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By: N/A
Price: $100.00
Publisher: 1949
Seller ID: 10367
Condition: Good
Light creasing to the covers, small moisture stain at the top of the spine, discoloration on the rear cover, and light foxing on the first and last page. Illustrated cover, seven pages, stapled. Scarce vintage program from Galveston's 1949 Mardi Gras. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company: 1953
Seller ID: 10743
Condition: Good
Stapled booklet, stiff covers. Writing across the top of the front cover indicating this is a marked office copy (many names/numbers are marked with a colored pencil or pen). There's also a name at the top of the page and on the first page. An ad on page 19/20 has been cut out of the page. Includes List of Telephone Subscribers (pages 3-11) with their 4-digit phone numbers and Columbus Classified Telephone Directory, Issue No. 5, November 1953 (32 pages). Inside the front cover is information on making long distance calls and rates to various locations from Columbus. On the facing page, there ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company: 1957
Seller ID: 10744
Condition: Very Good
Stapled booklet, stiff covers. Very mild wear and edge toning. The first page has an upper-corner tear with paper loss, though it does not affect any print on the pages. An ad on page 19/20 has been cut out of the page. Includes List of Telephone Subscribers (pages 3-12) with their phone numbers (including 2-letter exchange abbreviations) and Columbus Classified Telephone Directory, Issue No. 9, November 1957 (24 pages). Inside the front cover is information on making long distance calls and rates to various locations from Columbus. On the facing page, there are also instructions on how to use... View more info
By: Alter, Judith M.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Christian University Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 00961
ISBN: 0912646888
Condition: Fine
Dust jacket has very light amount of wear at the head of the spine and a few corners. Two teenagers come to terms with each other and their lives during post-Civil War tensions in East Texas. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 06921
Condition: Very Good
Orange cloth with black lettering and vignette. Several small, dark stains along the top edge. Does not affect pages. Jacket has a few corresponding, faded stains, some additional small stains at the bottom, and also some chipping to the top and bottom edge of the front panel (larger chip at bottom). Juvenile story of a cub pilot on a Mississippi stern-wheeler who joins the Texans' cause for independence from Mexico and winds up at the Alamo. 192 pages. View more info
By: Bilstein, Roger E.; Miller, Jay
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Austin, Texas, Texas Monthly Press: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 05154
ISBN: 0932012957
Condition: Very Good
Library markings (stamp to spine, endpapers, card pocket). 288 pages with Index. Illustrated with numerous photos. A fascinating history of flight in the Lone Star State. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Virginia Beach, Virginia, The Donning Company Publishers: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: SIGNED
Seller ID: 10201
Condition: Fine
192 pages with Selected Bibliography and Index. Numerous black and white photos documenting women's contributions in the development and growth of Houston, Texas. Endpaper maps indicating settlement along Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River from 1824-1840. Signed on the verso of the front endpaper map. View more info
By: Evey, Ethel L.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Houston, Texas, Larksdale Press: 1982
Edition: 4th Printing
Inscription: SIGNED
Seller ID: 06462
ISBN: 0898961025
Condition: Very Good+
Light wear and rubbing, a clean copy. A young boy has to sail to Texas alone from New Orleans in 1837 after his father is arrested and taken off the ship. He arrives in time for the first anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Based on a true story. Limited printing of 150 copies, of which this is number 95, for the Texas Sesquicentennial in 1986 (commemorative ribbon affixed to title page). Signed by the author. 201 pages. View more info
By: Fulle, Suzanne G. (SIGNED)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Company: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: SIGNED
Seller ID: 02228
ISBN: 0825534410
Condition: Very Good
Several worn spots to top and bottom edges. Bright, clean interior in solid binding (NOT ex-lib). Jacket shows some light foxing and rubbing, but no tears or chips. Protected in a Mylar sleeve. Personalized gift inscription "To the Kemper children" from the author on behalf of the children's aunt. Signed by the author beneath the inscription. Story of 12-year-old Juanita, a young Mexican-American girl, her family, and their struggles and triumphs against a backdrop of poverty in a Texas barrio. The author, as a young girl traveling with her father, saw a young Mexican-American girl and... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Austin, Texas, Eakin Press: 1982
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 02186
ISBN: 0890152993
Condition: Very Good
Bumping and shelf wear at tail of spine and corners. Jacket chipped and rubbed, with indentations on the rear panel. NOT an ex-lib copy. Scarce thus. From the Stories for Young American Series; 57 pages with bibliography. Cover and frontispiece photo of Jane Long. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boerne, TX, U.S.A., Wingscape Press: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: SIGNED
Seller ID: 10202
ISBN: 0970496605
Condition: Near Fine
A fine copy with three notable inscriptions & signatures. Inscribed by the author to the book's previous owner on the title page: "One woman can make a difference!" Nice inscription on the half-title by Marjorie Arsht and on the opposing page by Linda Underwood, both of whom have been long-time Republican activists and are featured in the book. View more info
By: Kerr, Rita
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Austin, Texas, Eakin Press: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: SIGNED
Seller ID: 06826
ISBN: 089015791x
Condition: Very Good
The blank endpapers, both front and rear, are missing; they were either very neatly removed (unusual for both) or never were included (also unusual). The first page you see upon opening the book is the title page. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has a crease on the rear flap. Otherwise, a nice, clean, unmarked copy. Fictional children's story of Polish immigrants in Texas' first Polish settlement of Panna Maria, southeast of San Antonio. Inscribed by the author to the book's previous owner. View more info
By: Kerr, Rita
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Austin, Texas, Eakin Press: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 09939
ISBN: 0890156395
Condition: Near Fine
Trace of wear to book and jacket. Nice, clean copy. In 1981, a cat showed up at the Alamo and became a fixture at the historic Texas shrine. She even had kittens there the next year and became quite the celebrity. Rita Kerr recounts the true story and adventures of Ruby, a stray cat adopted by the patrol rangers at the Alamo as their mascot. Forty-nine pages with Bibliography and illustrations by the author. View more info
By: Kerr, Rita
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Austin, Texas, Eakin Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: SIGNED
Seller ID: 10471
ISBN: 0890154473
Condition: Very Good
Shelf wear and a small tear or chip at the foot of the spine. A bit of rubbing to the rear cover. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner of the book: "To William W___, Remember the Alamo and Texas, Rita Kerr, 1986." 64 pages with Epilogue and Bibliography. This book for a juvenile audience tells the story of Susanna Wilkinson Dickinson (1814-1883), wife of Alamo defender Almeron Dickinson, Who stayed at the Alamo with her husband and survived the battle with her 15-month-old daughter. She was the only adult Anglo-American to survive and provided many details of the battle over the years. View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Lubbock, Texas, Smoke Signal Publishing Company: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 09780
Condition: Very Good
Mild shelf wear and bumping. A bit of rubbing wear to the rear cover. Texas A&M bookstore sticker inside the rear cover. 148 pages with numerous black and white photos and illustrations documenting the 100-year history of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets (1876-1976). Inside the front cover is an 8 X 10 color photo of the Corps marching on the Kansas football field, 1977. View more info
By: Santangelo, Susan Hillebrandt
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Houston, Texas, Gulf Printing Company: 1981
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 10596
Condition: Good
Edge wear to book and jacket. Front endpaper inscription blacked out. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. 132 pages with many photographs to illustrate the history of the oldest independent coeducational school in Houston, which began in 1906. Among the notable alumni are George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, James A. Baker, III, and William P. Hobby, Jr. View more info
By: Townsend, Tom
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Austin, Texas, Eakin Press: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: SIGNED
Seller ID: 04552
ISBN: 0890155798
Condition: Near Fine
Navy blue leatherette with barely a trace of wear. Jacket shows light wear at the head of the spine and along the front flap fold. Sequel to "Where the Pirates Are," signed by the author "To Jacob" on the front free endpaper (fly leaf). A volume in the Stories for Young Americans series. View more info
