Biography - General from Texas Star Books
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Jose Maria De Jesus Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican Revolutionary
by Chance, Joseph E.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781595340207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$35.00
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San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.: Trinity University Press, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 283 pp. Bright, tight, crisp and clean copy with like dust jacket.
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$35.00
East Texas Daughter
by Green, Helen G.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780875652764
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$25.00
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Forth Worth, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas Christian Univ Pr, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy, as is dust jacket. 300 pp.
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$25.00
The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
by Hibbert, Christopher
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st PB Ptg.
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780688053390
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$22.50
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Quill, 1999. 1st PB Ptg. . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 364 pp. Trade paperback is tight with minor wear to wrapper. Previous owner's bookplate on half-title page. Red page numbers on reverse of front wrap, and noted pages have small red check marks in text.
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$22.50
Charles Evans, American Bibliographer
by Edward G. Holley
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$18.50
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Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 343 pp. Tight and clean copy with light bumping on edges. Dust jacket has corner bumping and wear. Four small closed tears (larges 1/2") on top edge - one one either side of spine and two on… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.50
Farewell, A Memoir of a Texas Childhood
by Horton Foote
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good++
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684844398
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$13.50
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New York, NY: Scribner, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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.… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.50
Winston Churchill, An Informal Study of Greatness
by Robert Lewis Taylor
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Published
- 1952
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$10.00
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 433 pp. Blue cloth boards have bumping on corners and page ends. Book is a little shaken. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Light spotting on page ends. No dust jacket.
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$10.00
Bob Knight His Own Man
by Joan Mellen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781556111006
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$15.00
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New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "The Man Behind the Myth - On and Off the Court". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 286 pp. Crisp, bright and clean copy with light bumping on spine ends and corners. Dust jacket is bright with… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Cromwell The Lord Protector
by Antonia Fraser
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780394470344
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$12.50
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. 2nd Printing . Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By noted British historian and biographer. 774 pp. Crisp and clean copy with light wear and rubbing to dark red cloth boards. No dust jacket.
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$12.50
That Haggar Man
by Joy G. Spiegel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394500454
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Haggar on front free end paper. 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. 149 pp. Tight with light wear. There is a 1" X 1" damp stain on base of spine that has bled through to free end papers. Does… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
The Liars' Club, A Memoir
by Mary Karr
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Sixth Printing
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670850532
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$12.50
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New York: The Viking Press, 1995. First Edition Sixth Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.50
Marguerite of Navarre
by E. R. Chamberlin
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780803752078
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$13.50
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New York: Dial Press, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 296 pp. Tight and crisp copy with very light wear. Faint stain on bottom page edge. Clean interior. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with light wear. Nice book club copy.
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$13.50
Josiah Gregg and His Vision of the Early West
by Paul Horgan
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$19.50
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 116 pp. Light tan linen boards are clean, crisp and bright with very minor wear on edges. Appears unread. Dust jacket is crisp with a little wear on spine ends and some… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.50
Einstein, The Life and Times
by Ronald W. Clark
- Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$13.50
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New York: World Publishing, 1971. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. Tight, crisp, bright and clean copy. Gray cloth boards with embossed front cover and large black print on spine. Very light wear to corners and spine ends. Rubbed line across front board near bottom edge.… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.50
Stanley Vestal, Champion of the Old West
by Ray Tassin
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780870621055
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$19.00
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Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright, crisp and clean copy with very little corner wear - else fine. White dust jacket shows slight rubbing along spine and edges and light yellowing/soiling. A little chipping on corners and spine ends. Front fold… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.00
The Texas Sampler
by Donna Bearden, Jamie Frucht
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$18.00
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Privately Published, 1976. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bicentennial celebration book sponsored byTexas Governor's Committee on Aging. Stories and recollections by old-time Texans. EX-LIB with usual markings. Creasing on ffep and ink writing with library bookplate. Card pocket on back free end page. Jacket is in library mylar cover held on by non-archival tape… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Courtroom Warrior, The Combative Career of William Travers Jerome
by Richard O'Connor
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$11.50
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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1963. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition with minor shelfwear. Front hinge has slight separation inside at pasted down paper. Dust jacket is intact with tearing along spine and on front bottom corner especially. Creasing on front and at hinges and some… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.50
The Adventures of Steve Waterhouse, or The Surprising Career of a Texas-Man
by Joseph Gallegly
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$30.00
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San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is clean and tight with bookplate from Western Hills Hotel on ffep. Pages are yellowing with some foxing. Dust jacket some darkening to spine and edges. Minor edgewear.
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$30.00