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Abagnale, Jr., Frank W.   CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (SIGNED)  
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1981. Reprint. 253 pages. Hardcover. 0448165384 0-448-16538-4. Con man's autobiography written with the help of Stan Redding. Describes his world-wide travels and adventures on other people's money. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author, dated 4/17/84.
Good+/VG. No wear on the book. Moderate foxing on endpapers from bindery glue. Dustjacket has tiny nick upper rear corner. Previous owner's name &address stamp in three places. # E5482. $65.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Askins, Charles.   TEXANS, GUNS, & HISTORY  
New York: Winchester Press, 1970. 1st ed. 246 pages. Hardcover. 0876910185 0-87691-018-5. Lawmen and outlaws in early Texas. Thirty pages of vintage b/w photos, bibliography, and index.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, a 'W' stamped on FFEP. Scattered pale foxing on edges. Dustjacket is price-clipped and has a wrinkle at top of spine. # E5465. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Blanchette, Ida M.   BABE ON THE BAYOU: ALVIN AT CENTENNIAL, 1979 (SIGNED, LIMITED ED)  
Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1979. Limited ed. 164 pages. Hardcover. The centennial history of Alvin, Texas located in Brazoria County. # 473 of 1,000 numbered & signed copies. B/w photos, index.
Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. # E5448. $57.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Chapman, Burton.   TELEPHONE ROAD, TEXAS: A HISTORY AND GUIDE TO TELEPHONE ROAD AND SOUTHEAST HOUSTON (SIGNED)  
Friendswood, TX: Baxter Press, 2007. Reprint. 157 pages. Paperback. 1888237783 1-888237-78-3. History of the Telephone Road area, Hobby Airport, the many businesses, clubs & studios and the venerable Orange Show House that have made the area distinctive. B/w photos.
New/Wraps. New copies SIGNED by the author, a friend of the store. # 29192. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Chas P. Rankin Post No. 195, American Le.   MEN AND WOMEN IN WORLD WAR II FROM RUSK COUNTY TEXAS  
Rusk Cnty Texas: American Legion Post No. 19. 1st ed. Hardcover. Photos of all from Rusk County Texas who served in World War II. Embossed cover with American flag decoration. Map endpapers.
Good+/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Over-all minor age-tanning. # E5496. $60.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cook, Richard B.   THE STORY OF JESUS: LIFE AND WORK, THE WALKS AND TALKS OF CHRIST  
Baltimore: R.H. Woodward and Company, 1889. 1st ed. 542 pages. Hardcover. Boards covered in brown silky cloth with blind-stamped image of Jesus with arms outstretched arms and follwers at his feet. Gilt title on spine. 130 b/w illustrations through the book. Scarce.
Good+/No Jacket. Very firm binding, hinges neatly mended. Owner name and one line gifting dated 1968. Corners square, spine ends softened. Scattered pale foxing. Dried pressed flowers at page 273. # E5456. $40.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Crawford, Ann Fears, & Crystal Sasse Rag.   TEXAS WOMEN: FRONTIER TO FUTURE (SIGNED)  
Austin: State House Press, 1998. 1st ed. 375 pages. Hardcover. 1880510529 1-880510-52-9. SIGNED twice by Ann Fears Crawford, on the half title page and again on the dedication page. A few b/w photos, references at end of each essay, complete index in rear.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. A perfect copy. # 17270. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
de Hartog, Jan.   THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM: AN AMERICAN SAGA  
New York: Atheneum, 1972. 1st ed. 677 pages. Hardcover. A generational novel created out of Quaker history. Stated first edition. Green dyed top edge.
VG/Good+. Clean, solid unmarked copy. Dustjacket price-clipped a bit crudely. # B6508. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ellis, Edward S.   THE LIFE OF COLONEL DAVID CROCKETT (ALTA EDITION, PORTER & COATES) HIS ADVENTURES AS BACKWOODSMAN AND HUNTER, ETC.  
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884. 271 pages. Hardcover. Alta Edition with emossed floal designs. A biography of David Crockett, backwoodsman, U.S. Congressman and hero of the Alamo. 16-page list of publisher's other offerings at rear. Decorated cover. Title on spine inside faded gilt block.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm hinges, tight, owner name dated Xmas 1891, second name and gift inscription dated Christmas 1971. Spine ends softened, corners lightly bumped. # E5446. $47.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gay, Sydney Howard.   JAMES MADISON  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, 1884. 1st ed. 342 pages. Hardcover. From the American Statesmen Series of The Riverside Press, in very dark blue with bright gilt titles and star decoration. Top edge gilt. First printing.
Good+/No Jacket. Solid binding, owner name dated 1885. Spine ends softened, corners square, light rubbing. # E5484. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Gilman, Daniel C.   JAMES MONROE: IN HIS RELATIONS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE DURING HALF A CENTURY  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, 1883. 1st ed. 287 pages. Hardcover. From the American Statesmen Series of The Riverside Press, in very dark blue with bright gilt titles and star decoration. Top edge gilt. First printing 1883.
VG/No Jacket. Solid binding, owner name, dated 1885. Top spine end is moderatly worn and abit darkened, corners square, lightly rubbed. # E5486. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Kennedy, John F.   SAM HOUSTON & THE SENATE  
Austin: Pemberton Press, 1970. 1st ed. 33 pages. Hardcover. First edition thus, a handsome trade edition designed by Larry Smitherman prepared in 1970 from excerpts from Kennedy's 'Profiles in Courage'. This volume is printed on heavy rag paper and contains a Tom Lea portrait of Sam Houston which was a design for a U.S. 5-cent stamp.
Fine/Good+. Unsold copy from our archives. Some foxing to back of dustjacket else Near Fine. # A1345. $28.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lincoln, Abraham, & Roy P. Basler (edito.   COLLECTED WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (COMPLETE IN 9 VOLUMES)  
New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University, 1953. Book Club ed. Hardcover. Nine volumes including index, in gray linen with gilt title in navy block on spine. This edition published for the History Book Club.
VG/No Jacket. Tight , no wear, no marks. Appear unread. There is a small shadow near the foot of each spine caused by tape on protective wrappers. O/W Fine. # E5480. $105.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lodge, Henry Cabot.   GEORGE WASHINGTON (IN TWO VOLUMES)  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1891. Reprint. 740 pages. Hardcover. From the American Statesmen Series of The Riverside Press, two volumes in very dark blue with bright gilt titles and star decoration. Top edge gilt.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, unmarked. Spine ends of vol.1 softened, as is lower spine end of vol. 2. Corners square, with minor rubs. # E5481. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McDaniel, Robert C.   HEMPHILL HIGH SCHOOL SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS: THE FIRST SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS (1911-1989)  
Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1989. 1st ed. 232 pages. Hardcover. A record of the formation and growth of the Hemphill High School. B/w photos of students and staff over the years. Senior Class member and teacher lists from 1914 to 1989.
VG/Good. Very firm binding, owner name stamp on FFEP. Dustjacket rubbed on edges, corners and spine-ends worn, chips at spine top. # E5494. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McGuire, James Patrick.   JULIUS STOCKFLETH: GULF COAST MARINE AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER  
San Antonio: Trinity Univ./Rosenberg Libr., . 1st ed. 161 pages. Hardcover. 0911536671 0-911536-67-1. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Stockfleth in December 1976 at Rosenberg Library in Galveston. Includes biography and 68 paintings and drawings, six in color. There are depictions of Galveston before, during, and after the Great Hurricane of 1900, including the new seawall and several of the work of grade raising in the city. There are also ship pictures and bucolic scenes outside the city. Exhibiion flyer tipped-in.
Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. In clear acetate cover. # B5111. $70.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Morse, Jr., John T.   THOMAS JEFFERSON  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, 1911. Reprint. 326 pages. Hardcover. From the American Statesmen Series of The Riverside Press, in very dark blue with bright gilt titles and star decoration. Top edge gilt. 1911 printing.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no marks. Spine ends a little softened, corners square. # E5485. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Nestle, Eberhard, & Erwin Nestle.   NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRAECE NESTLE-ALAND  
Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1999. Reprint. 810 pages. Hardcover. 3438051001 3-4380510-0-1. Thin paper, With 4 colored map illustrations on the endpapers. Original imitation blue leather binding with gold-embossed title on cover and spine. Original Greek text of the New Testament with critical commentary and index. Colored map endpapers.
Good/No Jacket. Tight, minimal wear on the flex cover. No owner name, but lots of pencil notes and underlining, many dog-eared page corners. # E5475. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pratt, Winthrop.   A NOTEBOOK FOR SHIP MODEL BUILDERS  
Bogota, NJ: Model Shipways, 1971. Reprint. 32 pages. Paperback. Much help for the novice and more advanced model ship builder. Drawings throughout and lots of descriptions, history, and suggestions.
VG/Wraps. Very firm, unmarked. Clean, but lightly silverfish nibbled on cover. # B7070. $4.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rexford, Orcella.   YOUR NAME AND YOU: NUMEROLOGY MADE EASY  
San Francisco: Self, 1928. 99 pages. Hardcover. Small self-published book by old-time numerologist.
Good/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Corners rubbed and spine has some chips along the spine. Quarter inch of spine strip missing at top. # E5466. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Smylie, Vernon.   THE SECRETS OF PADRE ISLAND: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF AMERICA'S MOST FASCINATING ISLAND (FROM 1845 TO PRESENT)  
Corpus Christi: Texas News Syndicate, 1964. Reprint. 32 pages. Paperback. Vignettes of Padre Island history, including lost buried treasure, Juan Cortina, Mexican port of Bagdad, Pat Dunn, King Ranch and more. Stapled booklet with golden card cover.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. As new. # E5472. $27.50   View This Item  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 by the author. Novel of intrigue and adventure in the Pacific on an old U.S. destroyer being used to smuggle drugs.
New/Wraps. New copies SIGNED by the author. # E0531. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Taylor, Quintard.   WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS [WEST VIRGINIA]  
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, 1951. 91 pages. Hardcover. History of the Appalachian resort area in West Virginia known for its medicinal hot springs, use in by both side in the Civil War, golf, etc. B/w photos. Not dated per se, (the foreword has a 1951 date), nor with a stated publisher, but perhaps the Ohio & Chesapeake Railway underwrote it or used it as promotional background for the resort.
VG/No Jacket. Hint of wear, else Near Fine. # E5449. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Turner, Martha Anne.   THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS: THE STORY OF A SONG  
El Paso: Texas Western, 1971. 1st ed. 19 pages. Hardcover. The tale and various songs scores of the act of Emily, the slave girl who detained Santa Ana in his tent during the Battle of San Jacinto. Southwestern Studies Monograph No. 31. Rose cloth-covered boards with image of a rose on front. Golden cloth spine with black title.
Very Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives. # A0360. $50.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Vestal, Stanley.   BIGFOOT WALLACE: A BIOGRAPHY  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942. 1st ed. 299 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards with black titles on front and spine. Colorful illustrated dustjacket with Bigfoot standing big as life on the front. Map endpapers. Bibliography and index. Three illustrations, and portrait frontis.
VG/Good. Tight, Corners square, spine ends a little softened. Dustjacket is chipped on edges with some small tears, and 1.5 inch memded tear at top rear. # E5457. $75.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Walker, Stanley.   HOME TO TEXAS  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. 1st ed. 307 pages. Hardcover. Famous New York newspaper man returns to his childhood home in Texas in 1945. First edition. Sixguns 2286. Yellow pictorial dustjacket with red titles on front and spine. Sixguns 2286.
VG/Fair. Tight, no name or marks. Slight wear on edges and corners, spine ends a little rolled. Dustjacket has tears and chips, an irregular piece, about an inch, is missing at spine top. Price-clipped. # E5467. $35.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  

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