Category: Biography: S-Z

White Knight in Blue Shades: The Authorized Biography of Marvin Zindler

By: Agris, Joseph

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Houston, Texas, A-to-Z Publishing : 2002

Seller ID: EC13126BB

ISBN-13: 9780971234802

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

BS4 - A hardcover book signed and inscirbed by the author "Faith & Hope "Doc Joe" Agris 2006" on the front loose endpaper with the author's label in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly water soiled on the top and some light shelf wear. Book lightly water soiled on the top, a few light stain on the page edges, and some light shelf wear. The one and only AUTHORIZED biography of a true Texas Original Marvin Zindler. White Knight in Blue Shades by Joseph Agris, M.D. with Connie L. Schmidt & Ron Kaye. 10.5"x7.5", 456 pages. Satisfaction Guarante...
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White Knight in Blue Shades: The Authorized Biography of Marvin Zindler

By: Agris, Joseph

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Houston, Texas, A-to-Z Publishing : 2002

Seller ID: EC36968BB

ISBN-13: 9780971234819

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

BH4 - A trade paperback book signed by author with "Thank You God Bless 2010" written on the firsrt page with the author's label adhered in very good condition that has some bumped corners and light stains, wrinkling and crease on the top of the front and next pages, some light discoloration and shelf wear. The one and only AUTHORIZED biography of a true Texas Original Marvin Zindler. White Knight in Blue Shades by Joseph Agris, M.D. with Connie L. Schmidt & Ron Kaye. 10"x7", 456 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson

By: Bathurst, Bella

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, New York, USA, HarperColins Publishers : 1999

Seller ID: EC13033BB

ISBN-13: 9780060194277

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

BS3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling and crease on the top and corners and very light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has wrinkling on the spine edges and gutter edges, previous owner's name written on the front loose endpaper, very light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. A book about how the Stevenson family virtually defined the Scottish coast by designing and building lighthouses in the 18th and 19th centuries. Bibliography, indexed, 278p.
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Thurber: A Biography

By: Bernstein, Burton

Price: $2.00

Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Arbor House Publishing Company : 1985

Seller ID: SCW06998

ISBN-13: 9780877956907

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

BG6 - A trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in brown wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some creasing on the cover and on the front and back covers at the bottom right corners plus there are three dogeared pages. A difinitive biography of James Thurber, one of America's greatest humorists and an intricate and troubled man. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings by the subject. Source, bibliography, indexed, 532p.
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Richard Wright: An Introduction to the Man and His Works

By: Brignano, Russell Carl

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, University of Pittsburgh Press : 1970

Seller ID: SCW06456

ISBN-13: 9780822931874

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

BE3 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some staining along the board top and bottom edges from the original library plastic sleeve plus there is some light tape staining on the outside boards surfaces and front and back endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps & marks on the spine, top outside paper edges, front endpaper, and title page. the dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear some wrinkli...
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Andrew Jackson Young, Mr. Ambassador: United States Ambassador to the United Nations

By: Bryant, Ira B.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Houston, Texas, D. Armstrong Co., Inc. : 1979

Seller ID: EC29987BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

CX1 - A hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has edgewear with tears, som light stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some cover edgewear and light shelf wear. 9.5"x6.25", 79 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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No Color Is My Kind: The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston

By: Cole, Thomas R.

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press : 1997

Seller ID: EC19869BB

ISBN-13: 9780292711983

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

CJ6 - A paperback book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling and crease, a few scattered stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes a laid in letter from the author to the previous owner with the author's letterhead. No Color Is My Kind is an uncommon chronicle of identity, fate, and compassion as two men - one Jewish and one African American - set out to rediscover a life lost to manic depression and alcoholism. 9"x6", 239 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Vallejo and the Four Flags: A True Story of Early California

By: Comstock, Esther J.

Price: $13.75

Publisher: Grass Valley, California, Comstock Bonanza Press : 1979

Seller ID: SW156BB

ISBN-13: 9780933994010

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

BO3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges and corners, bumped on some corners, tape residues on the inside flaps, label on the lower spine, some scratches, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise good. Book has chipping and wear on the spine edges, red, blue, and black dots on the top page edges, library stamping on the top and front loose endpaper with label, tape stains on the top and bottom of the fixed endpapers, library code written and cardholder adhered on the back loose endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise good. Book was signed b...
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Preston Smith: The Making of a Texas Governor

By: Conn, Jerry Douglas

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas, Jenkins Publishing Company : 1972

Seller ID: EC36967BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

BH4 - A first edition ex-library hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has label on the spine, some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), lightly cocked and some bumped corners, some stains and smudge, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.25", 173 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Fraud: The Amazing Career of Dr. Savundra

By: Connell, Jon and Sutherland, Douglas

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, Stein & Day : 1979

Seller ID: EC8596BB

ISBN-13: 9780812826029

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

AA6 - DJ has wrinkling, chipping and crease on some edges and corners, some rubbing and stains on the front, moderate discoloration (browning due to old age), and shelf wear otherwise good. Book has discoloration (browning due to old age) and shelf wear otherwise very good. He bilked widows and governments with equal disdain. He was a knave of outsized character, a world beater of great charm, limitless self-deception and total ruthlessness...
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Buck Schiwetz' Memories

By: E.M. Schiwetz (Paintings and Drawings by)

Price: $35.99

Publisher: College Station, Texas, Texas A&M University Press : 1978

Seller ID: 2205ec669

ISBN-13: 9780890960530

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

AX4 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Buck Schiwetz to previous owner and also SIGNED and dated by Leon Hale on the front free endpaper in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mjylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and some tears on the edges and corners, scattered rubbing, scratches, scuffing, and stains, moderate tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, darkened on pages 94 and 95, light tanning and shelf wear. Introduction by Leon Hale. Notes by the artist with Robert Calvert. Number Three: The Joe an...
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Celestine Sibley: A Granddaughter's Reminiscence

By: Fleming, Celestine Sibley

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Athens, Georgia, Hill Street Press : 2000

Seller ID: SW619BB

ISBN-13: 9781892514684

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

CL6 - A 2nd printing hardcover book signed by the author in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket mylar protected, dust jacket and book have very light discoloration and shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner on the title page. In a casual, unstudied voice sure to resonate with generations of her grandmother's loyal readers, Celestine Sibley's namesake granddaughter shares with us intimate family memories of the day-by-day life of a Southern icon.
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Isaac B. Singer: A Life

By: Florence Noiville

Price: $9.99

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux : 2006

Seller ID: EC11440BB

ISBN-13: 9780374178000

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

BS1 - An uncorrected proof trade paperback book in very good condition that has light shelf wear. Translated from the French by Catherine Temerson. A revelatory account of the life and work of one of the twentieth century's greatest storytellers. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Then and Now: The Personal Past in the Poetry of Robert Penn Warren

By: Floyd C. Watkins

Price: $17.50

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky : 1982

Seller ID: ec45849

ISBN-13: 9780813114569

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

I2 - A hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the front endapper in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. Then and Now is a revealing and provocative study of the poetic process in a poet who is thought of as the originator of the biographical fallacy. 8.75"x5.75", 184 pagse. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Life

By: Hadda, Janet

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press : 1997

Seller ID: EC25591BB

ISBN-13: 9780195084207

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

BU1 - A first edition hardcover book signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Swinburne: Portrait of a Poet

By: Henderson Philip

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Macmillan Publishing Co. : 1974

Seller ID: SCW06558

ISBN-13: 9780025509603

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

BG6 - A tight, clean sound copy plus there is some light fading on the board top edges plus there is some tape staining on the outside board surfaces from where the dust jacket was taped down to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps, marks, label, and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges (marked out with large black marker), inside surfaces of the front and back boards, front and back endpapers, title page, and copyright page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light fading on the spine plus there is a library labe...
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James Talcott: Merchant and His Times

By: Hillyer, William Hurd

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1937

Seller ID: SCw07346

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

CA1 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good condition with no dust jacket. The same date appears on both the title page and copyright page with no additional printings indicated and an "A" appears on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in red cloth covered boards with gold lettering and graphics on a black label on the spine and gold bands on the front and back boards and guilt top outside paper edges and illustrated with a full color frontispiece with moderate overall shelf wear mainly in the form of fading of the spine and along the spine edges (abou...
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The Clocks of Columbus: The Literary Career of James Thurber

By: Holmes, Charles S.

Price: $2.50

Publisher: New York, Atheneum : 1972

Seller ID: EC182BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

B2 - A first edition hard cover book in very good condition in a good condition dust jacket. Dust jacket has a half inch and quarter inch tears with creases and chipping on the top and bottom of the spine respectively, tiny tear on the front top left, crease on the back inside flap, some wrinkling and chipping on the top and bottom edges, discoloration, and normal shelf wear. Book has some chipping and wear on the top cover edges opposite the spine, lightly bumped cover corners, previous bookstore label at the back fixed endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear. The Clocks of Columbus is ...
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Phil Sheridan and His Army

By: Hutton, Paul Andrew

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press : 1985

Seller ID: EC5061BB

ISBN-13: 9780803272279

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

F2 - A paperback book in very good condition that has light crease on the spine, some chipping and wrinkling on the cover edges, sides and corners, some stains on the page edges, small black pen line mark on the bottom (not a remainder mark), top right corner of the half-title page clipped, discoloration, and light shelf wear. This definitive account of Sheridan's western career not only traces his central role in the final military defeat of the Indians but fills out the other sides of the general, who commanded Chicago after its fire... 9.25"x6.25", 479 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed...
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The Farthest Home Is in an Empire of Fire: A Tejano Elegy

By: John Philip Santos

Price: $25.95

Publisher: New York, Viking : 2010

Seller ID: EC38440BB

ISBN-13: 9780670021567

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

AD2 - A first edition (First published 2010 stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping and some small tears on the edges and corners, lightly water soiled patch on the back top, some scattered scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some small patch stains on the page edges, lightly moisture soiled on some inside pages, light tanning and shelf wear. Every family has a forgotten tale of where it came from. Who i...
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Category: Biography: S-Z