Oblong folio (24 x 31.5 cm), pp. 271 plus 24 plates of black and white and color artwork. One of 1000 copies. Brown faux leather boards with gilt spine text. White and brown jacket with illustration, "A Steer Outfit." Numerous black and white photographs and drawings. Jacket shows numerous large tears, one-inch chip from top front and a taped tear running across almost the entire front. The artist's accounts of his life ranching in Montana, studying art in Chicago, serving in the Army, working as a professional artist back in Montana, etc. Ralston was awarded a Gold Medal by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1978 and inducted in 2012. (Wikipedia) Dust jacket present. First Edition.