foreword prescott (26 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. One turned-down page. 179 pages. Nelson Lee recounts his adventures and his narrow escape from the Comanches in tales nearly too tall to be true. From South America to Texas, he finds adventure everywhere. Lee emerges from one hairy situation only to ride into another daring adventure with the coolness of a Hollywood hero. For three years he is held captive among the Comanches. Tortured by his captors, this Texas Ranger survives to tell others about what he observes and learns about the Comanche tribe, and publishes one of the best descriptions of the life of the Texas Rangers.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 32pp A4 printed.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Illustrated by REES, LONNIE DRAWINGS & PHOTOS Ilustrador. Second Edition,6p; Sixth Printing. VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK, clean, sollid, bright; WRAPAROUND COVERS SHOWS 2 WHITE COVERED WAGONS & SEVERAL HORSEMEN (RANGERS) TRAVELING ACROSS WIDE PLAINS,BLUE SKY.This is NOT the more modern copy with a photo & orange bar across bottom of photo. J. Frank Dobie succinctly states, "The beginning, middle, and end of the subject."Webb's classic history of the Texas Rangers has been popular ever since its first publication in 1935; 608 pages; Compelling History, Great Central Plains.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2nd. 1944 Holstein-Friesian World Pub Stated Second Printing. No marks or highlights, pages clean and bright, cover is clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Very good hardcover from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy and square; corners of red cloth boards and ends of spine bumped; gilt titling remains bright and bold. Light shelfwear only to dust jacket, with some toning to spine; now protected in Mylar. Previous owner name/address stamp to front free endpaper, else free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated 2016. Published by Persea Books Inc. Hardcover with DJ. Condition fine, square tight and clean book, slight edgewear, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent pages, not a reminder. DJ very good, bright, one tear at rear upper edge, no chips, price not clipped (24.95). 8vo, XIX + 148 pages.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Lonnie Rees (Illustrator) & photos Ilustrador. Second Edition, Third Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF with trace shelfwear. First published 1935, exactly a century after the Texas Rangers was established, and absorbed into a larger organization, ceased to be. As J. Frank Dobie says in this volume historian Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963) gives "The beginning, middle, and end of the subject." Dobie, here, refers to the entrenched popular fiction's stereotyped portraits of these soldiers naught but ". a pair of swaggering boots, a big hat, and a six shooter moving across the prairies under a cloud of pistol smoke." 584 pgs, foreword from President Lyndon B. Johnson of May,1965, in 23 chapters, places the Texas Ranger as an American fighting force in the Texas frontier when Mexican, Native Indian & westward moving American cultures knew no peace. Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Photography: Jessica Prescott Ilustrador. 1st Edition. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** 8.25 X 10.25" 272 pages (2018). A very nice, decorated hard cover copy, appears unread, without flaw. The food we eat can harm or heal the world - and us. From deforestation to climate change; many of our biggest environmental challenges can be traced back to our plates. In Food Is the Solution, leading social and food policy advocate Matthew Prescott takes us on a global journey to discover which foods help solve some of our biggest crises. With more than 80 great-tasting, plant-based recipes to help us all eat cleaner and greener, Food Is the Solution proves the power is on our plates.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Rees, Lonnie Ilustrador. Second Edition. Comprehensive history of the famous frontier lawmen of Texas by this former president of the state's historical association, in 584 pages, including Index, with sketches & real period photographs throughout by Lonnie Rees. First published in 1935, this is the Second Edition from 1965, printed from the exact same plates but eliminating two poems in front matter & adding a new Foreword by proud Texan & then-U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Small quarto has tan cloth-covered boards stamped in bright gilt inside a red title box to spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with very mild tanning & slight offsetting to front endpapers, but completely unmarked. Rubbing to both ends of spine & all corners. The unclipped DJ is Good, with heavier rubbing & many chipped areas' nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Cloth. Condición: Very good. No Jacket. (1st Edition). 151p. Signed by editor on limitation page. Cover corners lightly worn, spine sunned with fade spots. "This edition is limited to 500 numbered and signed copies, and the world will not be reprinted. This copy is No. 441." (9-7/8"x6-1/2").

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Drawings by Lonnie Rees, title page picture and jacket by Tom Lea (Ranger Escort West of the Pecos) Ilustrador. Reprint. First published in 1935, this is a second edition, ninth impression of Webb's classic work, published 1982. Very minor edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, not clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall an almost 'as new' copy, looks unread. 484pp, illustrated. Quite a scarce book, a 'must have' for all lovers of the American West.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 80pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, no creasing to spine. (53/1).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. Lonnie Rees Ilustrador. Second Edition. (1965) 584 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Light soiling to foredge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. 358pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 269 Illustrations Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 309 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1949. Lightly Used, No Marks, Gilt Bright. Dust Jacket Priced $3.50, Light Wear, Small Interior Tape Reinforcements At Top And Bottom Of Spine.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. Published In 1999 : Reprinted Edition : Parragon Books : Extremely Large & A Very Heavy Book : Quarto Format : This Copy Is New , However We've Downgraded It Due To The Fact , It's Lost It's Dust Wrapper : Just The Tiniest Amount Of Face Rubbing : Tiny Corner Rubbs : Otherwise , As New Throughout : Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Bright Clear Text , Illustrations & Photographs : Overall , A Very Nice Book :

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 240 pp. Very Good in Very Good period artwork dust wrapper by Jozef Gross with light rubs to spine tips and corners, not price clipped 21s. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 158pp. 18.5cm. A few spots of foxing on fore edge of pages. Slight wear and tanning to spine of the jacket. Ink name on end paper. Hard cover in dust jacket. A very good clean copy. (Sketches by a successful sheep-master . brave pioneers . gold discoveries).

Condición: Sehr gut. First British Edition. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 436 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Dark brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations on boards and spine. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and foxed throughout. Some fraying to spine ends. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 358pp Signed by John Prescott with the comment "Damn Good"! Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condición: New. Nicholas Eggenhofer Ilustrador. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand the book is in very good condition The cover shows some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean and intact.