Ranching lords commons twenty (9 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

[1-894974-05-0] 2006, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) As new. 216pp. Reprint of 1903 edition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First Edition. iv, [4], 9-293 p. 20 cm. Frontispiece portrait and 16 other b&w plates. Green cloth. Black, silver and red illustration on front. Spine ends repaired and lettering wearing off. Hinges repaired internally. Ink inscription on front endpaper. Title continues: "Being a record of actual facts and conditions relating to the cattle industry of the North-West Territories of Canada; and comprising the extraordinary story of the formation and career of a great cattle company." Tells the fascinating story of Alberta's famous Oxley Ranch from the perspective of John R.Craig (1837-1930), its former manager. One of the best books on Canadian ranching in its infancy in the 1880s. Craig, an American, not only describes cattle ranching, but criticizes the ranch's general director, Alexander Staveley Hill, for mismanagement. The story is a classic example of absentee ownership, in this case by the British lords and commons referred to in the title. But see Hill's book, Home to Home, for the other side of the story. Then read Craig's 1924 follow-up, Ranching with Lords and Commons: A Sequel, in which he completes the ranch's story, at least from his point of view. Adams Herd 598. Dobie pp. 100-101. Graff 900. Howes C 842. Streeter Sale 4:2390.…

1903, 1st edition. (Leatherbound) Near fine. 293pp. 12mo. Beautifully re-bound in blue quarter leather over matching marbled boards. Illustrated with frontispiece and 16 monochrome plates. Internally remarkably bright and clean, tight in rebind; with only the rarest spot of marginalia in pencil (we were only able to locate one such spot). Two pieces of evidence which may denote this copy as having once been catalogued: number written in ink to verso-title page [S/B / 971.2302 / C], rubberstamp of "7895" on verso p.293. Else free of any institutional stamps or other such markings. This copy INSCRIBED by the author to John Grove: "To / John Grove Esqr. / with the compliments of / the author / John R. Craig / Montreal / September 28th 1903". An additional inscription is written beneath which states that "only twelve copies of this book were issued - it was then withdrawn from circulation," signed "W. B. S. S." A remarkable copy of this important work. Howes C846. Herd 598. Peel(3) 2682, "The story of the Oxley ranch, written by the manager. The author arraigns the general director, Stavely Hill, an English M.P., for his mismanagement of the company." See also Stavely Hill, "From Home to Home". Cover illustration by.…