The Closing of the Public Domain: Disposal and Reservation Policies 1900-50
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Tall 8vo. Pp. xi, 372. Black cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Publication No. 10 of the Food Research Institute. Statistics appendix, index. Leaf edges minimally age toned, former owner Albert Ravenholt signed in ink on ffep. In the beige dust jacket with titles printed in black, price $4.50 intact on the front flap: light wear to head of spine darkened. Laid-in Stanford University itemized cash receipt to Ravenholt dated 3/2/1954 listing four additional food-related titles purchased with this book. Very Good+ / Good+. Item #6722 Ravenholt served as Chicago Daily News foreign correspondent for Southeast Asia until 1978. Following journalism, he continued to divide his time between Manila and Seattle, engaging in agricultural pursuits in both locations. In Washington State he co-founded Sagemoor Farms, at one point the largest graper grower in the state. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
"A documented history of public land thought from 1900, showing the concept of closing which prevails now."
Price: $75.00