THE OLD ARMY MEMORIES, 1872-1918. by Parker, James

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 454 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor wear, owner name in pencil. Geronimo and Ute Campaigns, a buffalo hunt, outlaws and horse thieves, Spanish-American War, etc. Graff 3186, "Very interesting account of frontier Indian warfare and life at the forts in the Southwest and West during the 70's and 80's. He gives a fine account of the Geronimo Campaign, and his appreciation of General Mackenzie as an Indian fighter is excellent." Six-Guns 1680 "Information on outlaws Babe Mahardy and Jim and John Anderson.".

Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1929. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Inscribed by the author. Also ownership signature of Raymond Eliot Lee Major General Staff. Spine darkened and a bit worn; spine lettering dull. Very lightly cocked. One corner lightly bumped not effecting pages. Some foxing to the first and last few pages. Still anice, presentable copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1929. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 454 pages, frontis, illustrations. Geronimo and Ute Campaigns, a buffalo hunt, outlaws and horse thieves, Spanish-American War, etc. Graff 3186, "Very interesting account of frontier Indian warfare and life at the forts in the Southwest and West during the 70's and 80's. He gives a fine account of the Geronimo Campaign, and his appreciation of General Mackenzie as an Indian fighter is excellent." Six-Guns 1680 "Information on outlaws Babe Mahardy and Jim and John Anderson.".

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, [1929]., 1929. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf, with bookplate of Ulysses S. Grant, III on the front pastedown sheet. Blue cloth, gold stamping on front cover and spine, 454 pp., frontispiece [portrait], introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits. Memoirs of Brigadier General James Parker who, upon graduating from West Point, reported to Fort Sill in 1876 to fight the Indians. Considerable on Kiowas and Comanches. Material on Ranald MacKenzie, buffalo hunts, the Ute campaign, with the Navajos, the Geronimo outbreak, the Geronimo campaign, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine insurrection, military forts, etc. The memoirs are of importance as the lives of many military officers, who later went on to military prominence are discussed. Graff 3186 says "Very interesting account of frontier Indian warfare and life in the forts in the Southwest and West during the 70s and 80s. He gives a fine account of the… Read More