American Red Polled Herd - Book, Containing a record of all Red Polled Cattle in America. Volume i.
by [MURRAY, J. C.]
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Old bookseller's stamp on title page and rear pastedown; ownership name on front free endpaper; a tight, clean, and sound co
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
[Davenport, Iowa]: : The Red Polled Cattle Club of America,, 1887.. First edition.. publisher's quarter morocco.. Old bookseller's stamp on title page and rear pastedown; ownership name on front free endpaper; a tight, clean, and sound copy with minor rubbing to binding at extremities. . 8vo,. Illustrated; four plates. Inscribed in ink and signed in pencil by the author on flyleaf, with the recipient's 19th c. bookplate on pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12266
- Title
- American Red Polled Herd - Book, Containing a record of all Red Polled Cattle in America. Volume i.
- Author
- [MURRAY, J. C.]
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's quarter morocco.
- Book Condition
- Used - Old bookseller's stamp on title page and rear pastedown; ownership name on front free endpaper; a tight, clean, and sound co
- Edition
- First edition.
- Publisher
- The Red Polled Cattle Club of America,
- Place of Publication
- [Davenport, Iowa]:
- Date Published
- 1887.
- Pages
- 281 [1, index] pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture;
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