Description
The first edition, first printing of The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World’s Greatest Cattle Trail by Sam P. Ridings, with a bright first state dust jacket.
Octavo, [i-xii], 591pp. Black cloth, title and illustration stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Frontispiece portrait of the author, with numerous illustrations and a folding map at rear. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $3.50 on the front flap, trivial shelf wear, small chip along rear board, an exceptionally bright example.
(Howes R281) (Adams, Herd 1897) (Six-Guns 1856) (Rader 2788)
Ridings’ history of the Chisholm Trail extends beyond the cattle route itself to include the range cattle industry of the Southwest, trail drivers, cow towns, outlaws, raids, and frontier violence.
