Van Dersal & Connor's Stockgrowers' Directory Of Marks And Brands For The State Of Montana 1872 To 1900. Comprising An Alphabetical List Of Names Of All Live Stock Companies And Individual Live Stock Raisers, Showing The Recorded Marks And Brands Of Each One As They Appear On The Books Of The State Recorder Of Marks And Brands; A Complete Directory Of All The Reborded Brands In The State; A Miscellaneous Directory Of County And State Stock Officials, Together With Much Other Valuable Information For Live Stock Growers, Also A Complete Classified Directory Of Sheep And Wool Growers

VAN DERSAL, (SAMUEL) & CONNOR

Publication: Van Dersal & Connor Publishers, 1900, Helena

First edition . 8vo. Quarter leather and cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, front and rear endpapers are advertisements, 467 pp., maps, illustrated brands, many pages of advertisements, (some printed on pink paper) interspersed and not paginated, index. Thousands of brands listed by more or less alphabetical order by brand owner under the county where residing. One of the most comprehensive state lists with the owner's name and place of residence, place on the animal where brands were typically made, with the brands arranged by county, and a map of each included. Rare. Not in Adam's Herd. Front free fly leaf missing, title page and first few pages of advertisements in facsimile, old water stains to last 100 pages or so with nicks and chips to the bottom margins of the last 30 pages. Overall a good, tight serviceable copy filled with Montana marks and brands information plus interesting advertising information from companies of the late 1890s. This is a very scarce to rare book as there are no copies on World Cat. Currently there are copies at the Montana Historical Association, Missoula Public Library, and an imperfect copy at Montana State University. Even the prestigious 20,000+ book collection at the Texas A & M University's Jeff Dykes Range Livestock Collection has only the 1974 reprint edition, as does the University of Texas.

Inventory Number: 49620Sold -- Contact us