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Abernethy, Francis Edward.   PAISANOS: A FOLKLORE MISCELLANY PUBLICATIONS OF TEXAS FOLKLORE SOCIETY NUMBER XLI  
Austin: Encino Press, 1978. 1st ed. 180 pages. Hardcover. 1574410598 1-57441-059-8. A collection of twenty-two essays on Texas folklore by various writers including Dobie, Clayton, Fullingham & others.
VG/Near Fine. Dj price clipped, No name or marks. Nick on book top near spine. # A0698. $6.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Abernethy, Francis Edward.   PAISANOS: A FOLKLORE MISCELLANY  
Austin: Encino Press, 1978. 1st ed. 180 pages. Hardcover. 1574410598 1-57441-059-8. Paisanos covers a wide range of folklore, not all of it Texas related. The Texas Folklore Society Number XLI. Pen & ink sketches by Linda Miller Roach, b/w photos.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. Multiple copies available. # A1391. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Abernethy, Francis J.   WHAT'S GOING ONš (IN MODERN TEXAS FOLKLORE)  
Austin: Encino Press, 1976. 1st ed. 309 pages. Hardcover. Candid look at Texas Folklore-bumper stickers, shopping, partying, music, justice and more. B/w photos. The 1976 original.
Fine/Near Fine. New old stock from our archives. Dustjacket has a bit of foxing. # B7653. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Abernethy, editor, Francis Edward.   SONOVAGUN STEW: A FOLKLORE MISCELLANY, TEXAS FOLKLORE SOCIETY PUBLICATION XLVI  
Dallas: SMU Press, 1985. 1st ed. 171 pages. Hardcover. 0870742116 0-87074-211-6. A collection of 15 Texas tales from as many authors. Dustjacket has a list of Folklore Society publications. First printing.
Fine/Near Fine. New old stock from our archives. Tight, no wear, no marks. Dustjacket has several tiny tears at lower back edge. # E3607. $8.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Abrahams, Tom.   ALLEGIANCE (SIGNED)  
Nashville: Post Hill Press, 2013. 258 pages. Hardcover. 1618689959 1-61868-995-9. Inscribed to "....., It was wonderful meeting you. Thanks for your support."and signed by the author on the title page. First Jackson Quick adventure.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Sticker ghost inside front board. Clean, bright dustjacket has no wear. # E4399. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Abrahams, Tom.   ALLEGIANCE BURNED: A JACKSON QUICK ADVENTURE, BOOK 2 (SIGNED)  
Nashville: Post Hill Press, 2015. 329 pages. Paperback. 161868888X 1-61868-888-X. Signed by the author on the title page.
VG/Wraps. Tight. Sticker ghost and number 4 inside front cover. # E4400. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Abrahams, Tom.   HIDDEN ALLEGIANCE: A JACKSON QUICK ADVENTURE, BOOK 3 (SIGNED)  
Nashville: Post Hill Press, 2016. 330 pages. Paperback. 1618688863 1-61868-886-3. Signed by the author on the title page.
VG/Wraps. Tight, minor shelfwear. Owner address label and numeral 5 inside front cover. # E4401. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Abrahams, Tom.   SEDITION: BOOK 1, A POLITICAL CONSPIRACY (SIGNED)  
The Woodlands: Piton Press, 2016. 328 pages. Paperback. 1533086001 1533086001. Signed by the author on the title page, and inscribed "To .....Thanks for your friendship! Best, Tom Abrahams.
Good/Wraps. Tight, scattered yellow hiliter. Owner name and address label inside front cover. # E4402. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Adams, Phillip.   CLASSIC COLUMNS  
Sydney: ABC Books, 1994. 1st ed. 185 pages. Paperback. 0733303927 0-7333-0392-7. Collected columns of Australian journalist and social commentator on the radio.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. No wear, but has a sticker ghost on title page. # B8049. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Adams, Andy.   THE CORPORAL SEGUNDO  
Austin: Encino Press, 1968. Limited ed. 55 pages. Boards. A convoluted play with a ranching plot by Andy Adams. Printed paper over boards, on fine, deckle-edged paper. Limited edition # 386 of 750. Design by William Wittliff. Pages uncut.
Near Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. Slight darkening to board edges. # A0532. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Adams, Andy.   THE CORPORAL SEGUNDO (SIGNED BY EDITOR)  
Austin: Encino Press, 1968. Limited ed. 55 pages. Boards. A convoluted play with a ranching plot by Andy Adams. Printed paper over boards, on fine, deckle-edged paper. Limited edition # 405 of 750. Design by William Wittliff. Pages uncut. SIGNED by the editor, Wilson M. Hudson, on the half-title page.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E4177. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Adams, Andy.   THE CORPORAL SEGUNDO (SIGNED BY EDITOR)  
Austin: Encino Press, 1968. Limited ed. 55 pages. Boards. A convoluted play with a ranching plot by Andy Adams. Printed paper over boards, on fine, deckle-edged paper. Limited edition # 488 of 750. Design by William Wittliff. Pages uncut. SIGNED by the editor, Wilson M. Hudson, on the half-title page
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E4176. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Akers, Tim.   KNIGHT WATCH  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2020. 1st ed. 308 pages. Paperback. 1982124857 1-982124-85-7. When your destiny comes calling-Answer! Fantasy ren fest adventure with dragons.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, no marks. A small bump on the spine. # E3834. $6.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Alavi, Mehdi.   O GOD! (SIGNED)  
Nashville: Scythe Publications, 1995. 1st ed. 332 pages. Hardcover. 1555236561 1-55523-656-1. Signed by the author. Work of fiction promoting ethics, brotherly love, and the importance of God in life.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, no wear. # B8615. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Alger, Jr., Horatio.   THE YOUNG EXPLORER: OR AMONG THE SIERRAS  
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1900. Reprint. 285 pages. Hardcover. Third book in the Pacific Series of rags to riches adventure stories. PON dated 1906. Colorful endpapers different front and rear.
Good+/No Jacket. Binding firm, foxing on pages. Edges darkened. # B6378. $21.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Alger, Jr., Horatio.   THE YOUNG MINER: OR TOM NELSON IN CALIFORNIA  
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1900. Reprint. 288 pages. Hardcover. Second book in the Pacific Series of rags to riches adventure stories. PON dated 1906. Colorful endpapers different front and rear.
Good/No Jacket. Binding firm, foxing on pages. Edges darkened, spine silverfished. # B6382. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ali, Kazim.   INQUISITION  
Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press, 20. 1st ed. 91 pages. Paperback. 0819577626 0-8195-7762-6. Softcover book of poetry.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3583. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Allen, B. Sprague.   TIDES IN ENGLISH TASTE (1619-1800): A BACKGROUND FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE, VOLUME II  
New York: Rowman and Littlefield, Inc., 1969. Reprint. 282 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Reprint of the 1937.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E2448. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Alpers, Antony.   THE LIFE OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD  
New York: Viking Press, 1980. 1st ed. 466 pages. Hardcover. 0670428051 0-670-42805-1.
Good+/Good+. # A5784. $5.50     Inquire Now  
Alpers, Antony.   THE LIFE OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD  
New York: Viking, 1980. 466 pages. Hardcover. 0670428051 0-670-42805-1. Drawing on newly available material, Alpers has reinterpreted a major figure of modern English letters.
VG/Good+. PON inked inside front board. Dj has a crease on spine. # A5813. $6.75     Inquire Now  
Alsbury, Edward Plummer.   GUY RAYMOND: A STORY OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION  
Houston: State Printing, 1908. 541 pages. Hardcover. A romance of life in Texas in the early days.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy with name stamp and pocket inside front board, no other marks, nothing external. Some foxing on cloth covered boards and edges. A clean, solid copy. # A0008. $27.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Alter, Judy, & James Ward Lee.   ELMER KELTON: ESSAYS AND MEMORIES  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 2011. 137 pages. Paperback. 0875654266 0-87565-426-6. Loving essays by friends, family, and associates for Texas's best loved author. Includes bibliography of his published works.
Near Fine/Wraps. Unread copies with small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Fine. # E0697. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Andersen, Hans, & Arthur Rackham.   FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN  
New York: Weathervane Books, 1977. Reprint. 288 pages. Hardcover. 0517225557 0-517-22555-7. Illustrated with 12 Arthur Rackham color plates and sixty drawings in the text. Green boards, tan linen spine with green title. Cream dustjacket, illustrated front and rear, green title on spine.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no owner marks, no wear on book or dustjacket. Pale foxing on endpapers. # E4768. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Andrea, Geri.   CIRCUS PARADE (SIGNED)  
Chicago: World Arts and Science, 1950. Limited ed. 72 pages. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by the author on blank page before title page. Numbered 409/789 and signed again on limitation page at rear. Fifty-three poems about animals and characters of the circus. Shiny, cream-colored boards with silver titles and circus horse and rider on front
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no writing other than author's, sharp corners. Tanning on text edges and board edges. # E1672. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Andrews, Nick.   DEATH BY GOLD (SIGNED)  
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2005. 1st ed. 428 pages. Paperback. 1420863932 1420863932. Semi-autobiographical novel of intrigue and the quest for gold in the Mediterranean. SIGNED by the author. Inscribed "Fair winds, following seas".
New/Wraps. new A new copy. New old stock from our archives. # 26502. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Andrews, James T.   RED COSMOS: K.E. TSIOLKOVSKII, GRANDFATHER OF SOVIET ROCKETRY NUMBER EIGHTEEN: CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT SERIES  
College Station: Texas A & M, 2009. 1st ed. 147 pages. Hardcover. 1603441174 1-60344-117-4. Stamped on top edge 'Design/Production File Copy' and publisher stamp on front endpaper. Biography of early Russian thinker and researcher in the science of rocketry and space travel. Glossary, bibliography, and index. B/w photos. Dark blue cloth-covered boards with bright gilt title on spine.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, with no wear. # E1042. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Applegate, Debby.   THE MOST FAMOUS MAN IN AMERICA: THE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY WARD BEECHER  
Garden City: Doubleday, 2006. 1st ed. 527 pages. Paperback. 0385513976 0-385-51397-6. Stated first edition.
Fine/Wraps. No indication of use or handling. # B7944. $9.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Arceneaux, Miles.   THIN SLICE OF LIFE  
Nacogdoches: Stephen F. Austin Univ., 2012. 1st ed. 451 pages. Paperback. 193620584X 1-936205-84-X. Coastal mystery set Port Aransas-Aransas Pass area. First book in series of which there are now five books.
Fine/Wraps. New book with publisher stamp on endpaper. # E2210. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Argo, Ronald.   YEAR OF THE MONKEY  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 191989. 1st ed. 382 pages. Hardcover. 0671663607 0-671-66360-7. Wartime mystery and thriller set in Vietnam.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. # B9616. $4.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Arnold, Oren.   SUN IN YOUR EYES  
Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico, 1947. 1st ed. 253 pages. Hardcover. Colorful characters & interesting tales of the Southwest.
Good/Fair. DJ rubbed & nicked. # A1304. $5.25     Inquire Now  
Arnold, Bruce.   SWIFT: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE  
Dublin: Lilliput Press, 1999. 1st ed. 128 pages. Paperback. 1901866394 1-901866-39-4. Life of Jonathan Swift in light of his friendships and relationships.
Near Fine/Wraps. Unused, but with shelfwear. # B9245. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Arthur, T.S.   FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS: OR TWO WAYS OF LIVING IN THE WORLD  
Philadelphia: Theodore Bliss & Co., 1869. 1st ed. 300 pages. Hardcover. Brown leather-covered boards with molded medallion and gilt decoration on front and back. Gilt title and decoration on spine. All edges gilt. Five superb engraved illustrations showing detail and sbustle shading. Short stories and poems.
X-Lib Good+/No Jacke. Former library copy, typical stamps & marks. Solid, corners scuffed, top edge of spine chipped. # E3272. $75.00   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  
Babb, Stanley E.   DEATH OF A BUCCANEER AND OTHER POEMS (SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION)  
Dallas: Turner, P.L., 1927. Limited ed. 82 pages. Hardcover. Poems related to ships and the sea by a noted author & poet on Galveston Island. SIGNED by the author and numbered 94/100 in this limited edition. Blue paper covered boards with cream leather spine and corner tips. Gilt title on black leather label on spine. Many pages unopened at their edge, indicating the book was never read. Top edge gilt. A quite scarce collection of nautical poems, Galveston, and other lore.
Good+/No Jacket. Tight, unmarked, foxing on edges. Lower spine bumped. # E3089. $224.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Babb, Stanley E.   DEATH OF A BUCCANEER AND OTHER POEMS  
Dallas: Turner, P.L., 1927. 1st ed. 82 pages. Hardcover. Poems related to ships and the sea by a poet on Galveston Island. Very dark blue silky cloth-covered boards with gilt title and ship decoration on front, gilt title on spine. Quite scarce.
Near Fine/No Jacket. A tight, unmarked copy. Hint of wear at spine ends and corners, else Near Fine. # E3090. $125.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bacon-Smith, Camille.   DAEMONS, INC. (WITH POSTER)  
no place: Science fiction BC, 1998. Book Club ed. 478 pages. Hardcover. 0739401556 0-7394-0155-6. Contains two books previously published as DAW paperbacks: Eye of the Daemon and Eyes of the Empress about other-worldly detectives based in Philadelphia. Includes cover art poster by Rick Berry.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. Slightly cocked. Dj has 1/2 inch tear at fold. # B1655. $5.00     Inquire Now  
Bailey, Arthur Scott.   TALE OF PADDY MUSKRAT (SLEEPY-TIME TALES)  
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. Reprint. 112 pages. Hardcover. Paddy Muskrat's adventures illustrated by Harry L. Smith. Has owner name and Merry Xmas Dec. 25 1918 on front paste-down, along with a Christms sticker. Tan cloth-covered boards with red title and red and green illustration on front. Green title on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding, no other marks. Square corners. Suprisingly little wear. # E2635. $80.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bakarich, Sarah Grace, & Kathleen M. Ben.   THERE'S TREASURE IN OUR HILLS (SIGNED)  
No Place: Self Published, 1947. 1st ed. 15 pages. Paperback. Self published pamphlet of free-verse by Bennett and Arizona historical essay by Bakarich. Sixguns 119. Tall, narrow (3.3 x 7.6 inch) stapled pamphlet in blue card cover with drawing of miner, mule, and horse. SIGNED inside front cover by both authors.
Near Fine/Wraps. Slightly tanned around edges. # E0546. $31.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Banes, Lucie Gillett.   TRANSCENDENT FLIGHT  
Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1952. 1st ed. 95 pages. Hardcover. Turqoise cloth-covered boards with front paste-on matching endpapers. Deckle edge. One hundred-nine poems by Texas author. No title on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Firm hinges and binding. No name or marks. Exterior foxed and mottled. # B7225. $15.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Banik, J.G.   HOUSTON AND TEXAS PORTRAITS  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1959. 1st ed. 73 pages. Hardcover. Poetic verse on the city of Houston, the Alamo, San Jacinto, Monument Hill, mockingbirds and more. 5.5 x 7.75 inches.
VG/VG. Tight, no name or marks, no wear. Endpapers discolored. Dustjacket has a small hole in the middle of the front flap fold. # E0041. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bard, W.E.   AS A WILD BIRD RETURNING  
Nortex Press, 1973. 1st ed. 51 pages. Hardcover. Poems collected from out-of-print volumes previously published by the author.
VG/Fair. Book is clean, tight, unmarked. No wear. Dustjacket has edgewear and heavy tanning on spine. # B8300. $8.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Barnes, Robert J.   CONRAD RICHTER: SOUTHWST WRITERS SERIES #14  
Austin: Steck-Vaughan, 1968. 1st ed. 44 pages. Paperback. With bibliography. Number 14 in series Steck-Vaughn Company Pamphlets on Southwest Writers.
X-Lib VG/Wraps. Pamphlet hinge mounted in boards with pocket & library stamp, but looks unread. # A4303. $4.00     Inquire Now  
Barr, Stephanie.   CURSE OF THE JENRI (SIGNED)  
Createspace, 2017. 1st ed. 353 pages. Paperback. 1542830796 1542830796. Strong women dominate in this tale of myth and magic.
New/Wraps. New copies SIGNED by the author, a friend of our store. # 35930. $15.99   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Barr, Stephanie.   NINE LIVES: THE BETE BOOK 2 (SIGNED)  
CreatSpace, 2017. 2nd ed. 270 pages. Paperback. 1544666713 1544666713. Sci-Fi/Fantasy for young adults. Signed by the author, a friend of our store.
New/Wraps. New copies. # 35981. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Barr, Stephanie.   SAVING TESSA (SIGNED)  
Createspace, 2017. 1st ed. 273 pages. Paperback. 1542980429 1542980429. Young adult fantasy adventure, SIGNED by the author.
New/Wraps. New copies SIGNED by the author, a friend of our store. # 35929. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Barres, Maurice.   UN HOMME LIBRE (SIGNED, FRENCH LANGUAGE)  
Paris: Perrin et Cie, 1889. 1st ed. 297 pages. Boards. Original 1889 French language edition by the noted French novelist and politician. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to Jacques St. Cere. Bound in marbled paper over boards, with small leather spine label pasted on. This is the 2nd book in his 'Le Culte du Moi' (Cult of the Self) trilogy. A very interesting association copy.
Good/No Jacket. Some losses to the paper covers along spine edge. Binding very firm and straight. Light browning to paper, with scattered light foxing. # B9268. $80.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Barrett, Ivan J.   MAJOR LOT SMITH: MORMON RAIDER  
Covenant, 1991. 122 pages. Hardcover. 1555033652 1-55503-365-2. Fictionalized account of life of mid-nineteenth-century Mormon stalwart.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. # B9265. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Baumgarten, E. Lee.   PRICE GUIDE FOR CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1880-1950 TWO VOLUMES: SORTED BY ARTIST AND SORTED BY AUTHOR 1993 EDITIONS  
Martinsburg, WV: Baumgarten, 1993. Paperback. Prices are outdated, but will serve as a reference for comparison. The books offer excellent bibliographical checklist for authors and illustrators. Also denotes Caldecott & Newberry awards.
Good+/Wraps. Some cover and edgewear, but tight binding, no name or writing. # B0554. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bearden, Donna, & Jamie Frucht.   THE TEXAS SAMPLER: A STITCH IN TIME  
Austin: Governor's Committee on Aging, 1976. 1st ed. 224 pages. Hardcover. Prepared for the Bicentennial year from interviews with random older Texans whose recollections of times gone by the authors found interesting. B/w photos. Good reading.
X-Lib VG/VG. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. # E3772. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Beaty, John O.   JOHN ESTEN COOKE, VIRGINIAN  
Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1965. Reprint. 173 pages. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1922 Columbia University original.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B6325. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Beaumarche, Simon du.   STIG: THE UNTOLD STORY  
London: BBC Books, 2012. 1st ed. 312 pages. Hardcover. 1849905401 1-84990-540-1. Humor pretending to be truth about the fictional main character of British television show Top Gear. B/w photos.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, unmarked. # E5190. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bell, Archie.   THE CLEVELANDERS: AN EXPOSE OF HIGH LIFE IN THE FOREST CITY  
New York: Broadway Publishing Co., 1907. 1st ed. 151 pages. Hardcover. Entertaining intrigue among the socialites of midwestern city. Dark blue cloth-covered boards with white title and red ruled border on front. Title blind-stamped on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding and hinges. Small owner label pasted inside front cover. Corners sharp, spine ends softened. Top edge darkened. # E0068. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bell, Josephine.   DEATH ON THE RESERVE: A COCK ROBIN MYSTERY  
New York: Macmillan, 1966. Reprint. 190 pages. Hardcover.
Good+/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked. Price intact. # B3960. $7.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Benefield, June.   LAUGHING TO KEEP FROM CRYING (SIGNED)  
Houston: Gulf publishing, 1972. 1st ed. 116 pages. Hardcover. 0872014258 0-87201-425-8. Forty newspaper columns, and two additional articles by longtime Houston Chronicle newspaper columnist. Signed by the author on the FFEP.
Fine/VG. Dustjacket a bit sun-faded. # E1319. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bennet, Robert Ames.   BOSS OF THE DIAMOND A  
New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1926. Reprint. 319 pages. Hardcover. Cowboy romance and ranch intrigue in this older novel. Red-brown cloth covered boards with dull gilt title on front, black title on spine.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm binding and hinges, square corners(lower front corner has small rub through cloth). No owner name, but very old price stamp on bottom edge. # E4360. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bernhardt, William.   PERFECT JUSTICE: A NOVEL  
New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. 1st ed. 369 pages. Hardcover. 0345380282 0-345-38028-2. Racial strife in small-town Oklahoma, centered on Vietnamese immigrants.
VG/Near Fine. Clean, tight, no name or marks. # B8115. $5.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Binkley, Daisy R.   THE ISOLATION OF LUPE  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1974. 1st ed. 129 pages. Hardcover. 0811105563 0-8111-0556-3.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # B4154. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Biskup, Michael.   SUICIDE: OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS  
San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1992. 188 pages. Hardcover. 0899081932 0-89908-193-2. Presents opposing viewpoints on various aspects of suicide, including individual rights, physician assisted suicide & prevention. Used as a reference for debate.
New/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. # 04806. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Blauner, Peter.   MAN OF THE HOUR (ARC)  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1999. 1st ed. 420 pages. Paperback. 0316038172 0-316-03817-2. Advance Reading Copy produced before publication. Trade paperback 8.5" X 6". Letter from publisher bound in at rear.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. # A9461. $4.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Boatright, Mody C. (editor).   MEXICAN BORDER BALLADS AND OTHER LORE (SIGNED)  
Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1946. 1st ed. 140 pages. Hardcover. Boatright looks at the folklore of Texas and Mexico. SIGNED and inscribed by Boatright to Dorothy Woodhouse acknowledging her third place finish in the Historical Writing Contest. First printing in green cloth-covered boards with red lettering. Songs, some with brief music notation plus folk tales, many involving animals. Fun reading.
Good+/No Jacket. Solid binding, square and clean. Scattered light silverfishing on board surfaces. # A0054. $54.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bode, Winston.   J. FRANK DOBIE: A PORTRAIT OF PANCHO  
Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1968. Revised ed. 156 pages. Hardcover. Over one hundred photos support this biography of Texas' legendary man of letters. Revised edition, with new material added to his 1965 Pemberton original.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dustjacket has wear at spine ends and corners, and is price-clipped. # E3606. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Boesch, Paul.   MUCH OF ME IN EACH OF THESE (SIGNED)  
Houston: Permier Press, 1966. 1st ed. 72 pages. Hardcover. Noted double Silver Star veteran, pro wrestler known as the voice of Houston Wrestling presents poems on war & death, the sea and nature. SIGNED 'With all my best wishes, sincerely, Paul Boesch, Dec 1966'. The war section is illustrated with eerily striking pencil drawings by Vic Green. Uncommon.
Near Fine/Good+. # B6557. $160.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bogen, Nancy.   BE A POET!  
New York: Twickenham Press, 2007. 1st ed. 420 pages. Paperback. 0936726075 0-936726-07-5. A guide through what it takes to become a poet.
Near Fine/Wraps. Small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Fine. # E0604. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Borgenicht, Miriam.   EXTREME REMEDIES  
Garden City: Doubleday/ Crime Club, 1967. 1st ed. 187 pages. Hardcover.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj worn at spine tips. # B3589. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Branch, editor, Edgar M.   WORKS OF MARK TWAIN: EARLY TALES AND SKETCHES VOLUME 2 1864-1865  
Berkeley: Iowa/University of California, 198. 1st ed. 763 pages. Hardcover. 0520043820 0-520-04382-0. Short works by Twain, collected from many sources over thirty years. Published with annotation that documents Twain's early career. Orange cloth-covered boards, yellow dustjacket illustrated with drawing of Twain aboard a jumping frog.
Good+/Good+. Book is solid and unmarked. Edges foxed. Dustjacket has small nicks at foot of spine. Spine of dustjacket is faded to cream color. # E4132. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Braun, Lilian Jackson.   THE CAT WHO COULD READ BACKWARDS  
New York: Dutton, 1966. 1st ed. 191 pages. Hardcover. First CAT WHO book.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, clean, no PON. Slight wear to tips. Inked math problem rear EP. # B3565. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Breeze, Katie.   NEKKID COWBOY  
Austin: Corona Publishing, 1982. 216 pages. Hardcover. 0931722179 0-931722-17-9. Katie Breeze's first novel about life in a West Texas community filled with lively characters. Very light foxing on edges. Out of print.
New/New. New old stock from our archives. # A0861. $23.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Breslin, Howard.   THE TAMARACK TREE  
New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. 1st ed. 378 pages. Hardcover. First edition in tan cloth-covered boards with tall green tree on front and gilt title on spine in a green block. Green dyed top edge and deckle fore edge. No dustjacket.
VG/No Jacket. Tight and straight. No wear, no owner marks. # E5120. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Briggs, Doug.   OLD BLACK  
Houston: Beverly Publishing Co., 1997. Limited ed. 387 pages. Hardcover. 1881287122 1-881287-12-2. Novel of a young boy and his rodeo horse, Old Black. Set in modern times. Nicely done b/w sketches. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author.
Fine/Fine. # B4108. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Brin, David.   INFINITY'S SHORES: BOOK TWO OF NEW UPLIFT TRILOGY  
New York: Bantam Books, no date. Book Club ed. 524 pages. Hardcover. 0553101730 0-553-10173-0.
Near Fine/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked book. Dj has light corner wear. # B0765. $4.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Brook, Stephen.   HONKYTONK GELATO: TRAVELS THROUGH TEXAS  
New York: Paragon House, 1988. Reprint. 283 pages. Paperback. 1557780056 1-55778-005-6. Englishman writes about his travels through modern Texas. First softcover printing.
Near Fine/Wraps. No sign of use or handling, but very light foxing on edges. # B7266. $4.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Browning, Robert.   LYRIC LOVE  
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1910. Special ed. 88 pages. Paperback. Clean, tight, unmarked. Top edge foxed. Lower edge of Dj bent because it is bigger than the book. Includes pretty little slip-case which has pieces lost from top and bottom. This is a miniature less than six inches tall and three wide.
VG/Wraps. # B5901. $15.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.   POETICAL WORKS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (CAMBRIDGE EDITIONS)  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. Reprint. 548 pages. Hardcover. 0395180120 0-395-18012-0. Introduction by Ruth M. Adams. Index of first lines and index of titles. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and silver decorations. Purple and white dustjacket with author portrait on front.
Near Fine/VG. Book tight, no wear, no owner marks. Top edge is foxed. Dustjacket has no tears or chips, just not so crisp as new. Price clipped. # E5071. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bryan, J.Y.   COME TO THE BOWER, SPECIAL SESQUICENTENNIAL EDITION  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1986. Reprint. 462 pages. Hardcover. 089015550X 0-89015-550-X. Conflict and love during the Texan war for independence from Mexico. Special Sesquicentennial Edition Republished for the 150th anniversary year commemorating the Revolution of 1836. Red cloth-covered boards, dark blue dustjacket with yellow title on spine. Map endpapers.
VG/VG. Tight, no wear, no marks. Foxing on edges and dustjacket, else Near Fine. # E3754. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bryson, Conrey.   DOWN WENT MCGINTY: EL PASO IN THE WONDERFUL NINETIES  
El Paso: Texas Western, 1977. 1st ed. 160 pages. Hardcover. 0874040566 0-87404-056-6. History of the McGinty Club and El Paso during the uproarious 1890s. Illustrated with drawings by Bassel Wolfe. Bibliography, index. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt title on spine.
Near Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. Tight, no wear, no marks. Edges foxed, else Fine # A0814. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Buckley-archer, Linda.   GIDEON THE CUTPURSE (ARC)  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. ARC ed. 383 pages. Paperback. 0689052502 0-689-05250-2. Advance review Copy in slipcase.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. No visible wear on book, slipcase has just a bit of shelf rubbing. # B3772. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Burchardt, Bill.   THE MEXICAN: A DOUBLE D WESTERN  
Garden City: Doubleday, 1977. 1st ed. 186 pages. Hardcover. 0385123884 0-385-12388-4. Oil boom-town Cartridge, Oklahoma, hires a Mexican drifter as Marshal to quell rampant crime.
Near Fine/Fair. Clean, tight, unmarked. Sharp corners. Dj chipped all edges. # B5743. $9.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Burke, editor, Michelle Prater.   IDEALS EASTER VOL. 57, NO. 1  
Nashville, TN: Ideals, 2000. 88 pages. Paperback. 0824911598 0-8249-1159-8. Poetry, essays, and pretty flowers fill this Easter edition.
Fine/Wraps. No name, marks, label, creases or curl. # A8634. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Burroughs, Edgar Rice.   THE ETERNAL SAVAGE: ACE SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC F-234  
New York: Ace Books, Inc.,. Reprint. 192 pages. Paperback. Mass market paperback. Originally published as 'The Eternal Lover'. Reprint of 1925 text. Ace price on cover is 40 cents.
Fine/Wraps. Appears never read or handled. # E2889. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Butler, Gwendoline.   A NAMELESS COFFIN  
New York: Walker and Company, 1967. 1st Am. ed. 215 pages. Hardcover. of spine. Not price clipped.
Good+/Fair. Clean, tight, unmarked. Pages darkening. Dj one inch piece missing top # B3548. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Byrd Printing Co., .   BYRD'S EYE VIEW MARCH 1914 THIRD VOLUME, THIRD NUMBER  
Atlanta, GA: Byrd Printing Co., 1914. 1st ed. 16 pages. Paperback. A self-confessed house-organ created in Atlanta monthly with the selfish motive to advertise "Byrd" as a "buy"-word for Good Printing and Service. Some business and tech info, homilies, and humor.
Fine/Wraps. In near-perfect condition. Stapled and tied with colored string. # B1038. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Calvert, Candace.   LIFE SUPPORT (GRACE MEDICAL)  
Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 2014. 1st ed. 380 pages. Paperback. 1414361130 1414361130. Christian oriented romance fiction.
VG/Wraps. No marks, no wear. Has a faint reader crease on spine. # B9238. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Campbell, Ewing.   WEAVE IT LIKE NIGHTFALL  
Austin: Nefertiti Head Press, 1978. Reprint. 176 pages. Paperback. 0918722012 0-918722-01-2. A novel set on the salt-water edge of Texas on the edge of destruction.
Fine/Wraps. Very light shelf wear & foxing. # A3866. $5.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Campbell, Ewing.   WEAVE IT LIKE NIGHTFALL  
Austin: Nefertiti Head Press, 1978. Reprint. 176 pages. Hardcover. 0918722004 0-918722-00-4. A novel set on the salt-water edge of Texas on the edge of destruction.
Fine/Near Fine. New copies from old stock. Slight foxing to dustjackets. # A3865. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Canfield, Dorothy.   SEASONED TIMBER  
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1939. Reprint. 485 pages. Buckram.
VG/No Jacket. # A1209. $6.25     Inquire Now  
Card, Orson Scott.   REBEKAH: WOMEN OF GENESIS (SIGNED)  
Shadow Mountain, 2001. 1st ed. 413 pages. Hardcover. 1570089957 1-57008-995-7. Author signed on half title page. First edition with complete number line. Front endpaper neatly removed.
VG/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Bright dustjacket also free of wear. # E5291. $   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carey, Peter.   ILLYWHACKER  
St.Lucia: Univ. Queensland Press, 1986. Reprint. 600 pages. Paperback. 0702220000 0-7022-2000-0. Award-winning Australian fiction.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, no marks. Reader crease on spine. # B7968. $5.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carleton, William.   VALENTINE MCCLUTCHY, THE IRISH AGENT; OR, CHRONICLES OF THE CASTLE CUMBER PROPERTY  
New York: D & J Sadlier, 1846. 1st Am. ed. 408 pages. Hardcover. 1st American edition, being the 1846 single-volume reprint of the three-volume original. In black blind-stamped cloth covers with gilt spine titles and decorations. Has explanatory preface.
Good+/No Jacket. Has even foxing throughout. # B6559. $43.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carney, Otis.   CHIHUAHUA 1916  
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1980. 1st ed. 244 pages. Hardcover. 0131302868 0-13-130286-8. Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa, American cattlemen, and U.S. soldiers all figure in this novel of historical fiction.
VG/VG. Cl;ean, tight, unmarked. No wear on book, very little on unclipped Dj. # B5744. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carpenter, T.L.   THE AMERIKAN DREAM (SIGNED)  
Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2011. Reprint. 270 pages. Paperback. 1456852469 1456852469. Racism, dirty politics, the KKK, and murder in Deep East Texas. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author.
Good+/Wraps. Solid copy, reader bend on front cover, else VG. # E4209. $50.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carpenter, Liz.   GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME (SIGNED)  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 1st ed. 304 pages. Hardcover. 0671611577 0-671-61157-7. Author's life as a Texan and a mainstay in the Johnson WhiteHouse. Inscribed to owner and signed by the author on the FFEP. Dated Sept. 20,1987.
Near Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear on book or dustjacket. # E3817. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carpenter, C. Keith.   GHOSTS OF EMILY GRAY: A SUPERNATURAL TELLING  
Dickinson, TX: Hollow Horse Publishing, 2013. 1st ed. 255 pages. Paperback. 0615920225 0-615-92022-5. The ghosts of Emily Gray haunt her surviving twin sister, Erin who tries to keep her family and world together after breaking from the occult underworld. For young adult readers. Signed by the author.
New/Wraps. # 33746. $15.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carrier, Warren.   AN HONORABLE SPY  
Mahomet, IL: Mayhaven Publishing, 1992. 1st ed. 248 pages. Hardcover. 1878044117 1-878044-11-7. Novel of espionage by Galveston author Carrier.
Fine/Wraps. # A6991. $5.75     Inquire Now  
Carroll, Jeff.   LEGENDARY TEXAS: VOLUME 1 UNSUNG HERITAGE  
Bryan Texas: Jeff Carroll, 1993. Revised ed. 136 pages. Paperback. Snippets of Texas history, written first as newspaper columns, later as radio material aired on PBS. Cream card-stock cover with drawing of covered wagon on front. Black cloth spine. Second revised edition November 1993.
VG/Wraps. Tight, small gift inscription, sticker ghost on lower back. No wear. # E4584. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carroll, Jeff.   LEGENDARY TEXAS: VOLUME 2 THE PROMISED LAND  
Bryan Texas: Jeff Carroll, 1993. 1st ed. 136 pages. Paperback. Snip-its of Texas history, written first as newspaper columns, later as radio material aired on PBS. Cream card-stock cover with illustration on front. Black cloth spine.
VG/Wraps. Tight, small gift inscription, liquid stain on lower back cover affecting last three pages. No wear. # E4585. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carroll, Jeff.   LEGENDARY TEXAS: VOLUME 3 THESE PEOPLE WE CALL TEXANS (SIGNED)  
Bryan Texas: Jeff Carroll, 1994. 1st ed. 114 pages. Paperback. Snip-its of Texas history, written first as newspaper columns, later as radio material aired on PBS. Cream card-stock cover with illustration on front. Black cloth spine.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Signed by the author on the title page. # E4586. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carter, Everett.   ON THE TRAIL OF THE TRUTH  
Davis, CA: Univ. California Assoc., 1975. 1st ed. 14 pages. Paperback. Keepsake # 7 in the series of speeches given at Univ. of California Library Associates meetings. 800 copies printed. Enclosure from Library Associates laid in.
Fine/Wraps. A very fine copy. # A8114. $5.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cellini, Benvenuto, & John A. Symonds.   THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI WRITTEN BY HIMSELF VOLUME I  
New York: Brentano's, 1906. 1st ed. 360 pages. Hardcover. Volume I only, with 20 b/w plates. Olive green cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration on front, gilt title and decoration on spine, Brentano's gilt trademark on back. Gilt top edge, deckle foredge.
Good+/No Jacket. Tight, no owner name or marks. Age mottling to endpapers and pages throughout. Corners square, book stands straight. Spine ends softened, and a small worn tear at spine top. # E3149. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Century Company, .   CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE MAY 1884 TO OCTOBER 1884 VOL.XXVIII, NEW SERIES VOL. VI  
New York: The Century Company, 1884. 960 pages. Hardcover. Six issues of the magazine, bound in hardcover. Three quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Gilt title on spine, with five gilt decorated raised bands. B/w illustrations throughout. First section is index for all six volumes. Stories on travel, politics, problems of the day, the arts, and biographies and poetry.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, square and straight. Pages clean and crisp. # E4846. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Children's Booksellers Texas, .   DIRECTORY OF TEXAS AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS FOR CHILDREN  
Austin: Children's Booksellers, 1992. 1st ed. 40 pages. Paperback. Author's name and addresses and list, with each, of their books published to date. (1992) Stapled pamphlet with green card cover.
New/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. # B9131. $4.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Clark, Mary Higgins.   WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st ed. 318 pages. Hardcover. 0671556657 0-671-55665-7.
Near Fine/Fine. Owner's name, pages a bit browned. # A6050. $3.50     Inquire Now  
Clarke (editor), Neil.   BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF THE YEAR VOLUME 6 (2020)  
New York: Night Shade Books, 2022. 1st ed. 593 pages. Paperback. 194910253X 1-949102-53-X. Anthology of the best short sci-fi of 2020. 32 stories.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, unmarked. Minor reader crease on cover. # E4871. $8.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cliford, Craig, & Tom Pilkington.   RANGE WARS: HEATED DEBATES, SOBER REFLECTIONS AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS OF TEXAS WRITING  
Dallas: SMU Press, 1989. 188 pages. Paperback. 0870742736 0-87074-273-6. From the Southwest Life and Letters series. Good literary criticism. Includes A.C. Greene's essay 'Fifty Best Texas Books'.
New/Wraps. A new copy, still in shrinkwrap. # B1349. $5.00     Inquire Now  
Cliford, Craig, & Tom Pilkington.   RANGE WARS: HEATED DEBATES, SOBER REFLECTIONS AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS OF TEXAS WRITING  
Dallas: SMU Press, 1989. 1st ed. 188 pages. Hardcover. 0870742736 0-87074-273-6. From the Southwest Life and Letters series. Good literary criticism. Includes A.C. Greene's essay 'Fifty Best Texas Books'.
X-Lib Fine/Fine. Former library copy, minimal markings. Only library mark is 'withdrawn' stamp on top edge, as book was held in 'Special Collections' and not for circulation. # E2721. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cloud, Dan.   THE AESCULAPIAN (SIGNED)  
Savannah, GA: Frederic C. Beil, 1998. 1st ed. 359 pages. Hardcover. 0913720984 0-913720-98-4. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author.
Near Fine/Fine. Slightly cocked. # B8790. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Coe, David B.   SHADOW'S BLADE  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2016. 1st ed. 309 pages. Hardcover. 1476781257 1476781257. Crime and paranormal crime-fighters in worl ofd sorcers.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E3804. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cohen, Sol.   SCIENCE FICTION-FANTASY FANTASTIC OCTOBER 1969  
Flushing, NY: Ultimate Publishing, 1969. 146 pages. Paperback. Vol. 19, No. 1 containing three new short stories, three novelettes, and the famous short novel classic SECRET OF THE SERPENT by Don Wilcox.
Good/Wraps. Age-darkened, wear and chipping at edges. # A8649. $5.50     Inquire Now  
Coker, George W.   SON OF THE FARMLANDS  
San Antonio: Carleton Printing Co., 1951. 1st ed. 301 pages. Paperback. Story of growing up a country boy in the first half of the twentieth century.
VG/Wraps. Tight stapled binding. From the Office of Congressman James T. Patterson stamped inside front cover. Another faded, unreadable stamp on front. Foxed - mostly on spine area and edges. # B9413. $110.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Coleman, Britta.   POTTER SPRINGS: A NOVEL  
New York: Center Street, 2005. 1st ed. 294 pages. Hardcover. 0446577782 0-446-57778-2. Love and loss in Texas. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, no owner marks. # B8234. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Colley, Barbara.   POLISHED OFF: A CHARLOTTE LARUE MYSTERY (SIGNED)  
New York: Kensington, 2004. 1st ed. 245 pages. Hardcover. 1575668777 1-57566-877-7. A southern cozy mystery, set in New Orleans. Signed by the author on the title page.
Near Fine/Fine. No wear, no other marks. # E0682. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Collins, Suzanne.   MOCKINGJAY  
New York: Scholastic Press, 2010. Reprint. 391 pages. Hardcover. 0439023513 0-439-02351-3. The third and final book of the Hunger Games series. Later (6th) printing.
Fine/Fine. A fine, tight copy. # B7467. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Colquitt, Betsy Feagan.   A PART OF SPACE: TEN TEXAS WRITERS  
Fort Worth: T.C.U. Press, 1969. 1st ed. 179 pages. Hardcover. Compilation of excerpts from ten Texas writers...stories, poetry, and folklore. Light brown cloth-covered boards with black Texas silhouette on front, black title on spine. Tan dustjacket with brown decorated front, black title on spine.
Near Fine/Near Fine. New old stock from our archives. No wear or marks, foxed on edges. # A0080. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Connor, Ralph.   THE MAJOR  
New York: George H. Doran, 1917. 1st ed. 383 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt title and embossed figure on front, and gilt title on spine. 1917 first edition with GHD colophon on title page. Novel of Canadians just prior to, and the beginning of the World War. Illustrated with six b/w plates, including the frontispiece.
Good+/No Jacket. Very firm binding and hinges, owner name, square corners. Spine ends a little rolled. There is a small dent centered on each edge as though a cord had been tied tightly around the book. # E2942. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Conrad, Joseph.   THE RESCUE: A ROMANCE OF THE SHALLOWS (1929 MOVIE EDITION)  
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Reprint. 469 pages. Hardcover. Reprint illustrated with eight scenes from the Samuel Goldwyn movie of 1929, starring Ronald Colman. The film had music, but was not a talky.
Good/No Jacket. Binding firm, no name or marks. General wear from use, spine is sun-darkened. # E5081. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cornelius, John, or (Mrs. John R. Shook).   ALONG THE KING'S HIGHWAY, OR THE INVISIBLE ROUTE: A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES  
San Antonio: Maverick-Clarke, 1912. 1st ed. 506 pages. Hardcover. A novel of historical fiction and romance, which begins and ends in Texas. Written by Mrs. Shook under the pen name of Cornelius. Illustrated with plates painted by the author.
VG/Poor. Tight, unmarked. Sharp corners. Light scuffing at corners, edges and spine ends. Some light spots and water marks on top edge. Dustjacket is in pieces. # E3299. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cousineau, Phil.   SOUL MOMENTS  
Berkeley: Conari, 1997. Reprint. 294 pages. Paperback. 1573240796 1-57324-079-6. Marvelous stories of Synchronicity - meaningful coincidences from a seemingly random world.
Near Fine/Wraps. Small red remainder mark on the bottom. # 27039. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Crider, Bill.   BOOKED FOR A HANGING (SIGNED)  
New York: St. Martin's, 1992. 1st ed. 202 pages. Hardcover. 0312081499 0-312-08149-9. A Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery. First edition, signed by the author on the title page. The Sheriff searches for a killer and a rare book.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight. Spine top lightly bumped. Dustjacket scuffed and wrinkled at spine top. # E1493. $22.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Crisman, Gerald W.   TWO AND A HALF MISSIONS, MAX  
Baltimore: AmErica House, 2000. 1st ed. 170 pages. Paperback. 1588511782 1-58851-178-2. Fantasy, claiming to be biography. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, unmarked save for author's inscription. No wear. # E0142. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Crockett, S.R.   THE STICKIT MINISTER'S WOOING  
Toronto: Morang, 1900. 1st ed. 368 pages. Hardcover. Scotish stories with dialogue in rich idiomatic Scots-English. Green cloth-covered boards with dark green title and thistle decoration on front. Spine has dark green thistles and bright gilt title.
VG/No Jacket. Hinges in perfect condition, no name or marks. Spine ends and tips lightly softened. # B9986. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Crook, Elizabeth.   THE RAVEN'S BRIDE: A NOVEL OF ELIZA, SAM HOUSTON'S FIRST WIFE (SIGNED)  
New York: Doubleday, 1991. 1st ed. 369 pages. Hardcover. 0385417756 0-385-41775-6. Historical fiction about their short-lived marriage and ensuing scandal. SIGNED & INSCRIBLED by author to owner on half title page, and dated March 4, 1991.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, owner bookplate. Dustjacket has a wrinkle at spine top. # E1823. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Crowther, Hal.   GATHER AT THE RIVER: NOTES FROM THE POST-MILLENNIAL SOUTH  
Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2005. 1st ed. 165 pages. Hardcover. 0807131008 0-8071-3100-8. Essays focusing on recent political, religious, and cultural issues.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. No sign of use or handling. # B4820. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cussler, Clive, & Robin Burcell.   WRATH OF POSEIDON: A SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURE  
New York: Putnam, 2020. 1st ed. 398 pages. Hardcover. 0593087887 0-593-08788-7. More adventure on and off the sea. First edition.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4625. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dailey, Janet.   THE GLORY GAME  
New York: Poseidon Press, 1985. 1st ed. 395 pages. Hardcover.
Fine/Fine. # A2601. $5.00     Inquire Now  
Dailey, Janet.   NOTORIOUS (SIGNED)  
New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Reprint. 342 pages. Hardcover. 0060176970 0-06-017697-0. Inscribed to owner and signed by the author.
Near Fine/Fine. Edges tanned, no wear. # B8792. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dalby, Robert.   KISSING BABIES AT THE PIGGLY WIGGLY (SIGNED)  
New York: Putnam, 2007. 1st ed. 273 pages. Hardcover. 0399154280 0-399-15428-0. Signed on the title page by the author.
VG/Near Fine. Tight, square book with remainder mark on bottom. Bright dustjacket with mild scuffing on back. # B8772. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Daniel, Tony.   THE AMBER ARROW: WULF'S SAGA 2  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2017. 1st ed. 405 pages. Hardcover. 148148253X 148148253X. Book 2 of Wulf's Saga.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks on book or dustjacket. # E3399. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Davidson, Diane Mott.   CRUNCH TIME (SIGNED)  
New York: William Morrow, 2011. 1st ed. 471 pages. Hardcover. 0061348155 0-06-134815-5. Ten recipes at the back of the book for yummy things prepared in the story. Signed by the author on the title page. Light yellow dustjacket with red title on spine. Stated first edition.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. # E3776. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dawson, .   CIVIL WAR AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST, CATALOGUE 298  
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1955. 72 pages. Hardcover. Catalogue of California bookstore makes excellent bibliography for Civil War and Western Americana books. First published in soft cover as three part series of catalogues, here together in dark blue hardcover.
Fine/No Jacket. No wear, no marks. # B9746. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
de Camp, L. Sprague, & Catherine Cook de.   THE INCORPORATED KNIGHT  
Riverdale NY: Baen Publishing, 1991. Reprint. 245 pages. Paperback. 0671720457 0-671-72045-7. Mass market paperback.
Good+/Wraps. Tight, clean and unmarked. Not worn, but spine is slightly creased and a bit cocked. # E2883. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Deal, Babs H.   FANCY'S KNELL  
Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. 1st ed. 156 pages. Hardcover. Black Dj with green and yellow titles and decoration.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. Corners sharp. Dj worn top of spine. # B3525. $75.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Deaver, Jeffery.   THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. 1st ed. 396 pages. Hardcover. 0684852926 0-684-85292-6. A novel of the last night of the century. White boards of the book show through fake bullet holes in the dustjacket.
Fine/Fine. # B9206. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dewlen, Al.   TWILIGHT OF HONOR  
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. Book Club ed. 328 pages. Hardcover. Novel of courtroom testimony and manuevering during a murder trial. Has Book of the Month Club dustjacket and detent on back cover, even though stated first edition on copyright page.
Good+/Good. Tight, unmarked. Edges, endpapers and dustjacket foxed. Chipping to edges and folds of dustjacket. # A0894. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dexter, Charles.   VERSIONS AND VERSES  
Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1865. 1st ed. 156 pages. Hardcover. 1865 first printing in green cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Gilt top edge. Dexter presents 59 works from many poets. Lovely small floral decorations at the end of each poem.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. # E3337. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dickey, Imogene Bentley.   EARLY LITERARY MAGAZINES OF TEXAS  
Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1970. 1st ed. 108 pages. Hardcover. 0811477177 0-8114-7717-7. A study of forty periodicals published in Texas between 1858-1929 which could be classified as literary.
Near Fine/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj has edge rubbing. # B4674. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dietrich, R. F.   PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG SUPERMAN A STUDY OF SHAW'S NOVELS  
Gainesville: Univ. Press of Florida, 1969. Hardcover. 081300277X 0-8130-0277-X.
Fine/Fine. New book from old stock, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. # B2833. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dis, Adriann Van.   THE SHELL: AN AFRICAN TALE  
Noordwijk: by the author, 1992. 29 pages. Hardcover.
Fine/No Jacket. # B1028. $36.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dobie, J. Frank.   CARL SANDBURG AND SAINT PETER AT THE GATE (LIMITED ED, SLIPCASED)  
Austin: Encino Press, 1966. Limited ed. 41 pages. Hardcover. Number 148 of a limited edition of 750 copies. Introduction by Bertha Dobie. Book and slipcase design by William D. Wittliff.
Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. Very faint foxing on box and boards. # B9844. $80.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dobie, J. Frank.   GUIDE TO LIFE AND LITERATURE OF THE SOUTHWEST: WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1943. 111 pages. Paperback. 24 illustrations by various artists from other books. Canÿserve as a guide for what to read to know the American Southwest. Not published with title on spine, so previous owner has inked the title there. 1943 date on title page, with no copyright, as Dobie indicated 'Anybody is welcome to help himself to any of it in any way.'
Fair/Wraps. Designed with yapped edges, in which the soft cover extends beyond the text block. Extended edges are bent and have small tears. Ink underlining throughout. Owner name on front. # E4529. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dobie, J. Frank.   SOME PART OF MYSELF  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1967. 1st ed. 282 pages. Hardcover. Biographical sketches accumulated over Dobie's life and compiled here for the first time. First edition. No dustjacket.
Good+/No Jacket. Solid binding, no name or marks. Spine is faded and discolored. # E3608. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dobie, J. Frank.   STRAIGHT TEXAS: PUBLICATIONS OF THE TEXAS FOLKLORE SOCIETY #XIII  
Dallas: SMU Press, 1984. Reprint. 348 pages. Hardcover. 0870741640 0-87074-164-0. Third printing of the 1966 facsimile of the 1937 original. Tan cloth-covered boards with bright gilt title on spine.
Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. Perfectly clean, no wear, no marks. # E4325. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Donleavy, J.P.   THE ONION EATERS  
New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. 1st ed. 306 pages. Hardcover.
VG/VG. Clean, tight, no name or writing. Nice square corners. Dustjacket has no chips or tears. Slightly tanned on spine. Stated first printing. # E2249. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Douglas, Lauren Wright.   NINTH LIFE: A CAITLIN REECE MYSTERY  
Tallahassee, FL: NAIAD, 1990. 1st ed. 242 pages. Paperback. 0941483509 0-941483-50-9.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight. Not so crisp as new. No name or marks. # B2317. $5.50     Inquire Now  
Drake, David.   PATRIOTS  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2016. Reprint. 324 pages. Paperback. 1476781915 1476781915. Young adult space opera full of action and adventure. A new Revolutionary War-25th century style.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no marks, minor scuffing along back edge of spine. # E3831. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Draper, Jessica.   SEVENTH SEAL: A NOVEL OF THE LAST DAYS  
American Fork: Covenant, 2003. 1st ed. 499 pages. Paperback. 1591561906 1-59156-190-6. Mormon oriented fiction.
Near Fine/Wraps. Only sign of use is sticker ghost inside front cover. # B9705. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dressler, M.   THE LAST TO SEE ME (SIGNED)  
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2017. 1st ed. 264 pages. Hardcover. 1510720677 1510720677. First edition signed by the author on the title page.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5119. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
du Maurier, George.   PETER IBBETSON (IN SLIPCASE)  
New York: Heritage Press, 1963. Reprint. 344 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout with drawings by the author. His grandaughter Daphne du Maurier has written the indtroduction. Striped paper-covered boards, grey cloth spine with gilt title and decorations. Golden-tan slipcase, and publisher's Sandglass leaflet included.
Fine/No Jacket. No wear or marks on book or slipcase. # E1527. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dugger, Shepherd M.   THE BALSAM GROVES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN: A TALE OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS  
Banner Elk: Shepherd M. Dugger, 1895. Reprint. 187 pages. Hardcover. Travel/adventure story glorifying nature in the mountains. B/w photos, information relating to the section and its hotels, and a table showing the height of important mountains. Dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine.
X-Lib Fair/No Jacket. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. FFEP missing. Label removed from front leaving light rectangle. # E3262. $40.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dunham, Gerald F.   ECHOES FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP: A TRIBUTE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.  
Houston: Infinity Bound, 1983. 30 pages. Paperback. Original poetry occompanies some of Dr. King's quotations. Stapled pamphlet printed on heavy tan stock.
X-Lib VG/Wraps. Former library copy w/ stamps & marks. A clean, reference-only copy. # B3622. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dunson, John.   KEEPER OF SECRETS: DAY ONE (SIGNED)  
Alpharetta: Black & White Publishing, 2002. 1st ed. 309 pages. Hardcover. 0971442053 0-9714420-5-3. Dunson's novel of political intrigue. SIGNED, dated 06/16/02, with a lengthy inscription on dedication page.
Fine/Fine. # A8814. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Durr, Ben.   MISS EMILY: THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS (SIGNED)  
Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2001. 1st ed. 319 pages. Hardcover. 0865343225 0-86534-322-5. Story blending legend and fact at Texas beginnings. Glossary of Spanish words and phrases. Signed by the author.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, without wear. # E3112. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dye, Ginny.   SPRING WILL COME 1862-1863: BOOK #3 IN THE BREGDAN CHRONICLES  
Bellingham WA: Voice in the World Publishing. Reprint. 487 pages. Paperback. 1507885466 1507885466. The Bregdan Chronicles contimue in the second year of the Civil War. Large softcover.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3452. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dye, Ginny.   STORM CLOUDS ROLLING IN 1860-1861: BOOK #1 IN THE BREGDAN CHRONICLES  
Bellingham WA: Voice in the World Publishing. Reprint. 513 pages. Paperback. 1503326667 1503326667. Sweeping historical saga of the period leading into the Civil War. Large softcover book.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3450. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Eagleton, Davis Foute.   TEXAS LITERATURE READER  
Dallas: Southern Publishing Co., 1919. Reprint. 188 pages. Hardcover. Compilation of stories and poems about Texas, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. A school primer with questions. A later [1919] printing of the 1916 original.
Good+/No Jacket. # A0125. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ebbutt, M.I.   HERO MYTHS & LEGENDS OF BRITAIN & IRELAND  
London: Brockhampton Press, 1998. Reprint. 152 pages. Hardcover. 1860198716 1-86019-871-6. Diverse cultural elements of the British Isles are represented by these nine hero tales selected from Ebbutt's classic 1910 work "Hero Myths & Legends of the British Race". John Matthews, editor.
Fine/Fine. # A6631. $9.75     Inquire Now  
Editors Class of 1917, .   ABOVE CAYUGA'S WATERS  
Ithaca, NY: Cornell Era, 1916. 1st ed. 147 pages. Hardcover. "A collection of articles and poems which have appeared in THE CORNELL ERA from its first publication, November 1868, to the present day."
VG/No Jacket. Firm, no name or marks, but a PO bookplate. # B3469. $8.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Edson, Herb.   LOOKING BACK  
New Carlisle, IN: Prairieview Publishing, no. 323 pages. Paperback. 1933276401 1-933276-40-1. Collection of folksy articles about daily life written for the Mt. Vernon Register newspaper. Signed on the title page by the author.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # B9886. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Eggleston, George Cary.   CAPTAIN SAM, OR THE BOY SCOUTS OF 1814  
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1876. 1st ed. 212 pages. Hardcover. Adventures in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico preceeding the Battle of New Orleans. Written for young readers as part of the Big Brother Series. Bright dark blue cloth-covered boards with black title and gilt illustration on front, and gilt title on spine. Illustrated with several b/w drawings. First edition with 1876 (1876).
Good+/No Jacket. Tight binding, solid hinges. Two owner names, one dated Dec. 25, 1877, and one dated Sep. 16, 1878. Impression of both sides of an 1880 one dollar coin on last blank page. Light wear to extremities. # E3704. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Elder, Ira Nell.   GENTLE GIANTS: WOMEN WRITERS IN TEXAS  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1983. 1st ed. 176 pages. Hardcover. 0890153981 0-89015-398-1. Stories of seventeen women authors, with brief sketch biographies and samples of their writing. Stated first edition in aqua colored dustjacket. B/w photo portraits.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E3051. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Eliot, George.   THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (IN SLIPCASE)  
New York: Heritage Press, 1963. Reprint. 472 pages. Hardcover. Maroon cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt mill on front. Introduction by David Daiches and illusttrated with paintings by Wray Manning. Maroon tweed-look slipcase and publisher's Sandglass leaflet included.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Book has no ear, no marks, but spine is slightly faded. Slipcase has very minor scuffs. # E1558. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Eliot, George.   ROMOLA (COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES)  
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1890. Reprint. 614 pages. Hardcover. Historical fiction with a Florentine background of real events and real people of the Renaissance. Illustrated with 30 b/w tissue protected plates in each volume. Cream-white covers with elaborate gilt and red decorations and titles. Top edge gilt and red ribbon place markers. 1890 reprint of the 1863 original. The novel first appeared in fourteen parts published in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 (vol. 6, no. 31) to August 1863 (vol. 8, no. 44), and was first published as a book, in three volumes, by Smith, Elder & Co. in 1863.
VG/No Jacket. Firm hinges and bindings. No name or marks. The beveled boards have nice square corners. Spine ends softened. Text-block edges foxed. # E2511. $140.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ellis, L. Tuffly.   SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY OCTOBER, 1977 VOL. LXXXI, NO. 2  
Austin: Texas State Historical, 1977. 1st ed. 116 pages. Paperback. Essay on tenant farmer discontent, 1901-1917, and memoir of William E. Cureton, Texas frontiersman. Checklist of theses and dissertations 1964-1974. Book reviews and the Southwestern Collection. Cover painting of horse and rider and drawings in text by Bill Kolbe.
VG/Wraps. Binding tight, no name or markes. Back cover rubbed and stained. # B5729. $7.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.   STARS OF THOUGHT  
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1907. Special ed. 79 pages. Paperback. Selected and with a foreword by Thomas Coke Watkins. Miniature 6 X 3 inch book in pretty, but damaged slipcase. Card cover with paper Dj decorated in red and black. Retains original tissue over-wrap.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. No wear, but edges lightly foxed. # B5903. $75.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Estleman, Loren D.   WHISKEY RIVER (UNCORRECTED PROOFS)  
New York: Bantam, 1990. Proof ed. 262 pages. Paperback. 0553070428 0-553-07042-8. UNCORRECTED PROOF of this Prohibition Era Detroit crime novel. Tradepaper size 9 inches tall. Several small, pale spots on top edge.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, unmarked. No reader crease or visible wear. Several small, pale spots on top edge. # A7792. $4.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Everett, Ruth.   THAT MAN FROM WALL STREET: A STORY OF THE STUDIOS  
New York: George Thiell Long, Publisher, 190. 1st ed. 360 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles, oval paste-on illustration on front. Romance and intrigue in New York City at the turn of the century.
Good+/No Jacket. Very firm hinges and binding. Unmarked. Corners and spine ends have wear. # E2696. $34.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Farrar, Charles A.J.   UP THE NORTH BRANCH: OR A SUMMER'S OUTING  
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1889. Reprint. 332 pages. Hardcover. Fourth book in the Lake and Forest Series. Boards covered in silky brown cloth, embossed black decorations, including boy climbing tree to escape a moose. Bright gilt title on spine. Illustrated with seven full page etchings. In the back is four-page listing of publisher's Books for Young Folks.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy, minimal markings. A clean, solid copy. Square corners. Small number 2 in white ink at spine top. # E4518. $30.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Farrell, James T.   YOUNG LONIGAN (SIGNED)  
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1979. Reprint. 238 pages. Leather. In full olive leather, with two raised spine bands, gilt decorations and lettering, moire endpapers and silk ribbon. All edges gilt. Includes the 'Notes From the Editors' booklet. The first of the Studs Lonigan trilogy about a young Irish-American growing up in rough & rumble Chicago in the early 1900s.
Fine/No Jacket. A pristine, unread copy SIGNED by the author. Includes the Notes From the Editors booklet. # E2078. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ferguson, J. M.   SUMMERFIELD STORIES (PAPER)  
Fort Worth: TCU Press, 1985. Reprint. 98 pages. Paperback. 0875650104 0-87565-010-4. Conveys a fine sense of the solitudes & empty spaces of the American Southwest.
New/Wraps. New, hidden in our wharehouse for years! # A7674. $6.25     Inquire Now  
Fine, Janice, & Lois Watt.   BENITO AND THE BOOTSTRAPS  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1970. 1st ed. 48 pages. Hardcover. 0811103811 0-8111-0381-1. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Barbara Brigham. Told in rhyme, the story of an inner-city child warned by a cop to stay in school and "pull himself up by the bootstraps".
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives with a hint of aging. # B4175. $34.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Finger, Charles J.   BOBBIE AND JOCK AND THE MAILMAN  
New York: Jr. Lit. Guild/Henry Holt & Co, 19. 1st ed. 156 pages. Hardcover. Story of little girl's adventure at her uncle's farm. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Helen Finger. Blue cloth-covered boards with black titles on front and spine. Pictorial map endpapers.
X-Lib Good+/No Jacke. Hinges and all pages firm and undamaged. Owner name dated 1942. Former library copy with library name stamped on two places inside. Corners lightly bumped, spine ends worn. # E2085. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Fleming, David L.   BORDER CROSSINGS: A NOVEL  
Fort Worth: TCU Press, 1993. 1st ed. 304 pages. Hardcover. 087565116X 0-87565-116-X. New book from our older stock, purchased from TCU in October 1993. Still in publisher shrinkwrap.
New/New. # 07828. $24.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Flower, Jessie Graham.   GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS  
Philadephia: Henry Altemus Company, 1921. Reprint. 255 pages. Hardcover. Tan cloth-covered boards, illustration of riders on front in brown, black and orange. Illustrated with several b/w drawings without attribution. Early reprint by the original publisher, no date on the title page. Eight pages of ads at rear for publisher's other young reader's books.
Good/No Jacket. Firm binding, front hinge paper separated some. No owner marks. Spine ends worn, corners rubbed. Foxing. Spine darkened. Scattered areas of insect damage on cloth of cover. # E2740. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Fothergill, Jessie.   ORIOLE'S DAUGHTER  
New York: Tait, Sons & Company, 1892. 1st Am. ed. 321 pages. Hardcover. Appears to be first American edition of English novel. Published by a company which changed it's name to The Anglo-American Publishing Company in the following year. Orange cloth-covered boards with rose and silver decoration and silver title on front and spine. No dustjacket. A very scarce item.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, clean, unmarked. Corners square, spine ends softened. # E2728. $65.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Fowler, Zenita.   THE LAST INNOCENT SUMMER  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 1990. Reprint. 144 pages. Paperback. 0875650457 0-87565-045-7. A Chaparral Book for Young Readers. Story of a 10-year old girl in a small East Texas town in 1931.
Fine/Wraps. New, in publisher shrinkwrap. # 00905. $9.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Fox, H.B.   THE 2000-MILE TURTLE  
Austin: Madrona Press, 1975. Reprint. 128 pages. Hardcover. 0890520143 0-89052-014-3. Gift inscription, SIGNED by the author.
Near Fine/Good+. Coffee cup ring on front, o/w a solid copy. # B5347. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Franklin, Benjamin.   THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN  
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1976. Collect ed. 233 pages. Leather. Dark red leather with gilt decoration on front, back and spine. Gilt title on spine with four raised bands. All edges gilt, ribbon marker, moire endpapers. .
Fine/No Jacket. No wear, no name or marks. # E3914. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Frantz, Joe B.   THE SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY VOL.LXXIX OCTOBER, 1975  
Austin: Texas State Historical, 1975. 1st ed. 123 pages. Paperback. Two essays on antebellum politics and religion in Texas, and three others. Book reviews. Cover depicts snowy farm scene of hog-killing time painting by H.O. Kelly.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. Slightly warped from storage. # B5727. $10.25   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Frantz, Joe B.   SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY VOL. LXXX, NO. 3 JANUARY 1977  
Austin: Texas State Historical, 1977. 1st ed. 109 pages. Paperback. German POWs in Texas. Steinert's view of Texas 1849. Landscape painting by POW on the cover. Book reviews.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. Very light foxing on back cover. # B5539. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Frantz, Joe B.   SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY VOL. LXXVIII, NO. 2 OCT. 1974  
Austin: Texas State Historical, 1974. 1st ed. 113 pages. Paperback. Sam Rayburn fight for public electricity, Railroad squabbles, Victoria, Texas 1880-1920. St. Mary's Church, Victoria on cover.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. White cover a little darkened and foxed. # B5538. $14.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Galdos, Benito Perez.   THE SPENDTHRIFTS  
New York: Farrar Straus & Young Inc., 1952. 1st ed. 285 pages. Hardcover. Translated from Spanish by Gamel Woolsey, with introduction by Gerald Brenan, and illustrations by Charles Mozley. First English edition.
Good+/Good+. Firm binding, no owner marks, silverfished along edges. Dustjacket chipped at corners and spine ends. # E4822. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Galsworthy, John.   THE MAN OF PROPERTY (IN SLIPCASE)  
New York: Heritage Press, 1964. Special ed. 285 pages. Hardcover. Includes very good brown-colored slipcase. The publisher's Sandglass leaflet describing this edition is enclosed. Book is tan linen cloth with gilt title in brown box on spine and drawing of gentleman on front. Introduction by Evelyn Waugh, and illustrations throughout by Charles Mozley. .
Good+/No Jacket. Book has no wear, no marks, but some scuff-marks on the title-bloc of spine. Slipcase has some scuffing and a dent on back edge. # E1299. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Garner, L.V.   DRAGONS: VILLAIN OR VICTIM  
Powell Butte, OR: Gargoyle Printing, 1988. 1st ed. 23 pages. Paperback. Humorous booklet purporting to be AN AUTHORATATIVE GOSPEL OF UNVARNISHED, IRREFUTABLE DRAGON HISTORY. Quite uncommon.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B6089. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Garrett, George.   SLEEPING GYPSY AND OTHER POEMS WITH DRAWINGS BY JO ALYS DOWNS  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1958. 1st ed. 70 pages. Hardcover. Uncovered in our backstock, a never sold copy in new condition. Now covered in mylar.
Fine/Fine. # A8219. $68.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Garrett, George.   SLEEPING GYPSY AND OTHER POEMS WITH DRAWINGS BY JO ALYS DOWNS  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1958. 1st ed. 70 pages. Hardcover. Uncovered in our backstock, a never sold copy in new condition. Now covered in mylar. Has a small insect stain on back of Dj, o/w as new. In mylar.
Fine/Fine. # A8220. $50.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gatlin, Mrs. R.E. (Lou).   TAKE COVER  
Wichita Falls: Western Christian Found., 198. 93 pages. Hardcover. A mix of church history of the Southside Assembly of God in Wichita Falls, Texas, poems about the tornados that wiped them out, other poetry and biographical sketches of members. INSCRIBED & SIGNED copy.
Near Fine/No Jacket. # B3336. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Geyer, Nancy.   FRAILTIES (SIGNED)  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1985. 1st ed. 448 pages. Hardcover. 0316308927 0-316-30892-7. Novel set in Houston. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Geyer.
VG/Good. Dj a chipped and worn. # A5869. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gibson, Edmund H.   IT MAY BE SO: A FANTASY OF THE AFTERLIFE  
New York: Greenwich Book Publishers, 1958. 1st ed. 66 pages. Hardcover. A livey essay on the afterlife. Scarce.
Good+/Good. Tight, no owner marks, mild age toning, no wear. Dustjacket has edge and corner chips. # E4828. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gibson, Jewel.   JOSHUA BEENE AND GOD  
New York: Random House, 1946. 1st ed. 238 pages. Hardcover. A humorous portrayal of religious and political struggle in a small East Texas town. Rust-brown cloth-covered boards. First printing.
Good/No Jacket. Firm binding, Corners worn, spine ends frayed. No name or marks. Top edge foxed. # E4821. $18.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Glasgow, Ellen.   ONE MAN IN HIS TIME  
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922. 1st ed. 379 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards with black ruling near the edge and gilt title on front and dull gilt title on spine. .
Good/No Jacket. Tight binding, remnant of sticker on FFEP. Corners square, spine ends softened. Lightened area on front cover. # E2827. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Glass, Julia Daingerfield.   AUNT CELEY TALKS (SIGNED)  
San Antonio: Carleton Printing Company, 1948. 1st ed. 152 pages. Hardcover. In the Years 1921-22, "Lest We Forget". From an earlier culture, stories told with affection in supposed Negro dialect. First edition inscribed and SIGNED by the author, dated May 1951. Illustration by Merle Venrick. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt title on front. (no title on spine) Calling card of author in library card pocket.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy, minimal markings. A clean, solid copy. Card pocket, library name stamp, and de-assession stamp. # E3733. $50.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Golden, Morris.   SELF OBSERVED: SWIFT, JOHNSON AND WORDSWORTH  
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ., 1972. 2nd ed. 190 pages. Hardcover. 0801812895 0-8018-1289-5.
Good+/Good+. Clean, tight. Lower edge of pages and Dj wavey from damp in the past. # A9918. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Goldhill, Simon.   AESCHYLUS: THE ORESTEIA (LANDMARKS OF WORLD LITERATURE)  
Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1996. Reprint. 102 pages. Paperback. 0521408539 0-521-40853-9.
New/Wraps. A new copy. # B4061. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Goldsmith, Oliver.   SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)  
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1978. Collect ed. 121 pages. Leather. Very dark blue leather with two raised spine bands, gilt title and decoration. All edges gilt, rose moire endpapers and ribbom marker. Illustrated and decorated by T.M. Cleland. Goldsmith's classic comedic play set in 1700s England.
Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no name or marks. # E3895. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Greene, A.C.   THE 50 BEST BOOKS ON TEXAS  
Dallas: Pressworks, 1982. 1st ed. 90 pages. Paperback. 0939722143 0-939722-14-3. Greene's choice, by his rules, and a very good list. Lots of info and insights in his commentaries.
VG/Wraps. Spine is sun faded, else a very nice copy. # B7006. $6.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Greene, A.C.   A CHRISTMAS TREE  
Austin: Encino Press, 1973. 1st ed. 28 pages. Hardcover. Greene writes of his experiences with Christmas trees - going out to cut them, decorating, "too big, too small," etc. Drawings by Nunn. Green paper covered boards with large colorful paste-on title label on front. Brown cloth spine with black title. Includes original acetate dustjacket.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Very light foxing on edges, and a little bit on paste-on label, else Fine. In a clear mylar sleeve. # A0615. $40.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Greene, A.C.   A CHRISTMAS TREE (SIGNED, LIMITED)  
Austin: Encino Press, 1973. Limited ed. 28 pages. Hardcover. # 135 of 250 limited edition copies SIGNED by Greene, Nunn & Wittliff. Greene recalls accounts of his experiences with Christmas trees. Illustrated with drawings by Ancel Nunn. Book designed by William D. Wittliff. Green cloth covered boards with large colorful paste-on label on front. Matching label on slipcase. Dark green leather spine with gilt title.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Book is lightly foxed along page edges and label, thus Near Fine. In a Very Good slipcase which shows moderate foxing on paper label. # A0616. $67.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Guilds, John Caldwell.   NINETEENTH-CENTURY SOUTHERN FICTION  
Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1970. 1st ed. 321 pages. Paperback. 0675093082 0-675-09308-2. Designed as a supplementary text for general course in Southern history or literature. Shorter works by eleven authors, including Poe, Cable, Longstreet, and Chopin.
VG/Wraps. Tight, unused, but has light shelfwear. No marks. # B7093. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gulf Coast Intercollegiate, Conference.   GULF BREEZE, 1996: A GULF COAST INTERCOLLEGIATE SHOWCASE OF STUDENT WRITING  
No Place: Gulf Coast Intercoll., 1996. 1st ed. 76 pages. Paperback. A collection of 46 poems and short stories submitted by students of Texas Gulf Coast colleges including: Baytown Lee; San Jacinto; Brazosport; Galveston; North Harris CC; COM; Alvin & Wharton.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former non-circulating library copy. Stickers & stamps. # B5369. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gulf Coast Intercollegiate, Conference.   GULF BREEZE: THE BEST OF THE BEST, SPRING 1995  
No Place: Gulf Coast Intercoll., 1995. 1st ed. 53 pages. Paperback. A collection of 59 poems and short stories submitted by students of Texas Gulf Coast colleges including: Baytown Lee; San Jacinto; Brazosport; Galveston; North Harris CC; COM; Alvin & Wharton.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former non-circulating library copy. Stickers. Nice in mylar. # B5368. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gunter, Archibald Clavering.   MR. POTTER OF TEXAS: A NOVEL  
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1888. 278 pages. Boards. Lively adventure set during the 1880s, beginning with a raucous encounter with Moslem mobs in Alexandria, Egypt and the arrival of Mr. Potter and American Marines. In pictorial paper covers over boards, part of Routledge's Railway Library Series (fifth). Adverts for patent meds and lists of Routledge's One- & Two-Shilling volumes.
Good+/No Jacket. Moderate wear, but solid and presentable. # B9426. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hadley, Michael L. and Anita.   SPINDRIFT: A CANADIAN BOOK OF THE SEA  
Madeira Park BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2017. 1st ed. 336 pages. Hardcover. 1771621737 1-77162-173-7. Short stories related to the sea around Canada from many authors. Grey dustjacket with red title on spine.
Fine/Fine. No wear. no marks. # E3793. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, [Sam Slick].   CLOCKMAKER: SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF SAMUEL SLICK OF SLICKVILLE  
ny: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. 1st ed. 271 pages. Hardcover. Originally published as letters in a Nova Scotian newspaper, these thirty-three essay were first collected into book form in 1837. This 6.5" tall edition is in green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decoration. Drawings by F.O.C. Darley. First printing from this publisher. At the end is a 16-page listing of the publisher's books.
VG/No Jacket. Very firm sewn binding, owner names. Corners rubbed and bent, but still square. Spine ends softened. # E4643. $45.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Halsell, H.H.   RANGER (SIGNED)  
Dallas: Wilkinson Printing, 1947. 2nd ed. 95 pages. Hardcover. Historical fiction on the Texas frontier, signed by the author who was born in 1860. Indian fighting adventure and romance after the Civil War. Orange cloth-covered boards with a blue paste-on block containing the title and stage coach illustration. Dustjacket is gold foil with black title and stagecoach drawing.
Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no owner name or marks. No wear on book. Dustjacket has several very tiny edge tears, but no scuffing. # B8341. $75.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hand, Wayland D.   EYES ON TEXAS: FIFTY YEARS OF FOLKLORE IN THE SOUTHWEST  
Austin: The Texas Folklore Society, 1967. 1st ed. 28 pages. Paperback. Speech given at the fiftieth meeting of the Texas Folklore Society, in Austin on April 8, 1966. Published by the Texas Folklore Society, with design and production by William D. Wittliff at the Encino Press. Stapled pamphlet in blue stiff paper cover with black title and roadrunner on front. B/w photos of founders and officers.
Fine/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. # E3511. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hanson, Ruth K.   BIRD AND ROCKET STORIES  
Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1960. 80 pages. Hardcover. Stories featuring a society of birds as they live their lives. Moss green cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titles on front and spine. White dustjacket illustrated in red and blue. Uncommon.
VG/Near Fine. Tight, no name or marks. Corners square. Edges of boards are silverfished. Dustjacket has no tears or chips. # E3888. $48.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harper's Magazine, .   HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE VOLUME VI, DECEMBER 1852 TO MAY 1853  
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1853. 864 pages. Hardcover. The six issues carry a serialised edition of Charles Dickens's novel BLEAK HOUSE, a three-part story of a horrendous ocean voyage, a six-part story of Napoleon Bonaparte, and a three-part novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. More than three hundred etchings illustrate the magazines. Dark brown boards with leather corners and leather spine with raised bands and gilt title.
Good/No Jacket. Tight, hinges sound. Small stamp of owner name on Title page and on endpaper. Water stain to edge or corner of last hundred pages. Board edges worn in places. # E4865. $44.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harper's Magazine, .   HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE VOLUME XXXI, JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1865  
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1865. 816 pages. Hardcover. The six issues carry a serialised edition of Charles Dickens OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, travel stories, fashion. One hundred eighty-six etchings illustrate the magazines. Dark brown boards with leather corners and leather spine with raised bands and gilt title. All edges dyed reddish brown.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, square and straight. No wear, no owner marks. # E4867. $45.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harper's Magazine, .   HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE VOLUME XIX, JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1859  
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1859. 864 pages. Hardcover. The six issues carry a serialised edition of William Makepeace Thackery's THE VIRGINIANS, travel stories, fashion. More than four hundred etchings illustrate the magazines. Dark brown boards with leather corners and leather spine with raised bands and gilt title.
Good/No Jacket. Internal hinges mended. Age spot on endpapers. Edgess darkened. Some silverfish damage to boards. # E4866. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harrigan, Stephen.   CHALLENGER PARK (SIGNED)  
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 1st ed. 397 pages. Hardcover. 0375412050 0-375-41205-0. Novel about astronauts and the space program.
Fine/Fine. SIGNED by Harrigan on the half title page. # B0312. $15.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harrington, Mildred P.   SOUTHWEST IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY  
Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1952. 1st ed. 124 pages. Hardcover. States included in the bibliography are Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. A reference book, listing kid's titles with brief descriptions including works published through Spring 1951. Bright red cloth-covered boards with black title on spine.
Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E2476. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harris, Rendel.   THE AFTER-GLOW ESSAYS NUMBER ELEVEN: HUNDREDS AND HIDES  
London: University of London Press, 1935. 1st ed. 20 pages. Hardcover. Author is well-known biblical scholar of the late nineteenth-early twentieth century era. In the essays he sets out a theory of ancient Egyptian settlement in England, Europe, and the Americas. Unusual French-flap style with paper dustjacket attached to hardcover boards, with list of series titles on inner front flap.
VG/VG. Tight, no marks or sign of use. Age-toned. # E4947. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harris, Rendel.   THE AFTER-GLOW ESSAYS NUMBER FOUR: THE NOME  
London: University of London Press, 1934. 1st ed. 23 pages. Hardcover. Author is well-known biblical scholar of the late nineteenth-early twentieth century era. In the essays he sets out a theory of ancient Egyptian settlement in England, Europe, and the Americas. Unusual French-flap style with paper dustjacket attached to hardcover boards, with list of series titles on inner front flap.
VG/VG. Tight, no marks or sign of use. Age-toned. # E4948. $23.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harris, Rendel.   THE AFTER-GLOW ESSAYS NUMBER NINE: THE TIBER AND THE RHINE  
London: University of London Press, 1935. 1st ed. 17 pages. Hardcover. Author is well-known biblical scholar of the late nineteenth-early twentieth century era. In the essays he sets out a theory of ancient Egyptian settlement in England, Europe, and the Americas. Unusual French-flap style with paper dustjacket attached to hardcover boards, with list of series titles on inner front flap.
VG/VG. Tight, no marks or sign of use. Age-toned. # E4946. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harris, Rendel.   THE AFTER-GLOW ESSAYS NUMBER TEN: REJUVENESCENCE  
London: University of London Press, 1935. 1st ed. 15 pages. Hardcover. Author is well-known biblical scholar of the late nineteenth-early twentieth century era. In the essays he sets out a theory of ancient Egyptian settlement in England, Europe, and the Americas. Unusual French-flap style with paper dustjacket attached to hardcover boards, with list of series titles on inner front flap.
VG/VG. Tight, no marks or sign of use. Age-toned. # E4945. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harte, Bret.   A FIRST FAMILY OF TASAJARA, THREE PARTNERS AND OTHER TALES (THE CALIFORNIA EDITION)  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Reprint. 865 pages. Hardcover. Un-numbered volume from Harte's Complete Works, California Edition in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decorations on spine, and gilt top edge. Deckle foredge.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, square, no name or marks. # B7851. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harte, Bret.   A NIECE OF SNAPSHOT HARRY'S, TRENT'S TRUST AND OTHER STORIES (THE CALIFORNIA EDITION)  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Reprint. 619 pages. Hardcover. Un-numbered volume from Harte's Complete Works, California Edition in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decorations on spine, and gilt top edge. Deckle foredge.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, square, no name or marks. # B7852. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Harte, Bret.   POEMS, TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS (THE CALIFORNIA EDITION)  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Reprint. 888 pages. Hardcover. Un-numbered volume from Harte's Complete Works, California Edition in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decorations on spine, and gilt top edge. Deckle foredge.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, square, no name or marks. # B7850. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hathaway, Katharine Butler.   THE LITTLE LOCKSMITH  
New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. Book Club ed. 237 pages. Hardcover. Previously to publication of the book, it had appeared serially in the Atlantic Monthly. Pastel terra-cotta cloth-covered boards with green stencil flower on front and green title and decoration on spine. Cream dustjacket has brown titles and green leaf and flower decoration.Includes booK club leaflet.
VG/Fair. Tight,square corners, no wear on boards. Owner name and initials dated '43. Dustjacket is tanned, has chips at corners, and top edge. # E5123. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hemingway, Ernest.   THE GARDEN OF EDEN: A NOVEL (BOOK CLUB EDITION)  
New York: Scribners, 1986. Book Club ed. 247 pages. Hardcover. 0684186934 0-684-18693-4. Book club edition, no price on dustjacket, embossed star on back of book.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Appears new. # E4931. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hendee, Barb and J.C.   THROUGH STONE AND SEA: A NOVEL OF THE NOBLE DEAD  
New York: ROC, 2010. 1st ed. 424 pages. Hardcover. 0451463129 0-451-46312-9.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked first edition. # B3901. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hennech, Mike, & Billy Bob Hill.   TEXAS SHORT FICTION: A WORLD IN ITSELF  
Fort Worth: ALE, 1993. 1st ed. 240 pages. Paperback. 1881301044 1-881301-04-4. 21 exciting stories that feature the heart and soul of Texas.
New/Wraps. New copies. # E0476. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hetley, James A.   SUMMER COUNTRY  
New York: Penguin Books, 2002. 1st ed. 361 pages. Paperback. 0441009727 0-441-00972-7. Celtic fantasy.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, no marks, creases or rubs. # A8594. $3.00     Inquire Now  
Hicks, Mack.   MARTYR'S TOMB  
Pinellas Park: Splenium House, 2001. 1st ed. 246 pages. Paperback. 0971258759 0-9712587-5-9.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # B9298. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hijuelos, Oscar.   MR. IVES' CHRISTMAS  
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. 1st ed. 248 pages. Hardcover. 0060171316 0-06-017131-6.
Fine/Near Fine. # A5573. $5.50     Inquire Now  
Hillerman, Tony.   THE WAILING WIND  
New York: HarperCollins, 2002. 1st ed. 232 pages. Hardcover. 0060194448 0-06-019444-8.
Fine/VG. # A7892. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Hilton, James.   SO WELL REMEMBERED  
Boston: Atlantic / Little Brown, 1945. 1st ed. 309 pages. Hardcover.
Near Fine/No Jacket. # A5688. $4.00     Inquire Now  
Hines, Gareth.   BEOWULF: BOOK 1: WITH GRIMMEST GRIPE  
Cambridge, MA: TheComic.com, 1999. 1st ed. 40 pages. Paperback. 1893131017 1-893131-01-7. First of the 3-part Beowulf series. Full color illustrations on slick paper.
Fine/Wraps. Stapled comic in Mint condition. # E2206. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hoermann, P. Alto.   THE DAUGHTER OF TEHUAN: OR TEXAS OF THE PAST CENTURY  
San Antonio: Standard Printing Co., 1932. 1st ed. 292 pages. Hardcover. Historical fiction first published in 1866 in German. Written by a missionary stationed at old San Jose Mission near San Antonio during the years 1859-1864. Includes a biographical sketch of the author by the translator Alois Braun. The grey cloth-covered boards are illustrated on front with a mission scene. Dustjacket is pink and illustrated with the same scene in blue.
Near Fine/Fair. Clean,tight, no wear or owner name. Dustjacket is worn on edges and corners, pieces lost on spine and back. Faded on spine. If there was a dustjacket spine title, it has faded away. # E3115. $180.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hoermann, P. Alto.   THE DAUGHTER OF TEHUAN: OR TEXAS OF THE PAST CENTURY  
San Antonio: Standard Printing Co., 1932. 1st ed. 292 pages. Hardcover. Historical fiction first published in 1866 in German. Written by a missionary stationed at old San Jose Mission near San Antonio during the years 1859-1864. Includes a biographical sketch of the author by the translator Alois Braun. The grey cloth-covered boards are illustrated on front with a mission scene. Dustjacket is pink and illustrated with the same scene in blue.
Near Fine/Fair. Clean,tight, no wear or owner name. Dustjacket is worn on edges and corners and faded on spine. If there was a dustjacket spine title, it has faded away. # B8363. $180.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Honan, Park.   AUTHORS' LIVES: ON LITERARY BIOGRAPHY AND THE ARTS OF LANGUAGE  
New York: St. Martin's, 1990. 1st ed. 279 pages. Hardcover. 0312042612 0-312-04261-2. Discusses literary biographies in the light of our wish to see how history affected authors.
Fine/Near Fine. No wear, no marks. # B9215. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Horgan, Paul.   THE RETURN OF THE WEED (1936 FIRST EDITION)  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1936. 1st ed. 97 pages. Hardcover. Horgan describes life in various eras at a lonely New Mexico site. Lithographs by Peter Hurd. Tan linen covered boards with title in a gilt block, author name in a dark green block. Stated first edition.
Good+/No Jacket. Solid, no wear, unmarked. Top edge and spine a little darkened. Light age toning on endpapers, else VG. # A0393. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
House, Boyce.   HOW I TOOK HOLLYWOOD BY STORM (SIGNED)  
Dallas: Banks Upshaw and Company, 1942. Limited ed. 26 pages. Hardcover. This first edition is limited to 300 SIGNED and numbered copies, this being number 11. Illustrated by Vic LeMay. House's funny account of his adventures in Hollywood as a consultant on the movie Boom Town. Blue moire silk over boards with bright gilt title on front. SIGNED by Boyce House.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked. Just a hint of wear at spine ends. # E5076. $45.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Huckabee, Mike.   A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS: TWELVE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE THE TRUE HOLIDAY SPIRIT (SIGNED)  
New York: Sentinel/Penguin, 2009. 1st ed. 208 pages. Hardcover. 1595230629 1-59523-062-9. Huckabee writes the Christmas memories of his family, stories of homelife in Arkansas. Signed by the author on the title page.
Fine/Fine. # B8822. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hudson, Wilson M.   DIAMOND BESSIE & THE SHEPHERDS  
Austin: Encino Press, 1972. 158 pages. Hardcover. Collection of fifteen articles on a wide variety of Texas folklore. Texas Folklore Society Publication Number 36. In finely woven red cloth covers. BTB 203-36.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # A0908. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hudson, Arthur Palmer.   THE SINGING SOUTH: FOLK-SONG IN RECENT FICTION  
Chapel Hill: North Carolina Folklore, 1936. Reprint. 30 pages. Paperback. Reprinted for the North Carolina Folklore Council from the July number of The Sewanee Review 1936, 1st separate printing thus. Historian's essay on the use ofballads and folksongs in modern fiction.
Near Fine/Wraps. PON on title page, o/w clean, tight. Cover, edges browning. # B0119. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hughes, Dean.   FAR FROM HOME: CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE, VOL.3  
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005. Reprint. 492 pages. Paperback. 1590384474 1-59038-447-4. Book 3 of WW II series about LDS family at war and on the home front.
Near Fine/Wraps. No wear, no reader crease, owner name sticker inside front cover. First paperback printing. # B9338. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Humphrey, William.   AH, WILDERNESS: THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN LITERATURE  
El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1977. 1st ed. 30 pages. Paperback. 0874040574 0-87404-057-4. Number Two in the Literature Series of the University of Texas at El Paso. Stapled pamphlet being a bBrief essay on influence of the frontier on writers and readers. Frontispiece illustration by Jose Cisneros. Typo in ISBN on copyright page. Somewhat scarce.
VG/Wraps. Slight fading around edges, light crease on cover. # B9423. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hunt, John Clark.   SOUTH AND WEST  
New York: House of Field, 1941. 1st ed. 92 pages. Hardcover. Folksy stories of everyday life. Dark green cloth-covered boards without title on front or spine. First printing of uncommon book.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, minor indication of use, but, remains of bookplate on FFEP. # A0176. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hurley, King.   THE INTERVIEW  
Boulder, CO: Paandaa Entertainment, 2006. 1st ed. 295 pages. Hardcover. 0977418804 0-9774188-0-4. Hurley's debut novel.
Fine/Fine. # A9995. $6.00     Inquire Now  
James, Bushrod W.   ALASKANA: OR ALASKA IN DESCRIPTIVE AND LEGENDARY POEMS (SIGNED)  
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1892. 1st ed. 368 pages. Hardcover. Travelog in poetry, illustrated with b/w photos. White cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations and gilt titles on front and spine. Appendix of non-poetic backgrounds for each poem. Inscribed to Prof. George W. Felter with the compliments of the author. Signed by the Author. All edges bright gilt.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding, corners and spine ends worn. # E3082. $85.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jaques, Florence Page, & Francis Lee Jaq.   CANOE COUNTRY & SNOWSHOE COUNTRY  
Minneapolis: Univ. Minnesota, 1999. 1st ed. 190 pages. Hardcover. 0816634890 0-8166-3489-0. Two classics of nature writing and art published together in one volume. Stories of their travels in the Boundry Waters written by Florence Page Jaques and illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques with bold b/w ink ad drawings. 1st Printing Thus.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Book and dustjacket show no signs of handling. # E4595. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jason, Daniel.   LOCH NESS MONSTERS IN ATLANTISš (SIGNED)  
Houston: Time Dancer Press, 2002. 1st ed. 210 pages. Paperback. 0965947033 0-9659470-3-3. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no other marks. # B9715. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jenkins, Dan.   FAST COPY  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st ed. 396 pages. Hardcover. Novel of murder and football during the 1930s in Texas.
Near Fine/VG. # A2048. $5.75     Inquire Now  
Jenkins, John H.   TEXAS DELINEATED: SOME DISCONNECTED VIEWS FROM THE PAST  
Austin: Pemberton Press, 1971. 1st ed. 26 pages. Paperback. This copy has been bound into a hardcover by the library, and thus protected from wear.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. # B3785. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jensen, editor, Oliver.   BRUCE CATTON'S AMERICA: SELECTIONS FROM HIS GREATEST WORKS  
New York: American Heritage, 1979. 222 pages. Hardcover. 0828103100 0-8281-0310-0. First & last chapters are autobiographical, but most of the selections deal with the Civil War & are illustrated with sepia tone photos. Included is a Catton bibliography.
Fine/Fine. # A5838. $7.25     Inquire Now  
Johnson, Rena A.   WAITING FOR THE HARVEST (SIGNED)  
New York: Carlton Press, 1969. 224 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner gift inscription. Signed by the author.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, square, and tight. # B8775. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Johnston, Annie Fellows.   THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOLIDAYS  
Boston: Page & Company, 1910. Reprint. 232 pages. Hardcover. Tan cloth-covered boards with illustrated front cover. November 1910, fifteenth printing of 1901 original.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, very firm binding with solid hinges. Owner name, dated Xmas 1911. Eight b/w illustrations by Bridgman. # B4057. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Just, Ward.   THE TRANSLATOR  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 1st ed. 313 pages. Hardcover. 0395571685 0-395-57168-5. Romance and intrigue in post-war Europe, up to and including the break-up of the cold war order in 1989-90. Signed by the author on the half-title page.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, square. # B7718. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Karlin, PF.   SHATTERED FATE (SIGNED)  
Sugar Land: PF Karlin Publishing, 2020. 2nd ed. 249 pages. Paperback. 0989024741 0-9890247-4-1. Signed by the author on the title page. Book One of the Kismet Story. Second edition.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5117. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kauffman, Reginald Wright.   PIRATE JEAN  
New York: Macaulay Company, 1930. 1st ed. 322 pages. Hardcover. A romantic story of the pirate Jean Lafitte. First edition in yellow-orange cloth-covered boards, with red titles on spine and front. No dustjacket. Dustjacket flap pasted inside front board. Scarce.
Fair/No Jacket. Binding firm, no name or writing. Ink splatters on back board. Stains and water marks. Page edges foxed, with occasional interior foxing. # E4674. $125.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Keith, Marian.   AS A WATERED GARDEN  
Toronto: McClellend & Stewart, 1946. 1st ed. 297 pages. Hardcover. First edition Canadian novel. Teal cloth-covered boards with red titles and small decoration on front.
VG/No Jacket. Hinges and all pages firm. Owner penciled name erased from endpaper. Corners and spine ends lightly scuffed. # E0048. $23.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kellogg, Marne Davis.   NOTHING BUT GOSSIP (SIGNED): A LILLY BENNETT MYSTERY  
New York: Doubleday, 1999. 1st ed. 276 pages. Hardcover. 0385488602 0-385-48860-2. Signed by the author.
Near Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. No wear on Dj. Light foxing top edge. # B2277. $25.25   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kelton, Elmer.   SLAUGHTER  
New York: Doubleday, 1992. 1st ed. 369 pages. Hardcover. 0385248946 0-385-24894-6. Collision of lifeways of Indian and white men on the Llano Estacado.
VG/VG. Clean, firm. Sharp corners. Previous owner monogram embossed on FEP and half-title. Bright Dj has wear at tips. # B7281. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kelton, Elmer.   THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER CHANCE AND OTHER STORIES (SIGNED)  
San Angelo: Fort Concho Museum Press, 1986. 1st ed. 192 pages. Hardcover. 0938036084 0-938036-08-4. A never sold, immaculate 1st edition SIGNED by Kelton. Seven short stories and a novelette from the 40s and 50s are combined in this volume.
New/New. New old stock from our archives. Pristine. # A5193. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kidd, Walter E.   BRITISH WINNERS OF THE NOBEL LITERARY PRIZE  
Norman: Univ. Oklahoma, 1973. 1st ed. 280 pages. Hardcover. 0806110759 0-8061-1075-9. Essays by various authors on Rudyard Kipling, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, Bertrand Russell, Winston Churchill, and Samuel Beckett.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dustjacket is price-clipped. # B8616. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kieniewicz, Paul.   IMMORTALITY MACHINE (SIGNED)  
Chula Vista CA: Aventine Press, 2003. 1st ed. 286 pages. Paperback. 1593300069 1-59330-006-9. An adventure through a forbidden culture to discover the nature of life and death. Inscribed to owner and signed by the author on the halftitle page. This book is quite uncommom.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear. # E3790. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
King, Irene Marschall.   COMANCHES ON THE PEACE PATH  
Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1970. 47 pages. Hardcover. Story of the Council House Fight of 1840 and the struggle of a Comanche chief for peace.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, no marks. Edges have very pale foxing. Bright dustjacket has no wear, but is faded on the spine. # A0201. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kip, Leonard.   UNDER THE BELLS: A ROMANCE  
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1879. 1st ed. 307 pages. Hardcover. Dark brown cloth with bright gilt titles and bell decoration. Fiction set in France four hundred years ago.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. Top of spine frayed, corners sharp. # B6426. $50.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kisseloff, Jeff.   YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF MANHATTAN FROM THE 1890S TO WORLD WAR II  
Baltimore: John Hopkins, 1999. Reprint. 622 pages. Paperback. 0801863066 0-8018-6306-6. Personal narratives collected from 137 New Yorkers who lived in Manhattan from the 1890s to World War II, arranged by the ten neighborhoods.
Near Fine/Wraps. No wear, but has X-mas 2002 inked on FEP. # B8037. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Klaveness, Jan O'Donnell.   KEEPER OF THE LIGHT  
New York: Morrow, 1990. 1st ed. 181 pages. Hardcover. 0688069967 0-688-06996-7. Young adult mystery fiction. Traveling to Cape Hatteras to claim an inheritance, a sixteen-year-old finds his life in danger when he starts to investigate events surrounding his grandmother's death.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight and unmarked. # B9241. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Klement, Al.   RUSTLIN' ALONG THE BRAZOS (SIGNED)  
New York: Vantage Press, 1980. 1st ed. 166 pages. Hardcover. 0533041619 0-533-04161-9. A historical novel of frontier justice in post-Civil War Texas dealing with cattle rustlers. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author.
VG/Good+. Light edwear on dustjacket, foxing on page edges. # A0928. $30.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Knibbs, Henry Herbert.   SUNDOWN SLIM  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. 1st ed. 357 pages. Hardcover. Western fiction illustrated by Anton Fischer with color frontis and three additional b/w plates. Dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and patch decoration.
VG/No Jacket. Hinges and binding firm, corners square, spine ends worn. No name or marks. Old bookstore sticker inside back board. # E1189. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Koontz, Dean.   ODD THOMAS  
New York: Bantam Books, 2003. 1st ed. 399 pages. Hardcover. 0553802496 0-553-80249-6. First trade edition, in black and silver dustjacket with white titles.
Near Fine/VG. Book is solid, clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is softened around edges. # E4426. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kramer, Jane.   THE LAST COWBOY  
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st ed. 148 pages. Hardcover. 0060124547 0-06-012454-7.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B4878. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lackore, Madeleine, & Christine Sexton.   LADIES FIRST (SIGNED)  
Salt Lake City: NPI, 1995. 1st ed. 285 pages. Paperback. 1569015643 1-56901-564-3. Inscribed and signed by Madeleine LaCkore.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, lower front slightly deformed from improper storage. # B2272. $3.25     Inquire Now  
LaFemina, Gerry.   LITTLE HERETIC: POEMS  
Nacogdoches: Stephen F. Austin Univ., 2014. 1st ed. 92 pages. Paperback. 1622880420 1-62288-042-0. Poems of, in, and for New York.
Fine/Wraps. Unread, publisher stamp on half-title page. # E2178. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lahiri, Jhumpa.   UNACCUSTOMED EARTH  
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Reprint. 333 pages. Hardcover. 0676979343 0-676-97934-3. Eight short stories.
Near Fine/Near Fine. No wear, no marks. # B9321. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Laine, Tanner.   CAMPFIRE STORIES (SIGNED)  
Lubbock TX: Ranch House Publications, 1965. 1st ed. 148 pages. Paperback. Short stories, legends, and yarns of the West Texas frontier. Illustrated by Donald E. Johnson. Inscribed "Very Best Wishes", and SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. He also signed below his photo on the back cover. Sixguns 1269.
VG/Wraps. Tight, reader crease, owner address label inside front cover. # E4792. $38.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Landess, Thomas.   LARRY MCMURTRY (SOUTHWEST WRITERS SERIES NO. 23)  
Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1969. 1st ed. 44 pages. Paperback. Discussion of McMurtry's work at a time when he had yet only published four books and there were still doubt about his long-term durabiliy as an iconic American writer. Pamphlet in tan card cover with red title. On the back is a list of the previous entries in the series.
Near Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. Faint foxing to edges, back cover. # E4272. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lansing, Marion Florence.   QUAINT OLD STORIES TO READ AND ACT  
Boston: Ginn & Co., 1912. 177 pages. Hardcover. From the Open Road Library of Juvenile Literature. Sturdy cloth internal hinges. Illustrated with drawings by Charles Copeland. Dark red cloth-covered boards with black decorations and titles on front and spine. Small 4.75 x 6.75 inch format.
VG/No Jacket. Tight and square. No name or marks. Widespread silverfish nibbles in the red surface. # E0851. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lapallo, Connie.   DARK ENOUGH TO SEE THE STARS IN A JAMESTOWN SKY (SIGNED)  
Mechanicsville: Greyfox Press, 2012. 318 pages. Paperback. 0983398216 0-9833982-1-6. Historical novel based on the true story of the women and children at Jamestown. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author.
Fine/Wraps. An immaculate copy. # E1999. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Larson, Edward J.   EVOLUTION'S WORKSHOP: GOD AND SCIENCE ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  
New York: Basic Books, 2001. 1st ed. 320 pages. Paperback. 0465038115 0-465-03811-5. A history of exploration and science involving the Galapagos Islands.
VG/Wraps. Gift inscription, otherwise unmarked. # E4060. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lasater, Annette N.   LORENZO & DON CLEMENTE  
Albany, Texas: Blanton-Casey, 1976. 1st ed. 41 pages. Hardcover. Story of a American boy and his ranchhand friend Don Clemente in northern Mexico. Iillustrated throughout with pen and ink drawings by Ronald Thomason. Book designed by William Wittliff. Rust colored cloth-covered boards, paste-on illustrated title label on front and black title on spine.
Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. # E3191. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lasater, Annette, & Louise Robertson.   GRANDDAD'S FARM HOUSE  
no place: Self Published, 1978. 1st ed. 42 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout with lovely pencil drawings by Robertson. Green cloth-covered boards. Unpaginated, but about 42 pages.
VG/No Jacket. No wear or marks. Light foxing on edges and back cover. # E3180. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Latin, Eyquionette.   LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF A WOMAN  
Pittsburgh PA: Dorrance Publishing, 2018. 197 pages. Paperback. 1434909727 1434909727. Helpful short stories for women.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3357. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
LaVergne, Tommy, & Joyce Pounds Hardy.   ROADS TO FORGOTTEN TEXAS: PHOTOGRAPHS AND POEMS (SIGNED)  
Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2004. 1st ed. 185 pages. Paperback. 1881515710 1-881515-71-0. The photographer uses interesting focus and perspective to evoke the feeling of times and places now but memories. Full-page images face poems associated with the photo. SIGNED by both authors on the title page. Stated first edition.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. A beautiful copy. # E3991. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lea, Tom.   THE BRAVE BULLS  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1949. Reprint. 270 pages. Hardcover. Lea's novel on bullfighting.
Fair/No Jacket. Lavender cover faded, edges foxed, else Good+. # A1961. $3.95     Inquire Now  
Lea, Tom.   THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1952. Reprint. 387 pages. Hardcover. Written & illus. by Lea, a novel of the southwest and Mexico.
Good+/No Jacket. # A1080. $5.75     Inquire Now  
Lee, Josephine.   FABULOUS MANTICORA  
New York: John Day Co., 1976. 1st Am. ed. 186 pages. Hardcover. 0381996190 0-381-99619-0. A London boy becomes entangled in the evil of the valuable antique manticora he steals in order to buy his mother a home away from the tenement they live in.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Light foxing on top edge of text block, rem. mark on bottom. # A4251. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lee, James ward.   NEW TEXAS 93: POETRY & FICTION  
Denton: Center for Texas Studies, 1993. 1st ed. 238 pages. Paperback. Includes the fiction and poetry winners named at the Fall Literary Festival, October, 1993 in Fort Worth.
Near Fine/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. No wear, but spine faded. # E0475. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lee, Jennette.   UNCLE WILLIAM: THE MAN WHO WAS SHIF'LESS  
New York: Century Company, 1908. Reprint. 298 pages. Hardcover. In grey cloth-covered boards, white title on front and spine, portrait of Uncle William on front in black, white, and peach.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Very firm binding and hinges, corners square, spine ends softened a little. Christmas gift inscription 'Lizzie from Jennie, Christmas 1908' # E3697. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lehman, Garth.   DRY SNOW: COLLECTED POEMS  
Nashville: Columbia Publications, 2002. 1st ed. 98 pages. Paperback. 1892651475 1-892651-47-5. Single-page poems of insight, illustrated with flower drawings by Magdelena Lehman. Uncommon.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4337. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lemond, Shar.   TRAVEL SECRETS, BOOK THREE: NEW YORK CITY  
Shar Lemond, 2019. 1st ed. 245 pages. Paperback. 1775337359 1-77533-735-9. Travel adventure and romance.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks, appears unread. # E3570. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Levin, David.   PROMISE (SIGNED)  
Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2008. Reprint. 274 pages. Paperback. 1436302102 1436302102. Uplifting story set in Houston. Signed by the author on the halftitle page.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E4196. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lewis, Ethelreda.   TRADER HORN: HAROLD THE WEBBED OR THE YOUNG VYKINGS  
New York: Literary Guild, 1928. 275 pages. Hardcover. Being Volume Two of the Life and Works of Trader Horn, written by Alfred Aloysius Horn at the age of seventy-three, with such of his philosophy as is the gift of age & experience, edited by Ms. Lewis.
VG/No Jacket. Several small coffee splashes on foredge. PO bookplate. # A5808. $6.75     Inquire Now  
Little, Richard Henry.   THE LINE BOOK 1926 (IN PRESENTATION HARDCOVER)  
Chicago: Chicago Tribune, 1926. 1st ed. 64 pages. Hardcover. The softcover illustrated with Boris Riedel jester is bound into hard cover boards. Boards are covered with red and gilt paper, green cloth spine, and gilt title on silky cloth paste-on label. Endpapers are dramatically patterned gilt paper.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Book has been perfectly protected by the hardcover. No owner marks. # E2799. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
London, Joan.   GILGAMESH  
Sydney: Picador, 2001. 1st ed. 256 pages. Paperback. 0330362755 0-330-36275-5. Novel by Australian author.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight and unmarked trade paperback. # B8052. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
London, Jack.   THE ROAD (1ST EDITION, 1907)  
New York: Macmillan, 1907. 1st ed. 224 pages. Hardcover. 1st edition of London's autobiographical account of his days as a hobo in the tough economic times of the 1890s. Illustrated with b/w photos. 'Set up and electrotyped. Published November 1907' stated on copyright page, with same date on title page. 2 pages of ads for his books at rear. Bound in second-state grayish-khaki color cloth covers with front cover printed in black ink only, no gilt on edges.
Good+/No Jacket. Spine browned from sun, with moderate wear on spine ends. Light wear to corners, a few soil spots on fore edge. Rear panel has small red spot. # E0922. $184.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.   WORKS OF LONGFELLOW (6 VOLUME SET, LEATHER)  
New York: Nottingham Society, 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. Edition De Luxe in quarter leather. Brown leather spine and corners over patterned paper covered boards with gilt titles and decorations on spines, top edge gilt. Volume I thru III are prose, and IV thru VI are poems.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight, no name. Spine tips softened. Spines sunned a little. # B7847. $375.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Louis, Adrian C.   SKINS  
New York: Crown Publishers, 1995. 1st ed. 296 pages. Hardcover. 0517799588 0-517-79958-8. Twentieth century Sioux Indians living on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota people this raw and powerful tale.
Fine/Fine. Like new book, clean, tight, and crisp. No marks. # A9576. $30.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lowy, Jane.   WOBBLY BARSTOOL  
Houston: Everbold Press, 2012. 1st ed. 395 pages. Hardcover. 0985157127 0-9851571-2-7. Dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt title and decoration. Green ribbon marker. Modern version of Dickensian fiction.
Fine/No Jacket. No wear, no marks. # E2880. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lyall, David.   THE FIGHTING LINE  
London: Religious Tract Society, 1908. Reprint. 344 pages. Hardcover. Victorian romance. Undated, but early reprint. Moss green cloth-covered boards with rose, orange, and black decorations and gilt titles. Eight b/w illustrations by Victor Prout. Pictorial endpapers.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding, no damage to hinges. No name, marks, or stains. Spine ends softened, corners sharp. # E0026. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lynch, Lawrence L., (psd. E.M. Van Deven.   MAN AND MASTER  
Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1908. 1st ed. 364 pages. Hardcover. Murder mystery by E.M. Van Deventer writing as Lawrence L. Lynch. Seven b/w plates. In blue cloth with gilt lettering. Quite scarce.
Good/No Jacket. Spine and edges significantly sun faded, o/w Good+. # B6755. $80.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lynde, Francis.   THE MASTER OF APPLEBY  
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1902. 1st ed. 581 pages. Hardcover. A novel tale concerning itself in Part with the Great Strugglein the Two Carolinas; but chiefly with the adventures therein of Two Gentlemen who Loved One and the Same Lady. Nice b/w plates by T. de Thulstrup scattered through.
Good/No Jacket. Firm, PON, tips worn. Red with white, blue, green, and gilt decoration # B6309. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Maclean, Catherine Macdonald.   FAREWELL TO THARRUS  
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. 1st ed. 205 pages. Hardcover. Third book in the trilogy about a Sottish farm and evacuated children. Grey cloth-covered boards with green title on spine. First printing.
VG/No Jacket. Solid binding and hinges. No name or marks. Square corners, spine ends softened. # E3710. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Macleod, Angus.   THE TOUGH AND THE TENDER  
London: Dobson, 1960. 1st ed. 192 pages. Hardcover. Price-clipped pictorial Dj is white, green and lavendar with a little raggedness at top of spine.
VG/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked. Sharp corners. # B3538. $11.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Magnuson, James.   WINDFALL (SIGNED)  
New York: Villard, 1999. 1st ed. 291 pages. Hardcover. 0375502106 0-375-50210-6. Thriller set in Austin, and signed by the author on the title page.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5113. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Main, Mildred Miles.   FOOTPRINTS  
Austin: Steck Co., 1957. 1st ed. 227 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout with b/w drawings by Elizabeth Rice. Very clean and tight. Spine tips barely softened, but board corners are sharp as new. PON. Dj is clipped, but shows price of $2.25. Bright Dj is lightly worn at tips with short closed tear at spine top.
Near Fine/Good+. Biographical sketches of 25 leaders of US and Southern history. # B2559. $12.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Malone, Paul Scott.   IN AN ARID LAND: THIRTEEN STORIES OF TEXAS (SIGNED)  
Fort Worth: TCU Press, 1995. 1st ed. 232 pages. Hardcover. 0875651402 0-87565-140-2. Signed by the author on the title page.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj has almost invisible water mark near top. # B1053. $15.25   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Marciano, Francesca.   RULES OF THE WILD: A NOVEL  
New York: Random House, 1998. 1st ed. 293 pages. Hardcover. 0375403582 0-375-40358-2. A novel of love & nostalgia set in contemporary East Africa.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A4805. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Marek, Marvin J.   CERMNA PORTRAITS  
Houston: Czech Cultural Center, 1999. 1st ed. 151 pages. Hardcover. 0967707706 0-9677077-0-6. Legends, stories, tales, fairytales and actual occurrences of Cermna and its surrounding area. 1945-1988 Compiled by Jan Silar. Translated and edited by Marvin Marek. Drawings by Valentin Kunert.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. Lightly bumped lower corners. # B4439. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Marlowe, Amy Bell.   FRANCES OF THE RANGES  
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. Reprint. 305 pages. Hardcover. Bright blue cloth-covered boards with star in circle device on front and soine. Illustraed with several b/w plates. At the end of the story are synopsese of five other books by this author, and several pages of listings of other books for young readers published by Grosset & Dunlap.
VG/No Jacket. Very firm binding and hinges, undated Chrisrmas greeting to Phylis from Bob. Square corners, straight spine. Top edge foxed. # E2741. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Marryat, Frank.   MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHILLS: CLASSICS OF THE OLD WEST  
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1982. Reprint. 443 pages. Leather. 0809439980 0-8094-3998-0. Facsimile of the 1855 edition in brown leather with longhorn embossing and gilt titles on front and spine. All edges gilt and ribbon marker. Includes publisher info sheet.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear. Short gift inscription on a blank endpaper, else Fine. # E3443. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Martin, George Madden.   THE HOUSE OF FULFILMENT  
New York: McClure, Philips & Co., 1904. 1st ed. 379 pages. Hardcover. Brown cover decorated with embossed windows, vines, and butterflies. Bright gilt titles. Eight illustration plates by George Alfred Williams. First printing.
Good/No Jacket. Binding firm, corners sharp, previous owner name. Spine tips softened, rubbed spot on side of spine. # B7191. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mason, Richard.   DROWNING PEOPLE: A NOVEL  
New York: Warner Books, 1999. 1st ed. 340 pages. Hardcover. 0446525243 0-446-52524-3. Remarkable first novel by a young Oxford scholar.
Fine/Fine. # A4799. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Massey, Richard D.   EQUALS AND ALLIES (SIGNED)  
Springdale, AR: Hilda House, 2009. 1st ed. 240 pages. Paperback. 0615281745 0-615-28174-5.
Fine/Wraps. Signed by the author. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B2872. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Massey, editor, Ellen Gray.   MYSTERIES OF THE OZARKS VOL. I: NINETEEN NEW SHORT STORIES (SIGNED BY CONTRIBITING AUTHOR)  
Dallas: Skyward Publishing, 2003. 259 pages. Paperback. 1881554368 1-881554-36-8. SIGNED by Velda Brotherton, an author of one of the stories.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, no owner marks. Reader crease on the spine. Small wrinkles in clear lamination on edges of front and back. # E4110. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mauldin, Ethel Jeannette.   THE GIPSY ROVER (SIGNED)  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1944. 1st ed. 97 pages. Hardcover. Small book of Christian inspirational poems by a Texas author. Blue cloth-covered boards with dark blue titles on front and spine. B/w snow scene frontispiece. SIGNED by the author on front endpaper. Dustjacket flaps laid in loose.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, unmarked, corners and spine ends lightly scuffed. Endpapers tanned. # E0857. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Maule, Mary K.   A PRAIRIE SCHOONER PRINCESS  
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1920. 1st ed. 383 pages. Hardcover. Four b/w illustrations by Harold Cue. Adventure on the American frontier in the 1850s. Dark green cloth with bright gilt titles and covered wagon on front.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding, PON, corners sharp, top darkened. First edition. # B6422. $41.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mayton, Harvey Jones.   LIFE'S PANORAMA (SIGNED)  
no place: Self Published, 1964. 1st ed. 287 pages. Hardcover. Book of poems and free verse, written by a religious man...perhaps a minister. Given to a library, but their only mark is part of a "withdrawn" stamp on the top edge. Signed by the author.
X-Lib VG/Good. Clean, firm. Dj darkened and large chips at spine ends. # B6997. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McBride, Philip.   TANGLED HONOR 1862 (SIGNED)  
Lockhart TX: Philip McBride, 2014. 1st ed. 344 pages. Paperback. 0692315624 0-692-31562-4. Civile War historical fiction. Signed by the author.
Near Fine/Wraps. No reader crease, no wear. Small splash stain on bottom edge. # E3058. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McBurney-Lin, Jana.   MY HALF OF THE SKY  
Walnut Creek, CA: Komenar Publishing, 2006. 1st ed. 533 pages. Hardcover. 0977208117 0-9772081-1-7. Inscribed to previous owner, signed by the author, and dated 4/21/07.
Near Fine/Near Fine. No wear on book or dustjacket. # B8763. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McCarter, Margaret Hill.   HOMELAND: A PRESENT-DAY LOVE STORY  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. 1st ed. 434 pages. Hardcover. Pictorial orange and blue cover. Their present day at time of publication was right after WWI and the story concerns returning soldiers.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, solid & unmarked. Spine ends a bit softened. # B3449. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McCarthy, Wil.   LOST IN TRANSMISSION  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2020. Reprint. 359 pages. Paperback. 1982125039 1-982125-03-9. First Baen printing. Four appendices including a glossary.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, no wear, no marks. # E3829. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McCarty, John L. (compiler).   WIND IN THE COTTONWOODS  
Texas: Dalhart Publ.: Dalhart, 1936. 1st ed. 231 pages. Hardcover. Compilation of poetry about the Texas Panhandle region by native poets including Laura V. Hamner, Grace Noll Coward, M. Jean Autry, Inez Baker, May Cohea and many others. Arranged alphbetically by poet.
Good+/No Jacket. Somewhat uncommon. Front free endpaper removed, else VG. # A0249. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McClain-Watson, Teresa.   WHEN HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO  
New York: Kimani Press, 2006. Reprint. 426 pages. Paperback. 1583146644 1-58314-664-4. Humorous church community intrigue.
Good/Wraps. Tight, some reader wear, but no reader crease or marks. # E3666. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McCrumb, Sharyn.   THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE SILVER  
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1998. 1st ed. 386 pages. Hardcover. 0525939695 0-525-93969-5. Murder mystery set in Appalachia.
Fine/Fine. # A7851. $5.00     Inquire Now  
McLane, H.H.   IRENE VIESCA: A TALE OF THE MAGEE EXPEDITION IN THE GAUCHIPIN WAR IN TEXAS, A.D. 1812-13  
San Antonio: San Antonio Printing Company, 1. 1st ed. 548 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth-covered boards, blind-stamped decorations, dull gilt title on spine. Scattered b/w illustrations.
Good+/No Jacket. Internal hinges separated, first four pages loose. # E1792. $200.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McLean, Allan Campbell.   THE CARPET SLIPPER MURDER  
New York: Ives Washburn, 1957. 1st Am. ed. 189 pages. Hardcover. ring on back.
VG/Good. Clean, tight, unmarked. Slightly cocked. Dj chipped, torn at tips. Cup # B3551. $15.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McLoughlin Brothers, .   PLEASURE BOOK FOR LITTLE FOLKS  
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1885. 258 pages. Hardcover. Stories and poems for and about children. Illustrated throughout with lovely b/w engravings. Color lithograph paper-covered boards. No copyright date, but there is a birthday gift inscription on front endpaper dated 11 December 1889.
Good/No Jacket. All pages firm, front hinge open to cloth, rear hinge paper cracking. Corners very worn, spine ends rolled and worn. # E0859. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McMahon, Neil.   LONE CREEK (SIGNED)  
New York: HarperCollins, 2007. 1st ed. 328 pages. Hardcover. 0060792213 0-06-079221-3. Modern western mystery, signed on the title page by the author.
VG/VG. Clean, tight, fading on the board edges. # B8812. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McManus, Chris.   RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND: THE ORIGINS OF ASYMMETRY IN BRAINS, BODIES, ATOMS AND CULTURES  
Cambridge: Harvard Univ., 2002. 1st Am. ed. 412 pages. Hardcover. 0674009533 0-674-00953-3.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B8444. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Meads, Kat.   2:12 A.M. ESSAYS  
Nacogdoches: Stephen F. Austin Univ., 2013. 169 pages. Paperback. 1622880390 1-62288-039-0. A collection of critically acclaimed non-fiction essays being an insomniac's tour of counterproductive bedtime stories, Vegas weddings, Southern funerals, Nevada's nuclear testing grounds, Patty Hearst, Marina Oswald, sleepwalking murderers and more.
Near Fine/Wraps. Small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Fine. # E0602. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mears, James R.   THE IRON BOYS IN THE MINE: OR STARTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT  
Philadephia: Henry Altemus Company, 1912. 256 pages. Hardcover. Tan cloth-covered boards with red and black illustration of an iron worker on front. Red title on front and spine. Scattered b/w illustrations. Six page catalogue of Henry Altemus Company's books for real boys and girls at rear. The Boys of Steel Series. Presumed 1st.
Good+/No Jacket. Hinges and binding very firm, unmarked. Corners square, spine ends rolled. # E2919. $34.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Memminger, Charley.   ALOHA, LADY BLUE: A MYSTERY  
New York: Minotaur Books, 2013. 1st ed. 306 pages. Hardcover. 125000778X 125000778X. Mystery set in Hawaii.
Fine/Fine. # B8096. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Meredith, George.   AN IDYL OF FIRST LOVE  
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906. Special ed. 51 pages. Paperback. Small (4 x 5.75 inch) book of poetry bound in slightly-oversized French flaps, with a separate printed tissue paper dustjacket. Covers have been kept in fine condition by original tissue over-wrap and slipcase. The covers are decorated all-over with bright gilt design. Housed in a decorative printed slipcase, which has losses to the top and bottom sides.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Top edge foxed. Near Fine book in Near Fine tissue dustjacket in a Good slipcase. # B5910. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Merz, Jon F.   SLAVERS OF THE SAVAGE CATACOMBS: BOOK 2 OF THE SHADOW WARRIOR  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2015. 1st ed. 290 pages. Paperback. 1476736979 1476736979. First printing of a Baen Books Original.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E3830. $7.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Meyers, Jeffrey.   JOSEPH CONRAD: A BIOGRAPHY  
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. 1st ed. 428 pages. Hardcover. 0684192306 0-684-19230-6. Big fat literary biography with 32 b/w portraits of people influential in Conrad's life.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Only mild signs of readership. # B5582. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Middleton, George.   TRADITION AND OTHER ONE-ACT PLAYS  
New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1913. 1st ed. 173 pages. Hardcover. Plays of contemporary life including On Bail, Their Wife, Waiting, The Cheat of Pity, ans Mothers. In very dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title and decoration. First edition.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm binding, corners scuffed through the cloth, spine ends softened. FFEP removed. # E2704. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mirvish, Robert F.   TEXANA  
New York: william Sloane Assoc., 1954. 1st ed. 279 pages. Hardcover. Romance set in a fictionalized Texas City at the time of the ammoniun nitrate explosion which caused the 1947 disaster.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm binding, light edgewear, bookplate, PON. No Dj. # B6883. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mitchell, S. Weir.   CONSTANCE TRESCOT  
New York: Century Company, 1905. 1st ed. 384 pages. Hardcover. Novel of romance and adventure. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decoration.
Good+/No Jacket. Very firm hinges and binding, unmarked save for owner name/gifter name. Corners scuffed. Spine ends softened. # E0086. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mobley, Jane.   THE STAR HUSBAND  
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1979. Reprint. 32 pages. Hardcover. 038514282X 0-385-14282-X. Retelling of a legend of the Plains Indians. Illustrated with 15 color plates by Anna Vojtech. Book cover has the same illustration as the dustjacket.
Fine/Good+. Book has no wear, no owner marks. Unread, as half of pages are uncut. Dustjacket is price-clipped and has several short tears and associated wrinkles along top edge. # E4813. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Moliere, .   TARTUFFE AND THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN (IN SLIPCASE)  
New York: Heritage Press, 1963. Reprint. 197 pages. Hardcover. Denim blue and rose cloth-covered boards, gilt titles in black block on spine. Illustrated with colored drawings by Serge Ivanoff. Two comedies in one book, translated by H. Baker and J. Miller. Shiny black paper-covered slipcase and publisher's Sandglass leaflet included.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Book has no wear, no name or writing. Near fine slipcase has tiny rubbed places on opening corners. # E1598. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Monroe, Debra.   SHAMBLES (SIGNED)  
Dallas: SMU Press, 2004. 1st ed. 203 pages. Hardcover. 0870744860 0-87074-486-0. Signed by the author on the title page.
Near Fine/Fine. Small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Fine. # E0755. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Montgomery, F.C.   RECORDED MEMORIES  
Dallas: Mathes, Van Nort & Co, 1948. 1st ed. 101 pages. Hardcover. Poems out of old East Texas. Rosy-red cloth covered boards with gilt box and title on front. Dustjacket is rose-pink. Uncommon.
Near Fine/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked, square corners. Dustjacket has chips and tears, and is darkened on spine. # B9196. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Moon, Hanon.   TWILIGHT ON THE RIVER  
Austin: Shoal Creek, 1977. 1st ed. 223 pages. Hardcover. 0883190311 0-88319-031-1. A historical novel of frontier French Louisiana and its struggle from the long arm of French Colonial rule.
VG/Fair. Dj chipped. # A1079. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Moore, Mary Jane.   HEIR TO A PAIR OF BOOTS  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1976. 1st ed. 113 pages. Hardcover. 0811106152 0-8111-0615-2. Authentically detailed story of life on a Texas ranch.
Near Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. Small discoloration from binder's glue top edge. # B4270. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Moore, Mollie E.   POEMS BY MOLLIE E. MOORE  
Houston: E.H. Cushing, 1872. 1st ed. 263 pages. Hardcover. A collection of wroks by this noted Texas poet, including Minding the Gap, which she published in 1868 and new works. First edition thus. Moore wrote much on Texas,in dark red cloth-covered boards with black floral borders. Gilt title and decoration on spine. Very scarce.
Good+/No Jacket. Binding tight, owner name penciled (very faint). Front endpaper removed. Corners square, spine ends softened. # E2475. $125.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Morehead, William L.   THE PALEFACE'S NECKLACE  
New York: Vantage Press, 1986. 1st ed. 167 pages. Hardcover. 0533067944 0-533-06794-4. Historical fiction set on the American frontier in the early 1800s. SIGNED & INSCRIBED to a library by the author.
X-Lib NF/Near Fine. Former library copy, minimal markings. A clean, solid copy. # B3797. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Moreland, Patrick Dacus.   SEVEN SONG: A VOLUME OF SELECTED POEMS  
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. 1st ed. 73 pages. Hardcover.
Good+/Fair. Tight, no owner name or marks. Dustjacket has chips and mended tears. # B8397. $15.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Morgan, Neal.   KARANKAWA COUNTY: SHORT STORIES FROM A CORNER OF TEXAS  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1990. 1st ed. 141 pages. Hardcover. 0890964238 0-89096-423-8. Short stories about the off-beat characters who populate a fictional southeast Texas county. Brown woodgrain dustjacket with white titles on front and spine. First edition. Out of print in hardcover.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E3745. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Morgan (ed.), John H.   COLERIDGE IN MEMORIAM: A POETRY ANTHOLOGY TO SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE  
Notre Dame, IN: Foundations Press, 1984. 346 pages. Paperback. A memorial anthology marking the 150th anniversary of the death of Coleridge, filled with the work of aspiring poets & including a four page appreciation for Coleridge's poetry by John Beer.
Fine/Wraps. # A5803. $7.75     Inquire Now  
Morrison, Boyd.   THE ARK: A NOVEL  
New York: Touchstone/Simon Shuster, 2010. 1st ed. 420 pages. Hardcover. 1439181799 1439181799.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked first edition. No sign of prior use book or Dj. # B3873. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mumma, Wilmer.   OUT OF THE PAST, II: FINAL REMEMBERANCES OF AN ALL BUT FORGOTTEN ERA BY THE 'OLD TIMER' OF HIS HOME TOWN, SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND (SIGNED)  
Sharpsburg MD: Wilmer Mumma, 1995. 78 pages. Paperback. 6000029330 6-0000293-3-0. Essays on small town life in historic old town near the site of Civil War battle of Antietam. Signed by author. Magazine-style stapled publication. The author says that owing to his age, this will be his final literary effort.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, clean, no owner marks. # E5207. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mumma, Wilmer.   OUT OF THE PAST: A COLLECTION OF CREATIVE WRITINGS OF A HUMAN INTEREST NATURE, SPOTLIGHTING HISTORIC SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND AREA (SIGN  
Sharpsburg MD: Wilmer Mumma, 1993. 67 pages. Paperback. 600002181X 6-0000218-1-X. Essays on small town life in historic old town near the site of Civil War battle of Antietam. Signed by author. Magazine-style stapled publication.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, clean, no wear, no owner marks. # E5206. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Murphy, J.E.   WHERE RAINBOWS WAIT: POEMS OF BIG BEND TEXAS (SIGNED)  
no place: J.E. Murphy, 1973. 1st ed. 28 pages. Paperback. Poems expressing the author's love of West Texas and the Big Bend. Signed by the author. West Texas drawings on every page by Freeda Murphy. Stapled pamphlet.
Fine/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. # B9053. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Murry, John Middleton.   COMMUNITY FARM  
London: Peter Nevill Ltd, 1952. 1st ed. 255 pages. Hardcover. Tales of learning to be a farmer in the English countryside. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Richard Murry.
Good+/Good. Very firm binding. No name or marks. Edges tanned. Dustjacket tanned and has chips, especially at head of spine. # E2359. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
National Trust Studies, .   WRITERS AT HOME  
New York: Facts on File, 1985. 1st Am. ed. 184 pages. Hardcover. 0816013187 0-8160-1318-7. At look at notable British authors and their homes. Color and b/w photos. Indexed.
Near Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, appears new. Has a small remainder mark, else Fine. # B2173. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Nava, Michael.   THE BURNING PLAIN (SIGNED)  
New York: Putnam, 1997. 1st ed. 305 pages. Hardcover. 0399143106 0-399-14310-6. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. Murder mystery.
Fine/VG. Dustjacket has light wear. # B8784. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Neggers, Carla.   HERON'S COVE (LARGE PRINT)  
Don Mills, ON: Harlequin, 2012. Special ed. 501 pages. Hardcover. Large-print edition featuring romance, adventure, FBI chasing art thieves.
Near Fine/Good+. Tight, square, no marks. Dustjacket has small wrinkle at spine top and light edgewear. # B9174. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Neider editor, Charles.   PAPA: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN BY HIS THIRTEEN-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SUSY  
Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. 1st ed. 236 pages. Hardcover. 0385232454 0-385-23245-4. Stated first printing, in blue and grey binding with grey pictorial dustjacket.
Near Fine/VG. Tight book has no wear, no marks. Price-clipped dustjacket has light scuffing at the fold edges and a smal round discoloration near lower edge of front. # E3441. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Nelson, Victor.   MAGNIFICENT ENDEAVOR (SIGNED)  
Houston: Squall Line, 2013. 1st ed. 426 pages. Paperback. 1491056037 1491056037. Adventure in the near future, signed by the author.
New/Wraps. # 34187. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Nevin, David.   THE TEXANS: WHAT THEY ARE - AND WHY  
New York: William Morrow, 1968. 1st ed. 241 pages. Hardcover. A comprehensive view of Texas and her people.
Good+/Good. Book tight, no wear, but owner name on endpaper. Edges foxed. White dustjacket has couple of tiny tears and is foxed. # B9822. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Newman, Sharan.   GUINEVERE EVERMORE  
New York: St. Martin's, 1985. 277 pages. Hardcover. 0312353227 0-312-35322-7. Final book in the author's Guinevere Trilogy of Arthurian romances.
VG/VG. Back crease, some edgewear. # A8252. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Nichols, Perry Wampler.   DEEP IN THE HEARTS OF TEXANS  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1957. 143 pages. Hardcover. Mrs. Nichols writes and waxes philosophical about life, people and places in Texas.
Fine/Near Fine. Book As New, dj spine a bit sunfaded. # A0816. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Nordyke, Lewis.   THE TRUTH ABOUT TEXAS  
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1957. 1st ed. 276 pages. Hardcover. The author takes an informal & sometimes humorous look at Texas, its history, cities, people and institutions. Map endpapers, index.
VG/Good+. Solid copy with owner name. Dustjacket price-clipped and faded on spine. # A0264. $12.00   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  
Norton, Charles Eliot, & Kate Stephens.   THE HEART OF OAK BOOKS, VOLUME IV  
Boston, MA: D.C. Heath, 1893. 1st ed. 369 pages. Hardcover. Selections from the Gray, Thackeray, Scott, Tennyson, Shakespeare, Keats, and others. Twelve pages of ads for Heath Publishers other books for schools. There were six grade-level books in the Heart of Oak series. Brick cloth with orangey tree and heart decoration and title. Gilt title on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Binding and hinges tight. PON. Pages bright, corners sharp. # B7699. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
O'Hara, John.   SERMONS AND SODA-WATER (3 VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE)  
New York: Random House, 1960. Reprint. 328 pages. Hardcover. Three related novellas in slipcase. Third printing in year of publication.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # B7866. $27.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
O'Neill, Eugene, & Harold Bloom (forward.   LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT  
New Haven: Yale Univ., 2002. 2nd ed. 179 pages. Paperback. 0300093055 0-300-09305-5. With a foreword by Harold Bloom.
New/Wraps. New book. # 28945. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ondaatje, Michael.   WARLIGHT (SIGNED)  
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. 1st ed. 285 pages. Hardcover. 0525521194 0-525-52119-4. By the author of THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Stated first edition signed by the author on tipped-in blank page. "Signed first edition" sticker on front of dustjacket.
VG/VG. Tight, unmarked. Dustjacket has indentation from other books stacked on it. Book and jacket not crisp as new, but no tears or marks. # E3518. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Osborne, Rosalie Hoff.   LET'S BE SOMEBODY: DRAMATIZATIONS AND POETRY FOR ORAL READING  
Dallas: Banks, Upshaw, 1956. Reprint. 221 pages. Hardcover. Dramatizations include pieces from Dickens, Shakespeare, the Old Testament, Goethe, and several selections related to Texas including the Hill Country Easter Fires, Pecos Bill, Stephen F. Austin, the Horse Marines, and Texas and U.S. pledges of allegiance. This is a textbook, probable third grade level, in sturdy binding. Illustrated by Billie Sula.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, PON, only light wear. Corners sharp. # B7017. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Otis, James.   ANDY'S WARD: A STORY OF CIRCUS PEOPLE  
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Reprint. 358 pages. Hardcover. Grosset and Dunlap 1920's reprint of Penn Publishing 1895 original. Tan cloth covers with dark green titles. Pictorial endpapers. Dark green top edge.
Good+/No Jacket. Clean, solid, no marks or name. Spine ends worn, corners softened. # B4042. $4.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Otis, James.   MR. STUBB'S BROTHER: A SEQUEL TO TOBY TYLER  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910. Reprint. 245 pages. Hardcover. Not a library book, but someone has affixed an unmarked pocket and date slip to front endpapers. Four b/w illustrations with no artist named.
Good+/No Jacket. Clean, tight, no name or marks. # B4091. $7.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Owens, William A.   FEVER IN THE EARTH  
New York: Putnam, 1958. 384 pages. Hardcover. A historical novel of the Texas oil boom in terms of its human costs.
Good+/No Jacket. Some sun fading and moderate foxing to page edges. Owner's stamp on endpapers. # A2662. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Palmer, Michael.   SIDE EFFECTS (CD AUDIO, 5 DISCS, ABRIDGED)  
Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, 2003. Aud-CD. 1596004010 1-59600-401-0.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Minor scratches not affecting playback. # B0503. $5.50     Inquire Now  
Palmer, Catherine, & Gail G. Martin.   THAT CHRISTMAS FEELING  
New York: Steeple Hill Books, 2004. 297 pages. Hardcover. 0373785283 0-373-78528-3. Two romantic holiday novellas; Christmas in My Heart and Christmas Moon.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. No wear. # B7545. $8.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Paretsky, Sara.   BLEEDING KANSAS  
New York: Putnam, 2008. 1st ed. 431 pages. Hardcover. 0399154051 0-399-15405-1. Signed by the author on the title page.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, no wear. # B8351. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Parrish, Tim.   THE JUMPER  
Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2013. 1st ed. 287 pages. Paperback. 1937875288 1-937875-28-8. Fast-paced and gritty tale set among north Baton Rouge's industries & refineries.
Near Fine/Wraps. Unsold copy with a small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Fine. # E0738. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Paul, Dominique.   THE POSSIBILITY OF FIREFLIES  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. 1st ed. 217 pages. Hardcover. 1416913106 1416913106.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked, first edition. As New. # B2461. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Payne, Jr., Leonidas Warren.   A SURVEY OF TEXAS LITERATURE  
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1928. 76 pages. Paperback. An outline of the history and development of the literatureproduced in and about Texas. Green card cover with green cloth spine.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight. # B8594. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Penny, Louise.   THE MADNESS OF CROWDS  
New York: Minotaur Books, 2021. 1st ed. 436 pages. Hardcover. 1250145260 1250145260. First edition featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4227. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Perkins, Charles E.   THE PHANTOM BULL  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1932. 1st ed. 70 pages. Hardcover. Library rebind is in tight, unworn condition. There is a pocket and usual library numbers, etc. Textblock is foxed, but in amazingly great condition. Heroic adventures of a very special bull of the West. Illustrated with many drawings by Edward Borein.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. # B7375. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Philpott, William A.   ALAS! NO LOG CABINS... AND ADDITIONAL ESSAYS  
Dallas: Egan Company, 1952. 1st ed. 40 pages. Paperback. The author expounds and occasionaly lampoons on history, and current events, with the occasional witty poem thrown in.
VG/Wraps. # A3089. $6.50     Inquire Now  
Pierre, George.   AUTUMN'S BOUNTY  
San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1972. 1st ed. 155 pages. Hardcover. 081110446X 0-8111-0446-X. Historical fiction set in the lands of the Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington.
Fine/Near Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E3217. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pijoan, Teresa.   HEALERS ON THE MOUNTAIN: AND OTHER MYTHS OF NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE  
Little Rock: August House Publishers, 1993. Reprint. 219 pages. Paperback. 0874832691 0-87483-269-1. Traditional Native American stories for cleansing, healing, testing, and preserving the old ways.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E3235. $6.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pike, Gen. Albert, & Lillian Pike Roome,   LYRICS AND LOVE SONGS BY GEN. ALBERT PIKE  
Little Rock AR: Fred W. Allsopp, 1916. Reprint. 246 pages. Hardcover. Poems of Gen. Pike, edited by his daughter. He is also the author of the the Scottish Rite Mason publication "Morals and Dogma", and served as Grand Commander of that organization. Dark grey-blue boards with embossed columns and torch decoration and gilt titles. Several tissue protected illustrations.
Good+/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Crisp and square. Some silverfishing at board edge with insect soil on textblock top and fore edge. # E4648. $130.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Poole, Ernest.   GIANTS GONE: MEN WHO MADE CHICAGO (SIGNED)  
New York: Whittlesey House, 1943. 1st ed. 354 pages. Hardcover. Presentation copy to his sister, signed by the author on FFEP. Top edge dyed blue. Smooth dark navy cloth-covered boards with dull gilt title on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, firm, no owner marks. Corners square, spine ends softened. # E2796. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Poolman, Jeremy.   A WOUNDED THING MUST HIDE: IN SEARCH OF LIBBIE CUSTER  
New York: Bloomsbury, 2003. Reprint. 306 pages. Paperback. 1582342954 1-58234-295-4.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no marks. # B9731. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Porterfield, Billy.   DIDDY WAW DIDDY: PASSAGE OF AN AMERICAN SON  
Dallas: SMU Press, 1994. Reprint. 423 pages. Paperback. 0870743821 0-87074-382-1. Memoir of boy growing up in the late 30s with a father who chased oil.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # B9307. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Porterfield, Bill.   TEXAS RHAPSODY: MEMORIES OF A NATIVE SON  
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981. 1st ed. 266 pages. Hardcover. 0030592941 0-03-059294-1. Stories about the common people who make Texas, by long-time columnist for the Dallas Times-Herald.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight and unmarked, but edge-foxed. No wear. # B7014. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Powell, Lawrence Clark.   SOUTHWEATERN BOOK TRAILS: A READER'S GUIDE TO THE HEARTLAND OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA  
Albuquerque: Horn & Wallace, 1963. 1st ed. 91 pages. Hardcover. Interesting in itself, this volume can serve as a guide to reading and collecting books about the Southwest.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked save for the author's signature. No wear. # B6916. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Powys, Llewelyn.   THE CRADLE OF GOD  
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1929. 1st ed. 302 pages. Hardcover. Thoughts on religion and bible history while traveling in Palestine.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight, owner name/address stamp on FEP. Sharp corners. # B8600. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Preiss, Byron.   THE ULTIMATE DRACULA NEW STORIES BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTHORS  
New York: Dell Publishing, 1991. Book Club ed. 275 pages. Hardcover. 0440503531 0-440-50353-1.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked Book Club hardcover in near perfect Dj. # B2664. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Preston, Billie.   THE LONGEST TRAILRIDE: POEMS ABOUT TEXAS AND COUNTRY LIFE  
Austin: Eakin Press, 2001. 1st ed. 71 pages. Hardcover. 1571685391 1-57168-539-1. Poems in free verse form and everyday Texan speech. SIGNED by the author.
New/New. # 22489. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Price, Margaret Evans.   WINDY SHORE: A TALE OF OLD MARSEILLES  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. 1st ed. 181 pages. Hardcover. Nineteen illustrations by the author, including the full-color frontis, and four double-page spreads. Each chapter beginning is decorated with drawing of an ancient jug. Other scattered flourishes include a really attractive drawing of Pan. Decorated endpapers. Story begins in modern times, then shifts to the ancient struggle between the Greeks and barbarians. Printed on very heavy stock.
Near Fine/Good. Book is clean, tight, unmarked. A bookplate on reverse of half-title. Dustjacket chipped on edges, especially corners and spine tips. # B7174. $76.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pritchard, Melissa.   PALMERINO (SIGNED)  
New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2014. 1st ed. 191 pages. Paperback. 1934137685 1-934137-68-5. Inscribed in Italian and English, and signed by the author on the half-title page. Signed by the author again on the title page.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no other marks. # E3791. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Procter, Maurice.   RUNNING ROGUE (BOOK CLUB ED.)  
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Book Club ed. 212 pages. Hardcover. A Harper Novel of Suspense.
Near Fine/Good+. # A6038. $3.75     Inquire Now  
Proctor, Maurice.   THE PENNYCROSS MURDERS  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. 1st ed. 182 pages. Hardcover. In 1/4 black cloth over teal boards. First edition stated.
Good+/No Jacket. Quite a bit of pencil writing on front endpapers, o/w VG+ # B3543. $15.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rathborne, St. George.   HOUSE BOAT BOYS: OR DRIFTING DOWN TO THE SUNNY SOUTH  
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1912. 1st ed. 313 pages. Hardcover. Tan cloth-covered boards illustrated in blue, black, and white with house boat and boy in foreground. Spine has white title and blue, black, and white boat. Nine pages of advertisements for other Boys' books from the publisher. Gift inscription dated 'Xmas 1912'. Illustrated endpapers in red and white. The 3rd book in the Canoe and Campfire Series.
VG/No Jacket. Very firm binding and hinges. Square corners. # E2921. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Raymond, Evelyn.   POLLY THE GRINGO  
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1905. 1st ed. 333 pages. Hardcover. New England farm girl sets out on a sea voyage to California prior to the gold Rush; is attacked by cannibalistic Inidans while traversing the Strait of Megallan, rather the roundering the Horn; disembarks in Mexico for long wagon journey into California where she discovers gold. Orange cover with drawing of girl in white dress before a desert landscape. Bright gilt title. 1905 first edition. Pictorial endpapers. Seven b/w plates, including frontispiece.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm hinges, nice corners, no tears or marks. # B6270. $12.00   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  
Redmond, Marilyn.   HENRY HAMILTON IN OUTER SPACE (SIGNED)  
Gretna, LA: Pelican Press, 1991. 1st ed. 190 pages. Hardcover. 0882898205 0-88289-820-5. Dj has a one inch closed tear bottom front otherwise near fine.
Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked save for author inscription. Signed by author. # B3434. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Reed, John Shelton.   WHISTLING DIXIE: DISPATCHES FROM THE SOUTH  
Columbia: University Missouri, 1990. 1st ed. 241 pages. Hardcover. 0826207588 0-8262-0758-8. Humorous essays, but also a deadly serious book of social criticism.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked.No sign of use or handling. # B5132. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Reeves, Allah.   MINIATURES  
Dallas: Kaleidograph Press, 1935. 1st ed. 74 pages. Hardcover. Author's first book of poems. Black moire cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titles on front and spine. White dustjacket with all-over gilt veining.
VG/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B8477. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Reeves, James, & Robert Hodgson (illus).   THE RHYMING RIVER BOOK THREE  
London: Heinemann Educational, 1962. Reprint. 152 pages. Hardcover. Collection of poems for younger readers. B/w illstrations and woodcut mono-color decorations by Robert Hodgson. In brown cloth with cream decorations. A scarce series. Book number three of series.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Very clean & nice. # A8409. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Richards, Wren.   NATURAL LAW  
Bloomington: Archway Publishing, 2018. 368 pages. Paperback. 1480860867 1480860867. Sticker on front for 2019 First Place Texas Authors Thriller.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no marks, no wear, but FFEP removed. # E5114. $8.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Richards, Wren.   WREN'S STORY  
Bloomington: iUniverse, 2020. 376 pages. Paperback. A story wrapped in Native American culture.
VG. Tight, no marks, no no wear, but FFEP removed. # E5115. $8.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Richmond, Grace.   RED PEPPER BURNS  
New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1910. Reprint. 229 pages. Hardcover. Turn of the century light romance featuring gruff Doctor Redfield Pepper Burns. Illustrated with four color plates.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm, straight, square corners. Endpaper inscription "from Mother to Paul". Silverfish nibbling on spine. # E4820. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ringo, John, & K. Ezell and C.L. Smith.   GUNPOWDER & EMBERS: LAST JUDGEMENT'S FIRE  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2019. 1st ed. 336 pages. Hardcover. 1982124288 1-982124-28-8. Post apocalyptic adventure, Volume 1 in new series.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. # E3471. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Roark, Garland.   THE WRECK OF THE RUNNING GALE  
Garden City: Doubleday, 1953. 1st ed. 310 pages. Hardcover. A story of a stolen ship and a strange vengeance. Stated first edition. Price intact dustjacket has cover art by John Alan Maxwell of bare-breast island girl. Aqua cloth-covered boards with green title and decoration on spine.
Good+/Good+. Hinges and all pages solid, no name or marks. Edges foxed. Dustjacket has corner and edge wear. # E2094. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Roby, James A.   TRADITIONS OF LANCASHIRE, PAST AND PRESENT  
Wigan, UK: Owl Books, 1991. 1st ed. 112 pages. Paperback. 1873888007 1-873888-00-7.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, no name or marks. Appears never used. # B3292. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Roger, John.   STARLIGHT: LONG WAY HOME VOLUME 2 (SIGNED)  
John Roger, 2016. 1st ed. 64 pages. Paperback. 0997729511 0-9977295-1-1. Science fiction/fantasy signed by the author on the title page.
New/Wraps. New, author signed. # E1174. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Roger, John.   STARLIGHT: LONG WAY HOME VOLUME 1 (SIGNED)  
John Roger, 2016. 1st ed. 76 pages. Paperback. 0997729503 0-9977295-0-3. Science fiction/fantasy signed by the author on the title page.
New/Wraps. New, author signed. # E1173. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Roger, John.   STARLIGHT: LONG WAY HOME VOLUME 3 (SIGNED)  
John Roger, 2016. 1st ed. 64 pages. Paperback. 099772952X 0-9977295-2-X. Science fiction/fantasy signed by the author on the title page.
New/Wraps. New, author signed. # E1175. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rogers, Mary.   DANCING NAKED: MEMORABLE ENCOUNTERS WITH UNFORGETTABLE TEXANS  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 2008. 280 pages. Paperback. 087565374X 0-87565-374-X. A collection of lively stories and essays written over the years for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A few small b/w photos
Near Fine/Wraps. Small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Fine. # E0722. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rogers, Judy R.   PATTERNS AND THEMES: A BASIC ENGLISH READER THIRD EDITION  
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1993. 1st ed. 240 pages. Paperback. 0534179886 0-534-17988-6. A collection of readings and writing assignments for students enrolled in basic or developmental writing courses.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # B9331. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rogers, Joan.   WORKING IT OUT: A POET'S WANDERINGS  
Abilene: by the author, 1991. 1st ed. 48 pages. Paperback. Poetry, much of it inspiration Christian writings, by a Texas author. SIGNED.
Fine/Wraps. # A7624. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Rollins, David.   A KNIFE EDGE: A THRILLER  
New York: Bantam Books, 2009. 1st Am. ed. 402 pages. Hardcover. 0553805355 0-553-80535-5.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B2873. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Roosevelt, Theodore.   BOOK-LOVER'S HOLIDAYS IN THE OPEN (SCRIBNER'S FIRST ED. FIRST PRINTING, 1916)  
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. 1st ed. 373 pages. Hardcover. Tddy Roosevelt presents stories set in the wilds of several countries. Color frontis of dogs and a treed mountain lion on edge of the Grand Canyon. In dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. 1st printing dated 1916 on both title & copyright pages, with "Published March, 1916" stated.
Good+/No Jacket. Solid binding. Owner name inside front board. Wear to cloth at spine top and upper front corner. # E4036. $64.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.   POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS 1850-1870 TOGETHER WITH THE PROSE STORY 'HAND AND SOUL'  
London: Oxford University Press, 1913. 1st ed. 482 pages. Leather. Bound in slightly-flexible wine-red leather with bright gilt long-stem lily flower and title on spine and gilt author name on front. All edges gilt, matching ribbon marker. Printed on thin, bible paper, red endpapers with all-over gilt floral print. Rossetti self portrait frontis without tissue guard. Contains appendices and index of first lines.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. All gilt is bright. Slight rubbing at spine ends and edges of round corners. # E1859. $190.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rothchild, Frederic.   ' WANDERING: IMITATIONS OF EMILY DICKINSON  
Portland, OR: Tenth Avenue Press, 1998. 1st ed. 39 pages. Paperback. Fine press item of Rothchild's poetry. 200 copies in the first edition on box brown paper with brushed khaki card covers.
Fine/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. # A8115. $9.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rothra, Herbert L.   HEAR ME, O LAND!  
Jamestown NY: Journal Press, 1945. 1st ed. 57 pages. Hardcover. Poignant poems written on the battlefield during World War II. Blue paper-covered boards with dark blue cloth spine. Very scarce.
Good/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Corners rubbed, but still square. Water mark in lower corner of front and rear boards, not affecting interior. # E4516. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rouse, Lydia L.   DUNCAN KENNEDY'S NEW HOME  
New York: American Tract Society, 1885. 324 pages. Hardcover. Story of Scottish settlers in Canada's West. Several b/w illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards with black decorations and bright gilt titles.
VG/No Jacket. Covers have light scuffing to corners and spine ends. # E0045. $58.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rowsome, Jr., Frank.   THEY LAUGHED WHEN I SAT DOWN: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF ADVERTISING IN WORDS AND PICTURES  
New York: Bonanza Books, 1959. Reprint. 181 pages. Hardcover. Tells about the jingles, slogans, famous ad campaigns and trademarks of American business. Vintage b/w illustrations throughout.
VG/Good+. Book firm and unmarked, with sharp corners. Dustjacket has small tears and chips at tips and spine ends. # B8648. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ruark, Rpbert.   THE HONEY BADGER (BOOK CLUB EDITION)  
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. Book Club ed. 534 pages. Hardcover. Book club edition. Yellow boards with black titles on front and spine. Dustjacket black with yellow titles.
VG/Good. Firm, no owner marks. Spine ends rolled, corners square, no wear on boards. Small turquoise spot on top edge. Dustjacket has chips at spine top and wear on corners. Mended tear/crease in center of spine. # E5068. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ruggles, William B.   TRAILS OF TEXAS  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1972. 79 pages. Hardcover. 0811104583 0-8111-0458-3. A collection of poems recalling the patriotism and idealism of soldiers from Texas in all wars.
Near Fine/Fine. There is a sticker ghost on front free endpaper, else Fine. # A0433. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rutledge, Archibald, & Jim Casada.   HUNTING & HOME IN THE SOUTHERN HEARTLAND: THE BEST OF ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE  
Columbia SC: Univ. South Carolina, 1992. Reprint. 263 pages. Hardcover. 0872498220 0-87249-822-0. A collection of thirty-five stories edited by Jim Casada.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4607. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Saalsaa, Grace.   A PERFECTLY GOOD DOG: STORIES FROM THE HEART  
no place: Lulu.com, 1999. 183 pages. Paperback. 1411616561 1411616561. Stories collected from posts on the Border Collie Rescue site.
Fine/Wraps. No sign of handling. # B9622. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sanders, Lawrence.   THE PLEASURES OF HELEN  
New York: Putnam, 1971. 1st ed. 251 pages. Hardcover. First edition.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, unmarked, square corners. # E2252. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schmidt, editor, Dorey.   LARRY MCMURTRY: UNREDEEMED DREAMS  
Edinburg, Texas: Pan American University, 19. 1st ed. 73 pages. Paperback. A collection of bibliography, essays, and interview. Living Author Series No. 1 by the School of Humanities at Pan American University.
Good+/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. A splash stain at top edge of front cover not affecting interior. # B9811. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schoenstein, Ralph.   WASTED ON THE YOUNG  
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1974. 1st ed. 106 pages. Hardcover. 0672518392 0-672-51839-2. Clean, tight, no name. Black dot on bottom. White Dj has a quarter inch tear top front. No wear on corners of book or Dj.
Near Fine/VG. # B3370. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schultz, William A.   ISLANDS OF TIME  
Bloomington, IN: by the author, 2004. 388 pages. Paperback. 1414057598 1414057598. Includes a thirteen page glossary of Hawaiian words.
New/Wraps. New book, signed by the author. # 29671. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schwarz, Fred.   THE HEART, MIND AND SOUL OF COMMUNISM  
Long Beach, CA: Christian Anti-Communism, no. Reprint. 31 pages. Paperback. Political and Christian screed on combatting communism. Included is another pamphlet: Intelligence Digest, A Review of World Affairs, 1958.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked stapled pamphlet. Title page foxed. # B6764. $5.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Scott, Sir Walter.   KENILWORTH (EASTON LEATHER)  
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1966. Special ed. 542 pages. Leather. Gilt title and decoration, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Red leather covered boards with three raised bands. Moire endpapers. Twelve color plates by Clarke Hutton.
Near Fine/No Jacket. No wear, but has owner bookplate on verso of FFEP. # E2893. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Scott, Sir Walter.   THE MONASTERY: A ROMANCE (VOL. II ONLY)  
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees..., 1820. 333 pages. Hardcover. Volume two only of three volume work. Leather spine and tips. No title visible on exterior. Old bookplate of Sir Joseph Verdin, Bart inside front cover.
VG/No Jacket. Binding firm, lightly worn at tips. Very bright inside. No marks. # B5883. $34.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Serling, .   ROD SERLING'S TWILIGHT ZONE MAGAZINE JULY 1982  
New York: TZ Publications, 1982. 1st ed. 102 pages. Paperback. Features include HUNDRED YARDS OVER THE RIM teleplay aired 4/7/81, article & color photos of The Thing film," Ghostly Britain" photos, stories & articles by/on sci-fi authors, etc.
VG/Wraps. No marks or label, clean, tightly stapled, slightest edgewear. # A8607. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Shaw, T.E. (trans.), (Colonel T.E. Lawre.   ODYSSEY OF HOMER (A GALAXY BOOK)  
New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. Reprint. 327 pages. Paperback. Homer's epic poem of Odysseus translated into English prose by Colonel T.E. Lawrence. A Galaxy Book, an imprint of Oxford University Press, 3rd printing thus.
Good+/Wraps. Minor edge wear, owner name, otherwise clean and unmarked. # E5236. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Shuler, Brandon D., & Robert Johnson.   NEW BORDER VOICES: AN ANTHOLOGY  
College Station: Texas A & M, 2014. 1st ed. 265 pages. Hardcover. 162349124X 1-62349-124-X. Collection of current Border literary works. Very dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, no dustjacket. # E0586. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Shute, Nevil.   KINDLING (1938 MORROW)  
New York: William Morrow, 1938. 1st ed. 279 pages. Hardcover. Novel of a man who helps with rebirth of a shipbuilding town. First American edition, with 1938 on both title & copyright pages, with copyright shown held by William Morrow.
Good+/Good+. Firm binding, minimal wear. Owner bookplate inside front board. Dustjacket has two 1/2" tears and associated wrinkle. Spine of dustjacket is sun-faded. # E4465. $138.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Shute, Nevil.   VINLAND THE GOOD (1946 WILLIAM MORROW)  
New York: William Morrow, 1946. 1st Am. ed. 126 pages. Hardcover. Written in the form of a movie script, this is a retelling of the Norse sagas of Eric the Red and Lief Ericson and voyages to North America. Endpapers are grape colored maps of the North Atlantic and bordering lands. Grape patterned paper-covered boards with grey cloth spine. Dustjacket has the same grape cluster pattern, and photo of the author on back. First American edition.
Near Fine/Good+. Tight, very minor scuffing of the corners, no name or marks. Dustjacket has several small nicks along top edge. # E4466. $34.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Siegen-Smith, Nikki.   SONGS FOR SURVIVAL: SONGS AND CHANTS FROM TRIBAL PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD  
New York: Dutton, 1996. 1st Am. ed. 80 pages. Hardcover. 0525455647 0-525-45564-7. Colorfully illustrated by Bernard Lodge. The rhythms and language of these songs make them perfect for reading aloud.
Fine/Fine. No indication of use or handling. # B7476. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Simkins, Wallis.   LITTLE COCKALORUM FINDS ROMANCE  
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1. 1st ed. 297 pages. Hardcover. Adventures of a young woman in the 1920s. Olive green cloth-covered boards with black title and past-on illustration of young woman in a red dress. Illustrated with five b/w plates by Ralph Dunkelberger. First print.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm binding, no name or marks. Several small spots on foredge. # E2642. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Simkins, Wallis.   LITTLE COCKALORUM ON HER OWN  
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1. 1st ed. 336 pages. Hardcover. Adventures of a young woman in the 1920s. Olive green cloth-covered boards with black title and past-on illustration of young woman in a red coat and hat. Illustrated with five b/w plates by Ralph Dunkelberger. First print.
Good/No Jacket. Firm binding, owner name/address. Some lightened spots on cover. # E2641. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Simms, W. Gilmore.   GUY RIVERS: A TALE OF GEORGIA  
New York: AMS Press, 1970. Reprint. 503 pages. Hardcover. 040406034X 0-404-06034-X. 1970 reprint in purple cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. reprinted from the 'new and revised edition' of 1885. Adventures and romances of a Southern outlaw.
VG/No Jacket. No wear, no marks. # E0085. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Singleton, Elyse.   THIS SIDE OF THE SKY (SIGNED)  
New York: Bluehen Books, 2002. 1st ed. 326 pages. Hardcover. 0399149201 0-399-14920-1. Has a non-personal inscription on the front free endpaper from the author: 'Nov, 23, 2002. May success be your constant companion! Janet Elyse Singleton'.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else a lovely, SIGNED copy. # B8811. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Smith, Julie.   CRESCENT CITY KILL: A SKIP LANGDON NOVEL (SIGNED)  
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, 1997. 1st ed. 326 pages. Hardcover. 0449910008 0-449-91000-8. First edition, signed by the author on bound-in special page. Crime fighting lady cop in New Orleans.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tiny rub on lower corners. # E1687. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Smith, Martin Cruz.   GORKY PARK: THE BEST MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME  
Pleasantville NY: ImPress Mystery, 2007. Reprint. 436 pages. Hardcover. Black boards with red and silver titles and decoration. Includes publisher info leaflet.
Fine/No Jacket. Appears never read. No wear, no name or marks. # E3947. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Smith, Julia Cleaver.   MORNING GLORY (ADVANCE READING COPY)  
New York: Pocket Books, 1983. ARC ed. 355 pages. Paperback.
Fine/Wraps. # A4873. $5.95     Inquire Now  
Sneed, William E.   BLACK OIL CHIEF USN (SIGNED)  
Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2007. 1st ed. 356 pages. Paperback. 0595455794 0-595-45579-4. SIGNED the author. Intrigue and adventure on the high seas.
New/Wraps. New, signed. # E0531. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sodowsky, Roland.   INTERIM IN THE DESERT  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 1990. 269 pages. Hardcover. 0875650791 0-87565-079-1. Short stories set in West Texas.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E3227. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sonnichsen, C.L.   FROM HOPALONG TO HUD: THOUGHTS ON WESTERN FICTION  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1978. 1st ed. 201 pages. Hardcover. 0890960526 0-89096-052-6. Noted historian and author, the late C.L. Sonnichsen presents eleven essays on western fiction and touches on the mythical western hero, feelings toward Mexicans & Indians, and other topics. Bilbio, index.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, unmarked, no wear. Edges and endpapers have light foxing. Price-clipped dustjacket also has scattered light foxing. # E3108. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Southall, Ivan.   A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY: ON WRITING FOR CHILDREN  
New York: Macmillan, 1976. 1st Am. ed. 102 pages. Hardcover. 0027861503 0-02-786150-3. A selection of essays on writing for kids by noted Australian author Southall.
VG/VG. Rem. mark, else nice. # A5913. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Southwestern Historical, Quarterly.   SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY VOL. 110, NO. 4 (APRIL 2007)  
Austin: U.T. Press, 2007. 1st ed. 160 pages. Paperback. Randolph B. Campbell editor. This issue contains essays on Civil war in West Texas, Freedmen's Bureau at Marshall Texas, Texas Liberal Press and the Image of White Texas Masculinity 1938-63, and Vivian Castleberry. Book reviews. Published for the Texas State Historical Association.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4267. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Southwestern Historical, Quarterly.   SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY VOL. 110, NO. 3 (JANUARY 2007)  
Austin: U.T. Press, 2007. 1st ed. 122 pages. Paperback. Randolph B. Campbell editor. This issue contains essays on Galveston Longshoremen's Strike of 1920-21, Hunting Wild Horses, 1833 Bowie portrait, and Father Oscar Huber and JFK death. Book reviews. Published for the Texas State Historical Association.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4266. $9.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Speck, Earnest B. (ed.).   MODY BOATRIGHT, FOLKLORIST: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS  
Austin: Texas Folklore Society, 1973. 1st ed. 198 pages. Hardcover. 0292750072 0-292-75007-2. Collection of Boatright's essays on the folklore of Texas & The West. Foreword by Waylon Hand, biographical sketch by Harry Ransom, bibliography and index. In orange cloth-covered boards with brown title on spine.
VG/VG. New old stock from our archives. Tight, no wear, no marks. Edges foxed, dustjacket spine sun-faded. # A0050. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Spence-Ash, Laura.   BEYOND THAT, THE SEA  
New York: Celadon/MacMillan, 2023. 1st ed. 351 pages. Hardcover. 1250854377 1250854377. Story of young girl sent to America in 1940 to be safe from German bombing of London.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no owner marks. Upper front corner lightly bumped. # E4811. $12.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sprague, Besse Toulouse.   PANSY EYES: A MAID OF JAPAN  
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1922. 44 pages. Hardcover. Two linen pages printed with front and rear of doll to be cut-out and sewn. B/w illustrations throughout by Bess Devine Jewell. Background of each page is subtle peach and green Japanese landscape. Paper covered boards in black, white and yellow diagonal plaid, with illustration in center front. Cloth spine. First book in proposed Travel-Tot Series.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding, corners rubbed. Owner and gifter names, dated 1926. Short tears on several pages. # E0017. $150.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
St. George, Noel.   ROYAL QUOTES  
Great Britain: David & Charles, 1981. 64 pages. Hardcover. 0715382578 0-7153-8257-8. Humouous and telling quotes from members o the British Royal Family over the years.
Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, shiny, appears unused. # A8979. $9.25     Inquire Now  
Stack, Richard Lynn.   THE DOGGONEST VACATION (SIGNED)  
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1990. Hardcover. 0962826200 0-9628262-0-0. Inscribed Dear Brandon, Dare to Dream! signed by the author and stamped paw print of Josh, dated 10/28/92. Illustrated by Sheri Lynn Mowrer. White boards and white dustjacket.
Near Fine/Fine. No wear on book or dustjacket. Christmas gifted from grandparents on FFEP. # E0079. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Standish, Burt L.   FRANK MERRIWELL'S FOES: MERRIWELL SERIES NO. 3  
New York: Smith Street, 1972. 252 pages. Hardcover. 0837393035 0-8373-9303-5. Edited by Jack Rudman.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, crisp, tight. No name or marks. # B3271. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stearns, Martha Genung.   THE TRANSPLANTING: A NARRATIVE FROM THE LETERS OF MARIE BALASCHEFF, A RUSSIAN REFUGEE IN FRANCE  
New York: Macmillan, 1928. 1st ed. 251 pages. Hardcover. Leters from a Russian woman who fled the Bolsheviks with her family after the 1917 Revolution. Edited by Martha Genung Stearns. Red cover with gilt titles front and spine. Top edge dyed red, deckle edge.
Good+/No Jacket. Tight, owner name on title page. First edition, first printing, 1928. Owner bookplate inside front board. Spine ends worn. Spine lettering dull. # E4644. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Steinbeck, John.   THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV  
New York: Viking Press, 1957. Book Club ed. 188 pages. Hardcover. Steinbeck's novel set in France.
Good+/No Jacket. # A1482. $4.00     Inquire Now  
Sterne, Laurence.   LIFE & OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN  
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1980. Collect ed. 444 pages. Leather. Brown leather with gilt title and decorations. All edges gilt, moire endpapers, and ribbon marker. Introduction by Christopher Morley.
Near Fine/No Jacket. No wear, names or marks. Several small flaws in top edge gilt. # E3909. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stewart, Ora Pat.   BUTTERMILK AND BRAN  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1964. 1st ed. 181 pages. Hardcover. Accounts of rural life. New old stock.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked first edition. Dj price-clipped. No wear. # B4273. $24.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stewart, Jane L.   THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS ON THE FARM: OR BESSIE KING'S NEW CHUM  
Akron: Saalfield Publishing, 1928. Reprint. 248 pages. Hardcover. Xmas gift inscription dated 1928. This is second book in the Camp Fire Girls Series. Girl in a red camoe on front of jacket. Back of jacket has list of the Billy Whiskers Series books.
Good+/Good. Firm binding. Hinge paper split, but underlying cloth holding tightly. Very light wear to corners. Some time in the past a bookworm drilled a half-inch tunnel in from the fore-edge. Dustjacket worn on corners. # B9968. $22.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stillman, Ron.   TRACKER  
New York: Charter/Diamond, 1990. 1st ed. 187 pages. Paperback. 1557733848 1-55773-384-8. Adventures of a high-tech bounty hunter. Mass-market paperback.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3580. $7.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stilwell, Hart.   CAMPUS TOWN  
Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. 1st ed. 273 pages. Hardcover. A novel showing the growth of a man as he matures, and resolves to fight the KKK. Black cloth-covered boards, tan title on spine.
X-Lib Good+/No Jacke. Solid binging, has old store label covering private lending library name on front endpaper.No other marks of stamps. Endpapers age discolored. # E3176. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stirling, S.M.   SWORD OF THE LADY  
New York: ROC, 2009. 1st ed. 484 pages. Hardcover. 0451462904 0-451-46290-4.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, no name or marks. # B2867. $16.25   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stone, Walter.   TREASURY OF AUSTRALIAN FOLKLORE  
Adelaide: Rigby, 1980. 1st ed. 161 pages. Hardcover. 0727012665 0-7270-1266-5. A collection of songs, poems, & stories from Australia's rich history.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj has 1" closed tear lower front, no chips. Clean, tight & straight. # A7571. $14.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stopple, Libby.   A BOX OF PEPPERMINTS (SIGNED)  
Austin: American Universal Artforms, 1975. 1st ed. 83 pages. Hardcover. 0913632074 0-913632-07-4. A collections of poems for all ages by the noted singer, lyricist & author. Cute illustrations drawn by Martha Bell.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. SIGNED by the author. We hosted a signing for her in the 1970s. # E2256. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stratton, Florence, & Vincent Burke.   THE WHITE PLUME: OR O. HENRY'S OWN SHORT STORY  
Beaumont, Texas: E. Szafir & Son Co., 1931. 1st ed. 30 pages. Paperback. 1st separate printing, 1st printing stated. Story of romance between O. Henry and a young woman from Brenham, Texas when he was a very young man and new to the West. Written by newspaper columnist in Beaumont. Sub-title on cover 'An O.Henry Love Story'. The story first appeared in Bunker's Monthly magazine in 1928. Never read as pages are still uncut from the printer. Somewhat scarce.
VG/Wraps. Oversize edges of cover have some wear from handling, and some browning from light exposure. # B9077. $195.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stratton-Porter, Gene.   HER FATHER'S DAUGHTER  
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921. 1st ed. 486 pages. Hardcover. Greenish cover with green and yellow floral decoration and green titles. Fullcolor frontis, Endpapers and 11 pages decorated with green drawings. Date on title page and copyright match, signifying first edition for the publisher 1922 and earlier.
Good/No Jacket. Firm, clean, no name or marks. Spine tips worn. Spine darkened. Corners lightly rubbed. # E5046. $38.00   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  
Strauss, Elizabeth.   CONNECTIONS: READING & LITRATURE  
Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1992. 250 pages. Paperback. 0811456013 0-8114-5601-3. Classical & popular literature, and commentary on the arts are presented for the student to read & analyze. There is an inventory to determine what you know & what you need to study.
Fine/Wraps. No marks or creases. # A7203. $9.25     Inquire Now  
Strom, S.A.E.   AND SO TO DINE: A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE FOOD AND DRINK OF MR. PEPYS BASED ON HIS DIARY  
London: Frederick Books/Allen & Unwin, 1955. 1st ed. 99 pages. Hardcover. A taste of Pepys, enough to make you want to read his entire Diary! With drawings throughout by Alfred E.Taylor. Bright rose cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on front and spine. First edition, small book less than seven inches tall.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no marks. A darker book has rubbed some color on to the front. No dustjacket. # E4568. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Styron, William.   LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS (SIGNED)  
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Reprint. 497 pages. Leather. In full brown leather, with four raised spine bands, gilt decorations and lettering, moire endpapers and silk ribbon. All edges gilt. Includes the 'Notes From the Editors' booklet. Styron's first novel, with b/w illustrations by Stephen Stroud. .
Fine/No Jacket. A pristine, unread copy SIGNED by the author. # E2080. $29.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Suri, Manil.   THE DEATH OF VISHNU  
New York: W.W. Norton, 2001. 1st ed. 295 pages. Paperback. 0393050424 0-393-05042-4.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, no name or marks. Reader crease on spine. # B2324. $5.25     Inquire Now  
Swan, Annie S.   A VICTORY WON  
Toronto: William Briggs, 1895. 1st ed. 328 pages. Hardcover. Victorian romance. First Canadian edition, published concurrently with London edition by Hutchinson. Blue cloth-covered boards with green and black decorations and gilt titles. Illustrated with twelve plates by Richard Tod and drawings at chapter heads.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, unmarked, clean. Spine ends softened, corners scuffed, but sharp. # E0028. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Swiggett, Glen Levin.   SPIRITUAL SONNETS  
Sewanee, TN: Univ. Press of Sewanee, 1951. Limited ed. 52 pages. Paperback. Chapbook of religious poems. Cream colored heavy paper, with deckle edges. Sewn saddle stitched. Produced in a one-time edition of 500 copies.
Fine/Wraps. No wear or marks. # E0852. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Syers, Ed.   HARDPRESSED TEXAS: THE LUCKENBACH SHOWDOWN  
Waco: OBT Press, 1986. 1st ed. 179 pages. Hardcover. 0317650793 0-317-65079-3. Humorous satire of life in the Hill Country of Texas. Uncommon.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A7625. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Tarkington, Booth.   MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE (IN SLIPCASE)  
New York: Heritage Press, 1961. Reprint. 121 pages. Hardcover. Wine colored cloth covered boards, bright gilt titles and decorations. Top edge dyed red. Tweed-look paper-covered slipcase and publisher's Sandglass leaflet included. Color plates and decorations by T.M. Cleland.
Fine/No Jacket. Book has no wear, no marks. Slipcase has very minor scuffing at corners. # E1559. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Tarr, Kenneth R.   THE LAST DAYS: VOLUME TWO OF ZION'S TRAIL  
Springville, UT: Bonneville Books, 2000. 225 pages. Paperback. 1555175309 1-55517-530-9. Mormon post-appocalypse fantasy.
Near Fine/Wraps. No wear, but has owner name inked inside front cover. # B9716. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Taylor, Travis S.   BRINGERS OF HELL: TAU CETI AGENDA SERIES BOOK 6  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2018. 1st ed. 310 pages. Hardcover. 1481483048 1481483048. Military science fiction.
Near Fine/Fine. Tight, no marks. A few pages near the back have corner bends caused by improper packing. # E3385. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Taylor, Travis S.   KILL BEFORE DYING: TAU CETI AGENDA SERIES  
Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2017. 1st ed. 318 pages. Hardcover. 1476782075 1476782075. Book five in the Tau Ceti Agenda Series. First printing.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no name or marks. # E1627. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Temple, Ruth Z., & Martin Tucker.   A LIBRARY OF LITERARY CRITICISM: MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE 3VOLUMES  
New York: Frederick Ungar, 1966. 1st ed. 1433 pages. Hardcover. Three volume set inred cloth-covered boards. Gilt titles in black blocks on spine. Top edges dyed black. No dustjackets.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Square corners. Minor rubbing to corners. # E4526. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Terry, Roger.   GOD'S EXECUTIONER: A NOVEL  
Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2005. 1st ed. 372 pages. Paperback. 1555178715 1-55517-871-5. Mormon oriented fiction.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. Sticker ghost inside front cover. # B9709. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Thackeray, William M.   SULTAN STORK AND OTHER PAPERS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY  
London: George Redway, 1887. 1st ed. 268 pages. Hardcover. Collection of stories featuring Sultan Stork: Being the One Thousand and Second Night, and eight others, plus 11 contributions to periodicals. Forty page amended Bibliography of Thackeray, and index. Dark green cloth-covered boards with bright gilt title and stork illustration and delicate figured bands in black.
Good+/No Jacket. Never read past page 18 as the pages have not been slit open.Corners bumped and spine ends softened. # B8713. $27.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Thayne, Carole.   FALSE PRETENSES  
American Fork: Covenant, 2004. 1st ed. 336 pages. Paperback. 1591565197 1-59156-519-7. Mormon oriented fiction.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. sticker ghost inside front cover. # B9721. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Thayne, Carole.   A QUESTION OF TRUST  
American Forks: Covenant, 2003. 1st ed. 293 pages. Paperback. 1591562104 1-59156-210-4. Modern novel set in Utah.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # B9369. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Thrash, Chris.   EVERYDAY HEROES: ORDINARY PEOPLE MAKING ORDINARY MOMENTS EXTRAORDINARY  
Midland: Harvington Media, 2003. 1st ed. 135 pages. Paperback. 0974172200 0-9741722-0-0.
New/Wraps. A new copy. # B2660. $5.00     Inquire Now  
Tidmore, Kurt.   BIGGER 'N DALLAS  
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. 1st ed. 185 pages. Hardcover. 0802113931 0-8021-1393-1. West Texas small town novel.
Near Fine/Near Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E3222. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Tiernan, Mary S.   JACK HORNER: A NOVEL  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. 1st ed. 347 pages. Hardcover. Historical novel set in the Civil War era, providing insights into civilian life in wartime Richmond, Virginia. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Thirty-six page listing of books offered by the publisher. 1st edition, with same date title & copyright page. Originals are quite uncommon.
Good+/No Jacket. Endpaper and title page loosened, all else firm. No name or marks. Corners bent, spine ends softened. # B8730. $110.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Tinkle, Lon.   AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL: THE LIFE OF J. FRANK DOBIE  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1983. Reprint. 264 pages. Paperback. 029270366X 0-292-70366-X. Stated first UT printing.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. No reader crease. # B4753. $10.50   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  
Toepperwein, Fritz A.   UNCLE KRIS IN HIS WORKSHOP  
Boerne, Texas: Highland Press, 1955. 1st ed. 32 pages. Paperback. Sewn text in cardstock cover with dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Emilie Toepperwein. Clean, tight, unmarked. White Dj, silver title and decoration in rosey block.
Fine/Fine. # B2606. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Toepperwein, Fritz A., .   O. HENRY ALMANAC: THROUGH THE YEARS 1862 TO 1910 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER  
Boerne, TX: Highland Press, 1966. 44 pages. Paperback. A fun collection of facts & trivia relating to O. Henry and his days in Texas. B/w illustrations and photos. Quite uncommon.
VG/Wraps. # B6811. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Tomlinson, H.M.   THE SNOWS OF HELICON  
New York: Harper & Brother, 1933. 1st ed. 267 pages. Hardcover.
Good/No Jacket. # A1541. $5.25     Inquire Now  
Toole, K. Ross.   MONTANA: THE MAGAZINE OF WESTERN HISTORY VOLUME 5, NO. 1 WINTER 1955, NO.2 SPRING 1955, NO. 3 SUMMER 1955, NO. 4 AUTUMN 1955  
Johnson Reprint Corp., 1965. Reprint. Paperback. Contains all issues of 'Montana: The Magazine of Western History' for the year 1955, reprinted and bound together as a book. Green cardstock cover. B/w photos and images. Printed on coated stock, so images are crisp and nice like the originals. Not some cheap photocopy.
VG/Wraps. Tight, clean, no owner marks. Cover lightly worn. # E4588. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Townsend, Virginia.   JANET STRONG  
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1865. 1st ed. 314 pages. Hardcover. In blind-stamped brown covers with gilt spine lettering. A moral tale for young women. 'In her inmost soul she never regretted the decision of that night. Courage and strength and the deeper insight that comes of evil resisted, were given her.'
Good/No Jacket. Some wear to covers, moderate foxing throughout. A little cocked. # B0697. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Townsend, Tom.   QUEEN OF THE WIND  
Austin: Panda Books / Eakin Pr., 1989. 1st ed. 146 pages. Hardcover. 0890157154 0-89015-715-4. Sailing, adventure, and romance on the high seas.
New/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # B9043. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Turner, George E.   MURDER IN THE PALO DURO AND OTHER PANHANDLE MYSTERIES (SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION)  
Quanah, TX: Nortex Press, 1973. Limited ed. 83 pages. Hardcover. Collectors limited edition # 15 of 100 signed and numbered copies. A collection of 11 mystery short stories of the Panhandle. Illustrated throughout by the author. Light brown leather-look boards with dark brown titles on front and spine. Light tan dustjacket with scene from the Tascosa Murders story illustrating the front, brown title on spine.
Near Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. Signature page, which is of different p&per, shows foxing, o/w Fine. # A0414. $60.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Turner, Philip.   WIGWIG AND HOMER  
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1969. 1st Am. ed. 93 pages. Hardcover. Bright pictorial cover. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Graham Humphreys. ist American edition.
Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. Appears new. # B4078. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Turow, Scott.   PERSONAL INJURIES (FRANKLIN SIGNED FIRST EDITION)  
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1999. Limited ed. 403 pages. Leather. In olive green leather, with two raised spine bands, gilt decorations and lettering, and silk ribbon. All edges gilt. Color frontis by Linda Richards. Signed by the author on special page bound in. Includes publisher information sheet. .
Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. # E0327. $41.25   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Uncle Timothy, .   THERE'S A SONG IN THE AIR: STORIES, POEMS, AND PICTURES FOR THE HOLIDAYS  
New York: Ernst Kaufmann, 1900. 64 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial cover, no title on grey cloth spine. Late nineteenth century publication, but not dated. Circa 1900.
VG/No Jacket. Name erased from FEP, tight binding. # B8727. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Uris, Leon.   A GOD IN RUINS (FRANKLIN SIGNED FIRST EDITION)  
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1999. Limited ed. 483 pages. Leather. In dark blue leather, with two raised spine bands, gilt decorations and lettering, and silk ribbon. All edges gilt. Color frontis by Kim Barnes. Signed by the author on special page bound in. Includes publisher information sheet. .
Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. # E0320. $56.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Vale, Ferna.   NATALIE; OR, A GEM AMONG THE SEA-WEEDS  
Andover: W.F. Draper, 1859. 1st ed. 324 pages. Hardcover. Story of girl found as a baby in the surf and taken in by a sea captain and his family. In blind-stamped & pebbled olive cloth with faintly glded spine lettering & decorations. Quite uncommon.
Good+/No Jacket. SOme wear t/b of spine, foxing and water spotting to endpapers. # B5750. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Van Emden, F.W.   SURE ENOUGH, HOW COMEš  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1945. Reprint. 75 pages. Hardcover. A rhyming dictionary of poems, songs, limericks and little cultural ditties exploring the nuances of the Texan dialect. 1945 fifth printing in grey cloth-covered boards with red title on front and spine.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm binding, unmarked, age darkened due to wartime paper, else VG. # A0686. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Various, .   GOLDEN SHEAVES: FOR THE HEAVENLY HARVEST HOME  
Kilmarnock: John Ritchie, 1900. 144 pages. Hardcover. Short stories of people finding Jesus, from Scottish publisher of tracts and religous books at the turn of the century. Scattered b/w photos and drawings. Bright blue cloth-covered boards with harvesting scene and bright gilt title on front. Floral design and gilt title on spine. Eight pages of ads for books, tracts, and leaflets. All edges gilt.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no owner name or marks. Corners scuffed, spine ends softened. Endpapers stained by binder's chemicals. # E2822. $48.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
various, .   PICTORIAL NARRATIVES  
New York: American Tract Society, c.1860. Hardcover. B/w illustration at the beginning of each story. Collection of essays with a morals teaching tone. Pages numbered, but in no way pertaing to this volume. Cover has blind embossed design front and rear. Spine tips worn, corners bumped. Wear and squishing from objects stacked atop. Rear free endpaper torn out.
Good+/No Jacket. PON penciled FEP, dated 1877. Old shopping list penciled. # B5893. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Vaughan, Robert.   THE QUICK AND THE DEAD: A NOVEL OF 'THE 'NAM'  
New York: Dell Publishing, 1984. 1st ed. 316 pages. Paperback. 0440072034 0-440-07203-4. Stated 1st printing of this paperback original. Light reader's creases on covers.
Good+/Wraps. # B6428. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Vick, Frances Brannen (ed.).   LITERARY DALLAS  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 2008. 1st ed. 493 pages. Hardcover. 0875653839 0-87565-383-9. Selections from some of the Dallas area's finest writers, including J. Mason Brewer, A.C. Greene, Frank Tolbert, Benjamin Capps, Natalie Ornish, Joyce Gibson Roach, Evelyn Oppenheimer, Stnaley MarcusAlan Govenar, Bud Shrake, Bryan Wooley and many others.
Near Fine/Fine. Small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Fine and unread. # E2147. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
von Klarwill (editor), Victor.   THE FUGGER NEWS-LETTERS: BEING A SELECTION OF UNPUBLISHED LETTERS FROM THE CORRESPONDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF FUGGER DURING YEARS 1586-1605  
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. Reprint. 284 pages. Hardcover. Thirty b/w illustrations. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt top edge. The letters functioned as global situation updates to help in direction of the Fugger family's far-flung business enterprises, but also are a social commentary.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, square corners, owner initials and date on title page. # E1908. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Von-Maszewski, W.M.   JEFF C. DYKES 1900-1989: CONSERVATIONIST, COLLECTOR, SCHOLAR (SIGNED)  
College Station: Friends Sterling C. Evans L. 1st ed. 48 pages. Paperback. Rememberances written for the memorial celebration held in Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, on November 11, 1990. Inscribed and signed by the editor.
Fine/Wraps. In new condition, from our archives. First printing. # E2769. $50.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Walker, Dee.   SALT SPRAY AND HONEY SIGNED ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPHINE STRANG  
Dallas: Wilkinson, 1951. 1st ed. 94 pages. Hardcover. Blue moire covered boards with bronze dustjacket. Inscribed to owner and signed by the author, otherwise unmarked. Stated first edition.
VG/Good+. Binding firm, Dj has edgewear and half-inch triangle missing at top of spine. # B1940. $22.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Walker, Dee.   SALT SPRAY AND HONEY SIGNED ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPHINE STRANG  
Dallas: Wilkinson, 1951. Reprint. 94 pages. Hardcover. Poetry by Texas City author. In blue moire covered boards with metallic-toned dustjacket. Inscribed 'With best wishes' and SIGNED by the author. Book announcement laid in.
VG/Good. Binding firm, dustjacket has edgewear and small chips. # E2372. $22.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wallace, Irving.   SUNDAY GENTLEMAN  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. 1st ed. 441 pages. Hardcover. A collection of Wallace's stories, essays and articles.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight, square hardcover, minus the Dj. # A8636. $4.00     Inquire Now  
Wallach, Ira.   HOPALONG-FREUD AND OTHER MODERN LITERARY CHARACTERS  
New York: Henry Schuman, 1953. Reprint. 134 pages. Hardcover. Humorous parodies from literature.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, solid copy. Bright Dj is price-clipped. # B0337. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Watson, Charles A.   TALES OF TEXAS AND BEYOND (SIGNED)  
Fort Worth: Cedar Elm Publishing, 1986. 130 pages. Hardcover. 096171610X 0-9617161-0-X. A collection of mostly humouous personal essays, drawn from the author's own life. Inscribed to a friend and signed by the author.
Fine/Fine. No wear on book or dustjacket. # B9424. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Weat, Timothy R. (editors), & James W. M.   TO REDEEM A NATION: A HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT  
St. James NY: Brandywine Press, 1993. 1st ed. 283 pages. Paperback. 1881089207 1-881089-20-7. Writings on the Civil Rights Movement from many sources, collected and edited by West and Mooney. First printing.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E3577. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Weems, John Edward.   MEN WITHOUT COUNTRIES: THREE ADVENTURES OF THE EARLY SOUTHWEST  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 1st ed. 272 pages. Hardcover. Lives of three adventurers on the frontier; James Wilkinson, Philip Nolan, and Peter Ellis Bean. First printing and now out of print. Map endpapers, bibliography.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E3225. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Weir, Alison.   INNOCENT TRAITOR: A NOVEL OF LADY JANE GREY  
New York: Ballantine Books, 2007. Reprint. 419 pages. Paperback. 0345495349 0-345-49534-9.
VG/Wraps. Clean, tight, no marks. Slight cover crease. # B2926. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wells, Rebecca.   DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD  
New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 1st ed. 356 pages. Hardcover. 006019345X 0-06-019345-X. Author's second book. Stated first edition.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. As new. # E5091. $23.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wentworth, Patricia.   FEAR BY NIGHT  
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1934. Reprint. 316 pages. Hardcover. A scarce Wentworth title. A later printing. In blue cloth with yellow lettering.
Good/No Jacket. Owner's name on FFEP, Light silverfishing, spine has 1/8th inch nick. # B3521. $100.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wentworth, Patricia.   SEVEN GREEN STONES  
London: Cassell Publishing, 1933. 1st ed. 282 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth with green title on spine. Stated first published 1933.
Good+/No Jacket. PON inside front board. Owner stamp on bottom edge. # B3612. $88.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Westmoreland, Ron.   REMEMBER THAT OL' HORSEš (SIGNED)  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1990. 1st ed. 114 pages. Hardcover. 0890964092 0-89096-409-2. True stories of a life riding, roping, and trading horses. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. Number 34 of the Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University.
Fine/Fine. No wear. # E0809. $23.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wham, Chris.   THE MIRACLE PANCAKE OF DELGADO, TEXAS (SIGNED)  
Pearland Texas: Brazoria Book House Publishi. 232 pages. Paperback. 0976947005 0-9769470-0-5. Satirical look at boozy psychologist, a failed faith-healer televangelist, movie star, and a housewife. Signed by the author on the title page.
Fine/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. # E3226. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Whitbread, Thomas B. (editor).   SEVEN CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: ESSAYS ON COZZENS, MILLER, WEST, GOLDING, HELLER, ALBEE AND POWERS.  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1966. Reprint. 175 pages. Hardcover. 0292736339 0-292-73633-9.
Good+/Near Fine. Couple of soil spots on foredge, o/w near fine. # B1351. $4.75     Inquire Now  
White (editor), James P.   NEW & EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE (SIGNED)  
Midland, TX: Texas Center for Writers, 1975. 1st ed. 203 pages. Hardcover. 0916092054 0-916092-05-4. A volume of traditional & innovative fiction & poetry. Signed & dated by the editor.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Light shelf wear & foxing. Never sold from our old stock. # A3869. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
White (editor), James P.   NEW & EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE  
Midland, TX: Texas Center for Writers, 1975. 1st ed. 203 pages. Paperback. 0916092046 0-916092-04-6. A volume of traditional & innovative fiction & poetry. Softcover with a dust jacket.
Fine/Near Fine. Light shelf wear & foxing on dustjacket, book is fine. New old stock. # A3868. $4.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Whiteing, Richard.   NO. 5 JOHN STREET  
New York: Century Co., 1899. 1st ed. 315 pages. Hardcover. Novel set in London. Nice b/w chapter flourishes.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Nice copy with bright gilt, sharp corners # B3216. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Whitney, Louisa M.   GOLDIE'S INHERITANCE: A STORY OF THE SIEGE OF ATLANTA  
Burlington VT: Free Press Association, 1903. 1st ed. 263 pages. Hardcover. Civil War romance based on northern sympathies and anti-slavery. Tan cloth-covered boards with black titles.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Square corners, spine ends softened. Top edge foxed, water stain at foot of spine not affecting text. # E4653. $48.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wilczek, Frank.   THE LIGHTNESS OF BEING: MASS, ETHER, AND THE UNIFICATION OF FORCES (SIGNED)  
New York: Basic Books, 2008. 1st ed. 270 pages. Hardcover. 0465003214 0-465-00321-4. First edition inscribed "For Ray and Kathy ___, Thanks for your support of young physicists. May all the _?_ be with you!", signed by the author. White boards and white dustjacket. Appendices, glossary, notes, and index.
Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no owner marks, no wear. Dustjacket very slightly softened along edges. # E4080. $85.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wilkinson, Pamela Fannin, & Real Musgrav.   RIDIN' THE RAINBOW: A LEPRECHAUN TALE (SIGNED)  
San Antonio: Corona Publishing, 1981. 1st ed. Hardcover. 0931722101 0-931722-10-1. First edition SIGNED by the author. Unpaginated story of a little Texan leprechaun's first assignment as Matagorda Gold Keeper at the end of the rainbow. Colorfully illustrated by Real Musgrave. Bound in yellow-green paper over boards.
VG/VG. Never sold copy bought from the publisher in 1981. Light overall foxing on the white dustjacket and the half-title page. Internally mended half-inch tear at front top edge of dustjacket. # E3067. $72.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Williams, Lori Aurelia.   SHAYLA'S DOUBLE BROWN BABY BLUES  
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 1st ed. 300 pages. Hardcover. 0689824696 0-689-82469-6. Signed by the author and inscribed: To LeAnne, Enjoy.
VG/Fine. Tight, unmarked. Coffee splash on foredge. # B5943. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Williamson, Ermal Walden.   THE GHOST OF GINNY MCBRIDE (SIGNED)  
Branson, MO: Giant Shadow Publishing, 2011. 1st ed. 405 pages. Paperback. 1935920081 1-935920-08-1. Western fantasy/sci-fi signed by the author.
Fine/Wraps. # B8782. $7.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wilson, W.R. 'Doc'.   FUR, FEATHERS & SCALPS: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES  
Big Timber MT: Buckskin Press, Inc., 1980. 1st ed. 75 pages. Paperback. Fourteen short stories featuring Indian people in the Southwest. First edition.
Good+/Wraps. Tight, no owner marks. No reader crease, but mild rubbing. # E4793. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wilson (editor), Richard.   READING AND THINKING GRADE II  
Toronto: T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd., 1915. 136 pages. Hardcover. No date, but the toddler boy is shown repeatedly in a dress, so can't be later than about 1915. Illustrated throughout with b/w drawings and nine color plates. Poems and little stories adapted for use in Canadian schools by E.C. Woodley. Gray-blue cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titles and decoration on front.
Good/No Jacket. Binding firm, some smudges and finger marks on pages. Corners and spine ends worn. # B9992. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Windle, Janice Woods.   HILL COUNTRY: A NOVEL  
Marietta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1998. 1st ed. 474 pages. Hardcover. 1563525224 1-56352-522-4. Generational story of family life that tells Texas history at the same time. First printing.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. As new. # E5090. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Winter, William.   THE MENTOR: SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY JUNE 1, 1916 SERIAL NO. 108  
New York: Mentor Association, 1916. 1st ed. 12 pages. Paperback. Booklet from the series "Learn One Thing Every Day". Contains six loose 7" X 9.5" photos with page of information on backs. Gray stiff cover with gray decoration and title. Twelve stapled pages of text. Description, map, and pictures of area around Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwickshire.
VG/Wraps. Clean, firm, no name or marks. Light wear at upper spine. # B2814. $6.25     Inquire Now  
Winton, Tim.   DIRT MUSIC  
Sydney: Picador, 2002. Reprint. 465 pages. Paperback. 0330363670 0-330-36367-0. Modern fiction, number one best seller from Australia.
Near Fine/Wraps. No sign of use or handling. Top edge tanned. # B7915. $6.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wintz, Cary D.   BLACK CULTURE AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1996. 1st ed. 277 pages. Paperback. 089096761X 0-89096-761-X. With an emphasis on social issues, traces the literary and social movement arising in the urban centers in the 1920s and 1930s.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, back corner bent from a fall. Publisher stamp on front endpaper. # E1207. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wiseman, Mildred Carroll.   PEARLS FROM THE CONCHO VALLEY  
San Angelo: Anchor Publishing, 1983. 1st ed. 48 pages. Paperback. A selection of poems from Dr. Wiseman.
X-Lib VG/Wraps. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. No wear. # B4239. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wolff, Carolyn, & Stanley Mack.   THREE PEOPLE  
New York: Harlin Quist/Crown, 1968. 1st ed. Hardcover. Unpaginated children's book containing three stories. Drawings on every page by Stanley Mack. White glossy book boards and dustjacket feature same illustration of three kids painting their cubicles in red, green, and blue. On the back, they walk away leaving paint footprints. Shiny gilt round Quist sticker touting their strong binding at foot of dustjacket spine.
Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, no marks. Dustjacket has very minor scuffing along top edge, and is price-clipped. # E0046. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wolters, Richard.   ALEX AND THE KITTEN MONSTER: AN ALEX CONKLIN ADVENTURE  
San Jose: Writers Club Press, 2000. 1st ed. 85 pages. Paperback. 0595098134 0-595-09813-4. A young reader mystery adventure.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, no marks or creases. No sign of prior use. # B3880. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wood, Jakey D.   COWHIDE BOTTOMS  
Houston: Morgan Press, 1986. 1st ed. 275 pages. Hardcover. Copyright 1986 under working title of GOD'S ARM IS LONG. Novel of romance and discord in Depression-era Central Texas. Signed and lovingly inscribed to friends in local theater on the dedication page.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, no wear. Owner name stamped on free endpaper. # B8173. $30.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wooley, Bryan.   TIME & PLACE  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 1985. Hardcover. 0912646985 0-912646-98-5. Number Two in the Texas Tradition Series.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. In publisher shrinkwrap. # E3223. $14.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Woolford, Sam & Bess, & The Toepperweins.   GULF COAST ADVENTURE AND GULF OF MEXICO HANDBOOK  
Boerne, Texas: Highland Press, 1953. 1st ed. 64 pages. Paperback. Great story and lots of info for the nature buff. Illustrated throughout with drawings by the authors. Uncommon.
VG/Wraps. Tight, unmarked. Light rubbing along stapled spine. # B7299. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Worcester, Donald.   LONE HUNTER AND THE CHEYENNES  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. 087565018X 0-87565-018-X. Illustrations by Paige Pauley.
New/New. New old stock from our archives. In publisher shrink-wrap. # B9125. $10.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Worcester, Donald.   LONE HUNTER'S GRAY PONY  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. 0912646853 0-912646-85-3. Illustrations by Paige Pauley.
Near Fine/Near Fine. New old stock from our archives. Spine of dustjacket is tanned. # B9127. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wycoff, Nicholas E.   THE BRAINTREE MISSION  
New York: Macmillan, 1957. Book Club ed. 184 pages. Hardcover. Novel set between London and Boston in 1770-71.
VG/No Jacket. # B3222. $5.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Xingjian, Gao.   SOUL MOUNTAIN  
New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Reprint. 510 pages. Paperback. 0965019047 0-9650190-4-7. Winner of the Noble Prize for Literature. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5118. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Yezierska, Anzia.   ARROGANT BEGGAR  
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Coo., 1927. 1st ed. 279 pages. Hardcover. First edition in black cloth-covered boards with yellow labels pasted on front and spine containing black titles and red decorations. Illustration of women dining on endpapers.
VG/No Jacket. Firm hinges and binding, bookstore stamp on front and rear endpapers. No other marks. Text edges tanned, corners sharp. Spine ends a little softened. # E1141. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Yolen, Jane.   COMMANDER TOAD AND THE VOYAGE HOME (SIGNED)  
New York: Putnam, 1998. 1st ed. 64 pages. Hardcover. 0399231226 0-399-23122-6. Space adventure spoof with toad characters. Illustrated on every page by Bruce Degen. Inscribed to owner and signed by the author.
Fine/No Jacket. No wear and very tight. # B8807. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Young, Clarence.   THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS: OR LOST IN A FLOATING FOREST  
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1909. 248 pages. Hardcover. A story of the boys' adventures in Florida. Illustrated by Australian artist Charles Nuttall. Green cloth-covered boards, white titles, and youths in motorboat on front cover.
Good/No Jacket. Firm binding. Owner name and address, dated 1910. Corners and spine ends rubbed. Slightly cocked. # E4631. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Zachary, Hugh.   DOS CABALLOS: AN EVANS NOVEL OF THE WEST  
New York: M. Evans, 1989. 1st ed. 161 pages. Hardcover. 0871315777 0-87131-577-7. 1860's New Mexico story.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Tiny area peeling on Dj, no wear. # B5503. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  

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