INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and presented as a 50th birthday gift. Inscription includes a reference to the recipient's podiatrist and a birthday card from the doctor is laid in. This book is a collection of the author's best stories originally appearing in his syndicated column, "Thompson's Station". ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 188 pages; 12836; Signed by Author View More...
SIGNED. When eleven-year-old Preston moves to Cotton Patch, Arkansas in 1958, he deals with the death of his mother, the reality of segregation, and the meaning of friendship. Tear & fold on rear jacket. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 196 pages; 20505; Signed by Author View More...
SIGNED by James Tyson. That the major media outlets in the US are by and large committed leftists is self evident to any perceptive person who cares to take notice. The question is how much was due to Soviet activity and how much was due to people just being ignorant and foolish. Tyson's book, published in 1981, is now dated but it still serves to document the committed influence of the Soviets on those whom we trusted to tell us the truth. Light edgewear, small chip at head of DJ spine. ; 15178; Signed by Author View More...
Inscribed and dated Xmas 1962 by Vallee: "To Bill who knows much of this book" on flypage. Laid in at page 19 is an original Christmas card from the Vallee's: Ellie, Rudy, Pom Pom & Mimi (their two dogs). Edgeworn, corners frayed. My mother knew who Rudy Vallee was, do you? ; B/w photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 244 pages; 24947; Signed by Author View More...
SIGNED as follows: "To my good friend. . . From R. Castillo Vaughan". Some staining to page edges, edgewear to book, jacket chipped and in mylar Book Jacket Cover. ; Contemporary Poets of Dorrance Series Series; Small 8vo - 7½" to 8" tall; 113 pages; 13434; Signed by Author View More...
SIGNED by both author and illustrator. Examines a whole range of aspects including the major types of bushland which are found in the [Hunter] Region, the ecology of a eucalypt, written in non-technical language, and descriptions of a whole range of flora and fauna, both common and rare. Light edgewear, minor crinkling. ; Photographs; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 56 pages; 12230; Signed by Author & Illustrator View More...
Signed by Watt on title page. Autographed stocker on front. Author is winner of Stephen Turner and the Spur awards. It's East Texas in the 1950's, somewhere between the sand hills of that region and the black gumbo soil of Central Texas, a place where the disparate faces of rural America live and breathe--the solid ethics of work and religion are set over and against the open wounds of prejudice and bigotry. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 192 pages; 31596; Signed by Author View More...
Inscribed by author to Tom. An accomplished speaker and writer, this is his first fiction novel. He was appointed by Texas Governor George W. Bush to serve from 1998-2002 as vice-chairman of the Spindletop Centennial Celebration Commission. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages; 28331; Signed by Author View More...
Signed by author on front pastedown. A report for social studies by two students in the class reveals an enchanting mystery of unusual local history. It suggests the presence of a ghost in that old classroom. Pictorial glossy boards. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 118 pages; 15664; Signed by Author View More...
