[Rarebooks] FS - One of the "big four" cattle books

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

NIMMO, Joseph, Jr., Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury 
Department. /REPORT ON THE INTERNAL COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
Submitted May 6, 1885 / Commerce and Navigation/. Bound in original 
blind-ruled black cloth with gilt titling, and five large colored 
folding maps. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1885. 1st 
edition, heavy 8vo, pp. 562. Corners of bds. rounded. Some light 
scuffing & a few spots to bds. Hinges & joints tight. Internally very 
clean. Very good condition.

Adams, in "/The Rampaging Herd/" / A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets 
on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry, at p. 267 (#1674) describes 
this title as "rare", and calls it "..among the most important of the 
'big four' cattle books. [Its] contents were compiled by experts on the 
subject." The third part of the book contains extensive statistical and 
economic material on cattle ranching. This is followed by 71 Appendices 
(many authored by experts in the field) about the conditions then 
existing in the range and ranch cattle business of various areas of the 
United States. See also Howes, /U.S.IANA/, p. 419, who calls it "the 
unrivalled source for the period." The five large folding maps show: (1) 
the range and ranch cattle area of the U.S., (2) the distribution of 
annual rainfall in the U.S., (3) the distribution of the spring and 
summer rainfall in the U.S., (4) hypsometric sketch of the United 
States, (5) transportation lines of the States and Territories of the 
Pacific Coast. Map (1) has a three inch closed tear near hinge. Now 
neatly repaired with archival tape. All maps appear to have been seldom 
opened, and are in excellent condition.

Price: $1,750.00.

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