Biographies & Memoirs from

Houston, Texas: The Anson Jones Press, 1951. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A sound copy with minimal wear, but an ex-library copy with several stickers and stamps. This is an author-signed copy, which boosts the collectability despite the library markings. Green cloth with gilt stamping. 282 pages followed by a… Read more about this item

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Northwestern Publishing House, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth covers with black, embossed decoration on the front cover. Wear at the extremities an a few very small stains or spots to the covers. Short inscription on the front free endpaper: "Christmas 1948." 123 pages, illustrated, including frontispiece portrait,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Copyright date, 1911. No other printings indicated. Green cloth, gilt to the spine, faded, embossed graphic of a sailing vessel on the front cover. Publisher's top-edge dark stain. Previous owner names on the front free endpapers. Bookseller label affixed to the rear… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. xvi, 317 pages with Notes, Selected Bibliography, and Notes. Nice, clean copy in Fine condition with the jacket protected in a Mylar sleeve..

New York: Viking Press, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light bump to upper corner of the front cover. Protected in a new mylar cover. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox offers his perspective, along with his personal story, on world affairs and his vision for the future. Fox… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed to the previous owner "Bob" by both authors. 279 pages, black and white photos. From the dust jacket: "In this adventure-filled memoir, Joaquin Jackson recalls what it was like to be the Ranger who responded when riots threatened,… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 237 pages with Index, black and white photos. Nice inscription on the title page to the previous owner, ".a Great Texan - and pretty good gunsmith - Thanks for your contribution to the NRA and 2nd… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A previous owner's bookplate is the only mark against this fine copy. The dust jacket is in an archival Mylar sleeve. 230 pages with photos and Index. Autobiography of a university president's wife wife (Norman Hackerman--Rice University and the University… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House, 1949. Book. Illus. by Reginald Marsh. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. No additional printings indicated; a first edition thus with this publisher. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Moderate edge wear, cocked spine, scattered foxing. Small, faint moisture stains on the top edge of the page block. There is a typed reading list pasted onto… Read more about this item

Lafayette, Louisiana: Center for Louisiana Studies, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 478 pages with Index. Black and white photos and a color frontispiece photo of E. Edward Hebert..

College Station, Texas: exas A&M University Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mild wear to the spine ends of the book and jacket. Clean copy, no writing or marks. 282 pages with illustrations. Autobiography of billionaire the businessman infamously known for his marriage at age 89 to 26-year-old model Anna Nicole… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean copy, about Fine. Inscription from the author on the front half-title page to the previous owners of the book. 357 pages. "A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (1775-1840) epitomized the… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Libray/Random House Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Gray cloth covers with gilt decoration and lettering on green to spine and front cover. Slight wear to the boards in a price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear and rubbing wear. Previous owner name on the title page, otherwise no writing or marks.… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Later Printing. Signed on the half-title page to previous owners "with warmest regards, Jerry." (Not a full name signature).

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. A section of the front free endpaper torn out below the inscriptions from the author and the previous owners of the book. The jacket is chipped and edge-worn with several small tears. Age toning or discoloration apparent. Protected now in a… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., 1976. Book. Illus. by Don Collins. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red cloth, gilt lettering to the spine. Light foxing to the fore-edge of the page block. Pictorial dust jacket (Don Collins), price-clipped, but otherwise fine. 166 pages with Bibliography, Notes, and Index. Illustrated with black and… Read more about this item

Waco, Texas: WRS Publishing, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Gift inscription to previous owner accompanied by a color photograph (affixed to page) of Randy Bird competing in a rodeo event. Randy Bird added an inscription on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is price-clipped and in fine condition otherwise. 236 pages plus a one-page Glossary and two… Read more about this item

Surbiton, Surrey, UK: Medina Publishing, 2018. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 328 pages with Glossary of Names in the Text, Annex, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with photographs. "A fascinating memoir by ex-diplomat Sir Terence Clark about his life in the Middle East and his never-ending love affair with Salukis.".

New York: Berghahn Books, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First English Edition. 262 pages with Notes, Appendices (Family Trees), Bibliography, and Index. "Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German-Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Prussian Berlin, and finally to America. In Berlin they found success in politics,… Read more about this item

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 1969 reprint of the 1959 Second Edition (first published 1936). Mild edge wear to the boards. The front pastedown endpaper has a bookseller label (Foyles) and a previous owner bookplate. The front free endpaper has a handwritten date in ink. The price-clipped dust jacket is edge-worn with… Read more about this item