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The King Ranch by Tom Lea - 1957

by Tom Lea

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The King Ranch

by Tom Lea

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Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1957. Book. Illus. by Author. Very Good. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG/none, used, 2 volumes in slipcase. Vol. 1 has 467pp; Vol. 2 has viii-ix, 369pp. Interiors are clean no marks, bindings are tight. Slight shelf rubbing to exteriors. Slipcase is good, a little bit of wear to opening edges..
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Illustrator Author
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
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  • Edition First Trade Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Little, Brown & Company
  • Place of Publication Boston
  • Date Published 1957
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
  • Keywords KING RANCH, TEXAS, CATTLE TRADE, COWBOYS, TEXAS HISTORY
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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KING RANCH: VOLUME TWO

by LEA, TOM

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Used - VG IN BRICK RED & TAN CLOTH. NO SLIPCASE. VOLUME 2 ONLY. Pages: 370.
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BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY. VG IN BRICK RED & TAN CLOTH. NO SLIPCASE. VOLUME 2 ONLY. Pages: 370. . 1957. HARDCOVER.. ALL PAGES CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. .
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THE KING RANCH.

by [RANCHING]. Lea, Tom

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Reprint
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Boston: Little Brown, 1957. Reprint. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/very good. With corrected opening sentence p.507. Designed by CARL HERTZOG, 2 volumes, 838pp., slipcase age toned and rubbed at edges. Clean bright set in a very good slipcase. BASIC 121. HOLMAN-HERTZOG DOZEN. SIX-SCORE 69. LOWMAN PRINTING ARTS 99 B.
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KING RANCH: VOLUMES ONE & TWO

by LEA, TOM

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Used - G IN BRICK RED & TAN CLOTH. NO SLIPCASE. 2 VOLUME SET. Pages: 838.
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BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY. G IN BRICK RED & TAN CLOTH. NO SLIPCASE. 2 VOLUME SET. Pages: 838. . 1957. HARDCOVER.. VOL. 1 IS X-LIBRARY W/USUAL MARKS. BOTH LIGHTLY SCUFFED & EDGEWORN. ALL TEXT CLEAN, BINDINGS TIGHT. GOOD READING COPY. .
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The King Ranch

by LEA, TOM

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1st Edition
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Sierra Madre, California, United States
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Two volumes, complete, two-toned buckram, slipcase has some wear and a bump in one of the top corners, still very good. Books in very good condition, with previous owner's gift inscription in front pastedown of Volume 1. No other writing found. First trade edition, first state. In the first state, Chapter XIV on page 507 begins with Alice instead of For Alice This grammatical error was corrected in the next printing. Herd 1318. Six Score 69: Perhaps the most exhaustive ranch history ever written, and a tremendous account of the cattle industry in south Texas. The first edition was the product of a talented collaboration of the author-artist, his researchers, and the designer, Carl Hertzog. Herd 1319. Loring Campbell. Basic Texas Books 121. Lowman 99.
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The King Ranch - 2vol.Set w/Slipcase

by Lea, Tom

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Used - Near Fine
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truth or consequences, New Mexico, United States
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1957. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good&Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lea, Tom. 2vol.set in slipcase: 838pp.incl.index; HBs quarter-bound; brick&lt.gray w/yellow,blk.&silver; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. Slipcase blk.w/brick&tan labels; rubbed w/wear on corners. "The hundred-year story of the greatest ranch in the world" maps&drawings. signed by Lea.
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The King Ranch (two Volumes).: Drawings by the author. Research by Holland McCombs. Annotation by Francis L. Fugate

by Lea, Tom

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Used - Very good condition in a near fine slipcase
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Hardcover
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Kingsville, Texas: The King Ranch, 1957. Hardcover. Very good condition in a near fine slipcase. One of 3000 copies. Bound in the publisher's original cloth facsimile of the saddle blankets woven and used on the King Ranch. Slipcase covered in cloth with a leather spine label. The inner hinges of Volume I have been torn. The spine label on the slipcase has rubbing wear.
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The King Ranch

by Tom Lea

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Used - Collectible-VG
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In Slip Case
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Limited Edition
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Hardcover
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Kingsville, TX: Printed for the King Ranch, 1957. Book. Collectible-VG. Buckram. Limited Edition. Illustrated with numerous plates, vignettes, maps and drawings by Tom Lea. Full coarse linen binding stamped with the Running W Brand, linen slipcase with leather spine title label. This is known as The Saddle Blanket Edition, first edition, first state. Two Volumes. One of a limited edition of 3000 copies. Signed with an inscription by Belton Johnson, a King Ranch family member, one of 250 First Editions reoffered by The Book Club of Texas in 1992 to its members. Ten Appendices and Sources at the end of Volume 1 with a beautiful two page color map of The Ranch. Some faint staining to the outside of the slipcase, otherwise tight and clean. Laid in loosely with the book is an original NY Times newspaper article from 1987 describing the King Ranch and some hard times there, by Robert Reinhold. Also included is an original very scarce 1957 pre publication print article titled "Prodigious Growth of… Read More
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THE KING RANCH

THE KING RANCH

by LEA, TOM

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Used
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First edition
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Hardcover
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Kingsville: Printed For The King Ranch, 1967., 1957. First edition. First edition. Limited Two volumes. Large, thick octavo. Bound in heavy linen. Illus. by the author. Vol I: 467pp. 24 x 18.8 cm. 24 drawings by Lea, 6 maps, 9 facsimiles. Crash linen with running "W" brand. Vol II: 469-838pp. 24 x 18.8cm. Frontispiece, 19 drawings by Lea, 2 facsimiles. Crush linen with running "W" brand. In linen slipcase with leather label.. The special edition of this important ranch history, printed on rag paper with the Running W Brand watermark, after a design by Carl Hertzog, for distribution on a private basis by the ranch owners. Although 3000 sets were printed, the exclusivity of distribution accounts for the relative scarcity of copies on the market. As new, unread copy with the original prospectus laid-in along with an addressed mailing postcard. Housed in the original cloth slipcase with titles stamped on a leather spine label.
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THE KING RANCH

THE KING RANCH

by LEA, TOM

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First edition
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Kingsville: Printed For The King Ranch, 1967., 1957. First edition. First edition. Limited Two volumes. Large, thick octavo. Bound in heavy linen. Illus. by the author. Vol I: 467pp. 24 x 18.8 cm. 24 drawings by Lea, 6 maps, 9 facsimiles. Crash linen with running "W" brand. Vol II: 469-838pp. 24 x 18.8cm. Frontispiece, 19 drawings by Lea, 2 facsimiles. Crush linen with running "W" brand. In linen slipcase with leather label.. The special edition of this important ranch history, printed on rag paper with the Running W Brand watermark, after a design by Carl Hertzog, for distribution on a private basis by the ranch owners. Although 3000 sets were printed, the exclusivity of distribution accounts for the relative scarcity of copies on the market. As new, unread copy with the original prospectus laid-in along with an addressed mailing postcard. Housed in the original cloth slipcase with titles stamped on a leather spine label.
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The King Ranch.

The King Ranch.

by LEA, Tom

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London, London, United Kingdom
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Kingsville, Texas, Printed for the King Ranch [by Carl Herzog in El Paso, Texas], 1957. Two volumes, small 4to. Original full coarse linen printed with the running 'W' brand, being a facsimile of the saddle blankets woven and used on the King Ranch, patterned endpapers, rough fore-edges, the other edges sprinkled, in the original linen slipcase with gilt-stamped leather spine label; pp. [x], 467, [2]; [x], [469]-838, numerous plates, vignettes and maps (some in colour, printed with 'special inks') after drawings by Tom Lea, plus facsimiles of documents; slip-case a little marked, volume one with strengthened inner hinges; a very attractive set of a sumptuously produced book and an important association copy (see below). First edition, limited to 3000 copies, the biggest book on the biggest ranch not only of Texas, but the United States. 'This is the best account of the most famous ranch in the world. William Reese called it `perhaps the most exhaustive ranch history ever written.' Frank Goodwyn said… Read More
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