54. BURTON, Harley True. A History of the J A
Ranch.... Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, 1928.
[x] 147 pp., frontispiece portrait of Charles Goodnight, 2
plates, map. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt lettering on
front cover and spine. A fine copy of this modern range
rarity. Contemporary ownership inscription of M. S.
Garretson.
First
edition. Adams, Herd 382. Agatha, p. 62. Dobie,
p. 98. Howes B1030. Merrill, Aristocrats of the Cow
Country, p. 16. Reese, Six Score 18: "One of the
first ranch histories, and one of the rarest and most
important. It is not known how many copies of this book
were printed, but it was certainly no more than several
hundred. The JA Ranch was Col. Charles Goodnight’s old
ranch, and this book, issued a bit more than a year before
he died was dedicated to him and done with his
cooperation."
($400-800)