. M.B. Marcell of Oregon was the photographer who had already photographed the 1911 Pendleton Round up. He was famous for taking images of the horse both at his success and also of those shots as the horse dislodged him. He came in 1914 to take images of the Miles..... More
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Bifolium, 2 pages. An interesting handwritten letter describing an important person in the dairy and cattle business from his ranch in San Pedro. "Written to Friend Fowler (an associate in his farming and mining ventures in southern Arizona). I was in town [Tombstone] had inquired about Coffee & Cranes and..... More
Phoenix: Livestock Sanitary Board, 1975. Octavo. 167pp. List all the brands both with an ilustration of each brand, the number to which it belongs, the numeric number index, and the alphabetical list of ranch or rancher. Housd in a blue ring binder as issued. Previous owner's bookplate. More
Circa 1900. Photograph postcard measuring "11 x 4" with 9 cowboys and 2 chuck wagons, followed by horses and cattle. The card was mailed January 20, 1910 from Montana with note on message part of card: "a picture of the Long X Roundup taken from life." Both a nice photograph..... More
Circa 189-?. a Very nice 10 x 8 1/2" photograph with cowboys leading herd. The landscape is unidentified but is like several Texas examples at the National Cowboy and Western Museum. The rounded W brand is difficult to identify since there have been over 20,000 cattle brands in the state..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923. Octavo. Revised edition. Published for the Senate and the House of Representatives for distribution. illustrated with 49 illustrations in color and in black & white, with 24 textual illustrations. Contains how to administer medications, pregnancy, diseases of the digestive and other organs, diseases of the..... More
Tucson, AZ, (1982): The University of Arizona Press. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece. 214pp., illustrated with photographic images. First published in 1941 by the Ward Richie Press. The revival of this classic of Western Americana is made especially significant by the inclusion of an index and a new introduction by Paul Scheips..... More
Portland, Maine, Nd(ca.1885): Chisholm Brothers. First Edition. 5" x 6" Publisher's embossed red cloth binding with a gilt title "Cowboy Life" with image of cowboy on front cover. The last 3 leaves are detached but all 22 images are present. They include sepia photographs: Cowboy, Pitching Bronco, Hitting the Breeze..... More
Layton, UT; (1995): Gibbs Smith. First Edition. Quarto. 104p. Inscribed by the author and photographer. This work nominated for a Pulitzer Price has struck a chord with both the Western ranch owner and the ecologist. There is a balance that has been praised by major voices in both traditions. The..... More
Dallas; (1942): Banks, Upshaw. Octavo. 376p. Significant material on the great ranches in Texas. Photographs by Erwin E. Smith and others. The chapter on "protection men" tells the story of those who enforcers who were enemies of the cattle thieves. They generally didn't like to kill the rustlers but it..... More
(Western Horseman Magazine, Colorado Springs, CO: 2007). First Edition. Quarto. First printing. 239(1)pp. illustrated by photograph, Few ranches have survived as viable ranching operation into the 21st century. This book targets these outfits, featuring not only their histories and daring people, but also the problems they continue to experience as..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 244pp. Humorous tales from cow country, with cowboys, bank robbers and the Deputy Sheriff. A good mix of Texas thrown in to boot. Bound in light orange cloth lettered in black, spine lettering black, spine fading, minor wear to spine ends. A...... More
Np, (1984): Self-Published. First Edition Limited. Quarto. Signed by the author Frank Gillette. 201 pages. Illustrated. Frank Gillette was born on Haigler Creek on a ranch which was accessible only by horse and mule pack. The background is the remote area where Graham-Tekksbury took place. This work as C.L. Sonnichsen..... More
Austin: The Encino Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Oblong Small Octavo. Limited to 850 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 671. 51(1)pp., Bound in red paper covered boards, spine lettering black, both boards with a photographic image of Mr. Green mountd, housed within a publisher's slipcase with..... More
Nd (ca.1946): np/np. Quarto. 162 leaves printed on retos only. Before his death in 1946, George A. Hormel, founder of the Hormel Meat Packing Co. wrote this book. He then wrote about his son who developed SPAM and became the staple of the diet in both American homes and the..... More
Norman, OK; (1968): University of Oklahoma Press. First Edition. Octavo. 300pp. illustrated by photographs. American history through the life of Ben Kemp. At twenty-one he was considered the best bronco buster in his part of Texas. In the 1880s he was with the Texas Rangers. The reader will also find..... More
(Flagstaff, AZ,1994): Northland Press. First Edition. Octavo. 212p. Limited and signed by Joe Beeler and Warren Miller, this is number 43 of 150 copies. Illustrated by Joe Beeler. Don Hedgepeth wrote: "time was when a cowpuncher only had to worry about bad horses and wild cattle. Before long, you may..... More
University of Texas at El Paso; (1975): Texas Western Press, Oblong Octavo. 93 pages. Boldly signed by Carl Hertzog and inscribed to J. Evetts Haley and his wife, Roz. original unclipped printed clear mylar jacket priced $10. In 1885, at the age of ten, D. D. Parramore studied art with..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923. Octavo. revised edition. Illustrated with 42 plates in color and in black & white, 18 textual illustrations. This work was produced for the Senate and the House of Representatives for distribution. The book covers everything from examination of a sick horse, how to administer drugs..... More
Elko, Nevada: Pearl Printing, 1994. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 325pp., illustrated with photographic images. The spectacular rise and fall of William Cornell Greene; Copper king, cattle baron and promoter extraordinary in Mexico, the American Southwest, and the New York Financial District. By age 46, he had built a muti-million copper enterprise..... More
Tucson; (1974): University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 325pp., illustrated with photographic images. The spectacular rise and fall of William Cornell Greene; Copper king, cattle baron and promoter extraordinary in Mexico, the American Southwest, and the New York Financial District. By age 46, he had built a...... More