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New York: Exposition Press, 1962. Second printing. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Dust jacket shows some light edge wear. Second, revised and enlarged edition. Prepared by his daughter, Laura L. Byrne. Flyleaf page shows stain.

8vo, original blue pebbled cloth, gilt title on cover and spine, illustrated with woodcuts, 160 pp. Limited edition, this book is number 60 of 130 copies. Light rubbing and wear to cloth, small dent to top edge of front board, offsetting to endpapers, normal aging and browning; overall very good. This is a somewhat scarce title, privately printed, concerning the experiences of army surgeon Bernard Byrne some 50 years earlier. Some of these experiences include travel along the way and his meeting with General George Armstrong Custer, who he describes as a handsome man that carried himself like a soldier. However, its real value is his description of the young state of Colorado and his coverage of the Utes, Mormons and frontier doctoring. Howes B1078

[Cranford, N.J.: Allen Printing Co, 1935. First edition, Number 55 of 130 copies (with label on front pastedown giving limitation.). Frontispiece view of Fort Lewis, Colorado, in 1882. 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Rubbed at head, endsheets a bit toned, else very good. First edition, Number 55 of 130 copies (with label on front pastedown giving limitation.). Frontispiece view of Fort Lewis, Colorado, in 1882. 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by the author's wife, Laura Laurenson Byrne, on the dedication page and dated 21 December, 1935. The printed dedication indicates that Laura Laurenson Byrne wrote down these reminiscences as her husband told them to her. Howes B1078 "aa

Cranford, N.J.: Allen Printing Co., 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. M.J. Amato. Limited First Edition, No. 128 of 130 copies; SIGNED by the author's wife on limitation plate; 8vo, blue cloth; vg- (boards bowed; edges of boards heavily worn; blue cloth; spine sunned; spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners bumped and worn to boards; front pastedown wrinkled with small tear to top end of hinge; eps and pages toned) in good dj (toned; edges heavily chipped, torn, and worn; spine browned and chipped in two places; spine ends chipped off; long tears to panels along spine; rear panel almost detached from spine; non-acidic Filmoplast P used to close tears along edge where front flap and panel meet) with a vg- custom cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped leather title piece (panels rubbed and worn; shelfworn; one panel sunned); also included is a fair plastic dj used to cover paper dj (heavily chipped; large sections missing; torn) 160pp. Dustjacket points: front panel reads, 'A Frontier… Read More