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1979 Revised edition. VG Blue cloth covers 9.25"x6.25" VG d/j with some nicks with mylar collector. INSCRIBED and laid in personal lettter with names of comrades. A very clean tight and bright copy. Author was a POW captured in Java in 1942, part of the Texas Lost Battalion which included the remnants of the "Houston". Prisoners for 42 months, they were not heard for 2 years and most presumed they were dead. One of those books you have to read and collect.

VG condition in vg dustjacket with mylar cover 5.5"x8.5". Contains the practice eye chart in the end papers intact and without tears. A history of the evolution of sight and the causes of eyesight vision today. The book, according to back cover marketing is to teach you how to regain normal vision without glasses. Explains how to save and restore eyesight without the use of annoying glasses. This is the early edition book with early graphics for the cover making it a real collectible.

8vo, VG, no marks, creases, fast shipping

Book 8.5"X5.5" Very good cloth textured boards, dust jacket good with some tears along bottom of front cover. Brodart cover. Bookplate of former owner on inside left front cover hidden behind dust jacket flap. Written 60 years ahead of its time, the author makes a striking case for the use of alternatives to damming rivers. Many of his thoughts are now in practice with the thinking that all of the dams built by the Corps of Engineers may have done more harm than good. For those wanting to rethink water conservation using natural means, this is a must read.

Hard cover 9.5"x6.5". Very good with v/g d/j, almost as new. Signed presentation copy. Texas is larger than life which causes deep opinions of love and hate. Texas traditions are based on a distrust of government at all levels. Texas isn't the right-wing bully or the free market bastion many people think. The author explains how Texas got to where it is and what makes it tick. Jacket quote " 30 years form now there's a good chance that most of America will look like Texas-and that might not be so bad".

9'x5.75" Signed copy. VG in VG d/j with several small 1/2" tears on bottom and top of front with mylar cover. "..by the end of the next century there will be a half-billion people in the free world and about 9.5 billion in the rest of the world. ..for today's young men and women...are less likely to marry andd bear children...." The author should coin the phrase "some countries will be going out of business at their current rate of replacement"

8.5"x6.0" Illustrated boards back and front, VG, no d/j 1st edition 1928. 6 color illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. Issued by the Literary Guild of America, hence the superior illustration. Fascinating tale of a poor boy growing up to lead a rebellion to free the people only to meet the same fate as those he deposed.

VG copy in clear glassine cover. Book in as new condition and a signed copy by this extraordinary Texas bookman. Reviewer, with 50 years on the radio, interviewer, lecturer, newspaper,all were ways she communicated about books and their writers and publishers. Author, teacher and the first female literary agent in Texas.This is a fascinating read for anyone who loves books and the life of books. She can name drop with the best of reviewers. If you are a true book lover, this is a must for you.

9.25'X6.5" 2-tone cloth boards, VG with VG cover with mylar. 1971 Stated first edition, Unclipped price cover. Contains 55 color and b&w plates, extensive bibliography. Previous owner signature on first title page. Written by Dominican priest in late 1500's, Duran believed natives could not be converted because of thier pagan beliefs. As he studied them, he became absorbed in their culture. Did extensive research over the years compiling two books. It wasn't until 1867 that the first Spanish edition became public and much later for the first English translation.This book took hundreds of years to come to this edition, complete with the drawings done by Duran. A must have for collectors of Meso American culture and religion

Boston City Hospital "established the fifth training school in the nation for nurses and the first to be a department of a hospital". An interesting insight into early nursing practices and the women who influenced the nursing profession.

V/G 9.25X6.2.25 in v/g d/j. 1st edition, 1st printing. 371pp.Miller used his investigative skills as a reporter to find the real side of Hefner and the Playboy company, an antithesis to its public perception and envy. Hefner had faults in his personal and business life that dwarfed his public persona. A great read about one of the great male myths of the 20th century.

8.75"x5.75" grey cloth boards, VG with VG d/j. Signed, numbered edition 61/500. Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, 173 pp.Chavez did his research on this controversial priest who with Bishop Lamy were two powerful personalities. Martinez was a hero or villain or both. Lamy excommunicated him.