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The Cattle Guard: Its History and Lore
by James F. Hoy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0700602267
- ISBN 13
- 9780700602261
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1986 University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O names on the FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to tail and lower tips. DJ: Very Good +; sunfading to the sine and top of rear board. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Gold endpapers. 233 pp 8vo. The cattle guard is a U.S. folk invention that will always be associated with the cattle industry on the Great Plains. The gate functions as a fence and a gate but allows traffic to pass through unimpeded. The cattle guard is usually wooden poles or iron poles spaced in parallel fashion over a pit or depression in the roadway for which cattle cannot gauge the depth and are afraid of stepping on the poles for fear of falling in the pit. The author traces the origins of the cattle guard to England, then to the US with trains in the 1800s and finally to the Great Plains in 1905. This book is full of farm and ranch stories that pertain to framers, ranchers, and oilmen on the Great Plains. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015423
- Title
- The Cattle Guard: Its History and Lore
- Author
- James F. Hoy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0700602267
- ISBN 13
- 9780700602261
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Place of Publication
- Lawrence, KS
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- cattle, ranching, Great Plains, Farming, Cattle guards, roads, cattle crossings on roads and highways, cattle control on farms, cattle control on ranches, Kansas folklore, Kansas history, livestock control, hoofed animals, oilmen, farmers, ranchers, farm
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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