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Andrews Sr, Arlan.   KILLARUMIYOQ: LOST SECRETS OF THE SHADOW MACHINE  
Goshen KY: Talisman House Press, 2022. 1st ed. 273 pages. Paperback. 1948374838 1-948374-83-8. An ancient enigma of Peruvian civilization and their technologies are revealed by modern science. B/w photos, drawings and diagrams.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E5427. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Boy Scouts of America, James E. West (ed.   BOYS' LIFE VOL. XX, NO. 1 - NO. 12 1930 (BOUND VOLUME 12 ISSUES) FOR ALL BOYS PUBLISHED BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1930. 1st ed. 800 pages. Hardcover. Complete 12 issues for 1930, uncirculated, factory bound in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on front. Each magazine complete with full color cover. B/w illustrations throughout. Average 67 pages each. Lots of vintage advertisements, the scouting life, etc. 11 x 14 inches, 9 pounds. .
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight binding, no marks. Minor rubbing on edges, corners, and spine ends. Edges age-toned. Pages bright white and without wear. Exceptionally nice interior. # E5337. $275.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Brunhoff, Jean de.   BABAR THE KING (IN FOLDING PORFOLIO BOX, WITH SLIPCASE)  
New York: Random House, 1938. 48 pages. Hardcover. Shiny yellow paper over boards with King Babar riding a horse on front. Translated from French by Merle Haas. No printing history other than copyright 1935. Flap of jacket or other advert pasted onto inside for front free endpaper. Comes with wine-colored cloth-covered folding porfolio presentation box which slides into a matching s(lipcase with leather spine label.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm binding, owner name. Spine worn, with 1/2" loss at top and rubbing at bottom of spine. # E5397. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Brunhoff, Jean and Laurent de.   BABAR'S ANNIVERSARY ALBUM: 6 FAVORITE STORIES  
New York: Random House, 1981. 1st ed. 144 pages. Hardcover. 0394848136 0-394-84813-6. Introduction by Maurice Sendak, with biographical notes by Laurent. First edition of 50th anniversary of the little elephant, with full number line. 9.25 x 12.3 inches tall.
Fine/Near Fine. Tight, unmarked copy. DJ has a 1/2 inch mended tear with crease on bottom edge of back panel, hint of wear at spine ends. Presents quite well. # E5396. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cammermeyer, Margarethe.   SERVING IN SILENCE  
New York: Viking, 1994. 1st ed. 308 pages. Hardcover. 0670851671 0-670-85167-1. 'Vietnam nurse, mother of four, highest-ranking officer to challenge the military's antigay policy'. She was dismissed after 26 years of service, including a Bronze Star and Nurse of the Year. Stated first edition.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Price intact dustjacket has no wear. # E5423. $14.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Campion, Jane, & Kate Pullinger.   THE PIANO: A NOVEL  
New York: Hyperion, 1994. 1st ed. 215 pages. Hardcover. 0786861215 0-7868-6121-5. This novel became an award-winning film. Stated first edition.
Near Fine/Fine. Tight, unmarked, in crisp, price-intact dustjacket. # E5416. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Card, Orson Scott.   REBEKAH: WOMEN OF GENESIS (SIGNED)  
Shadow Mountain, 2001. 1st ed. 413 pages. Hardcover. 1570089957 1-57008-995-7. The second book in Card's trilogy on the women of Genesis. Boldly SIGNED by Orson Scott Card on the half title page. First edition with complete number line. Front free endpaper neatly removed.
VG/Fine. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Bright dustjacket also free of wear. Front free endpaper neatly removed, else a Near Fine copy. # E5291. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Clare, Janet.   A FIELD GUIDE: QUILTS FOR ALL SEASONS (SIGNED)  
Janet Clare, 2016. 1st ed. 85 pages. Paperback. 0956977022 0-9569770-2-2. Ideas, instructions, and patterns. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E5379. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Conner (editor), Jeff.   WOMEN ON WAR: A ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS ANTHOLOGY ZRV # 3 (SIGNED)  
San Diego CA: IDW Publishing, 2012. 1st ed. 285 pages. Paperback. 1613774079 1-61377-407-9. Number 3 of Zombies vs Robots, SIGNED by Nancy Holder, who wrote the introduction. Title page illustration for each story by Erika Lugo.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. Appears unread. # E5426. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Davenport (editor), Basil.   PORTABLE ROMAN READER  
New York: Viking, 1951. 1st ed. 656 pages. Hardcover. Representative works of Rome's greatest writers in the best English translations, selected and introduced by Basil Davenport. 1st printing, with 1951 on title page and Published in November 1951 stated on copyright page.
Fine/Good. Tight, clean, unmarked. Square corners, in red boards with grey spine. Price intact red dustjacket is chipped and rubbed on edges, especially spine ends and corners. List of Portable titles on reverse. # E5425. $44.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Diamonstein, Barbaralee.   OPEN SECRETS: NINETY-FOUR WOMEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR TIME  
New York: Viking, 1972. 1st ed. 474 pages. Hardcover. 0670527084 0-670-52708-4. Ninety0four women of accomplishment answer a list of questions on their concerns in the modern world.
VG/VG. Tight, unmarked, without wear. # E3245. $9.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Grafteaux, Serge.   MEME SANTERRE: A FRENCH WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE  
New York: Schocken Books, 1985. 1st Am. ed. 173 pages. Hardcover. 0805239545 0-8052-3954-5. Biography of a simple French woman (1891-1977) who lived through the upheavals of the twentieth century. Written down by Serge Grafteaux and published in France in 1975. This first American edition translated by Louise A. Tilly and Kathryn L. Tilly. Brown boards with gilt title on spine. Two-tone green dustjacket.
Fine/Good+. Tight, no wear, no marks. Minor edgewear on price intact dustjacket. # E5422. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Greene, A.C.   A PLACE CALLED DALLAS: THE PIONEERING YEARS OF A CONTINUING METROPOLIS (SIGNED)  
Dallas: Dalls County Heritage Society, 1975. 1st ed. 65 pages. Paperback. History of Dallas early growth to 1970s. Double-page illustration of "Bird's eye view" of Dallas dated 1872. B/w illustrations. Signed by the author on the titlepage.
Good/Wraps. Tight, No wear, but the spine and part of front cover sun-darkened. Gift inscription dated 1975. # E4034. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hogner, Dorothy Childs.   A FRESH HERB PLATTER  
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1961. Book Club ed. 237 pages. Hardcover. Plans for three gardens for vegetables and aromatic herbs, growing instructions, and the rest is recipes for all kinds of dishes. Book Club edition, tan boards and bright pink spine with green botanical illustrations on front and spine. Tan illustrated dustjacket by Nils Hogner.
Near Fine/Fair. Book is tight, unmarked and appears unused. There are two fairly tattered dustjackets stacked to fill in some losses. # E5417. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hoover, R.A. 'Bob', & Mark Shaw.   FOREVER FLYING  
New York: Pocket Books, 1996. 1st ed. 291 pages. Hardcover. 0671537601 0-671-53760-1. Fifty years of adventures, from barnstorming in prop planes to dogfighting Germans to testing supersonic jets. Foreword by Chuck Yeager. B/w photos, glossary.
Near Fine/Fine. Tight, sharp corners, dustjacket has no wear. # E5220. $22.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Houston Rodeo, & Go Texan Committee.   HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMERATIVE  
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1981. 334 pages. Hardcover. In brown leatherette with embossed Rodeo seal in gilt. B/w photos and lots of tasty recipes.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, lengthy gift inscription dated Dec. 1981, on front free endpaper, corners square, spine ends softened. # E5428. $10.00     Inquire Now  
Kerr, Joe.   MR SHARPTOOTH  
New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1903. 1st ed. 58 pages. Hardcover. Tall hardcover in green cloth with child and wolf on front. Illustrated on every page in color by Robert H. Porteous. Unpaginated, but seems to be 58 pages. Printed on heavy paper stock. Somewhat uncommon.
Good+/No Jacket. Binding firm, no owner name, interior very clean and nice. Light rubbing & wear at spine ends and corners, else Very Good. # E5391. $198.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McMenamin, Donna.   POPULAR ARTS OF MEXICO 1850-1950  
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1996. 240 pages. Hardcover. 0764300261 0-7643-0026-1. 675 objects in various arts and crafts are shown in 370 color photos. History of artisan families with vintage b/w photos.
Fine/Fine. Tigh, no wear, no marks. # E5322. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Micheletti, Eric.   OPERATION DAGUET: FRENCH AIR FORCE IN THE GULF WAR  
Hong Kong: Concord˙, 1991. Paperback. 962361022X 9-6236102-2-X. Color and b/w photos of planes and men in action.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, unmarked. # E5282. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Moreno, Elizabeth Dettling.   TALES FROM THE CHICKEN YARD AND OTHER FOWL STORIES (SIGNED)  
Houston: Oppertune Independent, 2019. 1st ed. 140 pages. Paperback. 1970079266 1-970079-26-6. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Animal stories with Christian base.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5380. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Morrow, Kathryn Black.   DEFENDER OF AMERICA'S GULF COAST: A HISTORY OF ELLINGTON FIELD, TEXAS 1917-2007 (SIGNED)  
Houston: Morrow House Publishing, 2007. 1st ed. 172 pages. Hardcover. 0979687004 0-9796870-0-4. Excellent history of Houston's Army Air Base, Ellington Field, from its beginnings in World War I to the present day. Much on women pilots, as Ellington trained the first female pilots for the WFTD, WASPS and WACS as well as NASA's astronauts. B/w photos throughout, notes, bibliography and indices. The author's father was Commander of the 158th Air Force Reserve Aircraft Control & Warning Group at Ellington in the 1950s.
New/New. New copies SIGNED by the author, a friend of our store. # 28355. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Newell, Peter.   THE HOLE BOOK (IN SLIPCASED PORTFOLIO BOX)  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. 1st ed. Hardcover. Humorous poem describes the path of the bullet, as illustrated on the facing page with an actual die-cut hole. Unpaginated. 'Published October, 1908' stated on copyright page. Comes with wine-colored cloth-covered folding portfolio box inside matching slipcase with leather spine label. A true 1st printing of a classic childrens' title on the folly of loose firearms, along with sterotypical characterizations of many people.
Good+/No Jacket. Solid binding, unmarked. Both spine ends and corners rubbed through. Frontpastedown rubbed, with small losses to color. # E5394. $105.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Orgel, Joseph R.   UNDYING PASSION: A BOOK OF ANECDOTES ABOUT MEN, WOMEN, LOVE, SEX, AND THE LITERARY LIFE  
New York: William Morrow, 1985. 1st ed. 379 pages. Hardcover. 0688022189 0-688-02218-9. Compiled from writings of dozens of authors on the most compelling of subjects.
Fine/Good+. Tight, crisp, unmarked. Appears unread. Dustjacket has shelfwear and spine a bit sun-faded. # E5420. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pearson Scott Foresman, .   CELEBRATE FREEDOM: SONGS, SYMBOLS, AND SAYINGS OF THE UNITED STATES  
Glenview, IL: Pearson Educational, 2003. Reprint. 48 pages. Paperback. 0328036749 0-328-03674-9. U.S history, social studies, civics, and patriotism all in one small booklet for intermediate grades.
New/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. # B9129. $2.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Potterton (editor), David.   CULPEPER'S COLOR HERBAL  
New York: Sterling Publishing, 2002. Reprint. 224 pages. Paperback. 0806976470 0-8069-7647-0. 2002 Sterling reprint of 1983 Foulsham edition published in the UK. Illustrated throughout with botanical drawings by Michael Stringer.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. Appears new. # E5418. $13.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ragle, Sharon.   THE OCEANS ARE WAITING: AROUND THE WORLD ON THE YACHT TIGGER  
Dobbs Ferry: Sheridan House, 2002. 1st ed. 209 pages. Hardcover. 157409145X 1-57409-145-X. Single lady buys a sailboat, finds love, and sails around the world. Inscribed 'to JT, Fair winds' and SIGNED by the author. Map endpapers.
Fine/Fine. No wear. Book and dustjacket appear new. # E5415. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ripley, Sherman, & Harrison Cady.   THE RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK  
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1928. Reprint. 96 pages. Hardcover. Rhyming stories of each of the animals children make of cardboard. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and color plates. Green cloth-covered boards with large color pastedown on front. Likely second printing in the year of publication with MB-28 on copyright page.
VG/No Jacket. Very firm binding, no owner name, green crayon marks on back. Spine ends softened. # E5395. $78.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schulz, Charles M.   CHARLIE BROWN'S SUPER BOOK OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS . . FROM SNAILS TO PEOPLE! (SIGNED)  
New York: Random House, 1976. 1st ed. 152 pages. Boards. 0394832493 0-394-83249-3. Characters from the Peanuts gang answer all sorts of questions about animals. Our copy boldly SIGNED and inscribed by the author in black marker: 'For Bethan - Best wishes, Chares M. Schulz' on the front free endpaper. 8.5 x 11.0 inches in laminated boards. Uncommon signed.
Good+/No Jacket. Outer cover shows fine split along spine edge under the clear lamination, but is not opened. A couple of fine scratches & fox spots on cover and spine edge. Binding solid, text is clean and unmarked. # E4755. $1,075.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stevenson, Robert Louis.   MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS, RANDOM MEMORIES, MEMOIRS OF HIMSELF: SOUTH SEAS EDITION VOL.XIII  
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Reprint. 321 pages. Hardcover. Small book in dark green cloth-covered boards. Map endpapers. First printing of the South Seas Edition, dated 1925. Loving inscription on front paste-down 'To a lovely - sweet little girl from someone who loves her heaps-Gertrude M', dated Dec. 1931. Top edge dyed green. Some foxing on top edge and on dustjacket.
VG/Good. Binding and hinges firm, owner name. Corners square, spine ends slightly softened. Pictorial dustjacket darkened, especially the spine. List of the other books in series on back of jacket. # E5424. $32.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Strom, Steven R.   HOUSTON ON THE MOVE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY  
Austin: U.T. Press, 2016. 1st ed. 254 pages. Hardcover. 1477310940 1477310940. Over 200 vintage photos from the Bob Bailey Photo Archive highight this look at Houston from the early 1900s into the 1980s.
New/New. New copies. # 35925. $36.00   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  

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