4to. (Some soiling throughout.) Original deluxe black morocco with blind-stamped devices of cattle, pigs, donkeys, and rams (short repair to front free endpaper, some rubbing and wear to spine ends). Provenance: Armorial bookplate.

"THE MOST DESIRED AND DESIRABLE BOOK ON THE CATTLE RANGE INDUSTRY."

FIRST EDITION. Prose and Poetry of the Live Stock Industry was projected to be the first in a three-volume set, however publishing costs for the first volume became so high that its production would bankrupt the printing company. The majority of copies printed were issued to members of the National Live Stock Historical Association with their names printed in gold on the front cover and a numbered certificate bound-in; this is one of few examples found to contain neither. According to Adams: "One of the most important and sought after books on the cattle industry... Contains material on the Johnson County and Lincoln County Wars, Billy the Kid" (Six-Guns 764). Adams Herd 844; Dobie p. 114; Graff 1412; Howes P-636; Reese, Six Score 41 ("A chance to acquire the first edition rarely comes up"); Streeter Sale IV:2391; Vandale 136.