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Some More Horse Tradin'

By: Green, Ben K.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1972

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 012025

ISBN-13: 9780394461236

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Nice, clean copy. Jacket protected in a Mylar sleeve. Follow-up to Green's popular "Horse Tradin'." About the stories in this volume, Green says: "These apples come from the same barrel as Horse Tradin' but they ain't none of them spotty." 255 pages, illustrated with 16 line drawings by Joe Beeler. SIGNED on the front free endpaper by the author (name only).
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Richmond Pictorial - Fort Bend County, Texas

By: Scarborough, Virginia Davis; Franklin R. Schodek; Janice Ransom Prowell; Martha Amsell Payton; and Stephen Doggett

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas, Nortex Press : 1985

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 012024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial history of Richmond, Texas, the county seat of Fort Bend County. 217 pages profusely illustrated, including endpaper maps. A clean, unmarked copy.
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The Golden Years: The First Half Century of Stephen F. Austin State University

By: Craddock, Betye Herrington

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Waco, Texas, Texian Press : 1973

Seller ID: 012023

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Mild wear to the book. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has edge wear and rubbing wear. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. Inscribed by the author, an SFA graduate and former Journalism teacher at Kilgore College. 102 pages with References, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with black and white photos.
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Murder on Pine Island Bayou

By: Barclay, George W., Jr.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Vantage Press : 1992

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 012022

ISBN-13: 9780533100392

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

157 pages. Murder mystery set in Batson, Texas (northwest of Beaumont in Hardin County).
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Texas Cretaceous Bivalves and Localities - Texas Paleontology Series Publication No. 2.

By: Offeman, Irene D.; Patricia C. Lewis; Susan W. Arnette; Thomas J. Akers; Rosemary H. Ganshirt; Morgan Martin, Jr.; Rosemary E. Akers; and Ruth M. Landry

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Houston, Texas, Paleontology Section of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society : 1982

Seller ID: 012021

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Green paper covers, perfect binding. Small sticker shadows on front and rear covers, else clean and unmarked. 155 pages. Contents include: Introduction, Cretaceous Period in Texas, Fossil Preservation, Classification, Steps to Identification, Illustrated Glossary, Frequently Found Bivalves (Descriptions and Illustrations), Localities, Appendix I - Annotated List of Species, Appendix II - References, Index of Genera, and Index of Species.
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Roemer's Texas 1845 to 1847

By: Roemer, Dr. Ferdinand; Translated by Oswald Mueller

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas, Eakin Press : 1995

Edition: Special Heritage Edition

Seller ID: 012020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

An illustrated, narrative account of early Texas life. Dr. Roemer is known as the "Father of Texas Geology." His travels in Texas from 1845-1847 were primarily for geological study, but he also observed the plants, Indians, and German settlements. He traveled from Galveston to San Antonio to Fredericksburg to Glen Rose. His travelogue was published back in Germany in 1849. Oswald translated the first English edition in 1935 and it was reprinted again in 1967 and 1983. This 1995 printing is stated Special Heritage Edition. 308 pages with Index and Preface to the 1983 edition by Dona B. Reeves, ...
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Comanches: The Destruction of a People

By: Fehrenbach, T.R.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1969

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 012019

ISBN-13: 9780394488561

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Slight shelf wear and a previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Mild wear to jacket at the top-edge of the rear panel, protected in a Mylar archival sleeve. xvi, 557 pages with Selected Bibliography followed by the Index (xiv). Illustrated: Color plates, black and white photographs, art reproductions, maps. Signed by the author (name only) on the front free endpaper.
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Impressions of the Big Thicket (Number 4, Blaffer Series of Southwestern Art)

By: Owens, William A.; Frary, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press : 1973

Edition: 2nd Edition

Seller ID: 012018

ISBN-13: 9780292707061

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Oversized, green cloth with gilt, about fine. The dust jacket has wear at the spine ends and corners. Protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. 112 pages with Foreword by John Palmer Leeper, essay by William A. Owens (Big Thicket Patterns), and a section of plates from artist Michael Frary, which comprises most of the book (about 80 pages).
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Bibliography of Gulf Coast Geology 1969-1974, Special Publication 2

By: Braunstein, Jules (Editor)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New Orleans, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies : 6

Seller ID: 012017

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Based on compilations by Walter E. Hallgarth and others. Foxing to top- and fore-edge of the page block, otherwise both volumes are clean and unmarked. Volume 1 is the Bibliography, Volume 2 is the Index.
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Strokesaver: Distance Guide for Royal Troon Golf Club, Scotland

By: Mair, Norman

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Paisley, Scotland, Strokesport Abbey Mill Business Centre : 1997

Seller ID: 011994

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Collectible pocket-size distance guide for Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. Publication date is 1997. Stapled booklet, about 30 pages, with the last page serving as a scorecard. Each hole is illustrated and includes distances. Between the front nine and the back nine is an article about the course by Norman Mair, Golf Correspondent of "The Scotsman."
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Rockne of Notre Dame

By: Lovelace, Delos W.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons : 1931

Edition: Thirteenth Printing

Seller ID: 09933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Dust soiling to the top edge of the page block, some light foxing to the other edges, and a stain at the lower corner. The dust jacket has some edge wear and chipping, a large faded stain on the front panel, and several tiny holes there as well. 235 pages with Appendices and black and white photos. Biography of the legendary Notre Dame football coach.
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Yesterday's Heroes: Revisiting the Old-Time Baseball Stars

By: Appel, Marty

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc. : 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 01042

ISBN-13: 9780688075163

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Small crease to rear flap of jacket. Publicity release from the publisher laid in.
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Done in Oil: An Autobiography

By: Marshall, J. Howard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: College Station, Texas, exas A&M University Press : 1994

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 012014

ISBN-13: 9780890965337

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Mild wear to the spine ends of the book and jacket. Clean copy, no writing or marks. 282 pages with illustrations. Autobiography of billionaire the businessman infamously known for his marriage at age 89 to 26-year-old model Anna Nicole Smith and the resulting legal battles for his estate after he died 14 months later. The book was published in 1994, the same year as his marriage to Smith, but she is not mentioned in the book.
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Texian Stomping Grounds - Texas Folk-Lore Society Publications Number XVII [1941]

By: Dobie, J. Frank, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Austin, Texas, Texas Folk-Lore Society : 1941

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 012013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Some bumping to the extremities and several small, faded stains to the covers. Very faint stain to the fore-edge of the page block. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. Penciled checkmarks and crease on the Contents page. Interior clean, binding tight and square. 162 pages with Index.
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Reaching for the Sea: The Story of the Port of Houston

By: Vela , Lee and Maxine Edwards; Foreword by T.R. Fehrenbach

Price: $39.50

Publisher: Houston, Texas, The Port of Houston Authority : 1989

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 012012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover in matching slipcase. Tiny dent to the spine, rear cover and corresponding place on slip cover. The slip cover also has some sticker shadow in the upper corner. 88 pages, illustrated with historical photos. Published in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Port of Houston.
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Houston Architectural Ballade

By: Gertsman, Valentin L.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Houston, Mills & Morris Publishing : 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 06317

ISBN-13: 9780964549319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Slight rub to the dust jacket and a few tiny scratches on the front panel that are barely visible. Photographic essay on the contemporary architecture and outdoor sculptures of Houston, Texas, with 104 photographs. Limited edition of 5,000 copies. Published with the assistance of the Houston Architecture Foundation. 12 X 12 inches.
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A Dream Come True: The Story of Flat Top Ranch, a Grassland and Water Conservation Venture

By: Beecherl, Louis Jr. and Bryan Sowell

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas, Nortex Press : 1997

Edition: 1st Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 012011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

209 pages illustrated with photographs. Inscribed and signed to the previous owner by author Louis Beecherl, followed by two other signatures whose association with the book is unknown. From the dust jacket: "In the book THREE MEN IN TEXAS, J. Frank Dobie writes about his friend and historian, Walter Prescott Webb's encounter with the Flat Top Ranch. Webb wrote A STORY OF MODERN RANCHING, a brief pamphlet about the ranch in 1960. Dobie said of the story that it "is on grass and a man of grass named Charles Pettit." In 1938 Mr. Pettit bought 7,000 acres, to which he added 10,000of worn-out, ero...
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The Museum Journal 1960, Volume IV - A History of Lubbock, Part Two: Growth of the City

By: Graves, Lawrence L. (Editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Lubbock, Texas, West Texas Museum Association : 1959

Seller ID: 012010

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Wear to the covers. Tight binding. Ink stamp inside front cover. Clean copy. Pages 239-452 with black and white photos. Preface by the editor, Lawrence L. Graves.
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