half title page. Trade paperback is tight with very light wear to wrapper. Clean and bright.. ISBN: 0929398122. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, MILITARY HISTORY, AMERICAN GENERALS, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, U. S. ARMY. more information
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6,000 Miles of Fence, Life on the XIT Ranch of Texas
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2002. Bright, crisp, tight and bright trade paperback of memoirs of the wife of general manager of the famed XIT Ranch, who came to Texas as a school teacher from the Oklahoma Territory. Also written by noted Texas Historian, Joe B. Frantz.. ISBN: 0292775644. 7th Paperback Ptg.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS, TEXANA, TEXAS HISTORY, RANCHING, RANCHING FAMOUS RANCHES, OLD WEST, MEMOIRS, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, WOMEN'S STUDIES. more information
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6,000 Miles of Fence, Life on the XIT Ranch of Texas
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1995. Trade paperback - memoirs of the wife of general manager of the famed XIT Ranch, who came to Texas as a school teacher from the Oklahoma Territory. Also written by noted Texas Historian, Joe B. Frantz. 231 pp. Tight copy with clean interior. Light creasing on spine and front hinge - also on top edge of rear panel. Hinges show a little rubbing. White background has light spotting on borth front and rear wrap. Corners have slight wear.. ISBN: 0292775644. 5th Paperback Ptg.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS, TEXANA, TEXAS HISTORY, RANCHING, RANCHING FAMOUS RANCHES, OLD WEST, MEMOIRS, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, WOMEN'S STUDIES. more information
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Custer, Favor the Bold, A Soldier's Story
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New York, NY: Promontory Press, 1968. EX-LIB copy with minimal library markings and stamps. Card pocket on ffep. Book is tight with little wear and light discoloration on page edges. Dust jacket is bright; taped to boards of book and has index number taped to spine.. ISBN: 0883940744. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INDIAN CAMPAIGNS, BIOGRAPHY, CIVIL WAR GENERALS, U. S. ARMY 7TH CAVALRY, BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN. more information
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Thomas Merton and James Laughlin Selected Letters
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New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. Bright, tight clean and crisp copy with previous owner's name on ffep. Dust jacket is brightwith very slight shelfwear, including a tiny tear on top edge near corner on front. Very nice copy.. ISBN: 0393040690. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICAN POETS, TRAPPISTS, PUBLISHERS, AUTHORS, AUTHORS AND MYSTICS, RELIGION. more information
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Lincoln's Herndon
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First book by two time Pulitzer prize winning biographer and well-known Lincoln authority, David Donald. Book shows some corner and spine end bumping. Dust jacket has slight chipping on corners, spine ends and edges. It is price-clipped and shows some rubbing on back.. No Stated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. LINCOLN, CARL SANDBURG, WILLIAM HERNDON, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. more information
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Franklin
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New York: Harper & Row, 1976. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 436 pp. Crisp and bright copy with very minor wear. Light foxing on top page edge. Duct jacket has minor edgewear and light yellowing on white background of rear. Very nice copy.. ISBN: 0060117796. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FOUNDING FATHERS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. more information
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Lincoln
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. EX-LIB copy with usual library stamps and markings. Dust jacket is in mylar cover with index numbers on spine and attached to boards. Crisp and bright copy with very light shelf soiling. Very nice copy even if EX-LIB and appears unread.. ISBN: 0684808463. First English Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, AMERICAN HISTORY. more information
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Truman
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New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Award winnigng McCullough turns his keen historical eye to Harry S. Truman in this 1,117 pp. biography. Crisp and bright book appears unread - minor shelfwear. Dust jacket is bright and colorful with very light edgewear. Nice book club edition.. ISBN: 0671456547. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. more information
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John Adams
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Copy is bright and crisp without interior marking. Very light soiling to page ends. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp with slight rubbing which shows on light background of back. Nice copy.. ISBN: 0684813637. 12th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, FOUNDING FATHERS, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENT,. more information
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Triumph in Paris, The Exploits of Benjamin Franklin
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New York: Harper & Row, 1976. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 420 pp. Dark red cloth boards are bright and clean with minor edgewear. Book has slight right lean. Light foxing on top page edge. Clean interior. Dust jacket has minor edgewear and foxing on spine area.. ISBN: 0060138548. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, FOUNDING FATHERS, AMERICAN HISTORY. more information
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Chester W. Nimitz, Admiral of the Hills
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Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1983. New trade paperback biography of Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz who hailed from Fredricksburg, TX, which is now the home of the Nimitz Museum, The National Museum of the Pacific War. A great American.. ISBN: 0890153647. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WWII, WAR IN THE PACIFIC, U.S. ADMIRALS, NAVY, NAVY. more information
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Solitary Star, A Biography of Sam Houston
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. 344 pp. Appears to be Ex-LIB with index sticker residue on spine and card pocked residue on rear pasted down paper. There is a no written in ink on front free end paper. Dust jacket is taped to boards and the front flap has old price sticker. Tight and sound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY, TEXAS, TEXANS, TEXAS HEROES, PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC HISTORY. more information
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Indians, Cattle, Ships & Oil, The Story of W.M.D. Lee
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1985. EX-LIB copy of the biography of an early Texas entrepreneur. Usual library markings and stamps - card pocket on front free end paper.Slight soiling on dedication page and verso as well as on the "Contents" page. Beginning of loosening of front hinge.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS BUSINESS, PIONEERS, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, FUR TRADE, RANCH LIFE, AMERICAN INDIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, PANHANDLE, VELASCO, CATTLE INDUSTRIES, OIL INDUSTRY. more information
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Gone for a Soldier: The Civil War Memoirs of Private Alfred Bellard
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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1975. Complete with pencil sketches and wash drawings of Private Bellard. 7 3/4"W X 9 1/2"H, 298 pp. Blue cloth boards with bright silver print and design. Light bumping on corners and spine ends. Very faint shelf soiling on bottom page edge and slight spotting on other page edges. Dust jacket has had price removed in a carefully torn semi-circle. Blue of background shows a little light spotting and is rubbed white on front flap fold. Lighter rubbing on rear flap fold and both hinges. Corners have some chipping, along with spine ends and hinge top.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CIVIL WAR, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information
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Price: $23.50
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Captain Lee Hall of Texas
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1940. Biography of early Texas Ranger, Lee Hall with drawings by Louis Lundean and some of Frederic Remington's work as illustration. Listed in Howe's U.S.iana - p.83; Jenkins' Basic Texas Books, #167; Adams' Six Guns & Saddle Leather #1837; and Dobie's Guide to Life and Literature of the SW p. 60. Tan cloth boards with one of Lundean's drawings of Hall on his pony on the front cover. Slight bumping to corners and bottom spine end. Top right of spine has a scuffed area with frayed cloth that affects the top front left corner of front board. There is 1" scratch on the cloth of the front board as well. There are two very small brown spots at the front edge, and the back board near the hinge has three larger brown spots. Top page edges have very slight spotting as does fore edge. Previous owner's bookplate is on front pasted down paper which has very small moisture spot at top of page, as does the facing page, the front free end paper. Else interior is clean and bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Frederic Remington, Louis Lundean. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS, TEXANA, TEXAS HISTORY, RANGERS, LEE HALL, BIOGRAPHY, HOWE'S U .S.IANA, JENKINS' BASIC BOOKS, DOBIE'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND LITERATURE O F THE SOUTHWEST, ADAMS' SIX GUNS & SADDLE LEATHER. more information
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Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream
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New York: Harper & Row, 1976. 432 pp. Tight book club copy. Light wear to boards - rear board has faint white spotting, and top page edge is foxed. Front pasted down paper has glue discoloration. Clean interior. Dust jacket has slight corner and spine end wear. Edges have light creasing, and black background shows rubbing front and back.. ISBN: 0060122846. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, DEMOCRATS, TEXANS, BIOGRAPHY. more information
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Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream
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New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Clean and tight copy. Boards have some corner and spine end bumping. Dust jacket has slight creasing, corner and spine end wear with a little tearing on corners and edges.. ISBN: 0060122846. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, DEMOCRATS, TEXANS, BIOGRAPHY. more information
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Price: $12.50
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No Ordinary Time
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New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1995. Subtitled, "Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II". Pulitzer Prize winner. Trade paperback is tight and clean - some curling of corners and a little wear.. ISBN: 0684804484. 14th Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, WORLD WAR II, WWII, TWO, WW2, 2, SECOND WAR, HOMEFRONT, PULITZER PRIZE. more information
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Price: $12.00
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Reminiscences
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1964. 438 pp. Tight and bright copy with minor wear. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Dust jacket has significant tearing, with one 5" closed tear on rear flap fold from bottom diagonally. Also a 2" closed tear at rear hinge from bottom edge. Also a couple of 1" tears and slight chipping on corners and spine ends. There is a damp stain on the inside of the dust jacket which does not show through to front. Now in protective cover, so it looks better than it sounds.. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/G++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, U.S. GENERALS, WORLD WAR II, WWII, SECOND WAR, KOREAN. more information
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Price: $10.00
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Drew Pearson Diaries 1949-1959
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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. Edited by Tyler Abell, journalist Drew Pearson's diary, capsulizing his life and the news of the day. Tight and bright copy with minor shelfwear. Dust jacket has some rubbing and slight edgewear. Very nice copy. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. JOURNALISM, JOURNALISTS, TYLER ABELL. more information
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Bull Halsey, A Biography
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Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1985. Admiral Halsey's biography by E.B. Potter, author of "Nimitz". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 421 pp. Crisp, clean and bright copy with a little light wear to boards. Slight right lean. Dust jacket is bright with minor creasing and chipping on edges. Interior paper backing of dust jacket has a defect that has caused the laminate to ripple on back cover. Now in protective cover. Nice copy.. ISBN: 0870211463. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. BIOGRAPHY, U.S. NAVY, WWII, ADMIRALS, BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, WAR IN TH E PACIFIC, PACIFIC WAR, WORLD II, SECOND TWO. more information
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