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Chuck Bailey with Bill Crawford : Texas Political Memorabilia: Buttons, Bumper Stickers, and Broadsides

University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 2007

ISBN 0292716257

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Z1 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by Bill Crawford on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Photographs by Barbara Schlief, Foreword by Paul Burka. Number Eleven, Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. 8.5"x11", 218 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Texas politicians are a lively, sometimes controversial, always entertaining breed, and the ways they have chosen to put themselves and their messages before the public are equally as interesting. Anything and everything that can be printed with a candidate's name, image, and slogan - from buttons and bumper stickers to chewing gum, pocket knives, and plastic pickles - is likely to turn up in a Texas political campaign. Though many consider these items ephemeral, collectors value political memorabilia as a fascinating "sound bite" record of the candidates and issues that engaged the voting public over decades. Texas Political Memorabilia presents just such a pictorial history of Texas politics, the first ever compiled. Drawn from the vast personal collection of Chuck Bailey and augmented with items from other private and public collections, this book presents the most exceptional, most memorable, and most informative examples of Texas political memorabilia. The featured items cover everything from the presidential campaigns of Lyndon Johnson and both George Bushes, to U.S. House and Senate elections, to statewide races for governor and the Texas House and Senate, to county and city elections. All the major figures of twentieth-century Texas politics - as well as Sam Houston and Davy Crockett - are represented in the book. To set the images in context, Chuck Bailey and Bill Crawford provide background on the candidates, races, and issues that inspired many of the pieces pictured in the book. From LBJ's Stetson-shaped ashtrays to Jake Pickle's plastic squeaker pickles to George W. Bush's "W" buttons, Texas Political Memorabilia is a treasure trove of the nuts and bolts and buttons of Texas politics.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition
Signed by Author

Chuck Bailey with Bill Crawford : Texas Political Memorabilia: Buttons, Bumper Stickers, and Broadsides

University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 2007

ISBN 0292716257

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CY6 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Chuck Bailey to previous owner and also SIGNED by Bill Crawford with "Austin, Texas" written on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some staple hole on the top of the front flap, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Photographs by Barbara Schlief, Foreword by Paul Burka. Number Eleven, Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. 8.5"x11", 218 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Texas politicians are a lively, sometimes controversial, always entertaining breed, and the ways they have chosen to put themselves and their messages before the public are equally as interesting. Anything and everything that can be printed with a candidate's name, image, and slogan - from buttons and bumper stickers to chewing gum, pocket knives, and plastic pickles - is likely to turn up in a Texas political campaign. Though many consider these items ephemeral, collectors value political memorabilia as a fascinating "sound bite" record of the candidates and issues that engaged the voting public over decades. Texas Political Memorabilia presents just such a pictorial history of Texas politics, the first ever compiled. Drawn from the vast personal collection of Chuck Bailey and augmented with items from other private and public collections, this book presents the most exceptional, most memorable, and most informative examples of Texas political memorabilia. The featured items cover everything from the presidential campaigns of Lyndon Johnson and both George Bushes, to U.S. House and Senate elections, to statewide races for governor and the Texas House and Senate, to county and city elections. All the major figures of twentieth-century Texas politics - as well as Sam Houston and Davy Crockett - are represented in the book. To set the images in context, Chuck Bailey and Bill Crawford provide background on the candidates, races, and issues that inspired many of the pieces pictured in the book. From LBJ's Stetson-shaped ashtrays to Jake Pickle's plastic squeaker pickles to George W. Bush's "W" buttons, Texas Political Memorabilia is a treasure trove of the nuts and bolts and buttons of Texas politics.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition
Signed by Author

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