Mccombs holland (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD, no dust jacket as issued. Light wear on cover. xxi, 358 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm. . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * PART ONE: 1.) The Durst Legacy -- 2.) The Collision of Cultures -- 3.) At Long Last, Independence! -- 4.) On To South Texas -- 5.) A Young Bride's Challenge -- 6.) The Interim -- 7.) Bandits, Cattle Thieves, and Texas Rangers -- 8.) Desperadoes Meet their Match -- 9.) The Ranger Takes a Bride -- 10.) Ranch Building, a Family Alliance -- 11.) The Railroad, a Vision for South Texas ------- * PART TWO: Jamie, Josephine, and Julia, Lives of Their Own -- 12.) A New Era of Border Banditry -- 13.) The Charlie Armstrong Years -- 14.) The Adventures of Tom Armstrong -- 15.) The Stuff of Heroes -- 16.) The Major Calls the Shots -- 17.) A Heritage of Progress ------- * Photographs and Maps -- * Chapter Notes -- * Bibliography -- * Appendices -- * Index. . . . . . . . . . . FROM THE AUTHORS INTRODUCTION: Perhaps at first the land was a challenge, a thing to possess and to conquer, but along the way. the conquerors themselves became the possessed. The land became a part of their very souls. Thus was the story of America -- of the western frontiers -- of South Texas. In many cases, the more forbidding the prize, the greater the reward of pursuit. The men and women who successfully claimed the stubborn land for their own were rugged, though not necessarily rough, and invincibly determined. They and their descendants are bound together by the sometimes harsh realities of the land they cherish. It is in their blood, a part of their heritage. -- Diane Solether Smith. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Zustand: Fine. First Edition. First edition, the special limited "Saddle Blanket Issue" of the centennial history of the largest ranch in Texas. One of 3,000 copies produced exclusively for the ranch; none were intended for sale and copies were originally gifted to recipients. Nearly forty years after publication, in 1992, the King Ranch offered 250 copies to members of the Book Club of Texas and this is one of those copies. Rare, in original cardboard mailing box as issued by the Book Club of Texas, with prospectus, pamphlet entitled "The Book of all Christendom", original invoice and transmittal envelope laid in. Two volumes, printed on all rag paper specially made for this book by the Curtis Paper Company, bound in heavy crush linen stamped in brown decorations resembling the King Ranch saddle blanket and their running "W" brand, housed in linen slipcase with leather label to spine lettered in gilt. Volumes Fine, virtually unread. Title label to slipcase is dried and beginning to flake, as it is with most copies, although otherwise essentially appearing as new. Originally planned as a 250-350 page private edition to be published on the occasion of the King Ranch centennial in 1953, the project grew to an 838 page trade book. The physical dimensions of the book and the internal design with its ample page margins and expansive chapter head designs are reflective of the immense scale of the King Ranch. A fantastic copy of a beautifully produced book.…