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Little Brown, MA, 1957. First edition second printing hardcover with corrected For Alice on page 507. Fine in rust buckram with creme spines and light foxing to front page edges volume two and fine pictorial publishers slipcase with slight rubbing to open edges

King Ranch, located in South Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville near Kingsville, is the largest ranch in Texas.[3] The King Ranch comprises 825,000 acres (3,340 km2; 1,289 sq mi)[4] and was founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis. It includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with portions extending into Brooks, Jim Wells, Nueces, and Willacy Counties. The ranch does not consist of one single contiguous plot of land, but rather four large sections called divisions. The divisions are the Santa Gertrudis, the Laureles, the Encino and the Norias. Only the first two of the four divisions border each other, and that border is relatively short.[5] The ranch was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.The King Ranch, by artist/author Tom Lea, is a two-volume definitive work that covers not only the history of the ranch, but also that of the region—most notably the Rio Grande Valley. As this is a set of… Read More

litle brown, 1957 2 volumes,hardback books in near fine condition,in worn slipcase [good condition]. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Little Brown, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hard Covers. Two volume set. No edition listed on copyright page. "Alice" not "For Alice" on pp. 507. Folded card with price of $17.50 laid in. In slipcase with light rubbing. .

Little Brown, MA, 1980. First edition sixth printing hardcover. SIGNED INSCRIBED TO BY TIO KLEBERG OF THE KING RANCH FAMILY ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE. Fine in red buckram and beige buckram spine in fine publishers slipcase

Little Brown, MA, 1957. First edition first printing hardcover first state with Alice on page 507. INCLUDES KING RANCH POSTCARD SHOWING KING RANCH EMPLOYEE BETO MALDONADO SHOWING SANTA GERTRUDIS BULL SIGNED FRONT AND BACK BY MALDONADO LAID IN. Fine in rust buckram with creme spine and fine pictorial publishers slipcase with some rubbing to tips and bottom

El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1957. Limited Edition . Hard Covers in Slipcase. Very Good. Limited edition of 3000 copies, buckram cloth in buckram slipcase, with facsimile saddle blanket designs on covers, leather patch on case with 'King Ranch/Lea'. Case and books very solid and sturdy, with mild spotting and toning to cloth. No markings or blemishes present.

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.

Kingsville, TX: King Ranch, 1957. 1st - Printed for King Ranch . Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lea, Tom (map&drawings). 2vol.set: 838pp.incl.index; HBs white burlap w/brwn.-design cover; slight rub w/lt.wear on corners&edges; clean,tight pgs. Slipcase white burlap w/leather&gilt label; some rub w/staub on bk.; some lt.soil. "The hundred-year story of the greatest ranch in the world" maps&drawings w/typography by Carl Hertzog of El Paso. signed & inscribed (in calligraphy) by Tom Lea, 1957 sets lea