Very nice large hardcover book in clean dust jacket (now in archival quality removable mylar cover). Size approx. 8-3/4" x 11". Clean green cloth boards with crisp white lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean green endpapers. Previous owner name and date at top of half-title page. Lavishly illustrated with 420 superb black and white photographs. 280 pages with Bibliography. Clean dust jacket has very small chip at top rear edge, several short closed edge tears; price clipped at top corner of front inside flap. The whole panorama of ranch history in America, from Cortes and his Conquistadores to the first wild Texas Longhorn and the huge Spanish land grants of the 18th century, to the modern ranches of the 20th century.
Title: Ranches and Ranch Life In America
Edition: 1st Edition
Location Published: New York, Crown Publishing: 1968
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Categories: Americana, American History, 1st Edition
Seller ID: 033777
Keywords: american history, american ranches, americana, cattle ranches, cornelius vanderbilt jr., first edition, history of ranching, ranch life