Life of Tom Candy Ponting An Autobiography: Introduction & Notes by Herbert O. Brayer
by Ponting, Tom
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Evanston, IL: The Branding Iron Press, 1952. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorations by David T. Vernon. Small octavo, x, 132pp.; variant deluxe binding by Elizabeth Kner in full calf, inside glue stain to rear hinge, Brock's inked data on blank leaf, edgeworn.
British emigrant becomes "The Cattle King of Central Illinois". Previously published in two printings of only 25 copies each. This work describes "the transition years between two important periods in the development of the American cattle trade - that of the early prairie feeder-farm business and of the later Texas (and western) trail era - Introduction." Copy no. 70 of 500 designed and printed by the Printing Office of Philip Reed. Warmly inscribed to Edson M Brock, Pres. of the Evanston Historical Society, by the publisher/editor Brayer, and the illustrator. This is the second book of the press. [HERD 1815 - "This book tells of one of the first cattle drives north from Texas."].
British emigrant becomes "The Cattle King of Central Illinois". Previously published in two printings of only 25 copies each. This work describes "the transition years between two important periods in the development of the American cattle trade - that of the early prairie feeder-farm business and of the later Texas (and western) trail era - Introduction." Copy no. 70 of 500 designed and printed by the Printing Office of Philip Reed. Warmly inscribed to Edson M Brock, Pres. of the Evanston Historical Society, by the publisher/editor Brayer, and the illustrator. This is the second book of the press. [HERD 1815 - "This book tells of one of the first cattle drives north from Texas."].
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005400
- Title
- Life of Tom Candy Ponting An Autobiography
- Author
- Ponting, Tom
- Illustrator
- Decorations by David T. Vernon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- The Branding Iron Press
- Place of Publication
- Evanston, IL
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Illinois, cattle drives, cattle industry, World's Columbian Exposition, Stock Yards, P. D. Armour, meat packing, Chicago, Joseph G. McCoy, Hereford cattle, private press, David T. Vernon, branding iron press, herbert o. brayer, Elizabeth Kner,
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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