Evans G W Dub (3 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint - Ex-Library. Hardback bound in black glossy boards with white titles and picture of a hound on the cover. Book is an ex-lib with the library name stamped on top closed page edge, no pocket, no internal marks, there is a faint area where the spine tag was removed. Book spine has a slight cant. Story of the Slash Ranch and the hounds that were developed to eliminate wolves on the ranch. 244 pages including a section of black & white photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, x, 244 [1] pp., foreword, introduction, illustrated from photographs. The Slash Ranch became part of the John Z. Means & Company's ranching interests and when purchased was known as the Running W brand, but the prevalent running brand was a Slash. Since it was easy to apply and easy to see the Slash brand was adopted. The Means Company had ranches in Reeves, Winkler, Ward, Loving, and Culbertson counties, centering on the Pecos River in west Texas. Much of cattle and ranching interest, but the area has many predators of cattle and much is said about hunting cougars, wolves, bears, etc. Contains one story by J. Frank Dobie, titled LION MARKERS. Rubbing to head and foot else fine in dust jacket with 1" closed tear to bottom of spine, rubbing to folds of dust jacket a tiny hole on front panel and with black ink used at fold of dust jacket. Missed by Adams' Rampaging Herd.…