Fiction from Texas Star Books

Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 1985. 1st Thus - Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Named Best Novel of the Year by Western Writers of America and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1978. Kelton signed this copy on half-title page. 257 pp. Bright, crisp, clean and tight copy… Read more about this item

Fort Lee, NJ: Texas Christian University Press, 1986. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Kelton on half title page, this is his early award-winning novel of real ranching in real Texas. #7 in the Texas Tradition Series published by TCU Press, edited by Tom Pilkington, Professor of English at Tarleton… Read more about this item

Albany, California, U.S.A.: Boaz Pub, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Wilkinson, award-winning Texas author, on half-title page. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Crisp, clean, bright and tight copy with like dust jacket - slight corner bumping. Unread.

Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Texas fixtion signed and inscribed by author on front free end paper. Bright, crisp, clen and tight copy with like dust jacket. Book mark laid in.

Cow Hill Press, 1994. Paperback Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Elmer Kelton. Elmer Kelton is credited with the cartoons which accompany the story by Paul Patterson, Kelton's teacher and friend. Kelton's foreward explains why he pursued writing rather than art: economics! This is the 1994 paperback reprint of… Read more about this item

San Angelo, TX: Fort Concho Museum Press, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Six time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, and two time winner of the Western Heritage Award for "The Good Old Boys" and "The Time It… Read more about this item

New Orleans, LA: Windmill Publishing, 1945. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of a forbidden romance in New Orleans, LA, where inter-racial marriages were against the law in 1945. 280 pp. Revised edition. Brown boards with black print. Light corner and spine wear. Rear hinge is slightly loosening.… Read more about this item

Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2007. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author, Grace Lundmark, on title page. Fictionalized story of author's mother during the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma. Appropriate fo all ages. 209 pp. Trade paperback with bright and crisp interior. Wrappers are bright with light… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signature of author on half title page. Very nice copy of Elmer Kelton's gritty and entertaining story about the real Texas. Voted Best Western Writer of all time by the Western Writers of America. Book and… Read more about this item

Houston, TX: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2007. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed "Bud Shrake", on half-title page. Part of Hardy's "Texas Literary Classics" reprints. Shrake was awarded the Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement award by the Texas Institute of Letters and is ensconced in the Texas Film Hall of Fame. This is an… Read more about this item

New York: The Dial Press, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing (stated). 280 pp. Book has slight left lean. Tan cloth boards. Light wear on corner and spine ends. Spine has red metallic print, and spine itself is a little darkened. Previous owner's name… Read more about this item

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author with inscription to previous owner on title page. 414 pp. Light corner and edgewear with slight give in hinge. Griffin signed with heavy black felt tip pen which left a few small… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed, dated 6/15/74 with inscription on front free end paper. Kelton's early award-winning novel of real ranching in real Texas. 1st Ed., Later Printing. 227 pp. Clean and crisp copy - has slight right lean.… Read more about this item

Houston, TX: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Another fine tale from Edwin, "Bud", Shrake, a Texas treasure - his first since "Billy Boy" in 2001. Signed by Shrake on half-title page. Crisp, bright, tight and clean, as is dust jacket. Unread.

Wimberley, Texas: Sun Country Publications, 2005. Limited . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kimball has signed on the title page. First of his trilogy, Rainbows wait for rain. Bright, crisp trade paperback - unread.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1973. Early Printing . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Early printing of this magnificent novel by the "Best Western Writer of All Time", as voted by the Western Writers of America.Signed by Kelton on half-title page. A classic tale, as are all his, of… Read more about this item

Wimberley, Texas: Sun Country Publications, 2005. Limited . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kimball has signed on the title page. First of his trilogy, Rainbows wait for rain. Bright, crisp trade paperback - unread.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur a Levine, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. This is the first printing of the American edition by number run. 734 pp. Bright, clean and crisp copy with light corner and spine end wear. Dust jacket is also… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Eakin Pr, 1984. 14th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author on front free end paper. 287 pp. Book has slight right lean - crisp and clean with slight corner and spine end wear. Dust jacket has light creasing and edgewear with 1/2" closed… Read more about this item

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Press, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Gen. Simmons on title page. Crisp, bright, tight and clean copy with like dust jacket. Unread. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg.