Search Results: Authors starting with U from Old West Books

Jefferson OH: Sentinel Office, 1856. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 302 pages, frontis, original cloth, errata, minor to moderate foxing, SIGNED by author under frontispiece, exterior in amazing condition, Thomas Streeter's copy with his bookplate and pencil notes on inside paste-down and flyleaf, housed in a custom case. Graff 4230, Wagner-Camp 281, Howes U3, Mintz 473, "The author, a Baptist minister was almost 55 when he undertook his first overland journey in 1850. He went again in 1852 and 1854 and all trips were to California." .

Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press , 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 234 pages, maps, illustrations. Forts, Stockton, Clark, McKavett, Richardson, Griffin, Elliott, Concho, Davis, Quitman, Hancock, etc. Has accounts of Custer and the Washita and the Little Big Horn. Apaches, Cheyenne, Comanches, Texas Rangers, Tenth Cavalry, etc..

Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 469 pages. Ranch life in Nevada..

Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 1981. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 234 pages, illustrations. Inscription states, This edition is limited to 100 copies, of which this is n. 78, Owen Ulph..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 299 pages, illustrations, very slight wear to jacket. History of the Navajos, Kit Carson and the long march, reservation life, etc..

Stanford, CA.: Stanford Univ. Press, 1946. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Revised edition with expanded chapters covering the period to transition to American rule, 289 pages, frontis, illustrations, publishers announcement for book laid in. John Sutter, Larkin, Fremont, Bear Flag, etc..

El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 2004. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 286 pages, maps, illustrations. Battle of the Little Big Horn Series, Volume Four. "The author's purpose of the book is to refute the popular images and Hollywood myths which have long surrounded the battle and have been accepted as truisms." The main theme is that Custer's subordinate officers failed to follow orders, resulting in the defeat..

Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1856. Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original brown embossed cloth, wear to edges, light spine fade, 356 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor foxing to end-papers. Presentation inscription says by author but could be someone else. 1856 newspaper clipping about Fremont attached to pastedown. Details the explorers expeditions in the Southwest. Covers Fremonts engagement in the cattle business upon his return to California in 1850. Chapters 3 and 4 contain material on Fremonts journeys through the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada regions. Graff 4447, Wagner-Camp 282:1, Pages 273-300 consist of an account of Fremonts fourth expedition contained in Fremonts letters to his wife and to his father-in-law, Senator Thomas Hart Benton. Pages 327-32 comprise a short report on Fremonts fifth expedition of 1853-54..

N.Y.: Wilson-Erickson Inc., 1936. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 271 pages, frontis, illustrations, bookplate, #241 of 750 copies numbered and signed by the author. The author was the oldest living relative of Martha Washington. Family history, Rockefellers, Morgans, California, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, John Ringo, Curly Bill, etc. Six-Guns 2257..

El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 218 pages, photos, signature of the author laid in on a white label. Volume 6 of the Battle of the Little Big Horn Series. "The 50th Anniversary was by far the most impressive of all the anniversaries. About 50,000 people attended the celebration. Indian War veterans both soldier and Indian, 8 soldiers from the Little Big Horn fight, over 30 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors who actually were in the battle, met for the 1st time in 50 years." Upton, "crossed paths" with many of those who were in attendance. This will be a "must have" for those interested in the battle..

El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 2005. Book. New. Original Wraps. 119 pages, illustrations, SIGNED by the author. Echoes of the Little Big Horn Series Volume 4. The events before and after the fight..

El Segundo CA: The Old Army Press, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 117 pages, frontis, illustrations, minor wear, inscribed by the author. O'Keefe 2412..

Glendale, CA: Upton and Sons Publishers, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 316 pages, frontis, illustrations. Originally published in 1973. This is a new edition. Extended introduction to the new edition by James Willert..

Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 316 pages, frontis, illustrations, original publisher's announcement for book laid in. Frontier Military Series VIII. History of the fort which was established shortly after the Custer fight. Included are accounts of individuals who were there, both military and civilian. OKeefe 2411..

El Segundo CA: The Old Army Press, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 119 pages, illustrated, slight jacket wear. Autographed edition of 250 copies signed by the author and illustrator. Covers all the events before and after the fight..

denver: Sage Books, 1958. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 210 pages, frontis, illustrations, mild soiling to jacket, signature of Edith Williams Blunk on the fly-leaf. Jennewein, Black Hills Booktrails 188,.

Denver CO: Sage Books, 1964. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 120 pages, illustrations, outer hinge cracked on the front, minor edge wear to jacket. History of Wyoming, pioneers, ranching, exploration, Indians, Custer, etc..

Fairleigh Dickinson, 1983. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 308 pages, illustrations, Map, dj a little worn..

Blue & Grey Press, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 308 pages, illustrations. Maps..

Central Arkansas Press, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. COLLECTORS EDITION, # 76 of 100. SIGNED by Urwin, 305 pages, maps, illustrations. Various authors address different parts of Custer's life and career. John Carroll, Lawrence Frost, Dixon, Magnum, Fagan, Sarf, Urwin and others. Informative, and a good read! 0-9615143-6-1.