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Clay,John. My Life on the Range. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$132.67 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good copy. (see picture) Book is Dark Green with Gold Print.Book has edgewear,rubbing on the cover and foxing on pages.Page edges are rough cut.Front cover has a mild brake from the next page which is loose.Book has 365 pages.

Seller: THE BOOK BROTHERS, CHATHAM, ON, Canada

Clay, John. My Life On The Range. Privately Printed 1924, 1924.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Green cloth stamped in gilt. Frontis portrait, teg. Surface soiling lower front board, extremiities rubbed, front hinge tender, small spot abraded front free endpaper, near fine

Seller: Herland Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Clay, John. My Life on the Range. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo. 365pp Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. TEG. Photographically illustrated. Howes (C470).

Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Clay, John.. MY LIFE ON THE RANGE.. Privately printed: Chicago., 1924.

Price: US$172.50 + shipping

Description: 19 b&w illustr (including frontis), 9.5 x 6.25. dark green cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, 466 pp. Small stain on front cover, spine darkened, light spotting/scratches, front inner hinge starting, scattered foxing, uncut pages, roughly opened pages, offsetting from a "bookmark" else good. John Clay, 1851-1934, was a Scottish immigrant who arrived in Wyoming in the late 1870s. He managed and owned cattle ranches, started a chain of stockman's banks and the John Clay Livestock Commission Company. This book is considered to be one of the best books written on the cattle industry. Adams. Rampaging Herd 478. Adams. Six Guns 434. HowesC470.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Clay, John. My Life on the Range. Privately Printed, 1924.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: Green cloth, teg., no dust jacket. Ownership in pen front free endpaper, light wear and some traces of handling along extremities, corners a tad turned, a very good tight copy in custom cut mylar cover.

Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

John Clay. My Life on the Range. , 1924.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover, no DJ. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924. In very good condition, slight spine twist, edges and corners of boards lightly bumped, some scuffing on front board at joint, some light foxing on endpapers and page edge. A few internal pages have some foxing, but, generally, they and the illustrations are clean and bright. Mr. Clay's memoirs of his ranching days in Wyoming and Montana. Adams - Six Guns #434, Adams - Rampaging Herds #475.

Seller: The Book Faerie, Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A.

CLAY, JOHN. My Life on the Range. Privately printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, very good copy. First edition. Merrill’s Aristocrats. Loring Campbell. Six Score 19: “Clay presents the banker’s view of the range cattle industry better than any other writer. A Scot, he travelled widely in the American West and Canada, observing closely and accurately.” Herd 475. Guns 434: “This well written book about the author’s ranch experiences has become scarce in the first edition, and is one of the much sought after cattle books. It is said that Clay kept copies on his desk in Chicago, and friends helped themselves until the supply became exhausted. He was one of the better known ranch owners of the Northwest and a well educated Scotchman. His picture of ranch life is authentic. He relates many incidents of the Johnson County War and tells about Tom Horn.” Dobie pp., 98-99: “His book is the best of all sources on British-owned ranches. It is just as good on cowboys and sheepherders. Clay was a fine gentleman in addition to being a canny businessman in the realm of cattle and land. He appreciated the beautiful and had a sense of style.” Graff 748. Howes C478. Jennewein 153.

Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.

CLAY, John.. My life on the range.. Privately printed, [R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., at the Lakeside Press], [1924]., Chicago:, 1924.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: Tall 8vo. [8], 365, [3] pp. Photo frontisp., photo illustrations & plates. Olive-green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover & spine, t.e.g., rough-cut fore-edges (minor foxing to title, some shelfwear, minor rubbing), still VG- copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this informative account of the author's life managing cattle ranches in Wyoming in the late 1870s, including the Swan Land and Livestock Company near Chugwater. Although Clay was out of the country in Scotland during the Johnson County range war, he is often thought to have been involved.

Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.

Clay, John. My Life on the Range. Privately Printed, New York, 1924.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1St Edition. Nice Sound Green Boards. Ffp Has Been Removed As Well As The Back Blank Page. Front Hinge Is A Little Weak. Beautiful Ruff Cut Pages. A Couple Of What Appear To Be Worm Holes On Gutter Of Front Board. Email For Pictures.

Seller: Jen's Books, Douglas, WY, U.S.A.

John Clay. MY LIFE ON THE RANGE. Privately printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: 366p. A dark green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine slightly tanned. Pages rough-cut. Text unmarked and binding secure. Gilt cover text still shint and unmarred. A scarce, classic work on cattle ranching. Dobie p. 98-99; Graff 748; Guns 434; Herd 475; Howes C475; Jennewein 153; Merrill 841; Rader 841.

Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.

Clay, John. My Life On the Range (SIGNED). Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$290.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This original, large octavo, 1924 first edition in dark green cloth with bright gilt titles is in "good" condition. Pages in second half of book show dampstaining / tidemarks to the margins closest to spine -- spine was evidently damp, at some point. Corners toed in slightly; Top Edge Gilding is moderately worn but still at about 75 percent; we can find no foxing. Gilt titling to spine and front board remain strong. Inscribed to top of half-title page "To Clay Boddie" (though it could be "Goddie") "from John Clay / 24th April 1926 / 75 yrs old today." We thus have the recipient's 1851 birth date, but have been unable to trace him. All the glossy B&W photographic plates here -- including Teddy Roosevelt & Co. on horseback -- are firmly attached where they ought to be. "One of the best books on ranching." -- Everett Graff. "This well-written book about the authors' ranch experience has become scarce in the first edition, and is one of the much-sought-after cattle books. He was one of the better-known ranch owners of the Northwest and a well-educated Scotchman. His picture of ranch life is authentic. He relates many incidents of the Johnson County War and tells about Tom Horn." -- Ramon Adams. "A Scot, he traveled widely in the American West and Canada, observing closely and accurately. He played an important part in financing several large companies, and was instrumental in the reorganization of the failed Swan Land and Cattle Co. The book is best on the Wyoming ranges, where British investment was heaviest. There is much on the Wyoming Stock Growers Association," reports Bill Reese. Adams Herd 475, Adams Six-Guns 434, Howes 470, Graff 748, Dobie pp. 98-99. Totals 366 pp., now reduced from $780.

Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.

Clay, John. MY LIFE ON THE RANGE. Private Printing, 1924.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: Privately printed in Chicago, 1924. Foxing on some pages. Binding still tight. No jacket. No writing or inscriptions.; Privately printed in Chicago, 1924.

Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.

Clay, John.. MY LIFE ON THE RANGE.. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green cloth, 366 pp., photos, index. Minor stain &wavy area on bottom 2" of first 50 pages near the hinge. Pencil inscription on fly. A range cattle industry classic. Well written book about the author's ranch experiences in Wyoming. Best on Wyoming ranges. Many incidents of the Johnson County War & some about Tom Horn. Six-Score 19; Herd 475; Guns 434; Merrill Aristocrat.

Seller: The Wright Collection, Waxahachie, TX, U.S.A.

Clay, John. My Life On the Range (SIGNED TO CAPT. V. GARTSIDE TIPPINGE, OF BERRYWELL, DUNS, BERWICKSHIRE). Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$407.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This original, large octavo, 1924 first edition in dark green cloth with bright gilt titles is in "very good" condition. Top corners toed in slightly; Top Edge Gilt slightly worn but still at about 90 percent; we can find no foxing. Inscribed to blank FFE "To Capt. Tippinge from his friend John Clay." Attached to blank recto of the frontispiece author portrait is a further letterhead label from John Clay & Co., Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill. addressed by typewriter to "Capt. Tippinge, Duns, Scotland." A Capt. V. Gartside Tippinge, of Berrywell, Duns, Berwickshire, in the Scottish borderlands, appears to have served in the Royal Scots during the Great War. More than that we know not, save that (per the Coldtsream Local History Society) a Lt. Frank Gartside-Tippinge, 19 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, son of Vernon and Annie Gartside Tippinge of Berrywell, Duns, Berwickshire, was killed in action on 6th November 1917 and is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Arras, France. It is believed he crashed near Passchendaele, Ypres and was the 21st and final victim of the German ace Lt. Hans Ritter von Adam, as von Adam was himself killed in action on 15th November. (19 Squadron flew the Spad V11 before replacing them with Sopwith Dolphins in late November, 1917.) All the glossy B&W photographic plates here -- including Teddy Roosevelt & Co. on horseback -- are firmly attached where they ought to be. "One of the best books on ranching." -- Everett Graff. "This well-written book about the authors' ranch experience has become scarce in the first edition, and is one of the much-sought-after cattle books. He was one of the better-known ranch owners of the Northwest and a well-educated Scotchman. His picture of ranch life is authentic. He relates many incidents of the Johnson County War and tells about Tom Horn." -- Ramon Adams. "A Scot, he traveled widely in the American West and Canada, observing closely and accurately. He played an important part in financing several large companies, and was instrumental in the reorganization of the failed Swan Land and Cattle Co. The book is best on the Wyoming ranges, where British investment was heaviest. There is much on the Wyoming Stock Growers Association," reports Bill Reese. Adams Herd 475, Adams Six-Guns 434, Howes 470, Graff 748, Dobie pp. 98-99. Totals 366 pp. Here reduced from $1,000.

Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.

CLAY, JOHN.. MY LIFE ON THE RANGE.. Privately Printed, 1924., Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Cloth, 366pp., frontis, num. illus., charts, tables. T.E.G. "One of the best books on ranching."---Everett Graff. "This well-written book about the authors' ranch experience has become scarce in the first edition, and is one of the much-sought-after cattle books. He was one of the better-known ranch owners of the Northwest and a well-educated Scotchman. His picture of ranch life is authentic. He relates many incidents of the Johnson County War and tells about Tom Horn."---Ramon Adams. "A Scot, he traveled widely in the American West and Canada, observing closely and accurately. He played an important part in financing several large companies, and was instrumental in the reorganization of the failed Swan Land and Cattle Co. The book is best on the Wyoming ranges, where British investment was heaviest. There is much on the Wyoming Stock Growers Association."---Bill Reese. A classic work. Light offsetting to endpapers, else very good, tight copy.

Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.

Clay, John. MY LIFE ON THE RANGE. Privately printed, 1924.

Price: US$455.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Near fine. Dark green binding with gilt front and spine lettering bright. TEG and deckled page edges. Gift inscription in pencil. 'J.B. H?) from Billy Horton, Xmas 1925' Tight copy. Rare in this condition. A well-written and much sought after book about the author's ranch experiences. Six-Guns and Saddles,#205; Howes, #470. (NBC)

Seller: C. Trowbridge, OZARK, MO, U.S.A.

Clay, John. My Life On The Range. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 365 pages, frontis, chart, illustrations, top edge gilt, very minute wear, Signed, John Clay on the half title page, overall a fine copy. Six-Guns 434 rare, "Author tells of his ranch experiences. He was one of the better known ranch owners of the Northwest and a well educated Scotchman. He relates many incidents of the Johnson County War and tells about Tom Horn" Herd 475 scarce, Six Score 19, Howes C470aa, Graff 748.

Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.

(Cattle Trade) Clay, John. My Life on the Range. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. 17 plates from photographs. [8], 365 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A classic of ranch life in Wyoming. "[Clay] came to America in 1874, having known cattle, farmers, and literature from childhood. He became the outstanding representative of the British-owned cattle companies of the 1880's. His MY LIFE ON THE RANGE (privately printed,1924) is packed with facts on cattle, cattlemen, and ranches. I cite it here for its pictures of life and its sense of the beautiful" (J. Frank Dobie, COW PEOPLE). The original owner, E.O. Wooton.,(1865-1945), was an American botanist, professor of chemistry and botany at New Mexico State College from 1890 to 1911, and assistant curator at the National Herbarium in 1910. Howes C470 Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Apart from one small, faint stain on upper cover, this is a fine, clean copy. Original owner's signature on front pastedown, "E.O. Wooton / Washington, D.C. / Dec. 1924" 17 plates from photographs. [8], 365 pp. 1 vols. 8vo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

CLAY, John. My Life on the Range. , 1924.

Price: US$660.00 + shipping

Description: CLAY, John. My Life on the Range. Chicago: Privately printed, [1924]. 1st ed. Illus. 366pp. Uncut. T.e.g. A fine copy in orig. cloth. Howes C-470. A classic. "One of the best histories of the cattle ranges ever published. It contains a vast amount of information nowhere else obtainable."--Peter Decker.

Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.

Clay, John. My Life on the Range. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1924.

Price: US$700.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Dark green boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Light soiling to back board. Slight creasing to head and tail of spine. Tight binding and clean interior. Text block has gilt top stain and deckle fore and bottom edges. Some pages are uncut. All black and white photographic plates are present as called for. Personally inscribed by the author on the first free end paper. Howes C470. The Rampaging Herd 475. Scotsman John Clay penned this personal account of the cattle industry in Wyoming and Montana around the turn of the century. According to bibliographer Ramon Adams, "This well-written book about the authors' ranch experience has become scarce in the first edition, and is one of the much-sought-after cattle books. He was one of the better-known ranch owners of the Northwest and a well-educated Scotchman. His picture of ranch life is authentic." Famed folklorist J. Frank Dobie wrote that Clay's book "is packed with facts on cattle, cattlemen, and ranches" and that he referenced it "for its for its pictures of life and its sense of the beautiful."

Seller: Back of Beyond Books WH, Moab, UT, U.S.A.