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Rare, collectible, hard to find books & signed first editions

• Nothing So Strange (James Hilton, 1947 1st Edition)

• The Wayward Bus (John Steinbeck, 1947 1st Edition)

• Travels with Charley, In Search of America (John Steinbeck, 1st Edition Book of the Month Club)

• The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck, 1967 1st edition of the Book Club Edition)

• The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test  (Tom Wolfe, 1968 Book Club Edition. Tom Wolfe writes about Ken Kesey, a promising young writer, during Kesey's experimentations with LSD from about 1961 to 1964.)

• The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of  Mark Twain (by Mark Twain, 1961 Doubleday edition)

• The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell, 1958, Stated First American Edition)

• The Clergyman's Daughter (George Orwell, 1960, First American Edition)

• Breakfast of  Champions (Kurt Vonnegut, Book Club Edition, 1973)

• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut, 1965 First Edition Thus.)

• West Side Story (Arthur Laurents, 1958 5th Printing of 1st Edition)

• Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand, Stated Second Printing of 1st edition, 1957)

• Casablanca - Dialogue Transcript (Warner Brothers, 1942. This is the exact dialogue of the entire movie)

• Green Hills of Africa (Ernest Hemingway, 1953 reprint. Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, Green Hills of Africa is basically a journal of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933.)

• Moby Dick, or, The Whale (Herman Melville, 1977. Leather bound Easton Press Collectors Edition)
  

• My Pretty Sister (Evadne Price, pen name of Helen Zenna Smith, 1952 1st Edition - a very rare and HTF book)

• Rue Plays the Game (Josephine Blackstock, 1948 1st Edition - illustrated by the author - a very rare and HTF book)

• In the High Valley (Susan Coolidge, 1st US Edition, 1891.  Her childhood and adolescence provided the background for her most famous work, the five book of the "Katy" series. This is the last in the series.)

• Uranie (Camile L. Fammarion, 1896. A man awakens on Mars and meets his reincarnation. An early psychic novel by the author of popular books on astronomy.)

• Prince Hagen (Upton Sinclair, 1910. Prince Hagen is a denizen of the fairy world, whose ambitious father, King of the Nibelungs, wishes to introduce him to the modern world)

• The Boys of Axelford (Charles Camden, 1880 scarce first edition. An anthology of fictional stories about several boys at the Axleford school for boys.)

• Iron Man and the Tin Woman (Stephen Leacock, 1929 First Edition - "future history" from the 20's - very interesting)

• The Husband's Story (David Graham Phillips, 1910 First Edition.  From the 1910 New York Times: David Graham Phillips's "The Husband's Story" is a portrait of an American wife that will not make friends for the artist)

• The Fatal Marriage / The Lost Heiress ( Mary E. Braddon / H. W. Taylor, published 1896 - Two Victorian novels in one edition. Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a well known, prolific writer in the later half of the 1800's.)

• Deliverance (James Dickey, 1970 First edition. A canoe trip down a wild North Georgia river turns into an adventure no one anticipated. Made into a blockbuster movie.)

• A Man Called Paladin (Frank Robertson, 1st Edition HC. Four exciting new adventures of this knight errant of the Old West written by one of the best known Western authors.)

• Mr. Zip (H. Allen Smith, 1952 First Edition Thus. A Novel of a Western Movie Hero Who Longs to Be a Real Cowboy.)

• Starburst (Frederik Pohl, 1982 1st Edition HC with DJ - sci-fi classic)

• Earthman, Come Home (James Blish, 1955 First Edition Thus. The third novel in Blish's famous "Okies" stories. Selected as on e of the best Sci Fi novellas written prior to 1965.)

• The Smoky God (Willis George Emerson, 1974 edition of 1908 book.  Norwegian fiction about a sailor who finds a hidden civilization when he enters the Earth's interior at the North Pole.)

• The Kite that Won the Revolution (Isaac Asimov, 1963 HC with DJ. Asimov builds a fascinating case for Benjamin Franklin's crucial role in winning the American Revolution.)

• The Other Side of the Sky (Arthur C. Clarke, 1958 1st edition. A wonderful collection of short stories from the master sci-fi storyteller)

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #2, The Doomsday Affair (Ace books, 1965 paperback)

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #3, The Copenhagen Affair (Ace books, 1965 paperback)

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #4, The Dagger Affair  (Ace books, 1965 paperback)

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #5, The Mad Scientist Affair (Ace books, 1966 paperback)

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #6, The Vampire Affair  (Ace books, 1966 paperback)

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #10, The Assassination Affair (Ace books, 1967 paperback)

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #11, The Invisibility Affair (Ace books, 1967 paperback)

• Star Trek #7 (James Blish, Bantam Books, 1972 paperback, a collection of stories from the TV series)

• Star Trek #8 (James Blish, Bantam Books, 1972 paperback, a collection of stories from the TV series)

• Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Astric Lindgren , illustrated by Jan Pyk,  1971 edition.  Early work by the author of the Pippi Longstockings series.) 

• Babar and His Children (Jean De Brunhoff, 1966)

• A Light in the Attic - Poems and Drawings (Shel Silverstein, 1981 1st Edition)

• Tumbleweed Tales (by Jennie George Curry - 1st edition, Signed / inscribed by the author)

• The Adventures of Mabel (Harry Thurston Peck, Illustrated by Harry Rountree, 1916 edition. Named on of the 20 best children's books by the New York Times)

• Selected Stories (Arkady Gaidar, 1986 edition, translated from Russian.  Gaidar is considered one of the founders of Soviet children's literature.)

• Sunhelmet Sue (Erick Berry -psued. for Mrs. Evangel Allena Champlin Best. Sue dons her pith helmet and has an adventure in Africa in this Juvenile adventure book)

• The Great Storm, (Sibyl Hancock , illustrated by George Farrar, Signed by the Author . Tells the story of the hurricane which hit Galveston, Texas in 1900.  First Edition)

• The American Indian (Oliver La Farge, 1973 - book for younger readers that explores Indian culture and history)

• A Paradise Called Texas (Janice Jordan Shefelman, 1983. Based on her ancestors' 1845 immigration from Germany to the Texas hill country, Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy and adventure.)

• Cowboys, (Macdonalds First Library, A lavishly illustrated children's book about cowboys around the world.)

• The Classic Fairy Tales, (Iona and Peter Opie, 24 of the best-known fairy tales in their original written form, with commentary and background by the authors.)

• One Hundred Folktales, (edited by Stith Thompson, drawings by Franz Altschuler. This is the collection of tales edited by Thompson, and includes tales mostly from European sources.)

• Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves (Nils-Olof Franzen, illustrated by Quentin Blake, Agaton Sax is the hero of a series of Swedish-language comedic detective novels written for children)

• The Road to Oz (L. Frank Baum, Illus. by Neill, John, early 1970's softcover reprint of 1909 work)

• The Twits (Roald Dahl, Ill by Quentin Blake, Stated 1st US Edition by the creator of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Roald Dahl, Illus by Joseph Schindelman, Stated 1st Edition)

• Klein Goldhaar (Little Goldenhair, by N. van Hichtum, in German, undated. Stories out of distant countries told by N. van Hichtum translated from Dutch by Herman Hefele)

• The Boy in the Alamo (Margaraet Cousins. Ages 4-8. Softcover. The classic story of the siege of the Alamo, as told for young readers. Originally published in 1958, thousands of children each year enjoy this story from the unique point of view of twelve-year old Billy Campbell.)

• Tom Swift and His Jetmarine (Victor Appleton II. 1954)

• Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible (Victor Appleton, 1930)

• Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures (Victor Appleton, 1928)

• Tom Swift and His Planet Stone (Victor Appleton, 1935)

• Tom Swift and his Giant Magnet (Victor Appleton, 1932)

• Tom Swift and his Motorcycle (Victor Appleton, 1910)

• Tom Swift and his Ocean Airport (Victor Appleton, 1934)

• Mother Carey's Chickens (Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1911.  Another heartwarming tale from the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.)

• Gift From the Mikado (Elizabeth Fleming, 1958.  Based on the author's family's stories of Japan.)

• Captain Boldheart (Charles Dickens, Stated First Printing. Part of Dickens's 'Holiday Romance' series. Beautifully illustrated by Robert Sherriffs)

• Tee Vee Humphrey (John Lewellen, Stated First Edition, 1958.  Tee Vee works his way onto The Animal Shop television program.)

• The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1943. Illustrated by author with over 40 drawings many in color)

• Ride Like an Indian (Henry Larom, 1958. Jerry spends a summer at a dude ranch and becomes blood brothers with Sam, a Sioux Indian who lives at the ranch.)

• Adventures of the Galloping Gas Stove  (Howard Garis, 1926.  Garis and his wife were possibly the most prolific children's authors of the early 20th century.)

• The Pathway to Reading (Coleman, Uhl  & Hosic, 1932.  An early reading primer nicely illustrated in color throughout)

• Winnie the Pooh, ( A. A. Milne, 1961. An excellent affordable early copy of this work)

• Are You An American? (1944 - WWII era patriotic pamphlet)

• "The Day Kennedy Died" (Dan Wise and Marietta Maxfield, 1964 Pre-Publication numbered limited edition)

• Touched With Fire: Civil War Letters & Diaries of Oliver Wendell Holmes (By Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1946 1st Edition)

• Advertisment pamphlet for "The March of Democracy" (James Truslow Adams, 1942)

• The Fat of the Land (William C. Edmiston. "An unpretentious book written about people who lived in middle Tennessee around the turn of the century, their way of life, their loves, births, deaths, disappointments, and successes)

• Ranger Mosby,(Virgil Carrington Jones, 1944 Stated 3rd Printing of 1944 1st Edition - story of a Civil War hero)

• Education and Military Leadership: A Study of the ROTC, (Gene Lyons and John Masland1960 Stated 2nd Printing of 1959 1st Edition)

• Scalded to Death by the Steam (Katie Lyle,  Authentic Stories of Railroad Disasters and the Ballads that Were Written About Them)

• Antique American Furniture:  Handicrafts of New England (Allen Eaton, 1949 Stated 1st Edition)

• Colorado 1870 - 2000 Revisited, The History Behind the Images (Thomas J. Noel and John Fielder, 1st Edition SIGNED by John Fielder)

• Young Folks' Uncle Toms Cabin (Adapted by Grace Duffie Boylan, 1942. The story this tells is mostly Stowe's, but when Boylan rewrites the ending and several other parts, it is a significant change from the original story).

• Growing Up Harley-Davidson: Memoirs of a Motorcycle Dynasty (Jean Davidson, granddaughter of Harely Davidson founder Walter Davidson. Inscribed and Signed.  Limited 100th anniversary edition)

 

• Texas History Movies (John Rosenfield, Jr. , Illustrated by John Patton, Limited replica edition - exact duplicate of the 1928 original edition - includes COA from the publishers)

• Pecos Tales (Paul Patterson,1967. Patterson grew up and worked in ranching country around the Pecos River. A superb folk tale teller, Patterson's book is interesting and entertaining. This book is grown out of his life in Pecos County.)

• Texas Hold'Em (Kinky Friedman, Stated First Edition, 2005. Signed by Kinky. The (future governor?) Kinkster's take on the state made famous by the Alamo, with provocative essays, profiles of famous Texans,and more, in his inimitable style.)

• Buck Chadborn: Border Lawman, (Bill James,1995 SIGNED by the author, numbered 1st Edition)

• Covered Wagon and Ox Team Days (H. Driggs, 1931 Oregon Trail Memorial Edition) Signed by Howard Driggs)

• Early Days at Salt Creek and Teapot Dome (Ed Bille, SIGNED by the Author. A pictorial history of two central Wyoming fields, one famous, one notorious)

• Two Particular Friends of Stephen F. Austin (L. Randall Rogers, 1990 1st edition, inscribed by author)

• Life on the Texas Range (Photographs by Erwin E. Smith, text by J Haley, 1952 1st edition. Images of the life of the range Cowboy)

• Frontier Omnibus (John Hakols, editor. Collection of stories about the American frontier, which appeared at various times in "The Frontier", a magazine published at Montana State Univ from 1928 to 1939)

• Dreams Across the Divide, Stories of the Montana Pioneers (Linda Wostrel, 2001 softcover edition.  First-hand accounts of early Montana  pioneers� personal histories.)

• Lone Stars and State Gazettes - Texas Newspapers before the Civil War (Marilyn McAdams Sibley, Stated First edition - 1983.  An annotated reference to Texas newspapers from annexation to the Civil War )

• Cowboys and Cattleland - Memoirs of a Frontier Cowboy (H. H. Halsell, First printing of 1983 edition of 1937 work. The recollections of a real cowboy, who rode the cattle trails of Texas and the Southwest during the late 1800's / early 1900's.)

• Sabers on the Rio Grande (Jerry Thompson, illustrated by Bruce Marshall, 1974 Limited edition. A fine military history on the Laredo and South Texas area from pre-historic times through the Civil War, with an emphasis on Hispanic history.)

• Indian Depredations in Texas (J. W. Wilbarger, 1985 reproduction of 1889 original. Compiles the stories of more than 250 Indian attacks on Texas territory settlers from the 1820s to the 1870s)

• Where the Old West Never Died, The history and story of the  famous Meling cattle ranch in the Baja (Paul Sanford, 1968 first edition.  Saga of Baja California's famed Meling Guest Ranch. 121 pages, photos, map end-papers. Meling Ranch, also known as Rancho San Jos�, is the product of a marriage uniting two pioneering families - the Melings and the Johnsons. Both families settled in northern Baja California in the early 1900s.)

• Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier, (Gen. Thomas J. Green. 1935 Steck publisher's edition of 1845 orig. Live account of part of the history of the founding of the State of Texas)

• A Texan in Search of a Fight, (John C. West, 1969 reprint of 1901 edition, Memoirs of a fighter in the 4th Texas infantry. The Diary and Letters of a private soldier in Hood's Texas Brigade.)

• From Hell to Breakfast, (Boatright and Day, 1969 facsimile of 1944 edition, Out in the cow country a man upon returning from a trip might say that he had traveled from hell to breakfast.)

• Colorado 1870 - 2000 Revisited, The History Behind the Images (Thomas J. Noel and John Fielder, 1st Edition SIGNED by John Fielder)

• The Great Storm, (Sibyl Hancock , illustrated by George Farrar, Signed by the Author . Tells the story of the hurricane which hit Galveston, Texas in 1900.  First Edition)

• A Paradise Called Texas (Janice Jordan Shefelman, 1983. Based on her ancestors' 1845 immigration from Germany to the Texas hill country, Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy and adventure.)

• Wild Cow Tales, (Ben Green, Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund.  In 13 stories the author shares his adventures with wild steers, and the years he worked the rugged cowboy life.)

• Roping - Trick and Fancy Rope Spinning (Chester Byers, 1928.Chester Byers is a champion rope spinner and trick and fancy roper. Foreward by Will Rogers)

• That's My Ruling - Judge Roy Bean, Law West of the Pecos (Bill Leftwich, The story of Judge Roy Bean, the famous "Hanging Judge")

• Chihuahua Crossing, (Bill Leftwich, inscribed / signed.  A novel about Islamic fanatics who come across a real life Texas / Mexico border crossing, who's terrorist plot is foiled by a Texas rancher.)

• A Man Called Paladin (Frank Robertson, 1st Edition HC. Four exciting new adventures of this knight errant of the Old West written by one of the best known Western authors.)

• I Come Runnin' (Martha Emmons, Inscribed / Signed. Tall tales, ghost stories, humorous anecdotes, superstitions, folk saying, folk "cures", all from reminiscences of her early days, early friends black & white, along with stories from her own family & their quaint customs.)

• To Wear a City's Crown - Beginnings of Urban Growth in Texas 1836 - 1865 (Kenneth Wheeler, 1968.  This study of the early development of raw Texas towns into cities focuses on Houston, Galveston, Austin and San Antonio)

• Three Years Among the Comanches, The Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texas Ranger. (Nelson Lee's 1957 reprinted story of how he survived hardship, cruelty and suffering for the three years in captivity by the Comanche Indians in the mid-1800's - 1957 FIRST EDITION).

• Three Years Among the Comanches, The Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texas Ranger. (Nelson Lee's 1957 reprinted story of how he survived hardship, cruelty and suffering for the three years in captivity by the Comanche Indians in the mid-1800's - 1967 SECOND PRINTING).

• Elm Fork Settlements - Farmers Branch and Carrollton (Georgia Myers Ogle, 1977. A detailed history of Carrollton, Texas and Farmers Branch, Texas on the occassion of the bicentennial of the Peters Colony Settlement from which they developed.)

• The Story of the Witte Memorial Museum 1922 - 1960 (Bess Woodford and Ellen Quillin, This is the story of the people who created a great educational and cultural institution, 1966)

• Book of Cowboy Stories (Will James. He had an easy-going, storytelling quality of his writing, illustrated with his own drawings and paintings.)         

• Cowboys, (Macdonalds First Library, A lavishly illustrated children's book about cowboys around the world.)

• A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella Bird, Softcover. Contains letters written by Bird to her sister during her six-month journey through the Colorado Rockies in 1873.)

• The Boy in the Alamo (Margaraet Cousins. Ages 4-8. Softcover. The classic story of the siege of the Alamo, as told for young readers. Originally published in 1958, thousands of children each year enjoy this story from the unique point of view of twelve-year old Billy Campbell.)

• Last of the Old-Time Texans (Mackey Murdock, Softcover, 2000, presumed first edition. Told in their own words by these builders of Texas, an enlightening account of their everyday life hardships and triumphs.)

• The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (Francis Parkman. The book is a first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkman was 23.)

• The Indians of Texas (W. W. Newcomb, Jr., 1980. The author presents a lively re-creation of all aspects of Indian existence withing the present borders of the state.)

• Bonanza Towns Leadville And Cripple Creek (Amanda M. Ellis, SIGNED by the author, 1954 first edition softcover. The story of the Colorado Gold Rush and the boisterous camps at Cripple Creek and Leadville)

• The story of Custer's Last Fight - the story of the Little Big Horn (Col. W. A. Graham, the story as made public in 1926 of the famous battle between Custer and the Indians)

• A Personal Country (A. C. Green, Illustrated by Ancel Nunn, 1969, SIGNED by the author.  Greene describes his recollections of a way of life that The New Yorker called "a masterly evocation of West Texas".)

• Clint - A Biography of Clinton Williams Murchison (Ernestine Orrick Van Buren, 1986, INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author.  The story of the son of an Athens, Texas banker, who built an financial empire in oil, gas, cattle, real estate and beyond. The author was his personal secretary for 20 years.)

• Utah and the Pony Express (Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1988, Story of the founding of the Pony Express and short biographies of many of the riders of the famous mail delivery company) 
  

• Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton (David Gergen. INSCRIBED by both David Gergen and former Clinton press secretary DeeDee Myers. Bestseller by Political Consultant and Advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton)

• Communism versus International Law (Ann Thomas, Professor of Law at SMU University, 1953 1st edition.  Inscribed by author)

• If I Were Dictator (Julian Huxley, Stated 1st edition, 1934, The author sets forth some of the possibilities inherent in a planned society.)

• Texas Hold'Em (Kinky Friedman, Stated First Edition, 2005. Signed by Kinky. The (future governor?) Kinkster's take on the state made famous by the Alamo, with provocative essays, profiles of famous Texans,and more, in his inimitable style.)

• From George ....to George - 200 years  of Presidential quotations - Limited Edition (From George Washington to George H. W. Bush, this book contains quotes on a large number of subjects from the first 41 Presidents of the United States.)

• Belgian Episodes (Henri Moke and Alice Wilmere, 1861 First Edition.  Extremely Rare Volume of Flemish History)

• Notes of a War Correspondent (Richard Harding Davis,  Eye-witness account of Spanish American War, South African War and Russo-Japanese War by world famous war correspondent.)

• Prisoner of Peace : Rudolf Hess, The Flight to Britain and Its Sequel (Ilsa Hess, Translated by Meyrick Booth. 1954 1st English Edition)

• The Russians and Berlin: 1945 (Erich Kuby, 1968 - 1st American Edition)

• Gestapo (Edward Crankshaw, 1st paperback edition, 1957)

• Fighting Ghettos (Meyer Barkai, Stated 1st English edition, 1962)

• The Sea Dogs, Privateers, Plunder And Piracy In The Elizabethan Age (Neville Williams, 1975 First American Edition.  The stories of seafarers who helped estabish England as a maritime and colonial power in the 1500's.)

• Memoirs (David Ben-Gurion, First edition, 1970. Compiled by David Bransten, the book captures Ben-Gurion's life and impact on history, in the founding of Israel.  Autobiography and history combine in this one book by and about this statesman and scholar.)  

• Tutankhamun - The Untold Story (Thomas Hoving, 1978,  Advance Proof Copy)

• Complete Book of Marvels (Richard Halliburton.  Descriptions and photos of many interesting things from all over the world)

• South American Dictators: During the First Centry of Independence (Edited by A. C. Wilgus, 1963 edition of 1937 work)

• A Peaceful & Working People - Manner, Morals and Class Formation in Northern Mexico, (William E. French, 1996 Stated 1st English Edition)

• Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids (Peter Tompkins, Stated First Edition, 1976.  Reproductions of primitive and nineteenth-century history, drawings and modern photographs of ancient Mexican and Central American pyramids.) 

• The True Saga of Cleng Peerson (Alfred Hauge, INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author , Norwegian Society of Texas, 1982. Cleng (Kleng) Peerson was known as the 'Father of Organized Norwegian Migration to America.)

• Hidden Faces of the Maya / Rostros Ocultos De Los Mayas (Linda Schele,1997 first edition, in  Spanish)

• Lost Sister Among the Miamis (Otho Winger,6th printing, 1962 of 1936 book)

• Indian Days of the Long Ago,Indian Life and Indian Lore (Edward S. Curtis - illustrated by F. N . Wilson. 1975 edition of 1915 work)

• Navaho Weaving: Its Technic and its history (Charles Avery Amsden,  includes beautiful color plates including front and back foldouts and a beautiful foldout large color illustration of a full rug)

• Illustrated History of Indian Baskets and Plates (Reprinted by Leo Brown, reprinted 1974 by Leo K. Brown, softcover, numbered copy 11987.)

• The Peace Chiefs of the Cheyennes (Stan Hoig, Stated First Edition, 1980. Tells how the peace chiefs struggled to maintain the integrity of their people as they were trapped by history in impossible circumstances by the western movement of white civilization)

• The American Indian (Oliver La Farge, 1973 - book for younger readers that explores Indian culture and history)

• The Indian in America (Wilcomb Washburn, 1975 1st edition. Traces the story of the Indian in America, from pre-Columbian times to today)

• The Lawless Ones (Daughters of Utah Pioneers, undated, A collection of short narratives by different people about Utah Indians experiences with pioneers, and famous outlaws in Utah, including Butch Cassidy)

• Ride Like an Indian (Henry Larom, 1958. Jerry spends a summer at a dude ranch and becomes blood brothers with Sam, a Sioux Indian who lives at the ranch.)

• The Indians of Texas (W. W. Newcomb, Jr., 1980. The author presents a lively re-creation of all aspects of Indian existence withing the present borders of the state.)

• Lautrec: Collection Palettes, 24 color illustrations of Toulouse Lautrec (Francois Jourdain, 1951)

• Wild America - A Collection of Drawings & Paintings of North American Wildlife (James Lockhart, 1979 edition)

• (Self) Portraits (Anh Duong, 2001) Inscribed by the Artist

• Anselm Feuerbach - Briefe und Bilder (Otto Fischer, 1922 presumed 1st Edition, in German, incl. 32 B&W plates)

• Hummel: The Golden Anniversary Album (1984 First Edition, First Printing)

• Michelangelo and Raphael in the Vatican - All the Sistine Chapel, the Stanzas and the Loggias (Special edition for the Museums and Papal Galleries)

• German Southeast in Exquisite Pictures - The Blue Book (pub. by Karl Langewiesche, 1937. The Austrian countries, German areas of Bohemia, to Transylvania and some language islands.)

• Opera and Ballet Murals  (James Seeman Studios, One of a kind 1965 catalog from famous decorating studio. See listing for full description)

   

• Notes of a War Correspondent (Richard Harding Davis,  Eye-witness account of Spanish American War, South African War and Russo-Japanese War by world famous war correspondent.)

• The Darrell Royal Story (Jimmy Banks, 1973 1st edition - Story of the legendary Univ of Texas at Austin football coach)

• This Way Miss (George Jessel, 1955 Stated 1st Edition)

• Frank Lloyd Wright, An Autobiography (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1958 seventh printing)

• Syrian Yankee (Salom Rizk, 1943 First Edition - INSCRIBED by the author)

• Memoirs (David Ben-Gurion, First edition, 1970. Compiled by David Bransten, the book captures Ben-Gurion's life and impact on history, in the founding of Israel.  Autobiography and history combine in this one book by and about this statesman and scholar.) 

• Chundra Lela (Z. F. Griffin, 1st edition, 1911 - story of a Hindu devotee and Christian missionary)

• Jesse - The Man Who Outran Hitler (Jesse Owens & Paul Niemark. A remarkable self-portrait of the black man who carried this country to greatness in the 1936 Olympics)

• How Count Tolstoy Lives and Works (P. A. Pasergyeenko, 1899 First English Edition - Yes, that Tolstoy)

• The Swanson Story - When the Chicken Flew the Coop (Robert Phipps, The complete story of the Swanson Food company and the family that founded the frozen food empire than changed America's eating habits forever)

• A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella Bird, Softcover. Contains letters written by Bird to her sister during her six-month journey through the Colorado Rockies in 1873.)

• The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (Francis Parkman. The book is a first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkman was 23.)

• Clint - A Biography of Clinton Williams Murchison (Ernestine Orrick Van Buren, 1986, INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author.  The story of the son of an Athens, Texas banker, who built an financial empire in oil, gas, cattle, real estate and beyond. The author was his personal secretary for 20 years.)

• The True Saga of Cleng Peerson (Alfred Hauge, INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author , Norwegian Society of Texas, 1982. Cleng (Kleng) Peerson was known as the 'Father of Organized Norwegian Migration to America.)
  

        

• George Lewis: A Jazzman from New Orleans (Tom Bethell, 1977 1st edition. The story of the man that was considered to be the father of the New Orleans style of jazz clarinet.)

• The Monkees - A Manufactured Image, The Ulitimate Reference Guide (Edward Reilly, Maggie McManus and William Chadwick, The complete story of the Monkees.)

• Jimi Hendrix, Note for Note (Richard Daniels, 1980 edition - Softcover, oversized)

• The Beatles, An Illustrated Record (Roy Carr & Tony Tyler, 1978 revised / updated edition. A pictorial record of their lives and loves, quarrels and lawsuits, with over 200 illustrations)

• Vintage Music Book: Folk Song Duets for Flageolets or Fifes (1958)

• Close To You (The Carpenters, Sheet Music, 1963)

Poetry & Plays (CLICK HERE to see book details and pics in this category)

• Eskside Lyrics (David Cuthbertson, 1878 First Edition, EXTREMELY RARE.  Very HTF book of early Scottish poetry.)

• Das Nibelungenlied für das deutsche Haus (Emil Engelmann, 1900, German language, An epic poem about the German household in 37 separate poetic chapters)

• Palmström (Christian Morgenstern, absurdist, German language sharp-edged satiric poetry, 1926 reprint of 1910 original)

• In & Out (Tom Robinson, beautifully illustrated in b/w and color by Marguerite De Angeli, 1944 1st Edition, 2nd Printing)

• West Side Story (Arthur Laurents, 1958 5th Printing of 1st Edition)

• Whitman in the Light of Vedantic Mysticism  (V. K. Chari, 1st edition. The author's attempt to give a consistent account of Walt Whitman's poetic thought and belief, wherein he discovers a unifying principle in the preoccupation with the problem of self.)

• John Tregenoweth: His Mark, (Mark Guy Pearse, 1877 2nd edition, A story of Methodists in Cornwall.)

• Cosmic Rays and Cosmic Consciousness (A. D. Crane, 1947 1st Edition)

• Surrealism (Jacqueline Chenieux-Gendron,Translated from French to English by Vivian Folkenflik,1990 1st English Edition)

• Meet the Professor - Essays in Philosophy (Sean Burke, Ph.D. director of Philosophy at Incarnate Word College, 1989 Signed / inscribed by the author. A collection of essays on Ethics, Social Issues, Freedom, Love, God and Man, and more)

• Whitman in the Light of Vedantic Mysticism  (V. K. Chari, 1st edition. The author's attempt to give a consistent account of Walt Whitman's poetic thought and belief, wherein he discovers a unifying principle in the preoccupation with the problem of self.)

• You Can Stay Well (Adelle Davis, 1940 2nd printing of 1st Edition, an early work by famous nutritionist)
  
• Cassell's Guide to London (1922 Edition)
  
  

• I Shook Up The World: The Incredible Life of Muhammed Ali (Maryum "May May" Ali, SIGNED 1st Edition)

• The Full Swing (Jack Nicklaus, 1984,  Signed and Inscribed.   Nicklaus, in words and pictures, teaches you a champions way to develop your full swing.)  

• On Any Given Sunday (Pat Toomay,  Inscribed / Signed 1st edition,  source of the Al Pacino movie by the same name)

• How to Play Baseball (M. G. Bonner, 1st edition, 1955)

• Golf in the Making (Ian Henderson and David Stirk, 1979 first edition, signed by the author. The first complete comprehensive history of the game of golf from 1914 forward)

• The Games of the World Correspondence Chess Championships (Edited by T. D. Harding, 1984 1st US edition)

• The Model Railway Encyclopedia (Ernest F. Carter, A comprehensive constructional and operational manual dealing exclusively with the smaller scale railway hobby.)

• Roping - Trick and Fancy Rope Spinning (Chester Byers, 1928.Chester Byers is a champion rope spinner and trick and fancy roper. Foreward by Will Rogers,)

• Amateur Amusements (Professor Lorento, 1878 First Edition Thus. Subtitled: "Including almost every kind of play and sport suitable for parties and parlor recreations, giving full directions how to get up shadow pantomimes, gallanty shows, short comic plays.")

• Successful Magic for Amateurs (F. J. Camm, A comprehensive instructional manual dealing  with how to successfully perform magic tricks.)

• To Be A Viking (Matt Blair. Interviews with over 35 past and present Viking players, as well as coaches and staff.)
  
• Next Year's Champions : The Story of the Dallas Cowboys (Steve Perkins, 1969, Inscribed and Signed 1st edition)

• Who's Who in Professional Baseball (Gene Karst & Martin Jones, Jr., 1973.  From Henry Aaron to Henry Zimmerman, this book has capsules of the history and achievements of thousands of major league players up through the early 1970's.) 

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• Valuation of Oil and Gas Properties (Robert Brown, 1924 First Edition, second printing, McGraw Hill)

• Retail Selling (Helen Norton, 1919 1st Edition - a most interesting book about retailing and customer service almost 100 years ago)
  
• The Swanson Story - When the Chicken Flew the Coop (Robert Phipps, The complete story of the Swanson Food company and the family that founded the frozen food empire than changed America's eating habits forever)

• Petroleum Vademecum (Robert Schwarz, 1936 edition, I. Band, XI edition)

• Photogrammetry, (Francis H. Moffitt, 1959 Edition)

• Patterns of Plausible Inference: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning Vol II (G. Polya, 1954 1st Edition)

• Thyristor Control  (F. F. Mazda, 1973 first edition)
  
• Embrittlement of Metals (B. R. Queneau & G. A. Ratz, Signed by both authors, 1956 1st Edition)
  
• X-Ray Research and Development, (Philips X-Ray Research Lab, 1930's 1st English Language Edition)
  
• Curability of Cataract with Medicines, (J. Compton Burnett, M. D., Revised by Dr. N. K. Banerjee, Homeopathy in the treatment / cure of Cataracts)

• Odd Numbers (Herbert McKay,  1940 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. Odd and interesting analysis of the sheer beauty and order of mathematics and how it applies, unseen, to our daily lives.)

• Morfit's Applied Chemistry Soaps and Candles (Campbell Morfit, 1886.  Very early chemistry book by an author considered an expert of his time, who wrote science books on several on different subjects.) 
  
• Lone Star Dinosaurs (Louis Jacobs, artwork by Karen Carr), Inscribed by the author

• Sketches in His Own Key (Bob St. John, Inscribed / Signed by author 1st edition softcover. A selection of the author's newspaper columns, in which St. John's subjects range from memories of his childhood in Paris, Texas to the world of suburbia, to his heroes - cowboys in their fading glory.)

• A History of the Masonic Temple of Fort Worth (James Hunt Evans, Jr., Signed by the author, 1st edition)

• Monitor of the Lodge - Monitorial Instructions in the Three Degrees of Symbolic Masonry as Exemplified in the Grand Jurisdiction of Texas (The Grand Lodge of Texas, A. F. & A. M., 1982)

• The Ways of Woman (Ida Tarbell, 1915. A series of essays offering opinions and ideas on the question: "What is the relation to society and the future of these common pursuits of the woman?" --- from a 1915 perspective of course)

• The Intermediate Sex, A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women (Edward Carpenter, 1921, Edward Carpenter was an English socialist poet, anthologist, early gay activist and socialist philosopher.)

• Steel Square Pocket Book (Dwight Stoddard, 1937 revised edition. "A practical handy reference book illustrating and describing the best methods of using the carpenter's steel square")

• German Southeast in Exquisite Pictures - The Blue Book (pub. by Karl Langewiesche, 1937. The Austrian countries, German areas of Bohemia, to Transylvania and some language islands.)

• Flying Saucers, Fact or Fiction? (Max Miller, 1957 softcover. "Twelve Year Research of UFO's in our skies revealed by the top scientists, astronomers, airforce personnel and technical observers.")

• Radio Operating Questions and Answers (Arthur R. Nilson and J.L. Hornung, 1940. Approx 1,300 questions and answers covering the entire scope of commercial radio operator license examinations.)

• Shuttle-Craft Book of American Hand-Weaving (Mary Meigs Atwater, 1933. Page after page of wonderful patterns for weaving beautiful tablecloths, wall hangings, and coverlets)

• Opera and Ballet Murals  (James Seeman Studios, One of a kind 1965 catalog from famous decorating studio. See listing for full description)

• The Tragedy of Hamlet (Shakespeare, Living Shakespeare edition, Bernard Grebanier, editor, 1961)

• Your Never Too Old For Nuts and Berries (Gary Trudeau, Doonesbury, 1978 1st Edition paperback)

• Jerry Falwell:  A Flame for God,  Inscribed and signed by Jerry Falwell, (written by Jerry Strober and Ruth Tomczak)

• Lawrence of Arabia - The Man and the Motive (Anthony Nutting, 1961 - 1st EDITION)

• Making Our Government Work: The Challenge of American Citizenship (Warren Weaver Jr., 1964 1st Edition)

• America's National Parks: A Photo Encyclopedia of Our Natural Wonderlands (Nelson Beecher Keyes, 1957 1st EDITION)

• The Complete Book of Lawns (F. F. Rockwell and Esther C. Grayson, 1956 Stated 1st EDITION)

• The American Indian (Oliver La Farge, 1973 - book for younger readers that explores Indian culture and history)

• Popular Research Narratives: Tales of Discovery, Invention and Research (The Engineering Foundation, 1929 1st Ed)

• Paul Gauguin's Intimate Journal (translated by Van Wyck Brooks, 1958 Edition)

• Chinese Mythology (Anthony Christie, Explores in words and illustrations various aspects of Chinese mythology.)

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