Search Results: ocean to ocean on horseback by captain willard glazier

Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, one signature loose, foxing to edges and front flyleaves.. 1900. Later Printing. Hardcover. Purple decorative cloth binding. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white photos and illustrations. The author traveled on horseback from Boston, across New York, through Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and California. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 544 pages .

Philadelphia 1895 first edition (assumed to be). P W Ziegler. Small octavo, blue cloth with black and gilt decoration and picture of gilt saddle. 544pp., with original green leafy endpapers. Many illustrations. Good plus, spine lettering faded away; hinges secure and unbroken; no owner marks; no dj. .

Edgewood Publishing Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration, good with light to moderate edgewear including frayed spine ends and fore-edge corners; gilt at front panel rubbed, clear though a little dulled; gilt at spine has faded to be almost illegible. Binding repaired with fresh endsheets. Pages lightly toned, text unmarked.

Hubbard Pub co, 1896. Hardcover. Good. Brown cloth w/ gold titles & silver embossed man on horse. Scuffed cloth. Bottom of sipne light frey / scuff. Scuff top of spine.4 corner wears. Front hinge paper cracked but binding still attached tight.. Frontis of horse & man. light spotting on a few pages. Slightly shaken but overall binding intact / tight. Light cock. One photo pulled loose but intact. Small pencil scribble on rear endpaper.Content age yellowed.. 1896-1895 Hubbard Pub Co...

Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company, 1900. Hardcover. 544p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in decorated dark teal cloth. Sticker residue on spine; edges lightly rubbed. Hinges quite shaken, but pages still well enough attached for normal handling. Light dampstaining and occasional blemishes inside, besides the usual library markings. A good reading copy. Contains many black and white plates.

Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Co, 1900. Title page dated 1900. Attracitvely bound in dark brown cloth over beveled boards, letters and decoration in gilt and black, tissue protected frontis plate, numerous additional black and white plates from photographs, 544 pages. Light shelfwear, spine gilt a little dulled but legible, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages with a tiny name stamp on a preliminary blank, no other names or markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Pictorial green cloth stampe din black and silver gilt. Hinges cracked, extremities modestly worn, a very good copy. "Popular Works of Captain Willard Glazier, The Soldier Author, Volume VIII.

Paperback / softback. New.

Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company. Very Good + to Near Fine hard cover (1900). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Very Good + to Near Fine. Hardcover. 1900.

Ocean to Ocean on Horseback, Captain Willard Glazier, 1896 - fully illustrated.Captain Willard Glazier, author of "Capture, Prison-Pen and Escape" had always wanted to traverse the United States of coast to coast, which he began in April, 1876. He traveled for 200 days, astride his loyal horse "Paul Revere", lecturing, often sponsored by members of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic), donating the proceeds of his lectures to various GAR posts and ultimately to the monuments of George Custer, who died shortly after he began his journey.Captain Glazier had much to talk about, having served for three years led by Bayard, Stoneman, Pleasonton, Gregg, Custer, and Kilpatrick. He was then captured during a cavalry between Kilpatrick and Stuart in October, 1863 and was imprisoned successively at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, and Columbia. He escaped from Columbia in November 1864 and was recaptured and escaped two more times before the end of the war.His narrative includes fascinating… Read More

Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler, 1895. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart volume detailing a trip across America on horseback, with illustrations throughout. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback is the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Glazier also references the early history and development of cities and towns along the route, describes the regions traversed beyond the Mississippi, incidents, anecdotes and adventures of the journey.With seventy-one illustrations and a frontispiece.  Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with some fading and bumping to the spine and some marks to the boards. There is a small tear to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good

P. W. Ziegler Company, 1895. Hardcover. Collectible; Acceptable. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 1895, Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler Company. Illustrated. In black and gilt decorated maroon cloth. Sm 8vo. 544 pages. Heavy wear to edges, darkened spine, fray to extremeties. Hinge, clear tape holding front endpapers to pastedown. Clean pages, very small damp stain to one corner. rm