Texas from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

Houston: Arte Publico, 1990. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. An uncommon signed first edition (a paperback original) of this novel originally written in the 1930s but not published until six decades later. 302 pages. First edition (first printing). A good to very good copy in wrappers; somewhat grubby. This copy is inscribed, "For Chris Burgess, Américo… Read more about this item

Waco, TX: (the author?), 1960. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A speech delivered before the Open Forum, Austin, Texas, March 8, 1960. 14 pages. Reproduced from typescript. One of 200 signed and numbered copies. First edition (first printing). A very good copy (spine fold wearing). This is copy 53 of 200 signed by Daniel.

Mountain Home, TX: Y-O Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 192 pages. 8-1/2 by 11-1/4 inches. Illustrated by Joe Beeler. A history of the YO Ranch. Profusely illustrated. The author is best known for his mystery and science fiction novels. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a very good dust jacket that has… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A classic Texas folk tale in picture-book form. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With the owner's embossed stamp on the last leaf (a long-time San Antonia elementary school principal). A… Read more about this item

Austin, TX: Encino Press, 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. McMurtry's first collection of essays, covering Texas history, Texas writers, cowboys, and as a coda to The Last Picture Show, sex in Archer City, Texas. At the time, McMurtry was best known as the writer whose first book Horseman, Pass By had been made into the movie, Hud. … Read more about this item

San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A local history of a Hill Country settlement in Texas. 105 pages. First edition (first printing, with no later printings noted). A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Spine faded; dime-sized chip missing from the base.

Austin, TX: Encino Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. McMurtry's first collection of essays, covering Texas history, Texas writers, cowboys, and as a coda to The Last Picture Show, sex in Archer City, Texas. At the time, McMurtry was best known as the writer whose first book Horseman, Pass By had been made into the movie, Hud. … Read more about this item

Mountain Home, TX: Y-O Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An exceptional copy of this classic of modern Texas books. Long Days is an anecdotal and oral history of the YO Ranch, which was started near Kerrville by Charles Shreiner in 1880. The book is profusely illustrated with halftone photographs and drawings. The author is best… Read more about this item

San Marcos, TX: Hays County Historical Commission, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. [xiv], 228, [29] pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. First edition. A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket (as issued). Signed by the compiler on the title page.

Edinburg, TX: Pan American University Press, 1992. Second Printing. Trade paperback. Fine. A bilingual collection of essays. xiii, 207 pages. Second printing. A fine copy, inscribed by Sandra Cisneros, "Tomás [Tom Garner], Like Larry King, another fine Texas humorist; he passed away a few weeks ago. We will miss him but are blessed to have known him.… Read more about this item

Torino [Turin], 1881. First Edition. Very good. 1) Il Texas e la colonizzazione italiana della sua costa [cover title: Il Texas: La ferrovia Nuova York-Texas-Messicano; la colonizzazione italiana della costa de Texas]. Torino: Tipografia Roux e Favale, 1881. 56 pages, 6-3/8 by 9-1/2 inches; with a large folding map of the coastline of Texas with the proposed rail… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. McMurtry's second novel. Filmed by Sidney Lumet as Lovin' Molly in 1974. The book came out while the hit movie Hud was still in the theaters, so the book got a lot more attention than most second novels are accorded. But the book was controversial… Read more about this item

San Marcos, TX: Hays County Historical Commission, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. xix, 645 pages. Illustrated from black-and-white photographs by Cindy McCoy. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by six authors and the dedicatee.

Austin, TX: Encino Press, 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. McMurtry's first collection of essays, covering Texas history, Texas writers, cowboys, and as a coda to The Last Picture Show, sex in Archer City, Texas. At the time, McMurtry was best known as the writer whose first book Horseman, Pass By had been made into the movie,… Read more about this item

Burnet, TX: Nortex Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A history of a small town outside of San Antonio, Texas. 481 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good to near fine copy in a like dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.

Dallas, TX: Book Club of Texas, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Six essays on horses, published in an edition of 300 copies. Lowman, Printing Arts in Texas, p. 61: "One of the most sought after modern rarities... Chef d'oevre of the Book Club of Texas." Marcus, The Book Club of Texas, VI. First edition (first printing).… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The classic study of border life and song. Paredes, the leading folklorist of US-Mexico border region, tells the compelling story of Gregorio Cortez who killed a sheriff in self-defense and became a hero through dozens of ballads and songs. Still in print, in the Texas Classics series,… Read more about this item

San Antonio, TX: Wings Press, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. A collection of poems, most written in the late 1970s and 1980s. Texas Chicano poet. 83 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Signed by the author.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1974. First Edition. Mass market paperback. Near fine. A massmarket SF novel about Texans who kidnap the American president and end up fighting a war against Israeli soldiers. First edition (stated first printing). A near fine copy, with minor wear to the edges; ownership stamp of Johnny Lee, possibly the country singer, on the… Read more about this item

Northampton, MA: Kitchen Sink Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A graphic novel based on an incident in Texas history. Issued simultaneously in trade paperback and 300 hardcovers, signed by Jackson on a tipped-in label. 153 pages. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy in illustrated boards (no jacket, as issued). This is… Read more about this item