Search Results: Biography - War Figures from Texas Star Books

New York: Dorset Press, 1990. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300 pp. Crisp and bright copy with minor wear and slight foxing on top page edge. Dust jacket has a little creasing and light edgewear. Nice copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 1st Thus, 1st Ptg. . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us". A National Book Award Winner. Trade paperback is crisp and bright with clean interior and a very little corner bumping. Very nice copy.

New York: Regan Books/Harper Collins, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. General Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, Iraq. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. First Edition, First Printing, full number run. 590 pp. New copy - crisp, clean and bright.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autobiography by the commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, famous for their flying skills and their trials in the U.S. military in the '40s. He retired as a three-star general. With a foreword by L. Douglas Wilder. Tight and crisp copy with very light wear to boards and very faint smudging on bottom page ends. Else clean inside and out. Dust jacket has slight corner bumping and top spine has some creasing. Creasing along edges of back cover with a little chipping on bottom. Red of spine has faded somewhat. Nice copy.

Dayton, OH: Morningside Bookshop, 1977. Facsimile Reprint . Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical facsimile reprint. 300 pp. Bright and crisp copy with light wear on corners and spine ends. Very faint spotting on page edges. Nice copy without dust jacket.

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Crisp, tight and bright copy - previous owner's bookplate on front pasted down paper. Dust jacket is bright with very minor wear. In protective cover.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "Memoirs of a Twentieth-Century Army General". Ham Howze was the son of Robert Lee Howze, a Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Indian Campaigns. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 316 pp. EX-LIB copy with usual library stamps, markings - but no card pocket. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover with index number on spine. Has slight right lean. Clean interior. Good reading copy.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd Ptg. Great tri-color book - red, white and blue. Tight and crisp, clean and bright copy with very light shelfwear and no interior markings. Dust jacket has minor edgewear and slight rubbing.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First Am. Ed., 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 877 pp. Bright copy with slight right lean and minor shelfwear. Gift message for previous owner on front free end paper. Dust jacket has chipping on top of spine with light corner wear. Edges have some creasing with small tears - 1" tear on top edge of rear panel. Light rubbing shows on front white background.

New York, NY: Free Press, 2005. 1st Am. Edn., 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 501 pp. Bright, tight, clean and crisp copy with slight spine end bumping. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp with light edgewear and rubbing. Spine ends have light creasing and bottom of spine has 1/4" closed tear.

New York: Stein and Day, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of Churchill as war leader. During WWI Churchill served in the Admiralty and as Prime Minister during WWII, carving history with his words and actions. Book has slight shelfwear and an erasure on front end page. Pictorial dust jacket is bright and crisp with as little shelfwear as the book..almost none.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EX-LIB copy with usual stamps, markings and card pocket. Else tight and clean copy. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover taped to boards of book. Spine is and top edge are somewhat faded. Index number on lower spine.

Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library copy with usual library markings and card pocket. 77 pp. Pictorial front board with crisp and clean text. White background of rear board shows light smudging. No dust jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Da Capo Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author on title page. 352 pp. Clean and bright copy has a slight right lean and minor edgewear. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with minor shelfwear.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1978. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 420 pp. From the collection of a Civil War generals burial site researcher. Two-tone gray cloth boards with bright gilt design and print. Hinges are slightly loosened. Light corner and spine end wear, with light rubbing on hinges and bottom edges. Glue residue from manufacturing on front board where the two colors of fabric meet. Front pasted down paper has note on top edge, "9/24/81, Appomatox, VA" and rear free end paper has calculations in ink. Other ink notations, mostly dates under pictures throughout book, obviously used as resource material. Page edges are a little darkened with light soiling on bottom edge. Dust jacket has creasing, and rubbing wear, especially showing on rear panel's light colored background. Chipping on top of spine end and corners. Now in protective cover.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 pp. Crisp, bright and clean copy with the slightest bumping on spine ends. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with very slight rubbing. Appears unread.

New York: The Viking Press, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. `. 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. Foreword by General Omar N. Bradley. Third volume of Pogue's comprehensive biography of the quiet hero of WWII and as the great American statesman. 683 pp. Tight and clean copy with light wear. Dust jacket has light edgewear and rubbing. Front flap fold has substantial creasing. Now in protective cover.

New York, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 2003. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 310 pp. Tight copy has damp stain on bottom edge of spine which has stained inside of dust jacket but does not affect interior which is clean. Dust jacket has the cited stain and has closed tears and chipping on spine base. Slight creasing on rear jacket bottom edge. Now in protective cover.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete with pencil sketches and wash drawings of Private Bellard. 7 3/4"W X 9 1/2"H, 298 pp. Blue cloth boards with bright silver print and design. Light bumping on corners and spine ends. Very faint shelf soiling on bottom page edge and slight spotting on other page edges. Dust jacket has had price removed in a carefully torn semi-circle. Blue of background shows a little light spotting and is rubbed white on front flap fold. Lighter rubbing on rear flap fold and both hinges. Corners have some chipping, along with spine ends and hinge top.

New York, NY: Stein and Day, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of the inventor of Lightning War. 262 pp. Tight copy with light corner wear and some bumping on spine ends. Top corner of front free end paper has been clipped. Clean interior. Dust jacket has very light edgewear and slight rubbing. Book club edition.