Sheffy Lester Fields (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: NF. No Jacket. Connor, Ann (illustrator). 482 p., illus., 23 cm. pict.buckram. No dj as issued. Prev owner's bookplate on front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is a very good plus textbook of Texas history until the early 1950s. Enjoy the read! Things have certainly changed!

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Solid hardcover with some edge aging inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 402 pages, maps, illustrations, minor chipping to jacket edges a few rust spots on outer page edges, otherwise near fine. Laid in is the publishers catalog of Western Americana titles which includes this book. The Francklyn Land & Cattle Company was organized in 1882 in New York, and began operations with a purchase of a little over a half million acres of Texas land. M. K. Brown Range Life Series No. 8 The Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 183 "One of the best accounts of international corporate development of Texas lands. The fullest book on ranching.".

hc. Condition: very good, bookplate. 482 Mid-1950's elementary school textbook of Texas history.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near-fine condition hardcover book, first edition, 1963. Dustjacket is in mylar protector and grades at very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Banks Upshaw, 1954. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover without a jacket. This one will take you back to the old school days where life seemed a bit more simple!

viii, 96 pages. Staple-bound paperback: H 23.75cm x L 15.75cm. Tan paper covers' edges overlap those of the text block with resulting edge-wear, bumping, short tears, creasing, etc.; past owner's signature in ink and pencil mar the front cover; handwritten title in pencil and red ink on spine paper; rear cover and last ten leaves have creased/curled top corners. A few pencil marks among interior leaves. Binding is firm. Page 1 features cumulative title "Nobility's Ranche; A History of the Rocking Chair Ranche" with chapters regrading the ranch's inception, history of the Rocking Chair brand, organization of Collingsworth County, etc. with Appendices and Bibliography.

1954 Sheffy, Lester Fields and Ima Christina Barlow TEXAS Dallas: Banks Upshaw and Company, c1954 482pp index, illus 8vo illus cover fine with bookplate on front paste-down.

110 pages. Staple-bound paperback: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Paper covers soiled with toning/fading; covers' edges overlap those of the text block with resulting edge-wear, bumping, short tears, creasing, etc.; past owner's obtrusive pencil notes on front cover along with old tape repairs to long jagged tear across center; handwritten title in pencil on toned spine paper. Tape impressions from front cover verso onto title page; pencil notes on verso of map leaf facing page 64; a few other scattered pencil marks amongst text; a few creased corners; interior leaves mostly remain clean. Binding is firm. Articles/essays: "George W. Arrington: The Iron-Handed Man Of The Panhandle" by Walter Prescott Webb; "The Beginning of the Panhandle Oil and Gas Field" by Chas. N. Gould [Charles Newton Gould]; "Texas Fever And The Winchester Quarantine" by J. Evetts Haley; "Agricultural Development of The Texas Panhandle" by J.D. Tinsley; "Pioneer Days in the Panhandle Plains" by Mrs. T.D. Hobart; "When Danger Threatened LX Homes" by Mrs. E.V. Nickell; "Some Early History Of The Panhandle-Plains Region Of Texas" by R.C. Crane [Royston Campbell Crane].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The Francklyn Land & Cattle Company: A Panhandle Enterprise 1882-1957 by Lester Fields Sheffy. Hardcover published in 1963 by The University of Texas Press. Previous owners name stamped on half title page. Jacket chipped at the corners with a 2 inch tear on the fold of the front flap along with a further 2 inch tear near the top of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good hardcover. Inside cover and pages slightly brown. Name plate inside cover. Cover shelf rubbed. Corners rubbed and bent. Brown spots on cover.

103 pages. Staple-bound paperback: H 23.75cm x L 15.75cm. Brown paper covers' edges overlap those of the text block with resulting edge-wear, bumping, short tears, creasing, etc.; past owner's ink signature boldly written on front cover with two old tape repairs at fore-edge; chipping/peeling at spine ends from removal of old tape strips; handwritten title in pencil and red ink on toned spine paper. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Articles/essays: "A Sketch of the Life of James H. Cator" by Ernest Cabe; "An English View of the Wild West" by Angie Debo; "The LX Ranch of Texas" by Margaret Sheers; "My Recollections of Tascosa Before and After the Coming of the Law" by John Arnot; "The Spanish Horse on the Great Plains" by L.F. Sheffy.

136 pages. Staple-bound paperback: H 23.75cm x L 15.75cm. Tan paper covers' edges overlap those of the text block with resulting edge-wear, bumping, short tears, creasing, etc.; light soiling/toning to covers; past owner's ink signature at front cover's top right; handwritten title in pencil and red ink on toned spine paper. Some minor interior soiling but most leaves remain clean. Some rust to staples but binding is firm. Features two primary articles: "Ranching on the Two Circles Bar" (pages 8-67) by Josie Bird and "The Memoirs of Duff Green" (pages 68-93) collected by Marguerite Jenkins and edited by L.F. Sheffy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 402 page hardcover in pictorial price clipped DJ, well preserved inner hinges with brown end papers without mark, small tears to DJ edges, tiny rub to DJ spine within title border.

First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 402pp. Photo illustrated. Tight. Trivial sun-spots top edge. Nice d/j with several short edgetears, else Near Fine in Good, price-clipped d/j in jacket protector. See: Jenkins Basic Texas Books: 183.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None Stated. The story of the Francklyn Land and CAttle Company, in the Whote Deer Lands in the Texas Panhandle, told from a financial and business perspective. No 3 of the M K Brown Range Life Series. Presumed 1st edition but no edition is stated. Illustrated with 32 b/w photographs and 7 maps. LIght edge wear to the Dj with smalls small scrape spots. A very good or better copy.,

1963 VG/VG, previous owners indentation stamp on title page, a Panhandle Enterprise, 1882-1957, 402 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Brown and tan cloth illustrated with brands. Boards lightly soiled. Two very small discolored spots on front endpapers. Slight foxing to half-title. Edges foxed. Dust jacket rubbed with chips and tears.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Quite nice, price clipped jacket.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: F. 1st Edition. 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Brown-backed tan cloth decorated with cattle brands ; price-clipped dj in mylar. Jenkins BTB 183: "Written by an acknowledged master in the field . the book is at once informative, readable, and entertaining".

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 418 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.30 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.