Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Schiwetz, E. M. (illustrator). First Edition. A2 - A first edition hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket is mylar protected, it has heavy rubbing on spine edges. 1 1/2 sealed tear on back gutter. Open tear 1/4 x 1/2" open tear on bottom of spine, price clipped. The book has light soiling one edge, moderate discoloration and light shelf wear. In this exciting book, a twentieth-century Pepys illumines a modern Texas obscured by my and make-believe. This is a book about Texas now, the author says in his Preface. 8.5"x5.5". 284 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. E. M. Schiwetz (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Printing. Book has bump to spine ends and some toning to page edges, else Fine. Jacket has scuffing along top edge and chipping at spine ends, some toning. Not price clipped. Fuermann examines "a modern Texas obscured by myth and make-believe, a state seen always from the other side of the looking glass. Here is a name-by-name focus on millionaires and martyrs, oil and oligarchy, excess and eccentricity. (in 1957).
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1957
Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. E.M. Schiwetz (illustrator). First Edition. VG in G DJ. 1st Edition. Signed by Author and Illustrator on ffep. Light signs of wear to exterior, binding solid and straight, interior clean and unmarked. Jacket has moderate chipping at edges and signs of general wear, else intact and in good shape. Lightly read, but a very nice copy.
Published by Doubleday, 1957
Seller: Hill Country Books, Boerne, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. First edition. Cover has light soiling. Inside pages clean and binding is tight.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, 1957
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good. SCHIWETZ, E.M. (illustrator). First. Illustrated in black and white. 284 pages. 8vo, tan cloth with green spine lettering, d.w. (worn and lightly spotted). Garden City: Doubleday, 1957. First Edition. Inscribed by the author at facing half-title page. Ink stamped at fly leaf. Very good(+) in a very good dust wrapper.
Published by Doubleday, New York, 1957
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardbound. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Schiwetz, E. M. (illustrator). First Edition. DJ.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1957
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Schiwetz, E. M. (illustrator). First Edition. 284pp.incl.index; HB beige w/green; some rub w/lt.wear on edges; tanning on endpapers; clean,tight pgs. DJ blues w/blk.-pic.cover; rubbed w/chips&tears; spine darkened. "Controversial, vivid, candid, the book lights up the largest state's realities." illus. signed. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Schiwetz, E. M. (illustrator). First Edition. Vry Good Hardcover with dustjacket, wear to dustjacket on edges.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1957
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Schiwetz, E. M. (illustrator). First Edition. 284pp.incl.index; HB beige w/green; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ blues w/blk.-pic.cover; some rub w/spine darkened. "Controversial, vivid, candid, the book lights up the largest state's realities." illus. signed. Signed & Inscribed By Author.
Seller: booksforcomfort, Comfort, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. E M Schiwetz (illustrator). 1st edition. Reluctant Empire, The Mind of Texas by George Fuermann. Published by Doubleday & Co Inc, Garden City, NY, 1957. 1st Signed Edition. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. Slight edge wear, content excellent. Signed by both author and illustrator. 284 Pgs. LCCN 57-13017. Illustrations by E M Schiwetz. In this book, a 20th century Pepys illumines a modern Texas obscured by myth and make-believe, a state seen always from the other side of the looking glass. Here is a name-by-name focus on millionaires and martyrs, oil and oligarchy, excess and eccentricity. This book is about Texas from 1946 to 1957 and the author's best guess of the future through 1965. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 11663. signed by author and illustrator. book.
Published by Doubleday, 1957
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Signed
hardback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Signed and inscribed by auth; long presentation inscription to jesse and buster kendrick, longtime Hou. Rare book dealers ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Published by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1957
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Schiwetz, E. M. (illustrator). In Mylar Signed By Fuermann.