Bell Ranch As I Knew It

The Lowell Press, Kansas City, MO. 1973. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail and lower tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($14.95); light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light wear to DJ at spine shoulders and flap folds; sunfading to spine. Brown leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board with mountain in gilt on the front board. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. Maps as endpapers. 161 pp 8vo oblong. This book is history book of the Bell Ranch, A Spanish Land Grant, and man named George Ellis who managed the ranch for 25 years and brought innovation, common sense, and hard work to create a remarkable milestone in livestock (Hereford cattle) management. This history is balanced with stunning paintings and drawings by Robert Lougheed. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.