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.

New York: Pegasus Books, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one inspired by true events - Set in the 1950s, this is the story of a young woman, a Texan art student, who follows her dream and relocates to Mexico, where she finds herself under the instruction of Fermin, a retired matador who is intent on asserting his dominance in their partnership. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 331 pp. ISBN: 978-1681774268.

Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, (1980.). First edition - Biography of this Brigadier General who first enlisted in the Texas militia in 1916 to fight Pancho Villa. Frontispiece, photographs. Notes, bibliography, index 192 pp. ISBN: 0-929398122.

New York: Ecco Press, (2013). First edition - The author's second novel - an "epic tale of more than 150 years of money, family, and power, told through the memories of three unforgettable narrators: Eli, now 100 and known simply as "the Colonel"; Eli's son Peter, called "the great disappointment" for his failure to meet the familyÕs vision of itself; and Eli's great-granddaughter Jeanne Anne, who struggles to maintain the McCullough empire in the economic frontier of modern Texas." 572 pp.

New York: Dial Press, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award-winning screenwriter, best known for the screenplay for "Days of Wine and Roses" but also winner of the Edgar for the film "Helter Skelter." Set in South Texas, where the author grew up, during the Depression. 393 pp. Dust jacket design by Edward Hamilton.

New York: Harper & Row, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning novelist's account of his childhood and youth. When his mother died when he was just 6, he was raised by his father Will - first in rural Nebraska and then in Chicago. Frontispiece. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-06-014856x.

New York: Harper & Row, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning novelist's account of his childhood and youth. When his mother died when he was just 6, he was raised by his father Will - first in rural Nebraska and then in Chicago. Frontispiece. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-06-014856x.

New York: Harper & Row, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning novelist's account of his childhood and youth. When his mother died when he was just 6, he was raised by his father Will - first in rural Nebraska and then in Chicago. Frontispiece. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-06-014856x.

New York: SeaStar Books, (2001.). Hardcover first edition - Colorful pictures that show Texas on the outside - with city scapes and roads, and more - and inside the buildings. From wildlife to NASA to the oil rigs and shrimp boats and the Rio Grande, the variety of Texas is vividly depicted. Includes a map and four pages of information about the scenes depicted. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 1587170507.

New York: Gulliver Books / Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true tale of the feisty child who invented "bull-dogging" and became the most famous black rodeo performer who ever lived. Includes a note about the history of black cowboys in the West and a reading list. Illustrated with oil paintings on scratchboard by Brian Pinkney. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-15200100X.

Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A darkly erotic tale of murder in Texas." 247 pp. ISBN: 0-932012795.

Oregon City: Piere Publishers, (1989). Hardcover first edition - Biography of this early aerobatic ace. Foreword by Jimmy Doolittle. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Index. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-929734-033.

New York: Clarion, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of an 8 year old Creole boy on Galveston Island who is grieving over the death of his cat. Illustrated with vibrant full-color oil paintings by the Coretta Scott King award winning artist, James Ransome. SIGNED on the title page by the illustrator, James Ransome with the words "Keep reading!" Bound in glossy illustrated boards. ISBN: 0-395-646529.

New York: Lippincott and Crowell, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An international thriller which "introduces a new detective-for-hire, Clayton Yankee Taggart." His search for the killer of a photographer, and ex-army buddy, "leads him from Texas to New York, London and across the seas and into a world where things aren't as they seem, where people can suddenly disappear or die and then reappear." SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a single page note from collector Larry Owens to Ray, with Ray's SIGNED reply at the bottom. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-690019386.

New York: Lippincott and Crowell, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An international thriller which "introduces a new detective-for-hire, Clayton Yankee Taggart." His search for the killer of a photographer, and ex-army buddy, "leads him from Texas to New York, London and across the seas and into a world where things aren't as they seem, where people can suddenly disappear or die and then reappear." SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-690019386.

New York: Avon, 1997. First edition - First suspense novel by this Hollywood screenwriter. 'A riveting new novel of suspense and terrorism in the political arena' - set in Texas. 376 pp.

New York: Bantam, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Edgar-winning author's 3rd mystery, set in San Antonio featuring Tres Navarre, tequila drinker, tai chi master and unlicensed P.I, and the first one in the series to be published in hardcover. SIGNED on the title page. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-553-801562.

Houston: Arte Publico Press, (1987). First edition - A selection of poems from five earlier books, and fourteen new poems by this award-winning Chicano poet, who grew up in a Texas border town. 160 pp. ISBN: 0-934770581.

n.p. By the author, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Privately published true first edition of this collection of short stories by this Minnesota-born author, originally published in The American Mercury and The Woman's Home Companion between 1925 and 1931. Includes the author's memorable classic story of Texas oil fields "Windfall" as well as other stories of the gypsy life of the oil boom of the 1920s. Also includes some previously unpublished pieces on a family doll and her grandmother and a biographical introduction by Emerett Sanford Miles. Photograph. xi, 134 pp.

Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - First trade edition of this collection of short stories by this Minnesota-born author, originally published in The American Mercury and The Woman's Home Companion between 1925 and 1931. Includes the author's memorable classic story of Texas oil fields "Windfall" as well as other stories of the gypsy life of the oil boom of the 1920s. Includes a biographical introduction by Sanford's daughter Emerett Sanford Miles and an afterword by Lou Halsell Rodenberger. Frontispiece and chronology of Sanford's publications. A title in the Southwest Life and Letters. xviii, 179 pp.
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel about the life of tenant farmers in Texas and the plight of the farmer in general by this Texas-born folklorist and novelist. A significant association copy as this is INSCRIBED by the author on the title page 'For Mr. Alexander Legge, with appreciation of his services to the American farmer" and dated July 29, New York City. Legge was President of International Harvester from 1922 until his death in 1933, chairman of the Federal Farm Board under President Hoover, and one of the founders and principal contributors to the Farm Foundation in 1933.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel, set in the Southwest in the 1880s. "A gritty, bigger-than-life and occasionally raunchy novel of the Texas-Mexico borderland and the Texas high plains" (Elmer Kelton). 201 pp. ISBN: 0-945575602.

Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, 1996. First edition - "Free-wheeling ladies on high-stepping horses, daring cowgirls, Wells Fargo women and adventurous schoolmarms capture the feminine side of the West brighten these pages...[this] tells of the colorful ladies who earned the respect of their male counterparts." Among them are silent movies star Nell Shipmann; Charlie Parkhurt, Jo Monaghan and Mountain Charley (3 women who lived their lives as men); road agent Pearl Hart of Arizona, and others both well-known, and almost forgotten. Lots of great photographs, bibliography. 176 pp. SIGNED on the half title page. ISBN: 0-9619088-58.