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Price: US$468.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 261 pages; Covers with light rubbing and a touch of minor staining. Have to look close to see it.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 261 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map, top edge gilt, slight wear, a couple old light tape removal marks on fly-leafs. Jenkins 82, "an epic account of the largest and most famous ranching operations of the early West. It is one of the most highly regarded landmarks in the literature of the cattle country." Graff 1718, Howes H39, Herd 969, " One of the best books about a Texas ranch. Because of a lawsuit most of the edition was recalled and suppressed, making it one of the rarest and most sought after books on cattle." Six-Guns 894, Rader 1731, Six-Score 54.
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Haley, J. Evetts. XIT Ranch. Lakeside Press, 1929.
Price: US$590.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light dampstaining to bottom quarter-inch of boards, not effecting pages. Not too obtrusive.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 261 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map, top edge gilt, minor edge wear, 1st blank page removed, tight solid copy. Jenkins 82, "an epic account of the largest and most famous ranching operations of the early West. It is one of the most highly regarded landmarks in the literature of the cattle country." Graff 1718, Howes H39, Herd 969, " One of the best books about a Texas ranch. Because of a lawsuit most of the edition was recalled and suppressed, making it one of the rarest and most sought after books on cattle." Six-Guns 894, Rader 1731, Six-Score 54
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. xvi, 261 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, maps, one folding. Howes H-39. Graff 1718: "The work was suppressed by court injunction." Jenkins Basic Texas Books 82: "Vivid picture of every aspect of life on a big ranch." Adams Herd 969: "One of the best books about a Texas Ranch." Adams Six-Guns 894: "It contains some material on outlaws, brand blotters, and cattle rustlers." Reese Six-Score 54: "Foundation work on ranching in the Panhandle, and an important ranch history." Dykes Range Country 20. Vandale 82. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth. (#8114).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 261 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map. Jenkins 82, "an epic account of the largest and most famous ranching operations of the early West. It is one of the most highly regarded landmarks in the literature of the cattle country." Graff 1718, Howes H39, Herd 969, " One of the best books about a Texas ranch. Because of a lawsuit most of the edition was recalled and suppressed, making it one of the rarest and most sought after books on cattle." Six-Guns 894, Rader 1731, Six-Score 54
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth, gilt spine lettering & longhorn on front, 261 pp., illus., maps (one foldout), index. BASIC TX. BOOKS #82-"It is one of the most highly regarded landmarks in the literature of the cattle country." Herd 969; Guns 894; Merrill Aristocrat; Reess-Six-Score #54. Some minor spots on edge of spine, lower corners bumped, & gift inscription inside front cover, otherwise a very nice copy of the best Texas ranch history and a cattle range classic.
Seller: The Wright Collection, Waxahachie, TX, U.S.A.
HALEY, J[ames] Evetts. XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado. , 1929.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: HALEY, J[ames] Evetts. The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado. Chicago; The Lakeside Press, 1929. 1st ed. xvi, 261 pp. Map frontis., illus., portraits, map. Orig. pictorial cloth. Fine. HOWES H-39. "Owing to a law suit, which forced it off the market, the first edition has become rare. In 1953 it was reprinted, with some changes and omissions, by the University of Oklahoma Press. It contains some material on outlaws, brand blotters, and cattle rustlers." Adams, Six Guns 894.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
HALEY, J. Evetts. XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado. , 1929.
Price: US$2475.00 + shipping
Description: HALEY, J. Evetts. The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1929. [16],261pp., plus illustrations and maps. Frontis. Original gilt cloth, t.e.g. Slight abrasion on spine cloth, else a fine copy. ADAMS HERD 969. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 894. SIX-SCORE 54. GRAFF 1718. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 82. HOWES H39, "aa." VANDALE 82. ROBINSON 3. DOBIE, p.104. Inscribed by Haley on the front free endpaper to noted Texas bookman, Al Lowman: "For Al Lowman this book, one page of which resulted in over ten million dollars in libel suits - fortunately won by the defendants, the XIT people, and J. Evetts Haley. Aug. 8, 1965." Haley's first book, and a foundation work on ranching in the Panhandle. Shortly after publication Haley was sued for libel by members of the Spikes family, who alleged that comments made in chapter eight were damaging. These and other connected suits caused this first edition to be withdrawn from sale. Inscribed copies of this book are scarce.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.