HARD KNOCKS - A Life Story of the Vanishing West by Young, Col. Harry - 1915

Chicago: Laird & Lee Inc. Book. Good. Hardcover. (1915), 240pp, 16 illustrations, of 17 called for. Another version, published the same year by Wells & Co. in Portland, Oregon is said to be the first printing. Light speckling to covers, contents generally foxed as is common with this edition, pencil notations in margin on several pages, front inner hinge neatly reinforced, else G+. The author says he was born in Cape Vincent, New York in 1849 and ran away at age 14. He had many interesting adventures in the west, claiming to have known Calamity Jane and to have been present when Wild Bill Hickok was killed. Howes 27. Six Guns 2466. Adams finds many discrepancies, but who can say whether the author was lying or just forgetful..

Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1915. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 242 pages + ad, illustrations, original brown cloth, slight wear, bookplate of Logan's bookstore in Cheyenne. Mills was a noted naturalist and author. Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, Custer and the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull, etc. Six-Guns 2466 "Author claims to have known Wild Bill Hickok personally. The Portland edition is believed to be the first printing. It is printed on much better paper than the Chicago edition. The Chicago printing has 7 fewer plates." Howes Y27, Graff 4789, O'Keefe 2602..

Laird & Lee, Chicago, 1915, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Published the same year as the Portland edition, which Adams and Howes considered the prior edition. Cloth. 242pp. Illust. Inscribed on ffep from someone at the Goodwill Hotel in Tacoma to "those brave, heroic men who are going forth to blot out the 'Beast of Berlin.'" The author recalls Indian Territory, Ft. Dodge, Ft. Laramie, the Sioux, "Unwritten history of the Custer massacre," Montana, Custer City, Deadwood, Portland, & much more. Adams cites many errors, but it's salty reading. Vg. 6-guns 2466, Howes Y27.

Chicago: Laird & Lee Inc., 1915., 1915. First edition. First edition. Second Printing. Cloth, 242 pp. + 1 page advertisement. Illustrated with 18 plates. The author "went west" in 1863 at the age of 14. Tells of his experiences with much on Ft. Laramie, the Sioux Indians, Red Cloud, Wild Bill Hickok, Deadwood, etc. Quite scarce in dust jacket. A fine copy in dust jacket with some minor edgewear.

Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1915. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 242 pages + ad, illustrations, minor chipping to jacket edges, inscribed to Enos Mills from E/A. Logan, Cheyenne Wyo. 1920. Logan had a bookstore in Cheyenne. Mills was a noted naturalist and author. Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, Custer and the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull, etc. Six-Guns 2466 Author claims to have known Wild Bill Hickok personally. The Portland edition is believed to be the first printing. It is printed on much better paper than the Chicago edition. The Chicago printing has 7 fewer plates. Howes Y27, Graff 4789.O'Keefe 2602..