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Aspects of the American West
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College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A & M Univ Press, 1976. 82 pp. Tight copy. Blue boards have creasing from manufacture, and there is light corner and spine end wear. . Gift notation on front paper and faint ghosting of red number. Clean text block. Dust jacket has price intact. Edges have light chipping/tearing, and flap folds and hinges show a little rubbing. Light rubbing on rear panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Americana, American West. ... more information
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The Liars' Club, A Memoir
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Mary Karr's astonishingly candid--and controversial--account of her childhood and the abuses she sustained as the daughter of... read more
New York: Penguin Books, 1996. 320 pp - trade paperback. Tight copy with light creasing to to edge of wrapper and slight wear to corners and hinges. A few creased pages.. ISBN: 0140179836. 1st Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, FAMILY LIFE, RELATIONS, BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR. ... more information
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Cowboy Lingo
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Noted as a bibliographer of books on the west, Adams wrote this in 1936 to preserve the jargon of the cowboy and of the west. 253 pp. Trade paperback,.. 1st Paperback Thus. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Nick Eggenhoffer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. COWBOYS, RANCHING, OLD WEST, TEXAS WRITERS. ... more information
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Price: $11.00
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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... more information
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The Wire-Cutters
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College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1997. With an Introduction by Lou Halsell Rodenberger. Originally published in 1899. Trade paperback is clean, crisp and bright with very light wear. Appears unread.. ISBN: 0890967962. 1st Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. COWBOYS, RANCH LIFE, PIONEER TEXAS, FICTION, TEXANA, LOU HALSELL RODENBERGER,TEXAS WRITERS. ... more information
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Tall Talk from Texas
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San Antonio, TX: Naylor, 1950. Boyce House made Texas brags famous - with the help of a few Texans, it seems! Clean and tight copy with breen boards and silver print and picture which is bright. Slight wear to corners, spine ends and hinges. Pages are yellowed from age. No jacket.. 18th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Kresse, Vic Lemay. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXANA, TEXAS, HUMOR, TEXAS BRAGS. ... more information
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A Hundred Years of Heroes, a History of the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show
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Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 1995. EX-LIB copy with usual library markings and stamps. Front free end paper has been excised. Dust jacket is in library plastic cover which has been taped to boards of book. Tight, clean copy to be ex-library.. ISBN: 0875651453. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS HISTORY, LIVESTOCK EXHIBITIONS. ... more information
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The Leadership of Speaker Sam Rayburn, Collected Tributes of His Congressional Colleagues, House Document #247
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Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961. Tribute to long-time Speaker of the House from Texas, Sam Rayburn. Pale blue of paperback cover is sunned on spine and edges and has slight corner wear. Interior has a stamp on cover verso, "Compliments of Wright Patman, M.C" of Texas. First page has a small tear at worn lower corner. Interior is clean.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SAM RAYBURN, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, TEXAS POLITICS, HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, TRIBUTE, CONGRESS, DOCUME... more information
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The Liars' Club, A Memoir
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Mary Karr's astonishingly candid--and controversial--account of her childhood and the abuses she sustained as the daughter of... read more
New York: The Viking Press, 1995. 320 pp. Tight copy with light wear. Small damp stain on black cloth of rear quarter-bound portion. Does not impact interior - inside of dust jacket shows black staining. Top page edge has staining which does not affect interior. Dust jacket has light wear and creasing along edges. Light rubbing and above referenced stain on the inside which does not show through.. ISBN: 0670850535. First Edition Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. POR... more information
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War Pony
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Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 1984. Lovely black & white drawings illustrate this story of a pony in the old west. A Sundance Book. Crisp, clean and bright with very slight corner and edgewear. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp, with very faint discoloration on the back.. ISBN: 0912646853. 1st Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good++. Illus. by Paige Pauley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION, JUVENILE CHILDREN'S TEXAS WRITERS, AUTHORS, SUNDANCE BOOKS. ... more information
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Texas
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James A. Michener's staggering, monumental historical novel about the state of Texas, from its earliest days to the time of i... read more
New Haven, CT: Random House, 1985. Michener, the master of taking history and breathing life into it with a whopping good story tackles Texas history which is colorful and exciting to begin with. Typical of Michener, it is 1096 pages long. This copy is a first edition, 2nd printing. It is tight with light wear to boards. There is light soiling on page ends and shelf wear on bottom page ends. Clean interior. Dust jacket has creasing on edges and two small slits on front which do not go through to book board.... more information
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Lone Hunter's Gray Pony
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Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 1985. Lovely black & white drawings illustrate this Sundance Book, the story of an Oglala Sioux boy and his pony. Bright, crisp and clean copy. Dust jacket has very faint smudging on front hinge.else, fine. Protected in mylar cover.. ISBN: 0875650015. 1st Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good++. Illus. by Paige Pauley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION, JUVENILE CHILDREN'S TEXAS WRITERS, AUTHORS, SUNDANCE BOOKS, OGLALA SIOUX. ... more information
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The Gates of the Alamo
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The siege of the Alamo is the centerpiece of this finely detailed historical novel, set in 1836, when a group of Texans, hold... read more
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Trade paperback is signed by the author on title page. 580 pp. Tight with a little wear to wraps. Gift inscription on half title page - else clean interior. Back wrap has diagonal crease.. ISBN: 0141000023. Signed by Author. 1st Printing Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS, TEXANA, TEXAS HISTORY, THE ALAMO, WRITER. ... more information
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Cowgirls, Women of the American West
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Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Trade Paperback - New Copy. ISBN: 0803275757. 1st Thus. Soft Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WEST, RANCHING, RODEO, WOMEN'S STUDIES, OLD WEST. ... more information
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Postscripts from Prairie Switch
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Kearney, Nebraska: Morris Publishing, 1994. Selections of Leach's "Our Town" columns in the El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX. 214 pp. Inscribed by Leach on half title page. Crisp and clean copy with minor edgewear and rubbing to wrappers.. ISBN: 1885591306. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TEXAS, TEXANA, EL CAMPO TX, LEADER-NEWS, TEXAS WRITERS. ... more information
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Six-Guns and Saddle Leather
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Minneola, NY: Dover Publications, 1998. "A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen". Trade paperback - 808 pp. Clean, bright, crisp and tight copy with light wear/fraying on spine ends. Other edges show slight wear.. ISBN: 0486400352. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIBLIOGRAPHY, WESTERN OUTLAWS, GUNMEN, OLD WEST. ... more information
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Why the Chisholm Trail Forks
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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1956. Subtitled, "And Other Tales of the Cattle Country" - edited by Wilson M. Hudson. 296 pp. Trade paperback. Slight creasing, corner wear and scuffing. Rear has 1" scuff on top where color has been removed. Yellowing pages but clean interior. A western classic.. No Stated Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Malcolm Thurgood. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CATTLE DRIVES, OLD WEST, RANCHING, COWBOYS, RANCH LIFE, COWBOY LORE, MYTH AND LEGEND, WILSON M. HUDSON. ... more information
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Tales of Bad Men, Bad Women, and Bad Places
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Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1999. New trade paperback.. ISBN: 0896724204. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WEST, LORE. ... more information
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Tales of Bad Men, Bad Women, and Bad Places
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Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1999. New trade paperback.. ISBN: 0896724204. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WEST, LORE. ... more information
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The Ranchers, A Book of Generations
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Stories from early ranching families written by respected western writer, Steiner, and nicely illustrated by Lloyd Bloom. Tight copy with gift inscription on ffep. Light smudging on page ends. Dust jacket has edgewear with taped closed tear along front edge and 1/2 in. tear along top edge.. ISBN: 0394501934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Lloyd Bloom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RANCHING, WEST, TEXAS, TEXANA. ... more information
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