first edition Hardcover
1929 · Minneapolis, Minnesota
by OSGOOD, ERNEST STAPLES
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The University of Minnesota Press, 1929. Dust jacket spine just a bit sunned. Rear panel of DJ with several closed tears a top. Book-plate of previous owner on half-title page. Illustrated map endpapers. Fifteen maps and illustrations through the text. A very clean and crisp copy of this important work on the cattle trade. Chapters on cattleman's frontier, the Texas invasion, the Indian barrier, the cattle boom, organization, disaaster and transition. Cited in a number of bibliographies including; Howes O-130, Graff 3133, Herd 1739, Rader 2559, Six-guns 1658. 283pp.. First Edition. Tan Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped, Soiled .. Large Octavo.
(Inventory #: 014269)