Biography - Americans from Texas Star Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rockwell signed this ex-library copy on front paper with inscrition, "Sincerely,". Autobiography of iconic Americana illustrator/artist. Book Has Presbyterian Home Library stamped on front and rear end papers with clean text block. Rear hinge… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: Casemate, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright, crisp and clean copy with a little spine end and corner bumping. Dust jacket is also bright and clean with very minor edge creasing. 274 pp.

New York, New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the dust jacket, "Starring Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, James P. Johnson, Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, Artie Shaw, Jack Teagarden". 242 pp. Bright and clean book with slight right lean and… Read more about this item

Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.: Arthur H Clark, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 327 pp. Blue boards with bright gilt print on spine. Front pasted down paper has previous owner's bookplate and notation in pencil "A past president of the Houston CWRT". Clean and crisp interior. Dust jacket has minimal… Read more about this item

Port Arthur, TX: La Belle Printing Company, 1977. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Life story of a little know industrialist, Arthur E. Stilwell, who built Port Arthur, Texas, as the terminus of his Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gulf Railway. First printed in the Saturday Evening Post, 1927-8. This is… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1948. Various . Hardcover. All Vols. Very Good/One Dust Jacket VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Six volumes with various printings and only one dust jacket. All have blue cloth boards with gilt type and graphid. All tight, bright and clean with light corner and spine end wear. Boards show… Read more about this item

Barre, MA: Barre Publishing Co., 1963. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 186 pp. Tight clean copy with light edgewear. Dust jacket is price-clipped with minor edgewear - top panel of rear panel has creasing with 1/2" closed tear. Spine is slightly sun-faded. Now in protective cover. … Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete with pencil sketches and wash drawings of Private Bellard. 7 3/4"W X 9 1/2"H, 298 pp. Blue cloth boards with bright silver print and design. Light bumping on corners and spine ends. Very faint shelf soiling on… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with very minor spine end bumping. 456 pp. Appears unread. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with slight edgewear. Nice copy.

Forth Worth, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas Christian Univ Pr, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy, as is dust jacket. 300 pp.

Staplehurst, Kent, United Kingdom: Spellmount Publishers Ltd, 2002. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. British reprint of respected WWII historian, Whiting's biography of Gen. Patton's last year. 311 pp. Bright, crisp and clean book, as is dust jacket which has slightest edge creasing. Very nice copy.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author on half-title page. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 447 pp. Gold cloth boards are bright and clean with a snag on bottom edge of front panel and a small snap on top edge. Light corner… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1978. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 420 pp. From the collection of a Civil War generals burial site researcher. Two-tone gray cloth boards with bright gilt design and print. Hinges are slightly loosened. Light corner and spine end wear, with light rubbing on… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas State Historical Assn, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 158 pp. Book and dust jacket are bright, crisp and clean. - Unread.

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas State Historical Assn, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 158 pp. Book and dust jacket are bright, crisp and clean. - Unread.

Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.: Golden West Pub, 1989. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author on title page. 120 pp. Trade paperback is crisp and bright with light wear to wrapper. Slight rubbing. Appears unread.

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 343 pp. Tight and clean copy with light bumping on edges. Dust jacket has corner bumping and wear. Four small closed tears (larges 1/2") on top edge - one one either side of spine and two on… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight, bright and clean copy - appears unread. 493 pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Da Capo Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author on title page. 352 pp. Clean and bright copy has a slight right lean and minor edgewear. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with minor shelfwear.

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Crisp, tight and bright copy - previous owner's bookplate on front pasted down paper. Dust jacket is bright with very minor wear. In protective cover.