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Bob's Book Journey is a home-based business in Austin, Texas, focusing on used, out-of-print and rare books. We have an ever-expanding collection of over 9000 titles. Our specialities include: History, Texana and military studies.

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Guncraft: a Treatise on Guns, Ammunition and the Theory and Practice of Wing and Trap Shooting

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Very Good- No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) A scarce printing of this classic, signed by the author. Red boards with gilt pictorial and lettering, 214 pp., index, illustrated with numerous photos and drawings, fascinating advertisements for Winchester shotguns and dog-care products [3 pp]. Possibly a private printing: no publisher on title page; 801 Masonic Temple, Chicago, printed below author's name. Copyright page simply states author's name and the year 1912. The ...


Putting Troy in a Sack: a Candid and Chronological Account of the Events of the Trojan War in the Light of Modern Discovery used book

Putting Troy in a Sack: a Candid and Chronological Account of the Events of the Trojan War in the Light of Modern Discovery

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas, Austin, Texas Date published: 1916

Description: Very Good- No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Blue boards, white spine, gilt lettering, deckle edges; top edge gilt, 141 pp., 4 pen-and-ink illustrations by J. F. Knott. Moderate wear with slight fading on spine, unmarked, tight binding. A humorous re-telling of Homer's account of the Trojan War. Read More

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Logistic Support (Vietnam Studies)

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Edition: First Printing Binding: Softcover Publisher: Department of the Army, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Date published: 1974

Description: Very Good. Book Green paperback with four soldiers on front cover and truck convoy on rear cover, xvi, 273 pp., photos, maps, charts. Light wear with sunned spine, previous owner's name on top edge of front cover, clean text, tight binding. Relates in specific terms what logisticians did and how they did it in supporting American and allied combat troops in Vietnam. Read More

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A Heap O' Livin'; Along Life's Highway used book

A Heap O' Livin'; Along Life's Highway

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Reilly & Lee, Chicago Date published: 1933

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Two poetry collections in one volume. A Heap o' Livin' (1916), 192 pp., plus Along Life's Highway (1933), 186 pp., index of first lines for both collections. Brown pebbled leatherette boards with gold-color lettering. Light wear on ends of spine, lettering on front board is bright, lettering on spine is very sunned and faded, gift note dated 1939 on front free endpaper, clean text, tight binding. Read More

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Sam Bass and His Horse Marines: the Round Rock Shootout 1878 (the Texas Outlaw Series) (Volume 1) used book

Sam Bass and His Horse Marines: the Round Rock Shootout 1878 (the Texas Outlaw Series) (Volume 1)

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$700.00

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, U.S.A. Date published: 2014 ISBN-13: 9781503013476 ISBN: 1503013472

Description: Near Fine. Book Softcover, unpaginated [350 pp] Over 140 years ago, Sam Bass, the most notorious outlaw in Texas met his fate in Round Rock, Texas at the age of 27, as he as and his horse marines were preparing to rob the William County Bank. He died from his wounds at the hands of Texas Rangers after a shoot-out. Sam Bass remains the best known of all Texas bad men, and the best liked. Even Round Rock, Texas named a major road through the city after him. Many writers label him the Robin Hood ... Read More

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The Ox-Bow Incident (Classics of the Old West)

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Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Binding: Hardcover Publisher: History Book Club, New York Date published: 1992

Description: Very Good in Very Good+ jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, 309 pp., jacket illustrated by Robert Hunt. Light wear, bookplate on front free endpaper with name neatly marked-out, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket. "A reprinting of the 1940 classic; a tale rich in particulars of Western life and an acute exploration of mob psychology." Read More

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Sophocles' Antigone

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford Date published: 1906

Description: Good. No Jacket. Book. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, xlix, 56 pp. Introduction and Notes by J. Churton Collins. Moderate wear at ends of spine, spine is sunned; lettering is legible, foxed endpapers, 1 shallow crack mid-text; sound structure overall, no owner names or gift notes, text is lightly age-toned otherwise unmarked, tight binding. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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R.M. S Queen Mary Superliner Pictorial: the Factual Story of a Great Ship

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Command Publishing, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Date published: 1971

Description: Fine. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Tall softcover, staple binding, brief text, vintage photos and drawings, Excellent condition. Brief history of the legendary oceanliner. Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Aesculapius on the Colorado: the Story of Medical Practice in Travis County to 1899

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Encino Press for the Friends of the Austin Public Library, Austin, Texas Date published: 1971

Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, v, 122 pp., glassine jacket (clear acetate). A Waterloo Book. Excellent condition. Read More

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James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812-1836

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Edition: First Printing Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Date published: 1961

Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, frontis., 627 pp., b/w illus., maps, chronology, illustrated jacket not price-clipped. An ex-library book with mylar covered jacket taped to covers, card pocket on rear free endpaper and the usual library markings. Jacket has a small chip on front panel and soiling on rear panel. Sixth in a series of the author's books on President James Madison. This volume deals principally with Madison's direction of the War of 1812 and ... Read More

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