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Product Description: This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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9781104309879 | Kessinger Pub Co, April 30, 2009, cover price $42.95 | About this edition: This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

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Product Description: This memorable book by one of our finest writers chronicles two passions: one for a dog named "Blue," another for the "guns of a lifetime." "Blue and Some Other Dogs" is a brilliant memoir about Graves' Basque-Australian sheep dog...read more
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9781602390294 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, June 1, 2007, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This memorable book by one of our finest writers chronicles two passions: one for a dog named "Blue," another for the "guns of a lifetime.

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Product Description: America's first major contribution to the art of photography, whcih dates back to the heyday of the cattle drives (1850-1880), tintypes went on to become the country's favorite portrait format. A tedious and unforgiving method of photography that requires patience and commitment from both the subject and the photographer, posing for a tintype requires more time than modern point-and-shoot photography, and instructions must be followed carefully or the photograph will be ruined...read more
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9781931721578 | Bright Sky Pr, September 30, 2005, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: America's first major contribution to the art of photography, whcih dates back to the heyday of the cattle drives (1850-1880), tintypes went on to become the country's favorite portrait format.

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Product Description: In Myself and Strangers, John Graves, the highly regarded author of Goodbye to a River and other classic works, recalls the decade-long apprenticeship in which he found his voice as a writer. He recounts his wanderings from Texas to Mexico, New York, and Spain, where, like Hemingway, he hoped to find the material with which to write books that mattered...read more
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9781400042227 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 2004, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: From his early days in Depression-era Texas and service with the Marines in the Pacific, the acclaimed author of Goodbye to a River describes the evolution of his literary ambitions and his development as a writer, his travel in Mexico, life as an expatriate in 1950s Europe, and his return to Texas to find his true voice.

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9780292709720 | Univ of Texas Pr, September 1, 2005, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In Myself and Strangers, John Graves, the highly regarded author of Goodbye to a River and other classic works, recalls the decade-long apprenticeship in which he found his voice as a writer.

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Product Description: Selected from the previously unseen Waterline Collection at the National Maritime Museum, this compilation of photographs recreates the heyday of cruise liners, spanning the early twentieth century, and crossing five continents, from the canals of Venice to the Caribbean.
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9780948065538 | Natl Maritime Museum, November 19, 2004, cover price $40.95 | About this edition: Selected from the previously unseen Waterline Collection at the National Maritime Museum, this compilation of photographs recreates the heyday of cruise liners, spanning the early twentieth century, and crossing five continents, from the canals of Venice to the Caribbean.

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Product Description: "Some of the most sensible, genial prose west of the Mississippi. A kind of sequel to Hard Scrabble-recounting more about his twenty years of quiet combat with the forces of nature. He tackles such everyday subjects as home repairs, fences, killing animals for food, growing grapes, making wine and collecting junk...read more
By John Graves, Bill Wittliff (foreword by) and Glenn Wolff (illustrator)
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9780870744853 | Southern Methodist Univ Pr, June 1, 2004, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: "Some of the most sensible, genial prose west of the Mississippi.

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Product Description: "It would almost certainly be impossible to find such a group of traditional vaqueros [now] . . . doing their beautiful, strenuous work with horses and cattle in the old, old ways. But at least they can be found here, in Billy's lovely and meaningful photographs...read more
By John Graves (introduced by) and William D. Wittliff
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9780292705579 | Univ of Texas Pr, March 1, 2004, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: "It would almost certainly be impossible to find such a group of traditional vaqueros [now] .

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Product Description: Limestone hills, cold spring-fed streams, live oaks and cedar, old German towns--the Texas Hill Country may well be the most beloved region of the state. Unlike West Texas with its dramatic expanses of plains and sky, or the eastern Piney Woods in their lush fecundity, the Hill Country never overwhelms...read more
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9780292702189 | Univ of Texas Pr, October 1, 2003, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Limestone hills, cold spring-fed streams, live oaks and cedar, old German towns--the Texas Hill Country may well be the most beloved region of the state.

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Product Description: In Goodbye to a River, John Graves defined what it means to know a river--as a real place, as a landscape of memory and imagination, and as "a piece of country, [that] hunted and fished and roamed over, felt and remembered, can be company enough...read more
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9780292701984 | Reprint edition (Univ of Texas Pr, February 1, 2003), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: In Goodbye to a River, John Graves defined what it means to know a river--as a real place, as a landscape of memory and imagination, and as "a piece of country, [that] hunted and fished and roamed over, felt and remembered, can be company enough.

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Product Description: In "Goodbye to a River", John Graves defined what it means to know a river - as a real place, as a landscape of memory and imagination, and as 'a piece of country, [that] hunted and fished and roamed over, felt and remembered, can be company enough'...read more
By John Graves and Wyman Meinzer (photographer)
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9781885696380 | Texas Parks & Wildlife Pr, June 1, 2002, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: In "Goodbye to a River", John Graves defined what it means to know a river - as a real place, as a landscape of memory and imagination, and as 'a piece of country, [that] hunted and fished and roamed over, felt and remembered, can be company enough'.

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The author reveals his affection for the Texas hill property he calls Hard Scrabble and shares anecdotes about local people and places (view table of contents)
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9780394483863 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1974, cover price $13.50 | About this edition: The author reveals his affection for the Texas hill property he calls Hard Scrabble and shares anecdotes about local people and places

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9780870744723 | Southern Methodist Univ Pr, January 1, 2003, cover price $14.95
9780932012760 | Natl Book Network, January 1, 1984, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: The author reveals his affection for the Texas hill property he calls Hard Scrabble and shares anecdotes about local people and places

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In an evocative travel narrative, the author recounts his three-week journey down the Brazos River in an attempt to recapture its colorful past, describing the history and events that shaped the people and environment of the region during the frontier era. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
By John Graves and Russell Waterhouse (illustrator)
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9780375727788 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, July 1, 2002), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In an evocative travel narrative, the author recounts his three-week journey down the Brazos River in an attempt to recapture its colorful past, describing the history and events that shaped the people and environment of the region during the frontier era.

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Product Description: A keepsake cloth limited edition published on the occasion of the Texas Book Festival 2000 as a tribute to Mr. Graves. This book includes correspondence with Alfred Knopf, Sr., Carl Hertzog, renowned book designer, and J. Frank Dobie covering the period between 1957-1960...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781589070011 | Southern Methodist Univ Pr, May 1, 2002, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A keepsake cloth limited edition published on the occasion of the Texas Book Festival 2000 as a tribute to Mr.

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Product Description: One of Texas's true renaissance men, Tom Lea (1907-2001) was already a noted artist, muralist, and book illustrator when he published his first novel, The Brave Bulls, in 1949. This suspenseful story of bullfighting in Mexico, elegantly illustrated by the author, spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was hailed by Time magazine as the best first novel of the year...read more
By John Graves (foreword by) and Tom Lea
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9780292747333 | 1 edition (Univ of Texas Pr, May 1, 2002), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: One of Texas's true renaissance men, Tom Lea (1907-2001) was already a noted artist, muralist, and book illustrator when he published his first novel, The Brave Bulls, in 1949.

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9781892855138 | Kent Information Services Inc, January 1, 2000, cover price $29.95
9781892855244 | Tch edition (Kent Information Services Inc, January 1, 2000), cover price $39.95

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Product Description: Native Americans in search of one last buffalo hunt.
By John Graves and John Groth (illustrator)
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9781558219533 | Lyons Pr, September 1, 1999, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Native Americans in search of one last buffalo hunt.

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Product Description: Here is everything CPAs need to know to set up an effective Web site (developing content, handling online payments, evaluating available software packages, etc.) and incorporating it into the overall marketing plan of the company...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780965400039 | Pap/cdr edition (Peer to Peer Communications, April 1, 1998), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Here is everything CPAs need to know to set up an effective Web site (developing content, handling online payments, evaluating available software packages, etc.

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Product Description: "CPA's Guide to Information Security" not only describes information security risks and threats, but also provides tools for protecting information assets. The CD-ROM contains exclusive video content on using the widely available PGP encryption tool to protect information assets, plus PGP and other standard Internet software packages...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780965400046, titled "The Cpa's Guide to Information Security" | Peer to Peer Communications, April 1, 1998, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: "CPA's Guide to Information Security" not only describes information security risks and threats, but also provides tools for protecting information assets.

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Product Description: Co-published with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, this title shows CPAs how an Intranet site can enhance corporate administration and cut costs. The CD-ROM contains all the software necessary to construct an Intranet site, along with videos that take users step by step through the process...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780965400053 | Pap/cdr edition (Kent Information Services Inc, April 1, 1998), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Co-published with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, this title shows CPAs how an Intranet site can enhance corporate administration and cut costs.

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9780871114792 | Special Libraries Assn, December 1, 1997, cover price $179.00

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9780871114785 | Special Libraries Assn, December 1, 1997, cover price $95.00

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An anthology of writings by the Texas novelist includes selections from Goodbye to a River, published in 1960 and nominated for the National Book Award, and two other novels, along with short stories and essays, chosen by the author. UP.
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9780292727953 | Univ of Texas Pr, November 1, 1996, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Gathers a selection of the National Book award nominated author's short stories, excerpts, and essays reflecting his life, career, and recurring literary themes

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9780292727960 | Univ of Texas Pr, October 1, 1996, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Gathers a selection of the National Book award nominated author's short stories, excerpts, and essays reflecting his life, career, and recurring literary themes

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9780871114440 | Special Libraries Assn, September 1, 1995, cover price $160.00

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By John Graves (editor)
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9780962633614 | Chama Pr, March 1, 1991, cover price $35.00

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