Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Tom Lea. In The Crucible of the Sun. King Ranch, Texas, U.S.A., 1974.
Price: US$655.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Further pictures are available on request. The book has a glassine cover that is fairly battered including foxing and a few tears along the edges ranging from 2 cm to 6 cm approx. The cover has several markings down the front and light foxing, this occurs most severely along the edges. The inside covers and edges of the book are somewhat foxed. The top corner of the first page is smudged. The edges of the book are a bit grubby. The corners of several pages are creased. 91 pages with colour illustrations. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size M: 14"-15" Tall (355-381mm)
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good or better copy in cream cloth of this large volume, in a Very Good clear plastic dust jacket (as issued) with a short tear at the lower rear spine fold. Quite light soiling to the white covers, sound binding, clean/unmarked within.
Seller: Row By Row Bookshop, Sugar Grove, NC, U.S.A.
[King Ranch]. LEA, Tom. In the Crucible of the Sun. King Ranch, Inc, Kingsville, 1974.
Price: US$827.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Tom Lea. In the Crucible of the Sun. Kingsville, Texas: The King Ranch, 1974.
Price: US$970.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Age edge wear and buffing to the covers : Scuffing on spine and opposite edge of the boards : (SEE SELLER IMAGES) : Stain on the edge of the outside of the pages : Some fading and yellowing to the boards : Tight binding : Text and illustrations clean and unmarked
Seller: TuosistBook, Prescott Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
LEA, TOM.. In The Crucible of the Sun. Kingsville, Texas: The King Ranch, 1974, 1974.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Written, illustrated and designed by Lea. With the bookplate of the Stinehour Press, which was responsible for the book's composition. Laid into this copy is a photocopy of Lea's letter to the printer, Meriden Gravure, praising the work. About fine in the original clear plastic jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Folio. 12" x 14 1/2" pictorial cloth, 92 [5] pp. nine full pages of color plates, 14 half-page color illustrations, and numerous other illustrations, all by Tom Lea. Privately printed for Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch in a small edition. Composition by the Stinehour Press; plates & printing by the Meriden Gravure Company. This magnificent book is the history of the King Ranch operations in Australia. It contains some of Tom Lea's finest work. To our knowledge, few copies have appeared for sale by either book sellers or auction houses since the book's publication. Its scarcity is well known among collectors. This big & beautiful book appeals to both Tom Lea and Range/Cattle collectors alike. Housed in a cloth slipcase with leather spine label and titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.