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Austin, TX: Eakin Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Dark blue cover and spine with title and author in gold. Bright blue endpapers. . 214 pages. Meet the twenty-six year old lawyer who commanded Texas' most famous garrison for thirteen incredible days. Travis is the first… Read more about this item

Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. Fine. 2011. Trade Paperback. No spine crease.. 360 pages. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only person ever to sit on the thrones of both France and England. In this account of the turbulent adventures of the extraordinary mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John, author Douglas Boyd takes us into the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh, SCT: Mainstream Publishing Company Ltd. Near Fine. 1996. Reprint. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Genealogical table . 288 pages. Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas — a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. James MacKay uses all his… Read more about this item

New York: Hyperion. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Price-clipped. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Beige boards quarter bound in tan with title and author imprinted on spine in gold. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 386 pages. The late John Connally… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books. Fine. 2014. Trade Paperback. No spine crease.. 442 pages. From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians--a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother's fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and… Read more about this item

Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. Fine. 2013. Revised and Updated. Trade Paperback. 222 pages. The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor edgewear at corners of dust jacket. Closed 1/2" tear at top of dust jacket . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Cream boards with black spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Map on endpapers. Deckle-edged pages,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. New. 2017. Trade Paperback. Genealogical table . 696 pages. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would threaten many of Europe’s monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public’s expense, and republican sentiment was… Read more about this item

New York: Free Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 251 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 2004. 1st Simon & Schuster Edition. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 586 pages .

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good. 1989. 1st Bison Book Edition. Trade Paperback. Cover laminate is beginning to loosen at edges . 388 pages .

New York: Ballantine Books. Fine. 1994.. Trade Paperback. Inscribed, dated and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 413 pages. Signed by Author .

London: John Murray. Fine. 2005. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 308 pages. On August 30th 1841 William John Bankes, former Tory MP, pioneer Egyptologist and renowned traveller, was caught in compromising circumstances with a guardsman in London's Green Park. Faced with the death penalty,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Very Good. c1993.. Trade Paperback. 446 pages .

New York: Berkley Books. Near Fine. 1992. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Ink stamp on bottom of text block . Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 269 pages .

Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press. Very Good. 1995. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. 276 pages .

Austin: University of Texas Press. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. SIGNED on title page by both AUTHORS . 359 pages. Signed by All Authors .

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine. 1991. Trade Paperback. One turned-down page. 179 pages. Nelson Lee recounts his adventures and his narrow escape from the Comanches in tales nearly too tall to be true. From South America to Texas, he finds adventure everywhere. Lee emerges from one hairy situation only to ride into another daring adventure… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage. Very Good. 2012. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Very minor edgewear at head and tail of spine; reading crease. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Genealogical table . 464 pages. In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather arrived in America, where he prescribed herbal… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1993. Trade Paperback. Minor wear at corners. Genealogical table . 248 pages. This brief account of Catherine's reign incorporates the research findings of the last twenty years, (1970-1990). Isabel de Madariaga has written an account of Catherine's life which disentangles myth from the verifiable reality and focusses… Read more about this item