A personal country by A. C Greene

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Book. Illus. by Nunn, Ancel. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. Light shelf wear to boards with a faint trace of a previous owner inscription on the front free endpaper. Spotting to fore-edge near top. Top-edge shows several places where paper clips were inserted. Jacket shows wear at extremeities. Both flaps are creased..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardback. (Slight Wear; D. J. Has Small Edge Tears) Owner Inscription .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover.

College Station.: Texas A&M University Press., 1979.. Revised, third edition.. Hardcover. . Fine copy (light stain on top edge) in near fine (light wear, discoloration) dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo. . Illustrated by Ancel Nunn. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Paperback / softback. New. Coming up on the thirtieth anniversary of its first publication, this book brings alive what one man feels about his childhood home. The place is West Texas, seen across a long vista in which today's events and people merge with the author's boyhood and young manhood. It is a harsh, remote country, where the weather is always close and the horizon far away. The Brazos country of long-ago Fourth of July fishing expeditions; the remains of a way station of the Butterfield Stage Line; the streets of Abilene; the sparse grazing lands under infinite skies - all are made resonant by a native son's affection and understanding. It is a way of life - resilient and persnickety - that is almost gone. Above all, it is people: the author's grandmother, who had a mortal fear of bridges and whose premonitions of unnamed calamities (that as often as not happened), both alarmed and pleased the young boy; the blacksmith they awakened in the dead of night to repair the family… Read More

Univ of North Texas Pr, 1998. Paperback. New. revised edition. 348 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ancel Nunn. Tan cloth. 328 pages. Dust jacket has a couple of short tears. Contents clean and tight.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Ancel Nunn. 328pp. Front fly with a red "H" stamp, bottom edge and boards lightly foxed, very good in a very slightly spine-sunned near fine dust jacket with mild edgewear. Author's first book, a classic account of West Texas.