CAMPAIGNING WITH CUSTER AND THE NINETEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY ON THE WASHITA CAMPAIGN, 1868-1869. by Spotts, David L - 1928

Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Company, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 215 pages, frontis, photos, maps, slight chipping to jacket edges, lacks the last illustration, very slight waving to a few pages. This is the first printing but with a later publisher binding resulting from a fire. Howes S843 Limited to 800 copies, all but about 300 were burned. Luther High Spot 20, Rader 2965, O'Keefe 2260. .

Wetzel. nice copy; inscribed by Spotts; signed by Brininstool . Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1928.

Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Company, 1928. From a limited edition, signed and numbered by the author. This is copy no. 260. Plates. 215 pp. 8vo. Original blue publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt, t.e.g. Lightly rubbed. Numbered and signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. From a limited edition, signed and numbered by the author. This is copy no. 260. Plates. 215 pp. 8vo. Narrative of the author's experiences in the Kansas Volunteer Calvalry, printing the diary he kept during the Wichita Campaign. With a complete list of the men in the regiment. Howes notes that of the 800 copies printed, all but 300 were destroyed in a fire. Howes S843

Wetzel Publishing Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover first edition is near fine. Blank endpapers and lack of embossing near edge indicate later state of first edition. Deckled front edge. Unnumbered limitation page is signed by Spotts. Jacket shows wear along top edge with light tearing and creasing. Edges of jacket toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Edited and arranged for publication by E.A. Brininstool. Limited edition of 800 copies, this one signed by Spotts on Brininstool on the limitation page. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price) lightly toned and rubbed. Blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A day-by-day account of the Washita Campaign of 1868-69 against the Arapahoe, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Comanche in Kansas and Oklahoma, a controversial moment in American history compared to the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.

Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Company, 1928., 1928. First edition. First edition. Octavo. Signed by David L. Spotts on the limitation page. This is copy #274. Decorated blue cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine, colorful marbled endpapers, 215 pp., frontispiece [portrait], introductory, illustrated, maps, preface. This is the daily diary of David L. Spotts as he describes the thrilling events on the winter campaign against the hostile Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Comanches. Wright Howes says that all but 300 of the copies were destroyed by fire. The story of the Washita Campaign of 1868-69 against the Arapahoe, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Comanche Indians in Kansas and Oklahoma. The hardship and suffering endured by this regiment in its campaign with Custer and the 7th Cavalry, is unparalleled. A beautiful, bright copy, as New in dust jacket.