Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Seller Inventory # 0939571064-7-1-29
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 54721390-6
Seller: Jenson Books Inc, Logan, UT, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. The item is showing use from the previous owner but works perfectly. Signs of previous ownership which could include: tears, scuffing, notes, excessive highlighting, gift inscriptions, slight water damage, a missing dust jacket, and library markings. Seller Inventory # 4BQGBJ011DOK
Seller: Night Heron Books, Laramie, WY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Binding tight.Cover clean and glossy.Dust jacket included and in fair condition with a few tears. Hardcover.No writing, highlighting, or marks in text. Seller Inventory # 725839
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "First Edition" stated. No mention of second edition. This copy has NO dust jacket. Rancher Wayne Hage demonstrates and documents that private owners -- ranchers, miners, and others -- have established private property rights through possession and proper filings administered under state law to much of the Western land which those far away in the east identify as "public lands," and which the federal government does not own because it has never purchased them with the permission of the appropriate state legislature, as required under the federal Constitution. What is widely misunderstood in other locales is the way "split title" or "split estate" works in the arid west, where one party can own the water and grazing rights to a sizable acreage, while another party may file on and thus own the mining rights to the same land, which land will often still remain "public" in the sense that these owners of limited rights must still allow free access to hunters, etc. Hage was a rancher and historian of these topics, who fought the taking of his grazing rights by arrogant federal bureaucrats near Tonopah, Nevada, through the courts. After his death, his daughters won those lawsuits, vindicating his arguments & analysis, though of course the federal government never runs out of funds, or of other courts to which it can and will appeal any adverse ruling, world without end. 267 pp. including index. Reduced from $150. Seller Inventory # 005319
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "First Edition" stated. No mention of second edition. NO dust jacket. Author Hage has hand-written a lengthy inscription to fellow property-rights advocate Jim Faulkner to the otherwise blank FFE. Wayne Hage demonstrates and documents that private owners -- ranchers, miners, and others -- have established private property rights through possession and proper filings administered under state law to much of the Western land which those far away in the east identify as "public lands," and which the federal government does not own because it has never purchased them with the permission of the appropriate state legislature, as required under the federal Constitution. What is widely misunderstood in other locales is the way "split title" or "split estate" works in the arid west, where one party can own the water and grazing rights to a sizable acreage, while another party may file on and thus own the mining rights to the same land, which land will often still remain "public" in the sense that these owners of limited rights must still allow free access to hunters, etc. Hage was a rancher and historian of these topics, who fought the taking of his grazing rights by arrogant federal bureaucrats near Tonopah, Nevada, through the courts. After his death, his daughters won those lawsuits, vindicating his arguments & analysis, though of course the federal government never runs out of funds, or of other courts to which it can and will appeal any adverse ruling, world without end. (Albeit the federal lawyers will, of course, face the slight inconvenience of spending the rest of eternity in hell.) 267 pp. including index. Reduced from $320. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 009385
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 67S43_20_0939571064
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "First Edition" stated. No mention of second edition. "Good-plus" dust jacket shows a closed inch-and-half tear to bottom of jacket rear panel, and a half-inch hole (sticker pull?) To jacket spine, impinging no type. Author Hage has inscribed to "Harold Steen / Thanks for your help in making this book possible" and signed to the front pastedown, where his signature is largely hidden under the jacket front flap, as was his habit. Harold K. "Pete" Steen (born 1935) was a forest historian, executive director of the Forest History Society, and author of "The U.S. Forest Service: A History" (Seattle: University of Washington Press.) He and his book merit four citations in the Index, here. Wayne Hage demonstrates and documents that private owners -- ranchers, miners, and others -- have established private property rights through possession and proper filings administered under state law to much of the Western land which those far away in the East identify as "public lands," and which the federal government does not own because it has never purchased them with the permission of the appropriate state legislature, as required under the federal Constitution. What is widely misunderstood in other locales is the way "split title" or "split estate" works in the arid West, where one party can own the water and grazing rights to a sizable acreage, while another party may file on and thus own the mining rights to the same land, which land will often still remain "public" in the sense that these owners of limited rights must still allow free access to hunters, etc. Hage was a rancher and historian of these topics, who fought the taking of his grazing rights by arrogant federal bureaucrats near Tonopah, Nevada, through the courts. After his death, his daughters won those lawsuits, vindicating his arguments & analysis, though of course the arrogant, intransigent, and lawless federal government never runs out of funds, or of other courts to which it can and will appeal any adverse ruling, world without end. 267 pp. including index. Reduced from $550. As with all our items priced higher than $90, this item will be shipped "signature required.". Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 008740