Gavels, Grit & Glory; The Billy Clayton Story
by Jimmy Banks
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0890153108
- ISBN 13
- 9780890153109
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Burnet, TX: Eakin Press, 1982 Eakin Press, Burnet, TX. 1982. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. Inscribed by Billy Clayton on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; closed tear on front cover. Brown boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 379 pp. A wealthy farmer-businessman from the Texas Panhandle is serving his fourth term as the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. A self-made millionaire, workaholic, Baptist deacon who once owned interests in a farm supply store and a grocery store. The author has a newspaperman's working knowledge of the State Capitol as correspondent for the Dallas Morning News. A clean pristine copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002620
- Title
- Gavels, Grit & Glory; The Billy Clayton Story
- Author
- Jimmy Banks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0890153108
- ISBN 13
- 9780890153109
- Publisher
- Eakin Press
- Place of Publication
- Burnet, TX
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPEAKER THE POLITICS, BILLY WAYNE CLAYTON, PANHANDLE, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, HIGH PLAINS DIRT FARMER, BAPTIST DEACON
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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