HALEY J EVETTS The XIT Ranch of Texas

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HALEY, J. EVETTS. The XIT Ranch of Texas. 2 maps, 30 plates. 8vo, gilt pictorial cloth, slight discoloration on backstrip; no other notable flaws; inscribed by Haley to Lowman in 1965. Chicago, 1929

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first edition. "One of the best books about a Texas ranch. Because of a lawsuit most of the edition was recalled and suppressed, making it one of the rarest and most sought after books on cattle"--Adams, Rampaging Herd 969. Haley's inscription alludes to the lawsuit: "This book, one page of which resulted in over two million dollars in libel suits--fortunately won by the defendants, the XIT people, and--J. Evetts Haley." Howes H39 ("aa").