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HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE CATTLE INDUSTRY AND THE CATTLEMEN OF TEXAS AND ADJACENT TERRITORY
by Cox, James
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Saint Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., 1895.. 743pp., including in-text illustrations, portraits, index to the historical section, index of biographies, and an index of illustrations, plus color frontispiece and sixteen plates. Folio. Later calf in matching style, spine gilt, with original front and rear panels laid down, including original gilt-stamped front panel featuring vignette of a longhorn. Marbled edges, portion of original gilt backstrip preserved and laid in. Binder's stamp to rear pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription in pencil to preliminary blank. The color frontispiece, not issued with all copies, is present here. Small closed tear to bottom of pp.299-302, not affecting text. Minimal foxing and soiling, plates with some light foxing. Small tape repair to edge of p.742. Very good. One of the so-called "big four" cattle books, and in our experience, the most difficult to obtain. The size and nature of the binding on this book often results in its being found in poor condition. This copy has been very sympathetically rebound in the original style, with the original front and rear panels laid on. "Supposedly most of the first edition was destroyed in a warehouse fire, hence its rarity today" - Merrill. "The book contains a wealth of information, and is a cornerstone in any range library" - Reese. MERRILL ARISTOCRATS, p.17. REESE, SIX SCORE 24. ADAMS HERD 593. DOBIE, p.100. GRAFF 891. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 34. HOWES C820, "b." VANDALE 44. RADER 1891. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 219.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM63070
- Title
- HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE CATTLE INDUSTRY AND THE CATTLEMEN OF TEXAS AND ADJACENT TERRITORY
- Author
- Cox, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Saint Louis
- Date Published
- 1895.
Terms of Sale
William Reese Company
All material is shipped subject to approval, but notification of return must be made within ten days and returns made in a prompt and conscientious fashion.
About the Seller
William Reese Company
Biblio member since 2006
New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Folio
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