Rolling On. The Log of a Land Rover. B. Eyre-Walker. Published by Seeley Service & Co Ltd, 196 Shaftsbury Avenue, London. No printing date I can find. Unable to find another copy of this book anywhere online but did find what appeared to be a review in the New York Times from 1936...can't provide any further detail as it was a pay to view page. I also found reference to the book in "Ranch Tales; Stories from the Frontier" which states the author worked the ranch at the start of the book in 1909.
Below is the blurb from inside the dust jacket flap and below that the reference from "Ranch Tales; Stories from the Frontier". Finally, a bit I found on Wiki about the Coldstream Ranch the author works on which was owned by Lord Aberdeen (John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair) Governor General of Canada.
"It is seldom that a man who has been a real cowboy and back-woodsman in Canada, and several other parts of the world, is capable of wielding so graphic and telling a pen as the author of this book. Such a life as his was full of incident and adventure of many kinds, and it loses nothing in the telling. Mr Eyre-Walker is a Yorkshireman and reveals all the virile qualities associated with that fine type of Englishman"
THE COLDSTREAM RANCH NEAR VERNON originally controlled about thirteen thousand acres, primarily for raising cattle. But, under the owner- ship of Lord Aberdeen, then Governor General of Canada, its operation was diversified and it became heavily involved in growing apples as well as raising hogs and sheep alongside the traditional cattle. In the early 1900s, the Coldstream employed about one hundred farm hands in its various activities. As B. Eyre-Walker, who worked for the ranch in 1909, recounted in his book Rolling On: The Log of a Land Rover (London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.): "There were nine beds in my bunk-house, an upper room in a o- storey building with one window and-being early summer as hot as the proverbial place. All the beds were occupied in spite of the persistent attentions of bed bugs. That room had for long been disputed as the proverbial place. All the beds were occupied in spite of the persistent attentions of bed bugs. That room had for long been disputed property of man and vermin. The weather grew warmer and I shared a tent with one of the range riders. Many men went under the canvas every summer, so that an encampment of some fifteen or twenty tents sprang up in the scrub that sheltered some of the buildings" Walker's memories of riding for the Coldstream Ranch are also useful in providing insights into the daily life of the cowboy at the time. Although he was inexperienced, he had done some riding and was chosen to join the working cowboys instead of being placed in any of the other jobs that the Coldstream had to offer. He later wrote: "In rounding up cattle on the range, a greenhorn invariably got the dirty work--that was part of his initiation. The full-blooded cowboy--the man who had spent a lifetime in perfecting his craft--considered him- self among the elite of ranch hands. He had been through the school. vet seldom had the opportunity of bossing others, therefore why should he ride hard after the stragglers that had broken away from the bunch, or flank a herd on a rough hill-side when the valley bottom was smooth and the going easy? As a greenhorn, I soon found my best friend was my pony. He knew far better than I what a recalcitrant steer meant to do, and if normally clever, thwarted such efforts perfectly. Indeed, given a "cow wise" cayuse, and open country, little remained for the rider to do but stick on. When, however, man and pony were engaged on close work, such as cutting out, roping, etc, the rider's knowledge had to be no less, and every bit as swift in execution as that of his mount, otherwise the twain were soon parted: To expedite this, the methods perfected by riders to guide their mounts were reduced to the greatest simplicity and speed. To the Westerner the reins were not used as a check. To stop, the rider simply threw his weight hack in the saddle; to go forward, the reverse. A deviation from the direct course was effected as easily; the swing of the reins meant more to a cayuse than hard pulling on the bit meant to an Old Country hack. Only those who have ridden and worked these clever brutes, can fully appreciate their knowledge of their duties".
"In 1891, he (Lord Aberdeen) bought the Coldstream Ranch in the northern Okanagan Valley in British Columbia and launched the first commercial orchard operations in that region, which gave birth to an industry and settlement colony as other Britons emigrated to the region because of his prestige and bought into the orcharding lifestyle. The ranch is today part of the municipality of Coldstream, and various place names in the area commemorate him and his family, such as Aberdeen Lake and Haddo Creek." Wiki
Dust jacket showing wear/marks, small tears and tanning to the spine (please see images) not price clipped (10/6d) . Case of book is in sound vintage order, bound in red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Spine and boards show only light age related rubs. Please see first two images. Front hinge is sound, rear hinge in similar order (third & last images). End papers show some tanning. Content is clean and well bound (please see images). Overall, in clean used vintage condition. Please be aware this is a vintage item and it will show signs of age and use throughout. I am happy to answer any queries you may have in relation to the title, will do my best to answer same day. Please ask before bidding. Will include FREE careful postage and packing with the relevant insurance in place. Thank you.