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Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two volumes in the publisher's original bindings, with light ex-library marks: small shelf marks on spines of books but no other external marks and the page edges are not stamped. Pockets on rear endpapers and stamps on title and copyright pages.
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volumes, complete. First edition. Good overall, apparently rebound in green cloth, likely around time of publication. A well-read copy with moderate wear to boards and clear internal evidence of first volume being well thumbed through. Bindings in both books are sturdy. Howes S1096, Adams Herd 2195, Adam Six-Guns 2160, Mintz 450, Mattes 1296, Six-Score 106, Dobie pp.121-122.
Seller: Open Boat Booksellers, Amherst, MA, U.S.A.
STUART, GRANVILLE. FORTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER.. Arthur H. Clark Co., 1925., Cleveland, 1925.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 2 vols. Cloth, 272 pp., + 265 pp., 10 plates, T.E.G. "Granville Stuart was one of the first to raise cattle in Montana. During the 1880's cattle boom he was manager and for a time part owner of the largest outfit in Montana, the D-H-S. Most of the second volume is devoted to this period.Stuart was an important figure in Montana, the president of the state's first stock grower's association and president of the Board of Stock Commissioners. His book has become a classic."---Bill Reese. "Nothing better on the cowboys has ever been written than the chapter entitled 'Cattle Business.' A prime work throughout."--J. Frank Dobie. "Written by a well-educated and influential pioneer of early Montana, this work contains much valuable history. The author did much to organize a group of latter-day vigilantes to break up a band of horse and cow thieves who became so bold in their operations that drastic measures had to be taken."--Ramon Adams. "Stuart was one of the first great cattle barons of the Northwest. His journal is one of the classic accounts of frontier life."--Clark/Brunet. Very slight dampstaining to top edge of text block. Some rubbing and minor spotting, and slight cracking to portions of the inner hinge of both volumes. Good-Very Good, and priced accordingly.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 Vols., 272 pp. & 265 pp., frontis, b/w photos & illlus., index. As Seen in the Journals and Reminiscences of Granville Stuart. Edited by Paul C. Phillips. Signed on the f.f.e.p. of Vol. 1, "To Miss Margaret Booth with kind regards, Paul C. Phillips." Hard cover book bound in dark blue cloth w/gold fol title stamping to the spines of both volumes. Both volume show some shelf wear along the bottom edges & vol. 2 has a bump along the bottom front cover. Also there is slight wear to the head & heel of the spines of both vols. Still it is a nice looking set. Deckle edges.
Seller: Ross & Haines Old Book Co., Hudson, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. There are some glue stains on inside covers near the spine. Just faint stains where the glue clearly left a stain. Vol. 2 is unread. Pages still uncut. Vol. 1-272pp.; Vol. 2-265pp.
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Stuart, Granville. FORTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER. Arthur H. Clark CO, Cleveland, OH, 1925.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 272 Two volume set. Life and experiences of Granville Stuart: miner, trader, merchant, rancher and politician.
Seller: Antiques & Art, Piedmont, SD, U.S.A.
STUART, Granville. Forty Years as Seen in the Journals. , 1925.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: STUART, Granville. Forty Years as Seen in the Journals and Reminiscences of Granville Stuart, Gold-Miner, Trader, Merchant, Rancher and Politician. Edited by Paul C. Phillips. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1925. 1st ed. 2 Vols. 272;265pp. Frontises., plates, portraits. Orig. cloth, T.e.gs. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor wear to spine ends and corners, former owner's named blacked out on front pastedowns, else a very good copy. HOWES S-1096. Adams, Rampaging Herd, 2195. Clark & Brunet, 245. A scarce and classic work on frontier life, with special importance for those fields in which the author had personal experience, including commerce, the cattle trade, mining, the Indian wars (in particular the Sioux wars), and exploration. Stuart went overland to California in 1852, and later settled as a rancher in Montana. He gives a full account of the early years of the Montana territory, describes his own experience in the Indian wars of the Northwest, and devotes a chapter to cattle rustlers and vigilantes.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two volumes, complete, a near fine set. First edition. Adams One-Fifty 133. Guns 2160: Written by a well-educated and influential pioneer of early Montana, this work contains valuable history. The author did much to organize a group of latter-day vigilantes to break up a band of horse and cow thieves who became so bold in their operations that drastic measures had to be taken, He gives a good account of the killing of Rattlesnake Jake Fallon and Long-Haired Owens. Herd 2195. Montana One Hundred 10. Merrill s Aristocrats. Loring Campbell. Six Score 106: Granville Stuart was one of the first to raise cattle in Montana.but Stuart was ruined personally because his failure to pay his creditors caused him to lose his stock. Stuart was an important figure in Montana, the president of the state s first stock grower s association, and president of the Board of Stock Commissioners. His book has become a classic. Dobie pp. 121-22: Nothing better on the cowboy has ever been written than the chapter entitled Cattle Business in Volume II. A prime work throughout. Dobie/Dykes 9. Howes S1096: aa scarcity rating. This book is certainly one of the most significant in the realm of the cattle trade and cowboys.
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: 272; 265 pp. Illustrated, plates, views, portrait frontispiece of the author. Howes S-1096. Adams "Rampaging Herd" 2195. Adams Six-Guns" 2160. Mintz 450: "One of the best books on early Montana history." Clark & Brunet 245 ("1500 sets"): "Stuart was one of the first great cattle barons of the Northwest. His journal is one of the classic accounts of frontier life . 'nothing better on the cowboys has ever been written' (quoting Dobie)." Very good. Original navy cloth (corners and edges bumped), gilt spine title, top edge gilt. (3696).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
STUART, GRANVILLE. FORTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER. Arthur H. Clark Co., 1925., Cleveland, 1925.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 2 vols. Cloth, 272pp., + 265pp., 10 plates, T.E.G. "Granville Stuart was one of the first to raise cattle in Montana. During the 1880's cattle boom he was manager and for a time part owner of the largest outfit in Montana, the D-H-S. Most of the second volume is devoted to this period.Stuart was an important figure in Montana, the president of the state's first stock grower's association and president of the Board of Stock Commissioners. His book has become a classic."---Bill Reese. "Nothing better on the cowboys has ever been written than the chapter entitled 'Cattle Business.' A prime work throughout."--J. Frank Dobie. "Written by a well-educated and influential pioneer of early Montana, this work contains much valuable history. The author did much to organize a group of latter-day vigilantes to break up a band of horse and cow thieves who became so bold in their operations that drastic measures had to be taken."--Ramon Adams. "Stuart was one of the first great cattle barons of the Northwest. His journal is one of the classic accounts of frontier life."--Clark/Brunet. Light bump to upper fore corners, else a clean, bright, near fine set.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
STUART, GRANVILLE.. FORTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER.. Arthur H. Clark Co., 1925., Cleveland, 1925.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 2 vols. Cloth, 272pp., + 265pp., 10 plates, T.E.G. "Granville Stuart was one of the first to raise cattle in Montana. During the 1880's cattle boom he was manager and for a time part owner of the largest outfit in Montana, the D-H-S. Most of the second volume is devoted to this period.Stuart was an important figure in Montana, the president of the state's first stock grower's association and president of the Board of Stock Commissioners. His book has become a classic."---Bill Reese. "Nothing better on the cowboys has ever been written than the chapter entitled 'Cattle Business.' A prime work throughout."--J. Frank Dobie. "Written by a well-educated and influential pioneer of early Montana, this work contains much valuable history. The author did much to organize a group of latter-day vigilantes to break up a band of horse and cow thieves who became so bold in their operations that drastic measures had to be taken."--Ramon Adams. "Stuart was one of the first great cattle barons of the Northwest. His journal is one of the classic accounts of frontier life."--Clark/Brunet. A fine, bright set. Very scarce and avidly sought. Recommended.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.