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Scranton, PA: J. A. Clark, Publisher, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 236pp. Later blue cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel, original wrappers preserved. With twenty-three large, cabinet-size photographs by William H. Schurch. Originally published in parts, the work was supposed to include fifteen issues but only ten were published. According to the publisher's advertisement on the wrappers, each part contained two large photographic views (which retailed for $1 when sold separately.) Laid in are several sheets of paper, probably contemporary, with a hand-written index to the text, including a complete list of the photographs, which might indicate this copy was bound with twenty-three rather than twenty-five or twenty-six photographs as in some other copies. Among the chapters included are Colonel Zebulon Butler in Command, The Pennamite War, The Ship-Building Era, Coal -- Its Origin and Formation, Colliery -- Incidents in and around Coal-Mines, Joseph H. Scranton, Delaware and Hudson Canal…
Read More Record of Engagements with Hostile Indians Within the Military Division of the Missouri, from 1868 to 1882 by Sheridan, Lieutenant General P. H. (1831-1888 - 1882
by Sheridan, Lieutenant General P. H. (1831-1888
Record of Engagements with Hostile Indians Within the Military Division of the Missouri, from 1868 to 1882
by Sheridan, Lieutenant General P. H. (1831-1888
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Half pebbled leather with matching in color cloth; spine titles in gilt with black lined divisions. Marbled endpages with matching textblock. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Text is clean with appropriate age-toning. 8vo; 9 inches tall; 111 pages of text followed by blank pages presumed to give the spine room for the titles. A very handsome rebinding. Graff records an edition prior to this in Chicago in 1882.. Compiled from official reports describing over 400 engagements in chronological order, including a lengthy description of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
After the US Civil War Sheridan reported to the Gulf of Mexico, where his presence along the Texas border hastened the fall of Maximilian, the French puppet emperor in Mexico, in 1867.
He was later named military commander of Louisiana and Texas (1867), but his harsh administration of Reconstruction measures led to his removal soon thereafter by President Andrew Johnson.
He spent the remaining years until 1883 in Western command. He planned and conducted a successful Indian campaign (1868-69), after which he was promoted to lieutenant general. He became general-in-chief of the army in 1883 and five years later was commissioned as general of the army of the United States.
He spent his last month's writing his memoirs.
Ref: Howes S-395; Graff 3753, Rittenhouse, 520
Half pebbled leather with matching in color cloth; spine titles in gilt with black lined divisions. Marbled endpages with matching textblock. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Text is clean with appropriate age-toning. 8vo; 9 inches tall; 111 pages of text followed by blank pages presumed to give the spine room for the titles. A very handsome rebinding. Graff records an edition prior to this in Chicago in 1882.. Compiled from official reports describing over 400 engagements in chronological order, including a lengthy description of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
After the US Civil War Sheridan reported to the Gulf of Mexico, where his presence along the Texas border hastened the fall of Maximilian, the French puppet emperor in Mexico, in 1867.
He was later named military commander of Louisiana and Texas (1867), but his harsh administration of Reconstruction measures led to his removal soon thereafter by President Andrew Johnson.
He spent the remaining years until 1883 in Western command. He planned and conducted a successful Indian campaign (1868-69), after which he was promoted to lieutenant general. He became general-in-chief of the army in 1883 and five years later was commissioned as general of the army of the United States.
He spent his last month's writing his memoirs.
Ref: Howes S-395; Graff 3753, Rittenhouse, 520
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- Date Published 1882
- Keywords North American Indian, American West, Exploration, Indians, Military, United States History, Native American, Indian Wars. United States History
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The Wyoming Valley, Upper Waters of the Susquehanna, and the Lackawanna Coal-Region, Including Views of the Natural Scenery of Northern Pennsylvania, from the Indian Occupancy to the Year 1875. Photographically Illustrated
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The M K and T. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway.: Description of the state of Texas traversed by the MK and T. Where in a perfect climate, may be found cheap homes for a million people.
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[Railroad] Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. The M K and T. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. [Circa 1891-92]. Color outline map. 59 x 61 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm. Vignette of the Texas Capitol Building on panels. Panel title: Description of the state of Texas traversed by the MK and T. Where in a perfect climate, may be found cheap homes for a million people. Stains and splits at fold. Good. OCLC shows three holdings of this map (SMU; UT-Arlington & Univ. Missouri-St Louis.) References 1890 population and agricultural statistics and the forthcoming World's Columbian Exposition which was head in 1893. "List of the cities, towns, and stations located on the line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in Texas" and historical information on select Texas counties. Also covers Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and parts of Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico, but not the southernmost tip of Texas.
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The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California.: The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains.
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Union Pacific Railroad. The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California. The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains. Chicago: Horton & Leonard Book & Job Printers. 1868. Printed yellow wraps. Map on rear cover. 23 cm. Cover title: Omaha to the Mountains. 13 [2 ads] [1blank] pp. Covers worn, split at spine. Repaired with archival tape. In a four-point case with slip case with leather label. Good.OCLC shows no holdings for this issue. There is a listing for a microform copy but no holdings are indicated. Not to be confused with the more common 12 page issue with the cover title Omaha to California. General promotion for the UPRR in 1868, the line apparently having reached Denver and Laramie. Emphasizes the efficiency of the company and the booming prospects for the Nebraska land its lines traverse. Ends with a two page list of stops for the UP and Wells Fargo & Company's overland mail and stage line. In a custom… Read More
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Pawnee Bill’s Wild West and Great Far East.: Maj. Gordon W. Lilly Pawnee Bill. The White Chief of the Pawnees. The Hero of Oklahoma.
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Pawnee Bill's Wild West and Great Far East. Maj. Gordon W. Lilly Pawnee Bill. The White Chief of the Pawnees. The Hero of Oklahoma. [No publication information.] [Circa 1907.] 26.5 x 34.8 cm. [14] pp. Has been folded. Small split at center of spine, else very good. OCLC shows no holdings. This is the first copy of this elaborate promotional that I have ever seen. "Lillie made his way into Indian Territory while working as a trapper …. He served as a teacher at the Pawnee agency …. During this time he became known as "Pawnee Bill." In 1883 he was recruited to help coordinate the efforts of the Pawnee troupe in the first-ever Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. … In 1888 he began touring the country with "Pawnee Bill's Wild West." … which traveled the United States and Europe, starring May Lillie as the Champion Horseback Shot of the West. In 1908 he joined forces with Buffalo Bill Cody, forming 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East,' a Wild West show that had no equal at… Read More
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General Nelson A. Miles and "Buffalo Bill" viewing Hostile Indian Camp, near Pine Ridge, S. D. January 16th, 1891.
by Buffalo Bill Cody
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[Buffalo Bill] [Native Americans] General Nelson A. Miles and "Buffalo Bill" viewing Hostile Indian Camp, near Pine Ridge, S. D. January 16th, 1891. Baltimore, Md.: A Hoen & Co. [1892] Lithograph poster on tan paper. 27.5 cm x 42 cm. Light age toning and a few minor spots, else very good.OCLC shows no holdings. There is a copy at the Buffalo Bill Museum. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (at left) and Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles were photographed by J. C. H. Grabill while scouting an Indian camp near Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, on January 16, 1891, soon after the massacre at nearby Wounded Knee. This lithograph is loosely based on the photographic record. As one newspaper (The Scotsman) reported on January 13th regarding the Pine Ridge Indian camp: "Should the Indians continue to move in this direction, and show a purpose of surrendering, the troops will not attack them; but if any renegades attempt to get away and succeed in piercing… Read More
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The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, as they Appeared to the Author
by Twain, Mark
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Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1870. 1st Edition. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, double frontispieces. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, etchings qand engravings, many full-page. First edition, third printing: Pages xvii and xviii have their page numbers; the last entry on page xviii ends with the word "conclusion"; the engraved portrait of Napoleon III appears at page129; the heading on page 643 is "CHAPTER LXI"; the third page of the printed ads begins with "Illustrated History of the Bible." [McBride pg. 8]. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of…
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The M K and T. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway.: Description of the state of Texas traversed by the MK and T. Where in a perfect climate, may be found cheap homes for a million people.
by Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
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[Railroad] Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. The M K and T. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. [Circa 1891-92]. Color outline map. 59 x 61 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm. Vignette of the Texas Capitol Building on panels. Panel title: Description of the state of Texas traversed by the MK and T. Where in a perfect climate, may be found cheap homes for a million people. Stains and splits at fold. Good. OCLC shows three holdings of this map (SMU; UT-Arlington & Univ. Missouri-St Louis.) References 1890 population and agricultural statistics and the forthcoming World's Columbian Exposition which was head in 1893. "List of the cities, towns, and stations located on the line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in Texas" and historical information on select Texas counties. Also covers Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and parts of Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico, but not the southernmost tip of Texas.
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The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California.: The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains.
by Union Pacific Railroad
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Union Pacific Railroad. The Great National Highway Between the Missouri River and California. The Direct Route to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. Open From Omaha to the Mountains. Chicago: Horton & Leonard Book & Job Printers. 1868. Printed yellow wraps. Map on rear cover. 23 cm. Cover title: Omaha to the Mountains. 13 [2 ads] [1blank] pp. Covers worn, split at spine. Repaired with archival tape. In a four-point case with slip case with leather label. Good.OCLC shows no holdings for this issue. There is a listing for a microform copy but no holdings are indicated. Not to be confused with the more common 12 page issue with the cover title Omaha to California. General promotion for the UPRR in 1868, the line apparently having reached Denver and Laramie. Emphasizes the efficiency of the company and the booming prospects for the Nebraska land its lines traverse. Ends with a two page list of stops for the UP and Wells Fargo & Company's overland mail and stage line. In a custom… Read More
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Pawnee Bill’s Wild West and Great Far East.: Maj. Gordon W. Lilly Pawnee Bill. The White Chief of the Pawnees. The Hero of Oklahoma.
by Maj. Gordon W. Lilly "Pawnee Bill"
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Pawnee Bill's Wild West and Great Far East. Maj. Gordon W. Lilly Pawnee Bill. The White Chief of the Pawnees. The Hero of Oklahoma. [No publication information.] [Circa 1907.] 26.5 x 34.8 cm. [14] pp. Has been folded. Small split at center of spine, else very good. OCLC shows no holdings. This is the first copy of this elaborate promotional that I have ever seen. "Lillie made his way into Indian Territory while working as a trapper …. He served as a teacher at the Pawnee agency …. During this time he became known as "Pawnee Bill." In 1883 he was recruited to help coordinate the efforts of the Pawnee troupe in the first-ever Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show. … In 1888 he began touring the country with "Pawnee Bill's Wild West." … which traveled the United States and Europe, starring May Lillie as the Champion Horseback Shot of the West. In 1908 he joined forces with Buffalo Bill Cody, forming 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East,' a Wild West show that had no equal at… Read More
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General Nelson A. Miles and "Buffalo Bill" viewing Hostile Indian Camp, near Pine Ridge, S. D. January 16th, 1891.
by Buffalo Bill Cody
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[Buffalo Bill] [Native Americans] General Nelson A. Miles and "Buffalo Bill" viewing Hostile Indian Camp, near Pine Ridge, S. D. January 16th, 1891. Baltimore, Md.: A Hoen & Co. [1892] Lithograph poster on tan paper. 27.5 cm x 42 cm. Light age toning and a few minor spots, else very good.OCLC shows no holdings. There is a copy at the Buffalo Bill Museum. Rare Book Hub shows no auction or catalog listings. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (at left) and Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles were photographed by J. C. H. Grabill while scouting an Indian camp near Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, on January 16, 1891, soon after the massacre at nearby Wounded Knee. This lithograph is loosely based on the photographic record. As one newspaper (The Scotsman) reported on January 13th regarding the Pine Ridge Indian camp: "Should the Indians continue to move in this direction, and show a purpose of surrendering, the troops will not attack them; but if any renegades attempt to get away and succeed in piercing… Read More
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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