A Passion for Ranching: Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley Heritage
by GILLETTE, Bill (photography and text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1565795318
- ISBN 13
- 9781565795310
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Englewood, Colorado: Westcliffe Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1565795318 . A signed, likely first edition of Bill Gillette's presentation of ranching in south-central Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley. Situated at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the beautiful valley is an ideal place to raise cattle and other livestock. The author's eye-catching color and black & white photos capture the beauty of the valley and also portray the ranch families who maintain the ranches and care for the livestock. Includes a foreword by Ed Marston. Signed by Bill Gillette on front free endpaper. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with cover titling in blind, spine titling in gilt. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with color Gillette photo of cattlemen and a herd. --- A well-preserved, bright, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket ($29.95) is intact and bright, but with minor creasing to edges; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Oblong Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 96 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88007
- Title
- A Passion for Ranching: Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley Heritage
- Author
- GILLETTE, Bill (photography and text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1565795318
- ISBN 13
- 9781565795310
- Publisher
- Westcliffe Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Englewood, Colorado
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 1565795318
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Littleton, Colorado
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