Texas Cattle Brands. A Catalog Of The Texas Centennial Exposition Exhibit 1936

FORD, GUS L. [EDITED BY].

Publication: Published by Anne Johnston Ford, 1958, Dallas, 1936

Second edition. 8vo. Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, maps on endpapers, "in explanation," "in recognition," xx [2], 240 pp., illustrated with brands, maps, index to brand designs, index to branding irons. An exhibition of cattle brands and branding irons held in Dallas in 1936. An important range work that depicts 491 Texas cattle brands with illustration and history of each. Includes brief history of Texas Cattlemen’s Association by E. B. Spiller; “Brands as Evidence of Ownership in Prosecution for Theft” by Charles E. Coombes; “Texas Cattle” by W. L. Stangel; and biographical data on 53 noted ranchers of the 19th century. Non-authorial small gift inscription dated "1958" on the front fly leaf else a fine bright and tight copy in the elusive dust jacket that is a bit darkened on the spine, light wear to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. An important and elusive title and even more so in the dust jacket. This book was originally published in 1936 by Clyde C. Cockrell Company in Dallas, Texas. Both editions are difficult to locate today, especially in the elusive dust jacket.