Shepherd Major William (10 results)

cloth. Condition: Good. 266pp, fld out map, illus, cloth nice Merrill Aristocrat Howes S-389 Herd #2057 6-Score #97 Nice cattle item, covers Montana, Wyoming, California, Utah, etc.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good-. ex-lib. Chapman and Hall. HARDCOVER. 1884. PRAEXP :slight foxing . Good-. ex-lib.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt bull on front cover, 215 pages, frontis, illustrations, shallow chipping to top and bottom of spine, minor wear to edges. 1st American Edition. The author spent most of his time in America traveling through Wyoming, Montana, Washington Territory, California, Nevada. Herd 2057, Rader 2920, Howes 389, Reese Six-Score 97, "An Englishman's observations on ranching in America. Shepherds book added fuel to the cattle boom fever in England when published." Merrill Aristocrats.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt bull on front cover, 215 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor wear, owner name and small owner stamp on fly leaf dated 1886. 1st American Edition. The author spent most of his time in America traveling through Wyoming, Montana, Washington Territory, California, Nevada. Herd 2057, Rader 2920, Howes 389, Reese Six-Score 97, "An Englishman's observations on ranching in America. Shepherds book added fuel to the cattle boom fever in England when published." Merrill Aristocrats.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original pictorial cloth, 266 pages, frontis, illustrations, folding map, minor wear, slight lean. The author spent most of his time in America traveling through Wyoming, Montana, Washington Territory, California, Nevada. Herd 2057, Rader 2920, Graff 3751, Howes 389, Reese Six-Score 97, "An Englishman's observations on ranching in America. Shepherds book added fuel to the cattle boom fever in England when published." Merrill Aristocrats.…

First edition. 8vo. 266 pp. Frontispiece, plates, folding map. Howes S-389. Graff 3751. Adams Herd 2057. Rader 2920. Reese Six-Score 97: "Englishman's observations on ranching in America . added fuel to the cattle boom fever in England." Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth, floral endpapers (starting to crack at rear hinge). Very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original pictorial cloth, 266 pages + 40 pages of ads, minor foxing to a few pages, minor rubbing to spine edges, frontis, illustrations, folding map, publishers announcement attached to rear pastedown. The author spent most of his time in America traveling through Wyoming, Montana, Washington Territory, California, Nevada. Herd 2057, Rader 2920, Graff 3751, Howes 389, Reese Six-Score 97, "An Englishman's observations on ranching in America. Shepherds book added fuel to the cattle boom fever in England when published." Merrill Aristocrats.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original green cloth with gilt design on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 266 pages, frontis, illustrations, folding map, very slight wear. There were two different publisher's bindings for the London edition. The author spent most of his time in America traveling through Wyoming, Montana, Washington Territory, California, Nevada. Herd 2057, Rader 2920, Graff 3751, Howes 389, Reese Six-Score 97, "An Englishman's observations on ranching in America. Shepherds book added fuel to the cattle boom fever in England when published." Merrill Aristocrats.…

First American edition. Shepherd, an Englishman, rendered this mildly optimistic account of his travels in the American West in 1882 and 1883 upon his return to his homeland, thereby further fueling the fire of the already marked interest on the part of British capitalists in the investment opportunities afforded by the American cattle trade. The not untalented author illustrated the work himself. HOWES S389. GRAFF 3751. DOBIE, p.98. RADER 2920. REESE, SIX SCORE 97. ADAMS HERD 2057. 215pp. Frontis. Original gilt cloth. Wear to extremities, cloth bit discolored. Internally very good.…

Shepherd, an Englishman, rendered this mildly optimistic account of his travels in the American West in 1882 and 1883 upon his return to his homeland, thereby further fueling the fire of the already marked interest on the part of British capitalists in the investment opportunities afforded by the American cattle trade. The not untalented author illustrated the work himself. HOWES S389. GRAFF 3751. DOBIE, p.98. RADER 2920. REESE, SIX SCORE 97. ADAMS HERD 2057. Original pictorial green cloth, expertly recased. Binding worn at extremities. Very good.…