Free Grass To Fences The Montana Cattle Range Story

New York: University Publishers for the Historical Society of Montana, 1960. First Edition. First printing Very near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and decorated light brown paper covered boards with black and green text and decorations on the spine and with decorated end papers by Charles Russell. The fly title page has a dated gift inscription. In a very good- price clipped dust jacket with a 1/3" deep chip at the upper corner of the spine area and with a 1/2" deep chip at the upper edge of the rear panel both with related creasing and with rubbing and wear at (truncated) the folds. "The full story of the Montana cattle industry, from the earliest days of the fur traders down to the latest Miles City Roundup, written by a man who knows the northwestern range land and its history without a map." 233 pages of text and illustrated with photographs and drawings by Charles Russell. (Inventory #: TB17081)