Search Results: AMERICAN HISTORY from Texas Star Books

San Antonio, TX: Naylor, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight and clean copy with slight bumping to edges and rubbing to boards. Scuff mark on fpdp and page ends a little darkened. Pink boards have faded on edges. Dust jacket is bright with two scuff marks (1/2 " X 1/2" and 1/2" X 1") on front cover. Slight chipping on corners and spine ends with some loss at top of spine. Light background shows rubbing and spotting, and has a 1" closed tear on top edge. Now in mylar cover.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 232 pp. Crisp, bright and tight copy has very light wear. Front free end paper has previous owner's name, price sticker residue, and erasure. Else clean interior. Dust jacket has very minor edgewear and some small scuffs on spine which is slightly faded. Very nice copy.

Dallas, Texas: Degolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, 1993. Limited Edition Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition (1500). Exhibition catalog describing 53 rare books on the Santa Fe Trail. Limited to 150 copies of this specially bound edition. Not pageinated. Small quarto, 6 1/2"W X 11"H. Tan linen boards - bright, crisp, tight and clean copy - unread.

Dallas, Texas: Degolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, 1993. Limited Edition Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition (1500). Exhibition catalog describing 53 rare books on the Santa Fe Trail. Limited to 150 copies of this specially bound edition. Not pageinated. Small quarto, 6 1/2"W X 11"H. Tan linen boards - bright, crisp, tight and clean copy - unread.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. No Stated Edition . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is tight and crisp with minor shelfwear and rubbing. Pages are yellowed. Previous owner's name on ffep - instances of pencil underlining throughout the book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The MacMillan Company, 1923. Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1923 printing of 1920 first publication. Dark red cloth boards show a little rubbing - Tight, clean copy with minor wear to corners and spine ends.

Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History of Asians in the American West. 159 pp. Clean and bright copy with slight right lean. Slight bumping to corners and wear on other edges, spine ends. Clean interior - pages a little yellowed. Bright red dustjacket shows rubbing on flap folds and hinges. Slight creasing on edges, chipping on spine ends. Rear of jacket has faint dark rubbing and faint spotting on upper edge, which also has small, 1/4" closed tear.

Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "Christopher Prince and the American Revolution". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 263 pp. Crisp, clean and bright copy - appears unread. Dust jacket clean and bright.

New York, NY: Atheneum, 1974. First Edition Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 468 pp. Clean and bright copy with a slight right lean and light edge wear. Price clipped dust jacket has small closed tear at base of front hinge. Rear panel has vertical cut which doesn't go all the way through except for the bottom one inch. A few other small tears and a little creasing. White portions are slightly discolored.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1954. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 307 pp. Tight copy with clean interior. Green boards have light corner and spine end wear. Spine has some discoloration and board edges show light wear. Pages are tanned. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. Shows some dark rubbing on yellow background. Top edge of rear panel has two damp stains and at rear hinge theres a closed tear, 1 1/4" and a 3 1/4" crease from top edge. Also two small tears on front top edge. Corners and spine ends have some chipping wear.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1978. 1st Trade Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "America's Founding Years, 1492-1815". 495 pp. Tight and clean copy with light wear at spine extremes. Price-clipped dust jacket has slight chipping on corners and spine ends and creasing on edges with a few small closed tears. Spine area is slightly sun-faded. Rear Panel has a few dark spots/smears.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. 4th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 230 pp. Trade paperback. Clean copy with light rubbing and cornerwear to wrapper. Light spotting on front page edges.

Pushcart Press, 1998. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published by the Montauk Historical Society. A Newspaper Chronicle with Roosevelt's Letters. Montauk, New York, 1898. 509 pp. Bright, crisp, and tight paperback with clean interior. Page edges have very faint spotting. Nice copy - appears unread.

Bellevue, NE: Old Army Press, 1970. No Stated Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback - 37 pp + photos. Tight copy. Wrappers have rubbing and slight corner wear. Clean interior.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg.Crisp, tight and clean copy with very light wear to boards. 253 pp. Dust jacket is also crisp and bright with minor creasing on spine edges and interior of front fold. Very nice copy.

New York, NY: Exposition Press, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth boards with bright gilt title on front board and spine. Bottom edges and corners have light wear, with bumping on spine ends. Previous owner's bookplate on front pasted down paper. Top and bottom page edge corners have staining which does not affect interior. Bottom corner of front free end paper has smudging, and rear free end paper has staining and spotting. 154 pp. Dust jacket is creased and worn with large (up to 1 1/2" X 1") chips missing on top front edge and on top spine edge. Smaller chip missing on rear top corner. Rubbing on edges and hinges and on rear panel. Rear flap has stain on upper portion. Now in protective cover.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Promontory Press. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Michael Ginsberg, who wrote the introduction to this facsimile reprint of Donnelle's Cyclorama, published in 1889, 13 years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Large format, 7 1/8"W X 10"H. 30 pp. Clean and tight copy. Top corner of pages have some creasing and corners and spine ends have light bumping. Dust jacket has price intact and is bright with light corner and spine end chipping. Top edges have light tearing as does top rear corner.

New York: The Free Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good++/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. America's Fight at Home & Abroad in World War II". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 480 pp. Bright and clean copy with corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Dust jacket is bright with light creasing on edges. Bottom edge of front panel at hinge has small faint stain and rear panel has a small stain near the bottom corner. Slight rubbing. Very nice first edition.

New York: The Free Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. America's Fight at Home & Abroad in World War II". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 480 pp. Tight and bright copy with light wear to boards. Corners lightly bumped. Black remainder mark on bottom page edge. Dust jacket is bright with light creasing on edges and slight wear on corners and spine ends. Very nice first edition.

New York: The Free Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. America's Fight at Home & Abroad in World War II". 2nd Ptg. 480 pp. Tight and bright copy with light wear to boards. Corners lightly bumped. Faint smudging on front page edge. Dust jacket is bright and clean with light wear and slight rubbing. Nice copy.