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The West from a Car-Window

2006. xxv, 123 p., ill., map. Cloth. First published in 1892.

$55.00

To the People of Texas

Edited by Jonathan W. Jordan. 2011. xxix, 203 p., 8 p. of plates, ill., map. Cloth. First published in 1843.

$55.00

Twenty Years among the Mexicans

$40.00

Weitman, C.

Defeat of Grandfather Devil HC $75 Grands $25 My First Thirty Years $35 Minding the Store $5 Horgan $10

$150.00

Weitman, C. - Grandfather Devil

Grandfather Devil Hardback

$75.00

When Will the Weary War Be Over?

Published in an edition of four hundred and fifty copies by the Book Club of Texas in October, 2008.Design and typesetting by Jace Graf at Cloverleaf Studio, Austin, Texas. Printing by David Holman at Wind River Press, Austin. Binding by Don Hurst at Custom Bookbinders, Austin.

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Wicken, I.

"Ok, I'll Do it Myself"

$30.00

Written in a Tropical Glow

Dallas: DeGolyer Library, 2018. The book is in two parts: the first is a narrative history of the biological exploration of the Neotropics. The second part describes and investigates the books as physical objects. Written in a Tropical Glow is an exemplary piece of bookmaking, designed by Tom Taylor and printed by Bradley Hutchinson in an edition of 390 copies. The format is a generous folio (9 x 12), the paper Mohawk Superfine, printed letterpress in three colors in Summer Stone’s distinguished Cycles typeface. In addition to 166 text pages, there are 32 pages of color illustrations printed at Austin Digital Printing. The binding is from two contrasting Japanese fabrics.

$65.00

Written in a Tropical Glow (Special Edition)

Dallas: DeGolyer Library, 2018. The book is in two parts: the first is a narrative history of the biological exploration of the Neotropics. The second part describes and investigates the books as physical objects. This special edition is a printing of 40 copies printed on Nideggen, a German mould-made paper with a beautiful color and texture. These copies are bound by Jace Graf at Cloverleaf Studio with a dark grey morocco spine, the boards covered in a unique Maharam cloth, opening to end papers of Amate, a Mexican hand-made bark paper. These special edition books are not just a tricked-out trade copies: they are genuinely special, utilizing materials and skills rarely encountered today.

$750.00

A Throttled Peacock: Observations on the Old World

In the tradition of Mark Twain and other American travelers, acclaimed novelist C.W. Smith here takes a wry and ironic look at Europeans at home and Americans abroad in this group of 12 delightful essays.

$25.00

Defined By Light: Photography's First 75 Years

A heavily illustrated guide to the images and objects from the collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus in celebration of the 175th anniversary of the announcement of photography. Dallas: DeGolyer Library, 2014.

$20.00

If You See Something, Say Something

Dallas: DeGolyer Library, 2016. In a collection of forty-five essays, we find gathered together in one convenient volume many of Mr. Spiegelman's writings that have graced the pages of The Wall Street Journal for the past three decades. In clear and perceptive prose, Mr. Spiegelman introduces us to new (and long familiar) works of art and architecture, showing various ways to approach and understand them.

$25.00