King Ranch Lea Tom (2 results)

Condition: Fine. First edition second printing hardcover Fine in buckram and publishers slipcase with light scuffing SIGNED BY HOLLAND MCCOMBS THE RESEARCHER AND FRANCIS FUGATE WHO DID THE ANNOTATION BOTH ON THE TITLE PAGE case. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Kingsville, King Ranch, Inc., 1974. Large quarto (363 × 298 mm), [iv], 97 pages with numerous maps and illustrations (many in colour) from drawings and paintings by Tom Lea. Colour-decorated cloth a little marked and dusty along the top edges of the covers; edges, endpapers and adjacent leaves a little tanned; an excellent copy with the original plain acetate dustwrapper (scuffed and very slightly chipped). A lavish pictorial history of King Ranch's vast Australian pastoral holdings, with text and illustrations by Tom Lea. The Texan cattle conglomerate's Australian ventures were instigated by Robert J. Kleberg Jr in around 1952, and were key to introducing the Santa Gertrudis breed to Australia. The latter half of the book comprises short descriptions and illustrations of properties at Milton Park, Deltroit, Woodlands, Elgin Downs, New Twin Hills, Avon, Disney, Barkly Downs, Lake Nash, Georgina, Brunette Downs, Mount House, and Tully River. Provenance: Patricia Bridges OAM ASM (1921-2017), grande dame of Australian golf, with her signature and small address label on the front free endpaper.…