Bob's Book Journey
1802 Richcreek,
Austin,
TX 78757 USA
512-454-2355
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$23.00 Description: Very Good- No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Blue boards, white spine, gilt lettering, deckle edges; top edge gilt, 141 pp., 4 pen-and-ink illustrations by J. F. Knott. Moderate wear with slight fading on spine, unmarked, tight binding. A humorous re-telling of Homer's account of the Trojan War. Read More
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Logistic Support (Vietnam Studies) $32.00 Description: Very Good. Book Green paperback with four soldiers on front cover and truck convoy on rear cover, xvi, 273 pp., photos, maps, charts. Light wear with sunned spine, previous owner's name on top edge of front cover, clean text, tight binding. Relates in specific terms what logisticians did and how they did it in supporting American and allied combat troops in Vietnam. Read More
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A Heap O' Livin'; Along Life's Highway $19.00 Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Two poetry collections in one volume. A Heap o' Livin' (1916), 192 pp., plus Along Life's Highway (1933), 186 pp., index of first lines for both collections. Brown pebbled leatherette boards with gold-color lettering. Light wear on ends of spine, lettering on front board is bright, lettering on spine is very sunned and faded, gift note dated 1939 on front free endpaper, clean text, tight binding. Read More
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Sam Bass and His Horse Marines: the Round Rock Shootout 1878 (the Texas Outlaw Series) (Volume 1) $707.00 Description: Near Fine. Book Softcover, unpaginated [350 pp] Over 140 years ago, Sam Bass, the most notorious outlaw in Texas met his fate in Round Rock, Texas at the age of 27, as he as and his horse marines were preparing to rob the William County Bank. He died from his wounds at the hands of Texas Rangers after a shoot-out. Sam Bass remains the best known of all Texas bad men, and the best liked. Even Round Rock, Texas named a major road through the city after him. Many writers label him the Robin Hood ... Read More
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The Ox-Bow Incident (Classics of the Old West) $18.00 Description: Very Good in Very Good+ jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, 309 pp., jacket illustrated by Robert Hunt. Light wear, bookplate on front free endpaper with name neatly marked-out, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket. "A reprinting of the 1940 classic; a tale rich in particulars of Western life and an acute exploration of mob psychology." Read More
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$19.00 Description: Good. No Jacket. Book. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, xlix, 56 pp. Introduction and Notes by J. Churton Collins. Moderate wear at ends of spine, spine is sunned; lettering is legible, foxed endpapers, 1 shallow crack mid-text; sound structure overall, no owner names or gift notes, text is lightly age-toned otherwise unmarked, tight binding. Read More
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R.M. S Queen Mary Superliner Pictorial: the Factual Story of a Great Ship $19.00 Description: Fine. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Tall softcover, staple binding, brief text, vintage photos and drawings, Excellent condition. Brief history of the legendary oceanliner. Read More
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Aesculapius on the Colorado: the Story of Medical Practice in Travis County to 1899 $23.00 Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, v, 122 pp., glassine jacket (clear acetate). A Waterloo Book. Excellent condition. Read More
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James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812-1836 $137.00 Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, frontis., 627 pp., b/w illus., maps, chronology, illustrated jacket not price-clipped. An ex-library book with mylar covered jacket taped to covers, card pocket on rear free endpaper and the usual library markings. Jacket has a small chip on front panel and soiling on rear panel. Sixth in a series of the author's books on President James Madison. This volume deals principally with Madison's direction of the War of 1812 and ... Read More
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