Prose and Poetry of the Live Stock Industry of the United States. With Outlines of the Origins and Ancient History of Our Live Stock Animals

New York: Antiquarian Press, 1959 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the very rare 1905 first edition prepared under the authority of the National Live Stock association. Limited to 550 copies. Includes a new introduction by Ramon F. Adams. Thick quarto. 757pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs, old prints, etc. Half cowhide and gilt-stamped buckram, spine lettered in gilt. A very fine copy with publisher's slipcase. "One of the most important and sought-after books on the cattle industry" (Adams). Adams also notes the original edition as "exceedingly rare." [Adams, Herd: 844; Graff: 1412; Howes I: P-636; Howes II: P-633; Six-Guns: 764; Reese, Six-Score: 41]..