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Featured items that Texas Star Books plans to bring to RMBPF 2008.
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"A Grizzly from the Coral Sea", by Tom Lea. Printed by Carl
Herzog, El Paso, TX, 1944. One of limited edition of 295.Signed by Tom Lea
and with a warm inscription by Herzog, "To the Flegels, kindest regards and
happy memories. Carl Herzog". Book is in very good condition, clean and
tight with minor edgewear. Wartime paper is somewhat tanned. No Dust jacket.
Regular price: $1,200.00, Special RMPBF Show Price: $1,000.00
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"Alamo of the Pacific", by Otis H. King, Sgt. USMC. Published by
Branch-Smith, Fort Worth, TX, 1999. Subtitled, "The Story of the Famed
'China Marines' on Bataan and Corregidor and What They Did to the Enemy as
POWs". Personal narrative, signed and inscribed by author as follows, "To:
In this book meet a few good men who were among the Battling B_____s of
Baatan, the forgotten warriors of WWII! Semper Fi! Otis H. King". First
Edition, First Printing. Fine copy in like dust jacket in protective cover.
Unread. Price: $135.00
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"Jeff Milton, A Good Man with a Gun", by J. Evetts Haley.
Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1948. Inscribed by
author Haley to noted Texana bibliographer on front free end paper, "For
Thomas W. Streeter, my fine friend, unexcelled bibliographer, and thorough
Texan -- with the hope that, even though Jeff Milton may be deficient in
bibliography, he may find it satisfactory in content, J. Evetts Haley,
October 20, 1948". Adams' Thundering Herd #965; Dobie's Life & Literature of
the SW #141; Adams' Six Guns #892; Howe's H-38. 430 pp with index. First
Edition, First Printing with entry "Greenwood" upside down in Index. Clean
and bright copy with minor bumping on spine ends and corners. Price-clipped
dust jacket has light creasing and chipping with a few small tears and
fraying. Light rubbing shows on rich browns of background, especially on
flap folds and hinges. Now in protective cover. Price: $525.00
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"In the American West", by Richard Avedon. Harry N. Abrams,
Inc., Publishers, New York, NY. 1985. First Edition, First Printing of
Avedon's hallmark of 20th Century American portrait photography.
Commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX, and
published with the exhibition there. Oversize format, 11-1/4"W X 14-1/4"H.
Bright crisp tight and clean copy with acetate cover as issued. Price:
$200.00
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"18 Years with Architect Louis I. Kahn", by August E. Komendant.
Aloray Publisher, Englewood, NJ. 1975. Author, Kahn associate, August E.
Komendant, has inscribed this copy to professor of architecture, Frank
Moreland, who in turn inscribed it to the Fort Worth AIA via Dean George
Wright (Prof. of Architecture at Univ. Texas at Arlington)- both
inscriptions on title page. 8" W X 9 1/2"H. Crisp, clean and bright - very
slight right lean and minor corner and spine end wear. Dust jacket has light
creasing and a few closed tears. Top edge of front cover has four staple
holes. Now in protective cover. Very nice signed copy of scarce book.
Price: $500.00
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