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Price: $165.75
Publisher: Austin, TX, Harpoon Publishing Co.: 1911
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 039420
Condition: Very Good
354 pp, quarterbound w/dark brown boards w/brown leather spine w/gilt lettering. The book describes the trip to New Orleans and the departure for Texas. It describes the preparations for winter camp, hunting buffalo, meeting Indians, the plans for educating a young Indian child, the torture of two prisoners by the Indians, their exploration of Texas, meeting with the Spanish, and the trip down the colorado river. Radar #403. The book has been rebound, the original front cover of the paper back is chipped and loose, several of the pages have chipped corners. View more info
By: Boswell, Angela
Price: $16.96
Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A & M University Press: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 036693
ISBN: 1585441287
Condition: Near Fine
xii, 190 pp, green cloth covered boards w/silver lettering, dj light green-dark green-black-wht w/illustrated front panel. The authro follows the threads of Southern women's lives as they weave through the public records of one Texas country during the middle of the nineteenth century. The period covered was the frontier, antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras. View more info
Price: $15.73
Publisher: New York, NY, Harper & Row, Publishers: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 051664
Condition: Near Fine
xiv, 238 pp, black cloth covered boards w/silver and red lettering on the spine, dj orange w/black & red lettering and black & white photo on the front & black & white photo of author on the rear cover of the book. The book provides a portrait of an American community where ranching, oil and climate have created extraordinary wealth and a unique way of life. View more info
By: Bowman, Bob
Price: $14.03
Publisher: Lufkin, TX, Lufkin Printing Company: 1979
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 034190
Condition: Very Good
xi, 120 pp, light brown boards w/gilt lettering on spine & front, dj brown w/yel-wht lettering on the spine w/pictorial front. A guidebook with a collection of the best foods, places, people and events. prev owner wrote on ffep View more info
By: Bowman, Bob
Price: $12.75
Publisher: Lufkin, TX, Lufkin Printing Company: 1981
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 039626
Condition: Good+
x, 121 pp, orange leatherette boards w/gilt lettering on spine & front, dj orange-wht-red/wht-red lettering on the front & spine w/illustratedl front panel. A collection of farmboy homilies, ranch-hand proverbs, and log-cutter sayings. the book is misbound, pgs 71-86 are between pg 102 and pg 103. prev owner wrote on verso of the ffep, dj 1" chip missing at top of the spine, one inch chip missing bottom front corner of the rear panel. View more info
By: Box, Jim
Price: $8.29
Publisher: Austin, TX, Pemberton Press: 1969
Seller ID: 036308
Condition: Very Good-
96 pp, wht-blu SC wraps w/black-wht lettering w/color illustrated front panel. The author presents the structure of the Texas Government along with some of its problems in text and pictures. He begins with the constitution, and follows this with the legislature, executive, judiciary, county government, city government, political parties, special districts, and ends with problems and proposals. prev owner wrote on front cover, rear cover and page 70. View more info
By: Boyd, Bob and edited by Nielsen, Soren W.
Price: $29.75
Publisher: San Angelo. TX, San Angelo Standard, Inc.: 1986
Seller ID: 039064
Condition: Near Fine
(8), 198 pp, orange cloth covered boards w/gilt lettering, red-orange-yel dj w/black lettering & illustration on the front cover. The book was written as the history of the revolution presented on a day-by-day basis as it would have been in a newspaper. The book contains profiles on Austin, Milam, Seguin, Bonham, Bowie, Fannin, Crockett, Travis, Dickinson, Santa Anna, Houston, potter, Rusk, Holland family, Gen Vicente Filisola, "Deaf" Smith, and Goyens. The book presents the strateby of the Alamo defense. View more info
By: Boyd, Jack
Price: $7.86
Publisher: Lubbock, TX, Texas Tech University Press: 1989
Inscription: Inscribed & SIGNED By Author
Seller ID: 035422
ISBN: 0896722074
Condition: Near Fine
xii, 130 pp, green cloth covered boards w/black lettering w/light green dj w/black lettering w/illustrated front panel. The first volume of the Cedar Gap series. Story of life in a mythical small West Texas town, Cedar Gap. It celebrates the humor, the spirit and occasional tribulations shared by the citizens of Cedar Gap. View more info
By: Boyd, Jack
Price: $7.86
Publisher: Lubbock, TX, Texas Tech University Press: 1989
Inscription: Inscribed & SIGNED By Author
Seller ID: 051383
ISBN: 0896722074
Condition: Near Fine
xii, 130 pp, green cloth covered boards w/black lettering w/light green dj w/black lettering w/illustrated front panel. The first volume of the Cedar Gap series. Story of life in a mythical small West Texas town, Cedar Gap. It celebrates the humor, the spirit and occasional tribulations shared by the citizens of Cedar Gap. View more info
By: Braddy, Haldeen
Price: $42.50
Publisher: El Paso, TX, Texas Western Press: 1978
Seller ID: 040160
ISBN: 0874040590
Condition: Near Fine
xii, 95 pp, [3], quarterbound w/three cloth covered boards w/gilt illustration on the front cover, brown cloth covered spine w/gilt lettering, light brown dj w/red lettering and w/illustrated front and rear panel. Centennial stamp for Pancho Villa from Mexico tipped in on the title page. The author spent fifty years researching and writing about Pancho Villa. He presents both sides of Villa - rebel or hero. View more info
By: Bradford, Betty
Price: $16.58
Publisher: San Antonio, TX, Pioneer Flour Mills:
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 025171
Condition: Good+
56 pp, tan SC wraps w/dark brown lettering & illustrations, SIGNED by author on verso of the front cover, stamped on verso about Betty Bradford's radio show at 3:30 monday thru friday at KABC-680 on your dial. The covers have some soiling, some soiling to the pages. Contains recipes submitted by Ladies from the Central Texas area. View more info
By: Branhan, Annie
Price: $22.95
Publisher: New York, NY, Greenwich Book Publishers: 1959
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 035367
Condition: Very Good+
160 pp, grey cloth covered boards w/black lettering, dj blu-brown w/illustrated front & spine w/brown-white lettering w/photo of author on the back panel. The book relates the story of the author's childhood, youth and mature years on Texas farms. She describes everyday life and surroundings and practical problems. She tells of her Swedish ancestors and briefly describes life there. She describes the great variety of animal and insect life native to Texas. View more info
Price: $14.41
Publisher: Charleston, SC, Arcadia Publishing: 1999
Seller ID: 026276
ISBN: 073850128X
Condition: Very Good+
128 pp, tan-black-dark brown SC wraps w/wraparound pictorial. The book tells the history of one of the largest counties in Texas. Del Rio is the county seat, but county also contains Langtry of Judge Roy Bean fame. Book features over two hundred images accompanied by informative paragraphs. one corner bumped. View more info
By: Brett, Bill w/foreword by Owens, William A.
Price: $16.79
Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press: 1977
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 012640
ISBN: 0890960267
Condition: Very Good
116 pp, tan cloth covered boards w/brown lettering, dj wht w/black lettering w/illustrated front of cattle & the back has a photo of the author, dj price clipped. The story of life in the Big Thicket that takes place in the lean years around the turn of the century. Narrator of Brett's story arrives in the Big Thicket about 1900 as a young man escaping the drought in West Texas. View more info
By: Brett, Bill w/foreword by Owens, William A.
Price: $7.23
Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press: 1990
Edition: 4th Printing
Seller ID: 015994
ISBN: 0890964521
Condition: Near Fine
116 pp, wht-lt brn-blk SC wraps w/illustrated front cover. Takes place in the lean years around the turn of the century. Brett heard the story f/the old man who had lived it. View more info
By: Brett, Bill w/foreword by Owens, William A.
Price: $14.03
Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press: 1977
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 029655
ISBN: 0890960267
Condition: Very Good
116 pp, tan cloth covered boards w/brown lettering, dj wht w/black lettering w/illustrated front of cattle & the back has a photo of the author. The story of life in the Big Thicket that takes place in the lean years around the turn of the century. Narrator of Brett's story arrives in the Big Thicket about 1900 as a young man escaping the drought in West Texas. dj price-clipped View more info
By: Brett, Bill, Illustrated by Abshier, Frank
Price: $14.88
Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 025735
ISBN: 089096162X
Condition: Very Good+
120 pp, brown cloth covered boards, dj wht spine w/brown lettering w/pictorial front of the author. Stories about the strains of married life, hazards of obsession for deer hunting, drawbacks to being part of a family, & the foibles of politicians.He covers the way of life of the forests & swamps of the southeastern region of Texas. dj price-clipped, prev owner wrote on ffep. View more info
By: Brewer, J. Mason w/foreword by Milling, Chapman J.
Price: $267.75
Publisher: Austin, TX, University of Texas Press: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & SIGNED By Author
Seller ID: 023869
Condition: Very Good
xiv, 124 pp, grey cloth covered boards w/black lettering w/black illustration on front, inscribed & SIGNED by the author on the title page. The inscription reads "To Roger D. Abrahams 6-30-1965 Thanks for a very pleasant and inspiring visit. J. Mason Brewer" Work by J. Mason Brewer, one of the nation's leading black folklorists. prev owner's name stamped on ffep, stamped on top & fore edges w/"Center for Intercultural Studies", (these are the only markings). Small spot on front cover bottom & back cover top. View more info
By: Brewer, J. Mason w/foreword by Milling, Chapman J.
Price: $131.75
Publisher: Austin, TX, University of Texas Press: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 025904
Condition: Very Good+
xiv, 124 pp, grey cloth covered boards w/black lettering w/black illustration on front. Work by J. Mason Brewer, one of the nation's leading black folklorists. Has tales of slavery & its legacy, carefree tales, tales of animals & ranch life, religious tales, and tales of dog ghosts & other spirits. , prev owner's name on ffep. View more info
By: Briggs, James Harvey, Illustrated by Frontispiece
Price: $11.90
Publisher: San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1945:
Seller ID: 022775
HB. Very Good/Very Good-. 2nd Printing. Sm8vo from 7-1/2" to 8" Tall. 90 pp, grey cloth covered boards w/green lettering on spine & front, w/green illustration on front cover, dj light green w/dark green lettering & illustrion, rubbing on dj spine & light soiling to dj, page yellowing on the book. View more info
