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Friendswood: a Settlement of Friendly Folks
by Baker, Joycina Day
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- Second Edition
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£40.57
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Friendswood, Texas: Baxter Press, 1996. Book. Illus. by John R. Johnston, M.D.. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine in like jacket, a nice, clean copy. History of the only town in Texas that began as a Quaker colony. South of Houston, Friendswood has grown into a large suburban community near NASA's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Corduroy Road: The Story of Glenn H. McCarthy
by Davis, Wallace
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£36.51
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Houston, Texas: The Anson Jones Press, 1951. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A sound copy with minimal wear, but an ex-library copy with several stickers and stamps. This is an author-signed copy, which boosts the collectability despite the library markings. Green cloth with gilt stamping. 282 pages followed by a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Houston, the Feast Years: An Illustrated Essay
by FUERMANN, George
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1962
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- Paperback
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£7.30
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Premier Printing Company, 1962. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Some toning and mild edge wear to the covers. Clean, no writing or tears. Stapled pictorial covers. 7 X 10 inches. 50 pages with Index. Illustrated with woodcuts by Lowell Collins, modern photographs by Owen Johnson, and historical photographs and sketches by various hands, from the author's collection of Houston historical… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Houston Heritage Collection of National Bank Notes 1863 thru 1935
by LOGAN, Bill
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£20.28
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Houston, Texas: D. Armstrong Co., Inc., 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover, about fine condition. The dust jacket has some edge wear, rubbing wear, and closed edge tears. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. 125 with Appendixes and Index. Black and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Early Rural Texas Seen through a Knothole
by ABSHIER, Mildred W.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1989
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- Paperback
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£28.40
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Brookshire, Texas: Waller County Historical Society and Waller County Historical Commission, 1989. Book. Illus. by Thomas M. Shelton. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversized paperback. Illustrated front cover. A series of vignettes based on the author's life experiences growing up and teaching in Southeast Texas during the early decades of the 20th… Read more about this item Item Price
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Our Catholic Heritage in Texas 1519-1936, VOLUME II - The Mission Era: The Winning of Texas 1693-1731
by CASTANEDA, Carlos E., PhD.
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- 1st Edition
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- 1936
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£223.14
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Austin, Texas: Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, Publishers, 1936. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Scattered light foxing. Numerous dog-eared pages. Penciled notes on the front endpapers and underlining in pencil on several pages. Binding is square and tight. 390 pages with Bibliography and Index. Illustrations and folded map affixed inside rear cover. Originally printed in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Backwoodsmen: Stockmen and Hunters along a Big Thicket River Valley
by Sitton, Thad
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£32.46
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Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. About fine, clean copy. 310 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with black and white photos. Presents a detailed social history of the back-country stockmen, hunters, and woodsmen of the Neches River in southeastern Texas.. Item Price
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One Ranger: A Memoir
by Jackson, H. Joaquin; Wilkinson, David Marion
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9780292702592
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£14.20
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed to the previous owner "Bob" by both authors. 279 pages, black and white photos. From the dust jacket: "In this adventure-filled memoir, Joaquin Jackson recalls what it was like to be the Ranger who responded when riots threatened,… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Ranger Returns
by Jackson, H. Joaquin with James L. Haley
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£16.23
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 237 pages with Index, black and white photos. Nice inscription on the title page to the previous owner, ".a Great Texan - and pretty good gunsmith - Thanks for your contribution to the NRA and 2nd… Read more about this item Item Price
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Texas Under Many Flags - Five Volume Set
by Wharton, Clarence
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£182.56
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Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Embossed brown cloth with marbled endpapers and page edges. Minor scuffing to the covers and rubbing wear to the extremities. Bindings are tight and straight. A slight waviness to some of the pages in a few volumes. Clean copies, no writing. Vol. I: xlii,… Read more about this item Item Price
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E.S. Levy & Co. Clothiers, Galveston, Texas 1895 Billhead
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- Used - Fair
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- 1895
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£54.77
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1895. Paper. Fair. No Binding. About 4.5 X 8.5 inches with the upper-right corner damaged and darkened. Very mild wear otherwise. This scarce billhead is from E.S. Levy & Co. located at Nos. 2213 & 2215 Market Street in Galveston, Texas. The upper-left corner displays a nice graphic of the Levy family coat-of-arms--two griffins (gryphons) superimposed with a shield displaying… Read more about this item Item Price
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Aransas: The Life of a Texas Coastal County
by Allen, William and Sue Hastings Taylor
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- Used - Fine
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- 1997
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- Paperback
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£12.17
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Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1997. Book. Fine. Soft cover. xxiv, 475 pages, illustrations, maps. CONTENTS: BOOK 1. The Beginning; Voyagers; The Empresa; Revolution; BOOK 2. The Lone Star; To Pledge Allegiance; Civil War; Building Blocks; Barons; Harsh Reality; The City of Rockport; The Town of Fulton; In the Name of Progress; Populations; Large Causes, Local Effects; "The Worst Hurricane in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission
by Prindle, David F.
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 9780292764743
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£12.17
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1981. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small amount of shelf wear and a couple of spots to top edge. Jacket shows light wear at top of front panel. Number 12 in the Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series. 230 pages. CONTENTS: Preface; PART 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.… Read more about this item Item Price
£12.17
Texas Ranchman: The Memoirs of John A. Loomis
by Loomis, John A. (Edited and with an Introduction by Herman J. Viola and Sarah Loomis Wilson)
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- Used - Fine
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- First Printing
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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£16.23
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Chadron, Nebraska: The Fur Press, 1982. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Printing. Memoirs of a Concho County, Texas ranchman's life, from a well-to-do New York family to the Texas frontier. Illustrated with black & white photos from the late-1800s to early 1900s, as well as reproductions of two paintings by Chester Loomis, including the cover portrait of John A. Loomis.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chronicles of Smith County, Texas Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 1969
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1969
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- Paperback
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£12.17
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Tyler, Texas: Smith County Historical Society, 1969. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Faint foxing or browning to the front cover, otherwise a very good copy. Fifty-seven pages, illustrated with historical photos. This issue includes a complete facsimile of the Homecoming Edition of the Daily Courier Times, July 5-10, 1909.. Item Price
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Horseback Government: Ad Interim Administration, Republic of Texas, 1836
by Carnes, Ruth J.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£12.17
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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mil shelf wear and bumping to the book. A cute gift note from a young girl to her grandfather is taped on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket has some edge wear and tears at the to and upper… Read more about this item Item Price
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My Granny Van: The Running Battles of Rockdale, Texas
by Perry, George Sessions
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£16.23
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New York: Whittlesey House, 1949. Book. Illus. by Reginald Marsh. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. No additional printings indicated; a first edition thus with this publisher. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Moderate edge wear, cocked spine, scattered foxing. Small, faint moisture stains on the top edge of the page block. There is a typed reading list pasted onto… Read more about this item Item Price
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Historic Texas: A Photographic Portrait + Contemporary Texas: A Photographic Portrait - Two Volumes in Slipcase
by Owens, William A. and Stephen Harrigan
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£60.86
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Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (Oblong). Two-volume set in publisher's cloth slipcase, sponsored by the Texas Historical Foundation. Introductory essays, William A. Owens for Historic Texas and Stephen Harrigan for Contemporary Texas, are followed by collections of photographs by a variety of photographers. Sixteen photographers were invited… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Chicken Ranch: The True Story of the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
by Hutson, Jan
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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- 9780498024351
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£8.11
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Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Edition not stated, but no other printings indicated, assumed first edition. Dampstain to bottom edge of text block and jacket spine and into the front panel a bit. Creasing, rubbing, and edge wear also to the jacket, protected now in a Mylar sleeve. 115 pages with black… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autobiography of a Spoon 1828-1956
by Berlet, Sarah Wharton Groce
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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£101.42
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Beaumont, Texas: LaBelle Printing, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mild shelf wear. Edge tears to jacket, protected in a Mylar sleeve now. Special Edition limited to 350 copies. 100 pages with Appendix: Extracts from the Diary of W.Y. Allen 1838-1839." Illustrated. "A narrative of Texas pioneer history beginning in 1828 as told by… Read more about this item Item Price
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