The McNeills' Sr Ranch: 100 Years in Blanco Canyon Tapa dura - 1988

Texas A&M University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Texas A&M University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Texas A&M University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Like New. Former library book; Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardcover Cloth 205 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1988. Handsome dark brown boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
"Wife," one longtime resident of Blanco Canyon was overheard sighing, "we've spent most of our forty years here just waiting for a rain!" Blanco Canyon, on the edge of West Texas' Cap Rock, is a land of charm and brutality, generosity and denial, exquisite beauty after a rain and harsh death when the rains don't come. It is a land where over a hundred years ago one Captain J. C. McNeill started a cattle ranch in the mistaken hope that range and weather conditions then prevailing would continue. It is a land where his descendants still raise cattle, but… Leer más

Texas A&M University Press. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. Former Library book. Volume 28. (texas, ranchers, biography ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Texas A&M University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Gift inscription, signed and dated by author, on title page****Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ pages clean/ D.J. slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ several pages and page tips creased/ corners and spine slightly bumped/ slight readers slant

Fine. 1st printing. Jacket in mylar

Hardback. New. "Wife," one longtime resident of Blanco Canyon was overheard sighing, "we've spent most of our forty years here just waiting for a rain!" Blanco Canyon, on the edge of West Texas' Cap Rock, is a land of charm and brutality, generosity and denial, exquisite beauty after a rain and harsh death when the rains don't come. It is a land where over a hundred years ago one Captain J. C. McNeill started a cattle ranch in the mistaken hope that range and weather conditions then prevailing would continue. It is a land where his descendants still raise cattle, but with full knowledge now that any good years will have to carry them through some lean ones too. The story of Texas cattle raising has been told from the perspective of the big ranches. Here it is told as seen through the eyes of a small landholder and his family. J. C. "Cap" McNeill III was born on the SR Ranch in 1905, grandson and namesake of the ranch's founder.… Leer más

Texas A & M University Press, College Station.. As New in As New dust jacket. 1988. First Edition, stated. Hardcover. 0890963401 . The story of Texas cattle raising as told from the perspective of a small (by Texas standards) land holder. Number 28 in the Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students. 205 pages, index. Hardcover. Dust jacket and book are in Fine, as new, condition. ; Standard Book Size. .

VG. Jacket in mylar. 1st printing, inscribed by author