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A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Texas Books |
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Benjamin Capps A Woman of the People
Fort Worth, TX Texas Christian University Press 1999 087565195X / 9780875651958 Reprint Soft Cover Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
#26, The Texas Tradition Series. Listed among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Books on Texas. With afterword by James Ward Lee. New trade paperback. 248 pp.
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16.00 USD
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Castaneda, Carlos E. The Mexican Side of the Texan Revolution
Austin, Texas Graphic Ideas 1970 Second Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good++ No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Bright, crisp and tight copy. Front board has representation of Mexican flag. Very light wear on edges - rear board has very tiny black spot on white area. Page edges have very faint spotting/smudging. Else clean exterior and interior. 402 pp. Very nice copy - no dust jacket - in acrylic wrapper.
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68.50 USD
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Castaneda, Carlos E. The Mexican Side of the Texan Revolution
Washington, D.C. Documentary Publications 1971 Reprint Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Tight and crisp trade paperback - limited edition of 500. White wrapper shows light rubbing and a little faint smudging. Page edges have very minor soiling. Very slight corner and edgewear. 391 pp.
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45.00 USD
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Dobie, J. Frank Coronado's Children: Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest
Dallas, Texas Southwest Press 1930 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Ben Carlton Mead
1st Edition, 1st State without the word, 'clean' on dedication page. Basic Texas Books #45. A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Books on Texas. 367 pp. Both book and dust jacket have been professionally restored. Tight copy with tanned paper. Black boards show light corner & spine end wear with very slight fraying. Spine has some vertical creasing, and gilt title and graphic on front board show some rubbing. Gilt print on spine has been rubbed off. There is a little spotting/rubbin on black cloth boards.. Previous owner's name, town, and 'March 1931' on reverse of frontispiece. End papers have map, and rear pasted down paper has a few small notations on top edge and a small stain. Dust jacket has price intact and some light creasing. Excellent restoration of chipping and edgewear. Now in protective cover.
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400.00 USD
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Frank S. Hastings A Ranchman's Recollections
Austin, Texas Texas State Historical Association 1985 0876110774 / 9780876110775 Reprint Hard Cover Fine Very Good++ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Ranked among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Texas Books, and written by the manager of the SMS Ranch, Stamford, TX. Crisp and bright copy, tight and clean inside and out. Dust jacket is crisp and in protective cover - spine is very slightly sunned. Lovely copy of highly collectible book.
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80.00 USD
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Frank S. Hastings A Ranchman's Recollections
Austin, Texas Texas State Historical Association 1985 0876110782 / 9780876110782 Reprint Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Ranked among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Texas Books, and written by the manager of the SMS Ranch, Stamford, TX. Trade paperback is crisp, bright and clean with a very minor wear. Appears unread. Very nice soft cover copy of classic.
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40.00 USD
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Fred Gipson Hound-Dog Man
New York, NY Harper & Brothers 1949 Early Reprint Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Listed on A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Books on Texas. Gipson was the author of "Old Yeller". 247 pp. . Has slight right lean. Dark red cloth boards show light rubbing, especially at hinges and on title. Light wear to corners and a little bumping on spine ends. Pages are somewhat tanned. Clean interior. No dust jacket.
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15.00 USD
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Joe B. Vogel The Jalapeno Empire
Austin, Texas Eakin Press 1985 0890155208 / 9780890155202 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
From the dust jacket, "A Modern Texas that Became the Peppierest Outpost of the British Empire". 186 pp. Crisp, tight copy with minor edgewear and slight rubbing on front board. Clean interior. Dust jacket is colorful with very slight edgewear. Front panel has light brown stain in the blue sky of illustration, and white of back panel shows rubbing and some spotting.
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12.50 USD
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Marquis James The Raven
Austin, Texas University of Texas Press 1989 1st Paperback Edition Thus Soft Cover Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Books on Texas - Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Texas hero, Sam Houston with introduction by Henry Steele Commager. Trade paperback is crisp and tight. Previous owner's name on ffep - else interior clean. Slight shelfwear and light soiling on page ends. 489 pp.
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17.50 USD
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McMurtry, Larry The Last Picture Show
New York The Dial Press 1966 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Dust Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First Edition, First Printing (stated). 280 pp. Book has slight left lean. Tan cloth boards. Light wear on corner and spine ends. Spine has red metallic print, and spine itself is a little darkened. Previous owner's name and address stamped on top edge of front free end paper. Text block is clean and bright. Page edges are lightly tanned. Clipped review column from Fort Worth Star-Telegram is laid in, and remains of original dust jacket, spine and rear panel with flap is also laid in. Reproduction copy of original dust jacket is provided.
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225.00 USD
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Sallie Reynolds Matthews Interwoven, A Pioneer Chronicle
College Station, Texas, U.S.A. Texas A & M Univ Press 2002 3rd Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall E. M. Schiwetz
#139 - Jenkins Basic Texas Books. Listed among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Books on Texas, this book was copyrighted in 1936 and this is the 4th Edition, 8th printing. Number 13 in the M. K. Brown Range Life Series, still with Carl Hertzog design and drawings by "Buck" Schiwetz, as was the 1936 edition. 226 pp. Crisp , tight bright and clean copy, as is dust jacket. Unread.
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William Goyen The House of Breath
New York Random House 1975 039449699X / 9780394496993 1st of 25th Anniversary Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
This is the 25th Anniversary Edition of an American Classic. 194 pp. Clean and crisp copy with light bumping on spine ends. Silver printing on gray boards and navy spine is bright. Clean interior. Top page edge has foxing and front edge has very slight spotting. Dust jacket has a little creasing on spine, which has darkened slightly.Among A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Texas Books.
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