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Trimble, Frances G.   THE HOUSTON PILOTS: SILENT SERVANTS OF PROGRESS  
Houston: The Houston Pilots, 2004. 1st ed. 111 pages. Hardcover. Short history of the Houston ship channel, and history of the pilots from 1846. B/w and color illustrations, list of pilots 1921-2004.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5051. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
American Law Institute, .   RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW OF TORTS: VOLUME I INTENTIONAL HARMS TO PERSONS, LAND, AND CHATTELS  
St. Paul: American Law Institute Publs, 1934. 1st ed. 734 pages. Hardcover. Volume one only. Dark brown boards with bright gilt titles on front and spine.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4925. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
American Law Institute, .   RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW OF TORTS: VOLUME III (SECTIONS 504-756)  
St. Paul: American Law Institute Publs, 1956. Reprint. 759 pages. Hardcover. Volume Three only. Divisions 3-9. Absolute Liability, Deceit, Defamation, Unjustifiable Litigation, Interference in Domestic Relations, Interference with Business Relations (Part 1). Dark brown boards with bright gilt titles on front and spine.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4951. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
American Law Institute, .   RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW OF TORTS: VOLUME IV (SECTIONS 757-END)  
St. Paul: American Law Institute Publs, 1957. Reprint. 830 pages. Hardcover. Volume Four only. Divisions 9-13. Interference with Business Relations (Part 1 continued); (Part 2), Invasions of Land Other then by Trespass, Tortious Conduct not Previously Dealt With, Defenses Applicable to All Tort Claims, Remedies. Dark brown boards with bright gilt titles on front and spine.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4952. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Asimov, Isaac.   EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH: SCIENCE FICTION TALES OF OUR OWN PLANET (BOOK CLUB EDITION)  
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1957. Book Club ed. 192 pages. Hardcover. Seventeen stories all have their settings right here on Earth. B/w dustjacket with clocks showing time in cities around the world.
VG/VG. Tight, no owner marks, square corners. Tanning and foxing on edges. Dustjacket has small chips at corners and spine ends. Two little tears at top front. Book is a little cocked. # E5063. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Baucham Jr, Voddie.   FAMILY SHEPHERDS: CALLING AND EQUIPPING MEN TO LEAD THEIR HOMES  
Wheaton IL: Crossway, 2012. Reprint. 190 pages. Paperback. 1433523698 1433523698.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. appears new. # E4937. $6.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Burke, Ruth, & Don Holbrook.   SEABROOK: IMAGES OF AMERICA  
Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. 1st ed. 127 pages. Paperback. 0738579408 0-7385-7940-8. A collection of historic and modern images of this coastal Texas Community which has survived hurricanes, seen the arrival of NASA and the modern age. Dozens of b/w and sepia photos throughout.
New/Wraps. A new book. # 30403. $19.99   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Chapman, Burton.   TELEPHONE ROAD, TEXAS: A HISTORY AND GUIDE TO TELEPHONE ROAD AND SOUTHEAST HOUSTON (SIGNED)  
Friendswood, TX: Baxter Press, 2007. Reprint. 157 pages. Paperback. 1888237783 1-888237-78-3. History of the Telephone Road area, Hobby Airport, the many businesses, clubs & studios and the venerable Orange Show House that have made the area distinctive. B/w photos.
New/Wraps. New copies SIGNED by the author, a friend of the store. # 29192. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Chepeus, Nadine (McCleery).   FAMILIES OF WESLEY DOUGLAS AND LOUISA JOSEPHINE MCCLEERY  
Nadine Chepeus, 1994. 1st ed. Paperback. Grey-green card cover with silver title and decoration. History of the family and descendant. B/w photos, family charts. Surnames include McCleery, Willis, Brandon, Haynor, Potter, Stewart, Heisch, Conway, Quigley, Cross, Derian, Ross, Lee, Whiting, Johnson, Hoover, Saylor, Chepeus, Bradley, Glenn, Hedeman and others.
Near Fine/Wraps. No wear or marks. Glued binding has a couple of pages coming loose. # E5031. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Christie, Agatha.   MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN: A HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY  
New York: HarperCollins, 2011. Reprint. 298 pages. Paperback. 0062073974 0-06-207397-4.
Near Fine/Wraps. Appears unread, untouched. Out of print. A remainder mark on bottom edge. # E4933. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Colbert, Dom.   MCQS IN TRAVEL MEDICINE  
New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. 249 pages. Paperback. 0199664528 0-19-966452-8. Textbook for medical training in travel medicine.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, one minor note. # E5043. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Council of Pharmacy/Chemistry, & America   NEW AND NONOFFICIAL REMEDIES 1950  
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1950. 800 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on front and spine.
VG/No Jacket. tight, no owner marks. Corners and spine ends rubbed. Spine faded. # E4903. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Davis, Brian M.   LOST GALVESTON: IMAGES OF AMERICA  
Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. 1st ed. 127 pages. Paperback. 0738566845 0-7385-6684-5. Historic black and white photos of buildings now demolished.
New/Wraps. New book. # 30195. $19.99   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dawson, Virginia.   REALIZING THE DREAM OF FLIGHT SP-2005-4112 WITH DVD  
Washington, DC: NASA, 2005. 1st ed. 310 pages. Hardcover. Biographical essays in honor of the Centennial of flight, 1903-2003. Unopened DVD.
Fine/Fine. Clean, very tight, unmarked. No sign of use or handling. # B5771. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Day, Avanelle, & Lillie Stuckey.   THE SPICE COOKBOOK  
New York: David White Company, 1964. 1st ed. 623 pages. Hardcover. A working guide for spice and herb cookery, with 1400 recipes. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Jo Spier. Colorful map endpapers. Tan linen covered boards, rust colored spine with gilt title. Colorfully illustrated white dustjacket. Top edge dyed rust.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Small depression in middle top edge of both boards. Dustjacket has faint foxing, minor wear along top edge, price-clipped. Foredge has pale foxing. # E4888. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dendel, Esther Warner.   AFRICAN FABRIC CRAFTS: SOURCES OF AFRICAN DESIGN AND TECHNIQUE (SIGNED)  
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1974. 1st ed. 160 pages. Hardcover. 0800801504 0-8008-0150-4. Inscribed to owner on front free endpaper and SIGNED by the author. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w photos and drawings by Jo Dendel. Stated first edition. Examples on weaving, macrame, embroidery and more.
Near Fine/VG. Tight and bright book. Colorful dustjacket has a mended 2" tear and associated crease at lower front, wear and chips at top corners and spine top. Spine is slightly sun faded. # E4899. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dunlop, Beth, & Claudia Uribe.   THE TROPICAL COTTAGE: AT HOME IN COCONUT GROVE  
New York: Rizzoli, 2013. 1st ed. 255 pages. Hardcover. 0847839648 0-8478-3964-8. Color photos on every page by Claudia Uribe display the integration of coloful tropical beauty and architecture, classical, modern, funky & whimsical.
Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E4905. $135.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Exley, Jo Ella Powell.   TEXAS TEARS AND TEXAS SUNSHINE: VOICES OF FRONTIER WOMEN  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1996. Reprint. 275 pages. Hardcover. 089096453X 0-89096-453-X. Womens' own stories from every epoch of Texas history, beginning in 1821 with early colonization, through Republican times and Statehood, the Civil War and Frontier up to 1905. Twenty b/w illustrations.
Fine/Wraps. As new. # E4977. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Finch, Brad.   A SLICE OF THE TIMES KANSAS CITY 1875-1880  
Kansas City: Bradley C. Finch, 1995. Reprint. 258 pages. Paperback. 0964532506 0-9645325-0-6. Snippits of daily events from articles in columns of the Kansas City Times 1875-1880.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, clean, no wear, no owner marks. # E5037. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Fitzgerald, David, & Clay Anderson.   OZARKS  
Portland OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing,. 1st ed. 159 pages. Hardcover. 0912856947 0-912856-94-7. Color photos by Fitzgerald and text by Anderson exploring the scenery, history, and cultures of the region.
VG/VG. Tight, no owner marks. Bottom edge of spine rubbed, corners square. Dustjacket has chip at top rear corner. # E5030. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Fontanella, Megan.   VISIONARIES: CREATING A MODERN GUGGENHEIM  
New York: Guggenheim, 2017. 1st ed. 312 pages. Hardcover. Catalog of exhibit celebrating 80 years of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Color and b/w plates of outstanding modern art examples.
VG/No Jacket. A solid, unmarked copy. Front and spine titles have some losses because ink has flaked off. # E4838. $16.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ford Motor Company, .   FORD MODEL "A" INSTRUCTION BOOK  
Ford Motor Company, 1928. 52 pages. Paperback. Original stapled booklet for 1928 Model A owners. No car included. Way more trouble to be a driver in those days. Measures 5.7 x 7.5 inches. B/w photos, diagrams, schematics, part names for operation, maintenance and repair.
VG/Wraps. Firmly bound, no owner marks. Pages are bright. Tan card cover has what appears to be rust marks, as from a toolbox. # E5040. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Franklin, George Cory.   WILD ANIMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. Reprint. 214 pages. Hardcover. Animal stories for readers 10-14 years old. Each story illustrated with a drawing by L.D. Cram. Colorful dustjacket front features a bear and wolf, and a lynx drawing on the back.
Good+/Good+. Book is tight, without wear or marks, but has light foxing on top edge and several small stains on edges. Dustjacket has light over-all scuffing. # E4943. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
G.W.P., .   AMERICAN WHIST ILLUSTRATED: CONTAINING THE LAWS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE GAME; ANALYSIS OF THE NEW PLAY AND AMERICAN LEADS, AND A SERIES OF  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. Reprint. 367 pages. Leather. The laws and principles of the game, the analysis of the new play and American leads, and a series of hands in diagram. In pebbled brown leather binding with bright gilt title on front and spine. Ribbon marker.
Good+/No Jacket. Small chip on spine, else Very Good, clean and unmarked. # B7872. $19.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Glassie, Henry.   THE SPIRIT OF FOLK ART: THE GIRARD COLLECTION AT THE MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART  
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. 1st ed. 276 pages. Hardcover. 0810915227 0-8109-1522-7. Folk art objects from around the world, collected in global travels by Alexander Girard, are displayed in 345 illustrations, 285 plates in color.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4911. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hardin, Stephen L.   TEXIAN ILIAD: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION (SIGNED)  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1994. 1st ed. 321 pages. Hardcover. 0292730861 0-292-73086-1. For historians and casual readers who want the facts behind the legends. Describes strategy and tactics of each side, and battle and camp life from the ordinary soldier's view point. Inscribed to first owner (a fellow historian) on the half-title page and SIGNED by the author. B/w illustrations by Gary S. Zaboly start the ten chapters. Maps, notes, bibliography, and index.
VG/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, has pencil margin notes and underlining in several areas. Dustjacket has minor edgewear. # E5020. $38.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harrigan, Stephen.   THE GATES OF THE ALAMO: A NOVEL (SIGNED)  
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Reprint. 580 pages. Paperback. 0141000023 0-14-100002-3. Inscribed on the half-title page "For David ---With best regards - Remember the Alamo" signed by the author and dated April 19, 2008.
Near Fine/Wraps. Carefully read one time. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5021. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hazlett, James C.   FIELD ARTILLERY WEAPONS OF THE CIVIL WAR REVISED EDITION  
Urbana: Univ. Illinois, 2004. Revised ed. 322 pages. Paperback. 0252072103 0-252-07210-3. Hazlett, along with coauthors Edwin Olmstead and M. Hume Parks produced an encyclopedia of Civil War artillery pieces and have updated in this revised edition with information contributed by readers. B/w photos, drawings, tables, bibliography,and index.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4994. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Herder, Brian Lane.   NAVAL SIEGE OF JAPAN 1945: WAR PLAN ORANGE TRIUMPHANT (CAMPAIGN 348)  
Oxford UK: Osprey Publishing, 2020. Reprint. 96 pages. Paperback. 1472840364 1472840364. Account of the combined U.S. and British Pacific fleets' siege of the Japanese home islands from February to September 1945. B/w photos. Color paintings, maps and diagrams. Well-researched and illustrated. Indexed.
Fine/Wraps. A Fine unmarked copy. # E5060. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hernando, Jose Antonio Ruiz.   SEGOVIA CATHEDRAL  
Leon Spain: Edilesa, 1995. 1st ed. 112 pages. Paperback. 8480120762 8-4801207-6-2. History, art, and architecture of the Cathedral. With photographs by Norberto, and English translation by Gordon Keitch. Tall softcover with french-flaps.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. As new first edition. # E5027. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hitchcock, A.S., & Agnes Chase.   MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES, SECOND EDITION, REVISED  
Washington D.C.: USGPO, 1950. 2nd ed. 1051 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, revised by Agnes Chase. Line drawings, distribution maps, and index. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt title and seal of United States Department of Agriculture on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Solid binding, corners square, bit of rubbing on spine edges. Owner name, o/w unmarked. # E5038. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Holden, William Curry.   ALKALAI TRAILS: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS OF THE TEXAS FRONTIER 1846-1900  
Dallas: Southwest Press, 1930. 253 pages. Hardcover. A fine historical account of life, and economic progress on the western frontier of Texas. Indexed. Chapter on Division and Sectionalism, the idea of dividing Texas into two or more states following the Civil War. Herd 1049; Howes H-581.
Good+/No Jacket. Foxing on cover and edges. Solid binding, basically unread as many quartos remain uncut on bottom edge. # A0939. $52.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Howe, Daniel Walker.   WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA, 1815-1848 (SIGNED)  
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Reprint. 904 pages. Paperback. 0195392434 0-19-539243-4. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. Inscribed "To (owner) with regards and signed by the author on the title page.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, square, no owner marks, no wear. # E4997. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hsiung, S.I.   THE LIFE OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK  
London: Peter Davies, Ltd, 1940. 1st ed. 398 pages. Hardcover. First edition, published by Peter Davies in London, 1948. Map endpapers, appendices, notes and index. Front and back of the dustjacket are tipped in, along with the front flap. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front.
VG/No Jacket. Very firm binding, corners square, no owner marks. Edges a little darkened. # E5023. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jackson, Jack.   ALMONTE'S TEXAS: JUAN N. ALMONTE'S 1834 INSPECTION, SECRET REPORT, & ROLE IN THE 1836 CAMPAIGN (SIGNED)  
Austin: Texas State Historical, 2003. 1st ed. 503 pages. Hardcover. 0876111916 0-87611-191-6. Translated by John Wheat. The report presented in English for the first time, along with more than fifty letters Almonte wrote during his inspection. Will change the way historians regard Mexico's attitudes toward the foreign colonists and their revolution of 1835-1836. Thirteen b/w illustrations and color fold-out map of David H. Burr's 1833 map of Texas. Inscribed for owner, and SIGNED by the editor and the translator on the half-title page. A copy from the first printing of 1,000 copies.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. No wear or evidence of handling. # E4995. $50.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jena, Anupam B., & Christopher Worsham.   RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE  
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 2023. 1st ed. 307 pages. Hardcover. 0385548818 0-385-54881-8. Tha hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. As new. # E4939. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
King, John o.   JOSEPH STEPHEN CULLINAN: A STUDY OF LEADERSHIP IN THE TEXAS PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, 1897-1937  
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Oress, 1970. 1st ed. 229 pages. Hardcover. 0826511554 0-8265-1155-4. Biography of a Pennsylvania oilman who came to Texas in 1897 and stayed to found the Texas Company, forerunner of Texaco.
Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Dustjacket has two tiny scuffs on spine, otherwise Fine. # E4953. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Konstam, Angus.   BARENT'S SEA 1942: THE BATTLE FOR RUSSIA'S ARCTIC LIFELINE (CAMPAIGN 376)  
Oxford UK: Osprey Publishing, 2022. 1st ed. 96 pages. Paperback. 1472848454 1472848454. Well researched account of the Battle of the Barent's Sea, where Allied convoys fought off stauch German forces in the effort to keep supplies from the West flowing to Russia. B/w photos. Color diagrams, maps and paintings. Indexed.
Fine/Wraps. A Fine, as new copy. # E5058. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Konstam, Angus.   NORTH CAPE 1943: THE SINKING OF THE SCHARNHORST (CAMPAIGN 356)  
Oxford UK: Osprey Publishing, 2020. 1st ed. 96 pages. Paperback. 1472842111 1472842111. Well researched account where Allied to Russia convoy JW 55B was used as bait to draw out the last operational German battleship, the Scharnhorst while crossing the Barents Sea. B/w photos. Color diagrams, maps and paintings. Indexed.
Fine/Wraps. A Fine, as new copy. # E5059. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Krakauer, Jon.   UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN: A STORY OF VIOLENT FAITH  
New York: Doubleday, 2003. 1st ed. 372 pages. Hardcover. 0385509510 0-385-50951-0. True stories of rape and murder in the name of God in modern American West. Stated first edition.
Near Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, no wear. Owner name on FFEP. # E4927. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lapham, editor, Lewis H.   LAPHAM'S QUARTERLY: FOOD VOLUME IV,NUMBER 3 SUMMER 2011  
New York: American Agora Foundation, 2011. 221 pages. Paperback. 0733610897 0-7336-1089-7. Nearly a hundred essays and comments about food from figures modern and historic. Contributors include Harper Lee, Emperor Julian, Dumas, Julia Child, Dickens, Alice B. Toklas, Plutarch, and Duke Ellington. Illustrated throughout.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5032. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lardas, Mark.   TEXAS SHIPWRECKS (IMAGES OF AMERICA)  
Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2016. 1st ed. 127 pages. Paperback. 1467116173 1467116173. Filled with b/w photos, drawings, and maps, this book tells the near five hundred year history of ships coming to grief on and near the Texas coast. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Fine/Wraps. New book. # 34957. $19.35   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Larsen, Rebecca.   PAUL ROBESON: HERO BEFORE HIS TIME  
New York: Franklin Watts, 1989. 1st ed. 158 pages. Hardcover. 0531151174 0-531-15117-4. First edition, B/w photos, notes, bibliography, index.
VG/VG. Tight, corner square, no owner marks. Dustjacket has no chips or tears, price intact. Old price sticker on back. # E5025. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lawrence, T.E.   SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM  
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. Reprint. 672 pages. Hardcover. 1937 printing of the 1935 reprint of the 1926 subscribers' edition. Tan cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Top edge dyed dull plum. Missing the dustjacket.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding and hinges. Square corners. Owner bookplate inside front board. Four small spots on foredge. # E4855. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
LeFan, Michael.   TEMPLE IN VINTAGE POSTCARDS  
Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Reprint. 128 pages. Paperback. 0738529397 0-7385-2939-7. History of Temple, Texas in b/w picture postcards. From Arcadia's Postcard History Series.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E5001. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lewis, Sinclair.   BABBITT (LARGE PRINT)  
Thorndike ME: G.K. Hall, 1998. Special ed. 516 pages. Hardcover. 0783883730 0-7838-8373-0. Lewis' satire about modern suburban family life in 1922. Large print edition.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5034. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Macintyre, Ben.   OPERATION MINCEMEAT: HOW A DEAD MAN AND A BIZARRE PLAN FOOLED THE NAZIS AND ASSURED AN ALLIED VICTORY  
New York: Crown Publishers, 2021. Reprint. 412 pages. Paperback. 0307453286 0-307-45328-6. Story of a strange and daring plan to fool the Nazis about the location of the Allied invasion.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E5002. $8.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Magnolia Petroleum Company, .   TEXAS HISTORY MOVIES  
Dallas: Magnolia Petroleum, 1956. Reprint. 128 pages. Paperback. The historic, politically incorrect cartoon strips presented in a 5x7 inch booklet for use in schools.
Good/Wraps. Firm stapled binding. Light edgewear, crease in back cover, pupil's name barely legible in space on front. Pages tanned. # E4461. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Martin, Laura C.   ART AND CRAFT OF POUNDING FLOWERS  
Mt. Kisko NY: QVC Publishing, 2001. 1st ed. 182 pages. Hardcover. 1928998410 1-928998-41-0. Beautiful book shows how to transfer pigment directly from a flower or leaf to fabric or paper.
Fine/Fine. As new, no wear, no marks. Stated first printing. # E4920. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McDonald, Archie P.   HISTORIC TEXAS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHRONICLE OF TEXAS' PAST  
San Antonio: Historical Publishing Network, . 1st ed. 248 pages. Hardcover. 0965499901 0-9654999-0-1. History of Texas woven with histories of Texas businesses, organizations, and universities. Color illustrations throughout.
Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Dustjacket fine save for small crease line at bottom front. # E5039. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McKenzie, Ben.   EASY MONEY: CRYPTOCURRENCY, CASINO CAPITALISM, AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF FRAUD  
New York: Abrams Press, 2023. Reprint. 289 pages. Hardcover. 1419766392 1419766392. Second printing.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Appears new. # E4940. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McKinney, Bobby J.   A SEARCH FOR TEXAS: THE REVOLUTION, THE REPUBLIC, THE RELICS 1836-1846 (SIGNED)  
Mouth of Caney, 2006. Reprint. 129 pages. Hardcover. 0978930800 0-9789308-0-0. B/w photos of hundreds of relics from Texas' military history, and markers and monuments of historic sites. Signed by the author. Lots of history information, and quite scarce,
Fine/No Jacket. Tight, appears new. # E4963. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McLean, Macolm D.   PAPERS CONCERNING ROBERTSON'S COLONY IN TEXAS: VOL I, 1788-1822  
Arlington, TX: TCU Press, 1974. 1st ed. 566 pages. Hardcover. Excellent collection of source materials relating to Robertson's Colony, which comprises current day Bell, Falls, Lee, Milam, McLennan, Limestone, Robertson counties. Includes grants, surveys, brief biographical sketches, maps, photos, sketches, biblio, good index. Volume I only of a 19 volume set. SIGNED by McLean.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Very solid, tight binding, no wear, no owner or library marks except on copyright page is one sticker and stamp of Houston Public Library. All three edges have pale foxing. # E5004. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Miles, Tiya.   TIES THAT BIND: THE STORY OF AN AFRO-CHEROKEE FAMILY IN SLAVERY AND FREEDOM  
Berkeley: Univ. California, 2005. 1st ed. 306 pages. Hardcover. 0520241320 0-520-24132-0. Describes the complexities, ironies, and tensions among African Americans, Native Americans, and Whites in the first half of the nineteenth century. Maps, bibliography, Notes, and index.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Dustjacket bright, unmarked. # E5029. $36.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Morand, Julia P.M.   HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA CATALOGUE OR BIBLIOGRAPHY SECOND ED [HARDCOVER EDITION]  
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1971. 2nd ed. 351 pages. Hardcover. 0806304758 0-8063-0475-8. Catalogue of the Library of the Huguenot Society of America, Classified with reference to emigrations and settlements. 1971 original, ISBN 0806304758.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Several insect soil spots on foredge. # B6341. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Morison, Samuel Loring.   UNITED STATES NAVAL VESSELS: THE OFFICIAL UNITED STATES NAVY REFERENCE MANUAL PREPARED BY THE DIVISION OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE  
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 19961. Hardcover. 0764300903 0-7643-0090-3. Reprint of manual prepared by Naval Intelligence in September 1945, with new introduction by Morison. Photos, drawings, all kinds of tables and details.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. No tears or chips on dustjacket. # E5067. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Neff, Emily Ballew, & Frederic Remington.   FREDERIC REMINGTON: THE HOGG BROTHERS COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON  
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 20. Paperback. 0890900922 0-89090-092-2.
Fine/Wraps. As new copy, in publisher shrinkwrap. # E4918. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Norfolk, Lawrence.   LEMPRIERE'S DICTIONARY  
New York: Harmony/Crown, 1992. 1st Am. ed. 422 pages. Paperback. 0517581841 0-517-58184-1. First American printing.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no marks. appears unread. # E4922. $5.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
O'Connor, Kathryn Stoner.   PRESIDIO LA BAHIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO DE ZUNIGA 1721-1846  
Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1966. 309 pages. Paperback. The long history of Texas coastal area near Matagorda Bay, French and Spanish exploration, Spanish colonial rule and the establishment of the Presidio at Goliad, the Texas Revolution & battles of Coleto and the massacre of Fannin's troops at Goliad, later history and restoration of the site. Many b/w images, rear fold-out map, index.
Near Fine/Wraps. Solid Binding, no owner marks. # E4958. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Orr, William J., & Robert Ryal Miller.   DAILY LIFE IN COLONIAL MEXICO: THE JOURNEY OF FRIAR ILARIONE DA BERGAMO, 1761-1768  
Norman: Univ. Oklahoma, 2000. 1st ed. 240 pages. Hardcover. 0806132345 0-8061-3234-5. Description of daily life in Mexico, by an Italian priest traveling there in the eighteenth century. Translated from Italian by William J. Orr, and edited by him and Robert Ryal Miller.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. As new. # E4959. $17.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Parsons, Jim, & David Bush.   HOUSTON DECO: MODERNISTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE TEXAS COAST (SIGNED)  
Albany TX: Bright SkyPress, 2008. 1st ed. 128 pages. Hardcover. 1933979062 1-933979-06-2. Catalogues Houston and area buildings with vintage and modern photos. Bibliography and index. Inscribed to owner and signed by both authors on the half-title page.
Fine/Fine. Book and dustjacket are as new. # E5012. $45.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pickrell, Annie Doom.   PIONEER WOMEN IN TEXAS  
Austin: State House Press, 1991. Reprint. 488 pages. Hardcover. 0938349708 0-938349-70-8. Biographical sketches based on onformation furnished by relatives and friends of the women included by the author. This is a reprint of the original book published in 1929 by E.L. Steck Company. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Index.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, short gift inscription on FFEP. Blue and white dustjacket has no wear, but small tear at lower front edge, and three at rear top edge, internally mended. # E4962. $36.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Prefer, Nathan W.   THE BATTLE FOR TINIAN: VITAL STEPPING STONE IN AMERICA'S WAR AGAINST JAPAN  
Philadelphia: Casemate, 2022. Reprint. 238 pages. Paperback. 163624131X 1-63624-131-X. Account of the Tinian operation and its strategic context in the Pacific war. Seven appendices, notes, and index.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no owner marks. No wear, save for a bump at foot of spine. # E5064. $8.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Red, David D.   TEXAS TALES: A QUINTET (SIGNED)  
Sage Press, 1995. 1st ed. 279 pages. Paperback. Five Texas tales, with scattered drawings by the author. Signed by the author on the title page. Uncommon.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, np wear, no owner marks. Appears new. # E4961. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Renard, Helene, & Vilem Stransky.   THE DREAM AND THE NAIFS AND NAIVE ART:LANGUAGE AND MIRROR OF THE SOUL  
Paris / New York: Editions Max Fourny / Vilo. 1st Am. ed. 333 pages. Hardcover. 0867100605 0-86710-060-5. Works of naive artists around the world with dreams and dreaming as the focus. Nearly every page is a color plate. Covers are laminated boards matching the dustjacket.
VG/Good. Tight, light shelf-wear on lower board edges. No owner marks. Dustjacket has half-inch mended tear at top edge. Clear coating is peeling at the edges. # E4907. $38.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rendell, Kenneth W.   THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST: PURSUING THE AMERICAN DREAM  
Atlanta GA: Whitman Publishing, 2013. Reprint. 218 pages. Hardcover. 0794833594 0-7948-3359-4. The frontier as it moved westward from the Appalacians to the Pacific is visualised in images, letters and documents. Landscape format.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Dustjacket also without wear. # E5026. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Robinson, Dorothy Redus.   THE BELL RINGS AT FOUR: A BLACK TEACHER'S CHRONICLE OF CHANGE  
Austin: Madrona Press, 1978. 1st ed. 142 pages. Hardcover. 0890520240 0-89052-024-0. Texas teacher recounts her 46 year teaching career, beginning in one-room Negro schools in 1928, through integration, retirement, and appointment to advisory boards by the Texas Governor. First edition.
VG/Good+. Tight, crisp, no owner marks. Very minor rubbing to edges, pale foxing at top and fore edge. Dustjacket has no chips or tears, but is price clipped. # E5024. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Robinson, Marilynne.   HOME  
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008. 1st ed. 325 pages. Hardcover. 0374299102 0-374-29910-2. First edition.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4923. $5.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Roemer, Dr. Ferdinand.   ROEMER'S TEXAS, 1845-1847: WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO GERMAN IMMIGRATION AND THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1995. Reprint. 308 pages. Hardcover. 1571680403 1-57168-040-3. Roemer, a German scientist came to Texas to observe geology, flora & fauna and also recorded much on the daily life of the early German settlements. One of the best narrative accounts of early Texas. Translated by Oswald Mueller. Indexed. Recommended. Bindery error left a line of adhesive on the title page, partially adhereing to the facing endpaper.
Near Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E5015. $70.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Saul, Eric, & Don Denevi.   GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, 1906  
Millbrae CA: Celestial Arts, 1981. 1st ed. 168 pages. Hardcover. 0890872880 0-89087-288-0. Photo essay in b/w vintage pictures of the disaster and aftermath. Landscape format.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no owner marks. Minimal shelfwear. Top edge has foxing. Dustjacket is price-clipped. # E4878. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schulz, Charles M.   HE'S YOUR DOG, CHARLIE BROWN!  
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1968. 1st ed. 44 pages. Hardcover. Stated first edition, 1968. Charlie's friends demand he do something about his unruly dog.
Good/No Jacket. Firm binding, owner name. Bumps and wear on all corners. # E5010. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schulz, Charles M.   IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN (FIRST EDITION)  
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1967. 1st ed. 46 pages. Hardcover. Stated FIRST EDITION 1967.
VG/No Jacket. Binding very firm, owner name, corners and spine ends rubbed. # E5006. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schuyler, Eugene.   PETER THE GREAT: EMPEROR OF RUSSIA (IN TWO VOLUMES)  
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Reprint. 1005 pages. Hardcover. Two volumes in dark wine-red cloth-covered boards. On the front of each volume is an embossed gilt depiction of the Russian flag of Peter's time. Spine title is gilt in a dark square which is partially faded. Forty-eight full-page illustrations, 63 in the text, and two maps in Volume One. Volume Two has 26 full-page illustrations, 14 in the text, index, and folding map of Europe at the time of Peter, and folding genealogical chart of the Romanof and Holstein-Gottorp dynasties. Volume Two has 1884 date on title page. Very nice, detailed engravings.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, square, spine ends softened, clean and bright. Owner name in each book. Old dealer sticker inside front board of each book. Paste-down spine title block worn. # E4845. $70.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Shusterman, Neal.   THUNDERHEAD: ARC OF A SCYTHE BOOK 2 (1ST PRINTING)  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018. 1st ed. 536 pages. Hardcover. Shusterman's second book in the Arc of a Scythe fantasy series for young adults. 1st edition state, 1st printing with full number line ending with 1.
Fine/Fine. # E4998. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sibley, Marilyn McAdams.   THE PORT OF HOUSTON: A HISTORY  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1968. 1st ed. 246 pages. Hardcover. Story of the nation's third largest port from the days when it was a steamboat landing on a shallow and tortuous bayou, up to the immensity of its operation in 1968.
Fine/VG. Tight, unmarked. Bright and crisp as new. Dustjacket has rubbing at corners and spine ends. # E5019. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sisters of Mercy, Baltimore, Maryland.   MISERICORDIA READERS: EIGHTH READER  
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1935. Reprint. 514 pages. Hardcover. Textbook for eighth grade reading in Catholic schools. B/w llustrations throughout.
Good/No Jacket. Binding firm, owner name and info erased on FFEP. Corners and spine ends arescuffed and softened. # E4741. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stille, Mark.   IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY BATTLESHIPS 1941-45 (NEW VANGUARD 146)  
Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2008. Reprint. 48 pages. Paperback. 1846032806 1-84603-280-6. History of the eighteen Japanese cruisers during World War II. B/w photos, color illustrations, schematics and diagrams. Indexed.
Fine/Wraps. An As New copy. # E5056. $9.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stille, Mark.   IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY HEAVY CRUISERS 1941-45 (NEW VANGUARD 176)  
Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2011. 1st ed. 48 pages. Paperback. 1849081484 1-84908-148-4. History of the eighteen Japanese cruisers during World War II. B/w photos, color illustrations, schematics and diagrams. Indexed.
Fine/Wraps. An As New copy. # E5055. $9.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stratton-Porter, Gene.   MICHAEL O'HALLORAN  
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915. 1st ed. 560 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth with dark green and cream title and decorations. Four color plates, including the frontis by Frances Rogers. Endpapers and title page decorated with nature drawings in green. Date on title page and copyright match, signifying first edition for the publisher 1922 and earlier.
VG/No Jacket. Hinges and binding are strong. Spine ends softened. Corners rubbed, especially lower rear tip which is rubbed through to the cardboard in a small area. Owner name (dated 1915) inside front board. # E5045. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Teja, Jesus F. de la.   TEJANO LEADERSHIP IN MEXICAN AND REVOLUTIONARY TEXAS (SIGNED)  
College Station: Texas A & M, 2010. 1st ed. 252 pages. Hardcover. 1603441522 1-60344-152-2. Collection of biographical essays on eleven important Mexicans of the era, whose stories have gone largely untold. Inscribed "To (owner), Thanks for Your Support," and signed by the editor, de la Teja. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt title and border on spine.
Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. As new. # E4999. $46.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Tinkle, Lon, & Allen Maxwell.   THE COWBOY READER  
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1959. 1st ed. 307 pages. Hardcover. Stories of the American Cowboy's life on the range. Selections from more than thirty of the best known authors in the genre, along with illustrations by over twenty artists known for their western themed works. First edition.
VG/Good. Tight, bottom edge and spine endshave minor rubbing. Old bookstore stamp on endpaper. Dustjacket wrinkled near top edge and chipped/worn at top of spine. # E4966. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Townsend, Tom.   TEXAS TREASURE COAST (SIGNED)  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1979. Reprint. 100 pages. Hardcover. 0890152179 0-89015-217-9. Stories of twenty-four shipwrecks. There is also a fifteen page chronological listing of 101 shipwrecks in the western Gulf, with their locations and cargoes. Bibliography. B/w photos. Inscribed "For D---&D---, Good luck and good hunting!" and signed by the author, dated 10/18/80.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no owner marks. # E5017. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ward, Dave.   GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS: A BROADCASTER SHARES HIS LIFE (SIGNED)  
Houston: Bright Sky Publishing, 2019. 1st ed. 384 pages. Hardcover. 1942945760 1-942945-76-0. Houston's favorite television newsman shares stories from his life with help from Jim McGrath. Inscribed "Thank you, Friend" and signed by Dave Ward.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E4954. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Whitney, Edgar A.   COMPLETE GUIDE TO WATERCOLOR PAINTING: A NEW ENLARGED EDITION OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR WATERCOLOR BOOKS (SIGNED)  
New York: Watson-Guptill, 1978. Reprint. 175 pages. Hardcover. 0823008517 0-8230-0851-7. Covers materials and tools, basic techniques, principles of design, and more. Over 100 b/w illustrations, 37 full color plates, and bibliography. Boldly Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the Front free endpaper.
VG/VG. Tight, no owner marks. Small ink splash at lower foredge effecting last 10 page edges. Dustjacket not price-clipped. Half-inch mended tear atlower front edge, 1/4" mended tear at rear top edge. # E4900. $40.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Will, Robin.   BEAUTIFUL TEXAS  
Beaverton, OR: Beautiful America, 1978. 1st ed. 72 pages. Paperback. 0915796740 0-915796-74-0. Full page color photos of scenic views throughout the state, with one to three page essay about each region.
New/Wraps. Clean, unmarked, new from our way-back stock. # B1592. $6.25     Inquire Now  
Winders, Richard Bruce.   CRISIS IN THE SOUTHWEST: THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, AND THE STRUGGLE OVER TEXAS (SIGNED)  
Wilmington: Scholarly Resources Books, 2002. Reprint. 172 pages. Paperback. 0842028013 0-8420-2801-3. The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War No. 6. Military history and foriegn relations between Mexico, Texas, and the United States. Inscribed "To David P----, As you always have the 3 Hs-Health,Happiness, & Honor. An 1836 toast. Best wishes," and signed by the author, dated 4/5/2003.
VG/Wraps. Tight , no wear. A few penciled margin notes in one chapter. # E5014. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Winsor, Kathleen.   FOREVER AMBER  
New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1971. Book Club ed. 820 pages. Hardcover. Romance, adventure, and intrigue in high places. 1971 Book Club edition of the 1944 original. Map endpapers.
Fine/Fine. Tight, bright, no wear, no marks. Appears new. # E4921. $9.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Woodrick, James W.   CANNONS OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION  
James Woodrick, 2016. 2nd ed. 242 pages. Paperback. 1512394459 1512394459. Documents the over 80 landbased cannons present in Texas, 30 more on naval ships during the Texas Revolution in 1835.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear. Scattered pencil margin notes and underline. # E5022. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Yates, Elizabeth.   HOWARD THURMAN: PORTRAIT OF A PRACTICAL DREAMER  
New York: John Day Company, 1964. 1st ed. 249 pages. Hardcover. Biography of American writer, educator, theologian, and civil rights leader. Chronological bibliography of Thurman's works. Bibliography of he often referenced. Index. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. No dustjacket. Uncommon, first edition.
Good+/No Jacket. Tight, bright, unmarked pages. Square corners. # E5041. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  

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