Tom. The King Ranch.

by LEA

£1,750 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

LEA, Tom. The King Ranch. 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 that "in addition to being an encyclopedic compendium of information on the ranch, the book is also a work of art…" ...The research for the book was partly done by Holland McCombs and the sixty-six pages of footnotes were prepared by Frances L. Fugate" (Jenkins 121A). This is the sought-after Saddle Blanket Edition of Tom Lea's detailed account of the most famous of Texas ranches, designed, printed and bound in Texas. Carl Hertzog (1902-1984) was one of

• Binding: Hardcover

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