Publication: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1940, Los Angeles
First edition. 8vo. Cloth, xvi, 337 pp. frontis. [photograph of Jack Culley], introduction, illustrated, index. Introduction by Nelson R. Crow, Illustrated by Katherine Field. "Culley was a literate and intelligent Englishman. In 1893 he and his wife came to America and he became manager of the Bell Ranch in New Mexico, which in those days comprised three quarters of a million acres. In 1917 Culley sold out all his interests in New Mexico to join the Army. Most of the book deals with the history of the Bell Ranch."--Six Score 26. "This excellent book was written by a well-educated Englishman who came to the United States and became manager of the large Bell Ranch of New Mexico."---Herd 623. Small bump to lower front corner else near fine, tight copy in the elusive dust jacket, with light wear to the spine ends and corners, crease to lower half of front cover, with two small chips to the top and bottom edges of the rear panel.
Inventory Number: 53184