Grandad And I - A Story Of A Grand Old Man And Other Pioneers Of Texas And The Dakotahs (SIGNED) by Fenley, Florence (as told to by John Leakey) - 1951

Hutto, TX: State House Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Hard cover, 8vo. 275 pp. index, illus. Facsimile reprint. Frontier Days in Uvalde Section of South West Texas. Oral history of Southwest Texas collected by Fenley, whose grandfather came to Sabinal Canyon in 1852. Many are by Texas pioneer woman, Herd 799 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Might have been exlib. No external markings, evidence of erasure on title page and an unreadable embossment on title page.

The Hornby Press, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. . 1st ed. SIGNED and inscribed on ffep. Jacket faded at spine, in mylar. Minor shelf/age wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding sturdy.

The Hornby Press, 1939. Hardcover. Good. . Red cloth boards with black lettering. Spine faded. Minor shelf wear, tanning to page edges. Overall pages clean, binding sturdy.

State House Pr, 1991. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. State House Press, 1991. Fine/No DJ. 9.5 x 6.2 x 1 inches black spine. No DJ. Owners embosed stamp on ffep. Tight and clean no markings. collection of fifty-three true pioneer stories, originally published in 1939, brilliantly captures the history of the development of the frontier in the area of southwestern Texas from the Civil War period up to the 1930's.

Uvalde: Hornby Press, 1939. D.j., 254 pp., photos. Oral history collected by Fenley from interviews with early pioneers & settlers. Almost half from pioneer women, many of whom ran cattle, fought Indians, etc.Frontier days in the Uvalde section of Southwest Texas. Over 50 personal accounts by Texas "oldtimers". Very scarce.. 1st.. Cloth. Fine/Very Good.

Uvalde Texas: The Hornby Press, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 254 pages, frontis, illustrations. Over 50 personal accounts by Texas "oldtimers, much on Southwest Texas. Scarce in jacket. "Herd 799, "True stories of real cattlemen. Privately printed in a small edition and now becoming scarce.".

John Leake 179 pages.y, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. Vintage hardcover with DJ, First Edition Signed by the Author Privately Published by John Leakey in Leakey, Texas 179 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to Beige pebble-grain cloth boards with black spine titles - corners sharp. Moderate shelf/edge wear and minor dust soiling to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Signed by the Author (in blue ink) underneath his picture on the page preceding the Foreword. Only flaw is an abrasion at the top of the FFEP. 16 chapters and 42 B&W vintage photographs on the last 18 pages. These are the memories of a pioneer and his grandson as told by the grandson. Fascinating local history. Leakey is a city in and the county seat of Real County, Texas, United States. The population was 425 at the 2010 census. Anglo-American settlement of the area began in 1856 when John Leakey, his wife Nancy, and a few others settled near a spring along the… Read More

Leakey, Texas: Self Published, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good+/Good+. Large 12mo. Pp. 179. Illustrated with b&w photo reproductions. Pebble-texture tan cloth, titles stamped in black on the spine. Author portrait signed in ink. Upper corner gently bumped, leaf edges lightly toned and foxed, pencil annotations. In the photo illustrated dust jacket unclipped, with light wear. First printing. The author's grandparents, John and Nancy Leakey, settled near the Frio River in 1856. Florence Fenley of Uvalde helped collect and wrote this history of Texas and North Dakota ranching and Indian fighting. With many photographs by Leakey. ADAMS HERD: 798.Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.

The Hornby Press, Uvalde. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957. First edition. hardcover with dustjacket. Book has no markings or names, red cloth. Dustjacket has fading on the spine and a few dings on the edges. Price is still intact of $5.00. ; 8 1/4 in. x 11 in.; 318 pages .

Naylor Co. Book Is Clean Tight And Square. No Markings Little Soiling To Top Of Page Block Edges. Jacket Has Wear Toning To Spine And Edges But Has Protected The Book Well. Now In Protective Mylar . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Thus. 1975.