Search Results: Books from Texas Star Books

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.

New York: Lion, 1953. No Stated Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Introduction by Gen. Mark Clark - unusual in that this book was written during the Korean War. Mass market paperback - 160 pp. Tight and clean copy with light wear to wraps. Pages are yellowed. Very nice copy.

New York, NY: Time, Inc., 1964. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 378 pp. Trade paperback reprint of Guthrie's classic. Book has right lean. Light soiling on page edges and slight rubbing shows on white background of wrapper. Occasional creased page corners.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Library of Congress, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 135 pp. Tight, bright and clean copy with light bumping on corners and light wear on spine ends.

New York, NY: Stein and Day, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Eye-witness accounts are included in this history of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. 316 pp. Bumping on corners and spine end which also shows damp staining which shows a little on small area of bottom edge of front and rear boards. Tanned pages with small spot on forward page edge - clean interior. Book-of-the-Month Club brochure laid in. Dust jacket has corner and edgewear. Interior at bottom edge shows damp stain which shows through slightly on outside.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. 1st Thus . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback is tight with clean interior. Rubbing and edgewear on cover with cover corners and spine ends bumped. Slight spotting and marking to page ends.

New York: Quadrangle Books, 1977. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and jacket are clean and crisp with very light shelfwear.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 1st Thus, 1st Ptg. . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us". A National Book Award Winner. Trade paperback is crisp and bright with clean interior and a very little corner bumping. Very nice copy.

NY: Random House, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. 333 pp. Tight and crisp copy with light bumping on spine ends and corners. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Dust jacket has light edgewear and rubbing. Edges have a little creasing.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 1979. 1st Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EX-LIB with usual library stamps, markings, etc. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover taped to boards and with index numbers on spine. Crisp book - appears unread.

Garden City, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1943. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reynolds gives first hand accounts of Russia's war with Nazi Germany. Tight copy with burnt orange cloth boards. Spine is a little darkened and has a very small spot near bottom. Very light wear to corners and spine ends. Pages are darkened somewhat and there is an area of foxing on top front page ends. Clean interior. Dust jacket is missing, but inner folds are laid in book.

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.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 399 pp. Black cloth boards with light wear on corners and spine ends. Extreme edges have wear to cloth. Top page edge has faint spotting/staining. Clean interior. Dst jacket has some creasing on edges with slight tearing. Corners and spine ends have light chipping. Black background shows rubbing on front and rear panel and on flap folds.

Washington, D.C.: Center for Air Force History, 1992. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 50th anniversary reprint. 60 pp. Trade paperback with stapled binding. Very light wear on corners and spine ends. Very nice copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1998. First Edition Sixth Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 412 pp. Tight copy with light wear. Page edges have a little light spotting, and there is an occasional creased page corner. Dust jacket is bright with with slight creasing and edgewear. Slight rubbing.

New York, NY: Boni & Gaer, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255 pp. EX-LIB copy with usual library stamps, markings, card pocket, etc. Substantial wear on corners, hinges and spine ends. Light Rubbing on blue boards. Slight give in hinges, but serviceable reading/reference copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1972. 1st Americand Edition . Cloth. Very Good--/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 959 pp. Black boards have slight spotting and discoloration. Slight right lean and front hinge is loosening a little. Corners and spine ends have bumping. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Page edges are somewhat soiled. No dust jacket. Good reference/study copy.

New York: Viking Press, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sir Edmund Hillary writes of his adventure, up the Ganges River. 1st Ed., 3rd Ptg.273 pp. Crisp and bright copy with minor wear to boards. Previous owner's embossed stamp on several pages and name and address in ink on front pasted down paper. Else clean interior. Dust jacket has slight tearing and chipping on front.

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.