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  • HOW FEAR MOVES. by Jackson, Eugene
    Jackson, Eugene
    HOW FEAR MOVES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    n.p. By the author, 2007. SIGNED first edition - Memoir of a young man, who survived a childhood of poverty and neglect in Texas, and who joined, at age 21, the Marines - the trip to boot camp in San Diego was the first time he had left Texas - but he went on to serve in the Far East, the Gulf War, and Iraq - to become an officer and to earn a Master's Degree. SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp plus 2 pp photographs. ISBN: 9781419676932.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58829
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  • ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SINNERS. by Jones, Stephen Graham.
    Jones, Stephen Graham.
    ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SINNERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Rugged Land, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award winning writer. Jones is a member of the Blackfeet Nation, and his heritage is reflected in his work: this story, an uncommon thriller set in Texas, features a Blackfeet deputy sheriff, who finds himself pursuing a murderer who shares not only his blood but who resembles him so closely that they are sometimes mistaken for one another as the hunt progresses. 486 pp. ISBN: 1-590710088.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder dot) .

    Book ID: 85418
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  • SOUTH WIND COME by Juarez, Tina.
    Juarez, Tina.
    SOUTH WIND COME

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Houston, TX:' Arte Publico Press, 1998. First edition - A sequel to the author's award-winning 'Call No Man Master,' this weaves together real historical figures like Sam Houston, US Grant and Robert E. Lee with fiction. Continues the story of revolutionary Carmen Rangel and introduces her granddaughter, Teresa Sestos y Abrantes in a story set durign a volatile lime in Texan and Mexican history, recreating both the American Civil War and Mexico's continuing struggle for democracy. 286 pp. ISBN: 1-55885231X.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 70504
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  • THE OUTCASTS. by Kent, Kathleen.
    Kent, Kathleen.
    THE OUTCASTS.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). Hardcover - The author's third novel, set in the 19th century on the Gulf Coast, a story about "buried treasure, a manhunt, and a woman determined to make a new life for herself in the old west. After escaping the Texas brothel where she'd been a virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads for Middle Bayou to meet her lover, who has a plan to make them both rich, chasing rumors of a pirate's buried treasure. Meanwhile Nate Cannon, a young Texas policeman, is on the hunt for a ruthless killer named McGill who has claimed the lives of men, women, and even children across the frontier." 326 pp. ISBN: 978-0316206129.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 78157
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  • THE GOLDEN HOOF: The Story of the Sheep of the Southwest. by Kupper, Winifred.
    Kupper, Winifred.
    THE GOLDEN HOOF: The Story of the Sheep of the Southwest.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover first edition - As the daughter of a German father and an English mother, both engaged in wool growing, Kupper provides an intimate account of her life with the flock in Texas. It is also an "informative account of sheep and sheep men in the Southwest. The flock, and the characteristics of the animal in individual and mass action; its history --from the first imports in the 16th century -- on to the breeds, the churro, the merino; the life of the Spanish pastor, the Anglo sheepherder; the hurdles and hazards to be , doctoring, food, animal enemies, outlaws and drifters, blizzard and drought and fire; the big sheep drives of the…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover first edition - As the daughter of a German father and an English mother, both engaged in wool growing, Kupper provides an intimate account of her life with the flock in Texas. It is also an "informative account of sheep and sheep men in the Southwest. The flock, and the characteristics of the animal in individual and mass action; its history --from the first imports in the 16th century -- on to the breeds, the churro, the merino; the life of the Spanish pastor, the Anglo sheepherder; the hurdles and hazards to be , doctoring, food, animal enemies, outlaws and drifters, blizzard and drought and fire; the big sheep drives of the '80's and '90's, the range war between sheep men and cattle men; shearing and marketing the wool." (Kirkus) Frontispiece from a painting by N. C. Wyeth, notes. Due to wartime shortage of paper, this is printed appropriately on gold paper. xi,203 pp.

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    Condition: Very good overall in salmon cloth (some sunning to the spine, no dust jacket)

    Book ID: 88821
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  • [Lakeside Classics] Angle, Paul M., editor.
    PIONEERS: Narratives of Noah Harris Letts and Thomas Allen Banning 1825 - 1865.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Co. (Lakeside Press) 1972. Hardcover first edition - The 70th Lakeside Classic: the first publication of two manuscripts describing 19th century pioneer life in Illinois and the Midwest and in Texas. Includes historical introduction, illustrated with maps and drawings. Index. List of previous titles in series. 290 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt (a little mottling to the cloth, binding tight, contents fine.)

    Book ID: 33396
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  • CUTTING FOR SIGN. by Langewiesche, William.
    Langewiesche, William.
    CUTTING FOR SIGN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The border between the United States and Mexico covers 1,951 miles, and in this book Langewiesche attempts to understand and explain this no-man's land that exists between two countries and its effects on the people who live in the area. He "portrays not an imaginary line through the desert, but two distrustful, hopelessly unequal and increasingly zenophobic neighbor countries. 247 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679411135.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 42173
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  • SAVAGE SEASON. by Lansdale, Joe.
    Lansdale, Joe.
    SAVAGE SEASON.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Vintage Books, (2009). SIGNED - A "spectacular shoot-em-up, pedal-to-the-metal" hunt for buried treasure. The first Hap and Leonard novel, set in Texas. SIGNED on the title page. 178 pp. ISBN: 978-0307455383.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 77281
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  • CAPTAINS OUTRAGEOUS. by Lansdale, Joe R.
    Lansdale, Joe R.
    CAPTAINS OUTRAGEOUS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Hap Collins and Leonard Pine Novel - "the East Texas duo head down Mexico way . . and find a parcel of trouble following them everywhere." SIGNED on the title page. 319 pp. ISBN: 0-892967285.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 78324
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  • THE BOTTOMS. by Lansdale, Joe R.
    Lansdale, Joe R.
    THE BOTTOMS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Mysterious Press, 2000. SIGNED first edition - Winner of the Edgar for best novel in 2001. A mystery, but also a coming of age story set in racially divided East Texas during the depression era 1930's. SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 27627
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  • THE BOTTOMS. by Lansdale, Joe R.
    Lansdale, Joe R.
    THE BOTTOMS.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Winner of the Edgar for best novel in 2001. A mystery, but also a coming of age story set in racially divided East Texas during the depression era 1930s. SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-7048.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to rear flap of dj)

    Book ID: 75066
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  • ACT OF LOVE. by Lansdale, Joe R.
    Lansdale, Joe R.
    ACT OF LOVE.

    Edition: First hardcover [and first UK] edition.

    London: Kinnell, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, originally published in paperback in 1981. SIGNED on the title page. "Tells the story of the 'Houston Hacker' and how a peaceful city was terrorized by an insane and sadistic murderer". 301 pp. ISBN: 187053204X.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 64638
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  • FREEZER BURN. by Lansdale, Joe R.
    Lansdale, Joe R.
    FREEZER BURN.

    Edition: First UK printing, the trade paperback edition.

    London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., (1999). SIGNED first edition - A 'twisted thriller' set in East Texas thriller; an incompetent and 'unlucky' armed robber hides from the polce in a travelling freak show. "Bill is a loser. . . his mother is dead and 'kind of freeze-dried' in her bedroom." SIGNED on the title page. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-575-067926.

    Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 53076
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  • TWISTER. by Lantigua, John.
    Lantigua, John.
    TWISTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third suspense novel - "Near the border of Mexico, in a dusty, has-been Texas oil town named Paradise, a shrieking black tornado whips across dried lawns and down desolate streets, and people are dying - but not just from natural causes." A world-weary journalists sets out to discover what is going on. "Evoking a time and a place that are uniquely American, [this] is a steady, subtle, tightly woven narrative-a suspense thriller of immorality and murder." 269 pp. Dust jacket by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-671737228.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88179
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  • SPIRAL. by Lindsey, David.
    Lindsey, David.
    SPIRAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1986. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, a thriller featuring police Detective Stuart Haydon, set in Houston, Texas where "the forces of political corruption and right wing fanaticism converge." SIGNED on the half title page. 368 pp,. ISBN: 0-68911625x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82402
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  • SPIRAL. by Lindsey, David.
    Lindsey, David.
    SPIRAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, a thriller featuring police Detective Stuart Haydon, set in Houston, Texas where "the forces of political corruption and right wing fanaticism converge." 368 pp,. ISBN: 0-68911625x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80252
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  • IN THE LAKE OF THE MOON. by Lindsey, David.
    Lindsey, David.
    IN THE LAKE OF THE MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fifth novel, a thriller featuring police Detective Stuart Haydon, set in Houston, Texas where he is being stalked by a psychopathic killer. SIGNED on the half title page. 341 pp,. ISBN: 0-689116268.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82403
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  • THE INCORPORATION OF ERIC CHUNG. by Lo, Steven C.
    Lo, Steven C.
    THE INCORPORATION OF ERIC CHUNG.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very funny first novel, the story of a Chinese immigrant student who encounters the American Dream, Texas-style. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-181.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, an unread copy with some pages still unopened.)

    Book ID: 57676
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  • Lyon, Thomas J.
    WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE, May 1987. Volume XXII (22), Number 1.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Logan, Utah: The Western Literature Association and Utah State University, 1987. First edition - The quarterly journal of the Western Literature Associaton. Includes articles on Texas in the fiction of Kate Chopin, Walter van Tilburg Clark's The Track of the Cat, and Thomas Savage. Book reviews, advertisements. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

    Condition: Very near fine in tan printed wrappers (small piece torn from upper edge of first page).

    Book ID: 32243
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  • DEATH OF A HEALING WOMAN. by Martin, Allana.
    Martin, Allana.
    DEATH OF A HEALING WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first mystery featuring Texana Jones, the owner of a trading post on the 'frontera' - in Presidio County, Texas, just across the Rio Grande from Mexico, a series steeped on the history of the area. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-145810.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (peeled spot on back cover of dj.) .

    Book ID: 52579
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  • DEATH OF A HEALING WOMAN. by Martin, Allana.
    Martin, Allana.
    DEATH OF A HEALING WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first mystery featuring Texana Jones, the owner of a trading post on the 'frontera' - in Presidio County, Texas, just across the Rio Grande from Mexico, a series steeped on the history of the area. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-145810.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52883
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  • DEATH OF A MYTH MAKER. by Martin, Allana.
    Martin, Allana.
    DEATH OF A MYTH MAKER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring Texana Jones, the owner of a trading post on the 'frontera' - in Presidio County, Texas, just across the Rio Grande from Mexico, a series steeped on the history of the area. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-312-252412.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52528
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  • DEATH OF AN EVANGELISTA. by Martin, Allana.
    Martin, Allana.
    DEATH OF AN EVANGELISTA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Texana Jones, the owner of a trading post on the 'frontera' - in Presidio County, Texas, just across the Rio Grande from Mexico, a series steeped on the history of the area. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-198531.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52526
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  • LADY BULLFIGHTER: The Autobiography of the North American Matador. by McCormick, Patricia.
    McCormick, Patricia.
    LADY BULLFIGHTER: The Autobiography of the North American Matador.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - The personal story of a girl from Texas who has become famous as a bullfighter, a story of courage and perseverance. Illustrated with line drawings by the author and black and white photographs. viii, 209 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in light orange illustrated boards with a red cloth spine in a near fine dustjacket (short tear to bottom edge of dj) Uncommon and especially in this condition.

    Book ID: 85738
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  • THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BILLY McCUNE. by McCune, Billy (1929-2007); introduction by Danny Lyon.
    McCune, Billy (1929-2007); introduction by Danny Lyon.
    THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BILLY McCUNE.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - An indictment of our prison system - McCune, a "low IQ" man, was convicted of rape and sentenced to death although his sentence was eventually commuted (but not until after he mutilated himself), and even after the commutation he spent months in isolationm but despite this he continued to write his story. Illustrated with photographs by Lyon, who also wrote the introduction. Many of McCune's drawings were included in Lyon's 1971 book 'Conversations with the Dead." 154 pp. ISBN: 0-879320494.

    Condition: Near fine in black cloth in a good only dust jacket with a large chip to the lower corner f the front cover.

    Book ID: 88516
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  • FAREWELL TO THE MOCKINGBIRDS. by McEachin, James
    McEachin, James
    FAREWELL TO THE MOCKINGBIRDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Encino, CA: The Rharl Publishing Group, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel inspired by the true story of the all-black, all-volunteer 24th Infantry Regiment, Company K, during World War I - when the segregated Army sent the unit to a post near Houston noted for its miserable conditions, a race riot in town ensued and the resulting court-martial produced the largest mass trial in U. S. Military history: 63 black soldiers (called mockingbirds by the prosecution) were charged with murder and mutiny and other capital crimes. Among their defenders was Lt Jennings, the first woman ever to appear in a military court. The author, an actor best known for his role as Tenafly in the television series…

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    Encino, CA: The Rharl Publishing Group, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel inspired by the true story of the all-black, all-volunteer 24th Infantry Regiment, Company K, during World War I - when the segregated Army sent the unit to a post near Houston noted for its miserable conditions, a race riot in town ensued and the resulting court-martial produced the largest mass trial in U. S. Military history: 63 black soldiers (called mockingbirds by the prosecution) were charged with murder and mutiny and other capital crimes. Among their defenders was Lt Jennings, the first woman ever to appear in a military court. The author, an actor best known for his role as Tenafly in the television series of that name, served in the military during the Korean War and he received his basic military training with Company K, 24th U. S. Infantry Regiment, the regiment he writes about in this novel. Boldly SIGNED on the half title page. 506 pp plus an epilogue. ISBN: 0-9656661-90.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43274
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  • ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGERS. by McMurtry, Larry.
    McMurtry, Larry.
    ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGERS.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989.). Novel originally published in 1972 with a new preface by McMurtry and an afterword by Raymond L. Neinstein. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-671681036.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 42350
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  • THE EVENING STAR. by McMurtry, Larry.
    McMurtry, Larry.
    THE EVENING STAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to 'Terms of Endearment.' 637 pp. ISBN: 0-671-685198.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (crease to flap of dust jacket.)

    Book ID: 46730
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  • THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. by McMurtry, Larry.
    McMurtry, Larry.
    THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Book of the Month Club, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Attractive hardcover edition of this novel originally published in 1966, and set in a small dying town in the midst of the vast plains of Texas in the 1950s. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Basis for the movie of the same name. Illustrated title page. 280 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Kathleen McCutcheon.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (hint of toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 60086
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  • THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. by McMurtry, Larry.
    McMurtry, Larry.
    THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin, (1986.). Classic novel of 1950's small town Texas, basis for the movie of the same name. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-14-005183x.

    Condition: Good condition (some wear to the covers, usual toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 46965
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