Thompson Jerry Don (9 results)

Spiral Bound. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good plus condition; green spiral covers show some shelf/reading wear; contents near-fine. A paper delivered before a meeting of the West Texas Historical Association in 1973.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. 1st Edition. Hard cover with dust jacket as new . xxi, 519 pp, map endpapers, index "The "Reminiscences" of Maj. Gen. Zenas R. Bliss are a detailed account of his army service in Texas before and after the Civil War. Many scholars consider Bliss's recollections to be one of the best from a soldier of the "Old Army." His memoirs serve as a window into the Texas' military, political, cultural, and geographical history. The memoirs cover Bliss's graduation at West Point in 1854, his antebellum service at Fort Duncan, Camp Hudson, and Fort Davis, and his return to the Texas frontier in 1870. They end with his duties at Fort Davis in 1876.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Slight tear on jacket at top near binding. Some peeling on hardcover. Inscribed by Author to Owner. Owner's name stamped on first page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st printing ; 383 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0806966947 (pbk.); 9780806966946 (pbk.) LCCN: 87-33674 ; LC: TT203.5; Dewey: 684/.083 ; OCLC: 17353982 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; "Hundreds of before-you-buy tips and how-to-use techniques for dozens of jigs, bits, aids, and devices, with 800 photos and draftsman drawings. Includes dozens of jig inventions. Bonus: plans for the ultimate router table." "The latest in router usage and technology.neatly illustrated."--Booklist. "The best.a gold-mine."--Popular Woodworking. ; "Spielman is the leading author on woodworking throughout the world with over 65 books published. He has taught high school and vocational wodworking in Wisconsin public schools for 27 years. He has also owned and operated a wood product manufacturing company for 20 years." ; Contents : Bits -- Bit developments and innovations -- Bit quality -- Selecting bits -- Special router bits -- Safety -- Matching bits and routers -- Safety devices -- Commercial aids and devices -- Routing aids -- Commercial aids and services -- Routing aids -- Commercial mortising and tenoning jigs -- The precision dowel maker -- Dovetail jigs -- Commercial router machines -- The joint-matic -- The multi-router -- Ryobi radial-arm-saw / router -- The mill-route machine -- Mini-Max mitre-joining system -- Overarm pin routers -- Router tables -- Shop-made jigs, fixtures, and useful devices -- Making special router bases -- Straight-cutting guides -- Adjustable square / rectangle guide -- Circle- and oval-routing jigs -- Joint-making jigs -- Plunger-router boring jigs -- Jigs for letter-carving and wood signs -- Miscellaneous jigs and techniques -- Vacuum pumps, clamps and templates -- The ultimate router table -- The basic router/shaper table -- SPecial fences and guides -- Vacuum cluck and swivel chuck -- Horizontal ajoint-making attachment -- Swinging and tilting overarm router -- Inverted pin-routing attachment -- Metric equivalency chart ; nicks to front covers, else VG. Book.…

THOMPSON, Jerry Don. Vaqueros in Blue & Gray. Austin, TX: Presidial Press, 1976. 1st ed. 148pp. Portraits, plates, map endpapers. Orig. pictorial cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. Dornbusch IV, 9676. Account of Mexican-Americans who served in the Union and Confederate forces along the Rio Grande.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. Scarce. Full leather with gilt lettering. SIGNED by author on first page after ffep. Minor edge wear. Some wear to slipcase.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Blue leather with gilt lettering and design on spine. Spine and extremities rubbed. Heavily rubbed paper label taped on slipcase. #46/50 copies Signed by Author. Leo Garza, Jr. (illustrator).

THOMPSON, Jerry Don. Vaqueros in Blue & Gray. Austin, TX: Presidial Press, 1976. 1st ed. 148pp. Illus., portraits, map endpapers. Orig. full blue morocco, raised spine bands, publisher's cloth slipcase with printed paper front label. Some wear to slipcase label, else fine. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the publisher and inscribed by the author. Account of Mexican-Americans who served in the Union and Confederate forces on the Rio Grande. Signed.…