New World Notes. Being an Account of Journeyings and Sojournings in America and Canada. by Clay, John - 1875: WESTERN CATTLE RANGE RARITY

Clay, John. New World Notes. Being an Account of Journeyings and Sojournings in America and Canada. Kelso, Scotland: J. & J. H. Rutherford. 1875. Green cloth. First edition. One plate. 17.5 cm. 200 pp. + 4 pp. ads. [2]. Glue residue on front end papers, and on lower spine, corners bumped, spine rubbing, else very good.

Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog sales. Adams, Rampaging Herd 477: "Scarce." Dykes, Collecting Range Life Literature, Unlisted Range Rarity. Reese, Six Score 19 note. Howes 471 "aa." Graff 750. OCLC shows nineteen copies. "Clay represents a banker's view of the range cattle industry better than any other writer. 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. … He wrote several other books [in addition to My Life on the Range] about his ranching experiences, the scarcest of which is New World Notes (1875)." - Reese. "Clay, an educated Scot … managed some of the largest British-owned ranches in North America. … 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." – Dobie, Life and Literature, p. 91. The articles were previously published in the North British Agriculturist and the Kelso Chronicle in Scotland.