Biography - Historical Figures from Texas Star Books

Port Arthur, TX: La Belle Printing Company, 1977. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Life story of a little know industrialist, Arthur E. Stilwell, who built Port Arthur, Texas, as the terminus of his Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gulf Railway. First printed in the Saturday Evening Post, 1927-8. This is… Read more about this item

San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.: Trinity University Press, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 283 pp. Bright, tight, crisp and clean copy with like dust jacket.

Barre, MA: Barre Publishing Co., 1963. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 186 pp. Tight clean copy with light edgewear. Dust jacket is price-clipped with minor edgewear - top panel of rear panel has creasing with 1/2" closed tear. Spine is slightly sun-faded. Now in protective cover. … Read more about this item

New York, NY: Free Press, 2005. 1st Am. Edn., 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 501 pp. Bright, tight, clean and crisp copy with slight spine end bumping. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp with light edgewear and rubbing. Spine ends have light creasing and bottom of spine has… Read more about this item

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1990. 1st PB. Ed., 2nd Ptg. . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300 pp. Trade paperback is tight and clean. Unread.

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1990. 1st PB. Ed., 2nd Ptg. . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300 pp. Trade paperback is tight and clean. Unread.

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1990. 1st PB. Ed., 2nd Ptg. . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300 pp. Trade paperback is tight and clean. Unread.

Dayton, OH: Morningside Bookshop, 1977. Facsimile Reprint . Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical facsimile reprint. 300 pp. Bright and crisp copy with light wear on corners and spine ends. Very faint spotting on page edges. Nice copy without dust jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First Am. Ed., 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 877 pp. Bright copy with slight right lean and minor shelfwear. Gift message for previous owner on front free end paper. Dust jacket has chipping on top of spine with light corner wear. Edges have some creasing… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Quill, 1999. 1st PB Ptg. . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 364 pp. Trade paperback is tight with minor wear to wrapper. Previous owner's bookplate on half-title page. Red page numbers on reverse of front wrap, and noted pages have small red check marks in text. … Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author on half-title page. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 447 pp. Gold cloth boards are bright and clean with a snag on bottom edge of front panel and a small snap on top edge. Light corner… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight, bright and clean copy - appears unread. 493 pp.

New York, NY: Roy Publishers, Inc.. No Stated Edition . Hardcover. Very Good--/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Horace Vernet. 112 pp. Book has slight cupping of boards and light corner bumping and edgewear. Front free end paper has smudge at forward edge. Pages 61 - 79 have scuffing/creasing on bottom margin. And last 5… Read more about this item

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Crisp, tight and bright copy - previous owner's bookplate on front pasted down paper. Dust jacket is bright with very minor wear. In protective cover.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 310 pp. EX-LIB copy with usual stamps, markings, etc. Front free end paper has been excised. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover taped to boards. Light wear with clean text block.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. Tight, bright and clean copy with clean interior with light wear. Dust jacket has slight corner and edge wear and rubbing on glossy finish. Nice copy - appears unread.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 433 pp. Blue cloth boards have bumping on corners and page ends. Book is a little shaken. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Light spotting on page ends. No dust jacket. … Read more about this item

New York, NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1992. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 376 pp. Book has a very slight right lean and light wear to edges and corners. Clean interior. Dust jacket is bright with light edgewear. Nice book club copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. 2nd Printing . Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By noted British historian and biographer. 774 pp. Crisp and clean copy with light wear and rubbing to dark red cloth boards. No dust jacket.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of England's medieval king. 479 pp. Tight copy with light wear to boards. Front end papers each have small spot - else clean interior. Dust jacket has small tear on bottom front edge near hinge. Light… Read more about this item