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Brady, Cyrus Townsend. INDIAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
New York Doubleday, Page 1909 Good reading copy only. No Jacket Remington, Schreyvogel, Blumenschein and Crawford.
423 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w drawings, photographs, maps & plans (including tissue-covered frontispiece) - collated. Contents: Part I. Protecting the Frontier: The Powder River Expedition; The Tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney; The Thirty-Two Against the Three Thousand; Personal Reminisences of Fort Phil Kearney and the Wagon-Box Fight; Forsyth and the Rough Riders of '68; The Journey of the Scouts and the Rescue of Forsyth; A Scout's Story of the Defense of Beecher's Island; Carpenter and His Brunettes. The Fight on Beaver Creek; A Further Discussion of the Beaver Creek Affair; The Battle of the Washita; Carr and Tall Bull at Summit Springs. Part II. The War with the Sioux: With Crook's Advance; Ex-Trooper Towne on the Rosebud Fight; The Grievance of Rain-in-the-Face; The Little Big Horn Campaign; The Last of Custer; One of the Last Men to see Custer Alive; The Personal Story of Rain-in-the-Face; Two Interesting Affairs; The First Success; A Decisive Blow; Miles' Great Campaigning; What They are There for - A Sketch of General Guy V. Henry, A Typical American Soldier. Appendices: Appendix A - Being a Further Discussion of General Custer's Course in the Little Big Horn Campaign; Appendix B - Further Light on the Conduct of Major Reno. Index. A few pages with small light soiling marks or light stains, two pages with small edge tear archivally taped, one page with wrinkling, very light browning to pages, front inside hinge has re-inforcement tape, front free endpaper is missing, spilt paper on inside rear hinge - hinge is holding well, light soiling staining to endpapers, heavy browning to edges of text block/boards and spine - also some staining/soiling, moderate edge wear - 1" piece missing on front hinge. book is protected in a stiff mylar sleev with some rubbing.
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25.00 USD
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Inglis, Harry R.G. THE 'CONTOUR' ROAD BOOK OF ENGLAND (SOUTH-EAST DIVISION): A SERIES OF ELEVATION PLANS OF THE ROADS, WITH MEASUREMENTS AND DESCRIPTIVE LETTERPRESS + (WESTERN DIVISION) INCLUDING WALES + (NORTHERN DIVISION) + THE 'CONTOUR' ROAD BOOK OF SCOTLAND - 4 VOLUMES.
Edinburgh Gall & Inglis Very Good
6 1/8" H - 4 volumes - no dates. 'Scotland' - medium blue binding with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering/crest on front board. 288 pp + 16 pp Index, Nineteenth Revision - Extensively Revised. 28 pp of maps preceding title page (4 b&w, 24 colour), plus unpaginated section of General Notes, Sunset Tables, Lamp-Lighting Tables, Heights of Road Passes, Heights of Principal Mountains, Suggested Tours, etc. Profusely illustrated throughout with b&w elevation plans of roads. 'Northern Division' - dark red binding with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering/crest on front board. xii, 272 pp + 32 pp Index - introductory section includes 'Gradient Readings', 'Optical Illusions', 'Lamplighting Tables', 'Sunset Tables', 'Pronunciation of Names', etc. Profusely illustrated throughout with b&w elevation plans of roads. 'South East Division' - medium red binding with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering/crest on front board. xii, (265)-512 pp + 32 pp Index - contents as for 'Northern Division. "Western Division Including Wales' - medium brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering/crest on front board. xii, (497)-848 pp + 32 pp Index - contents as for 'Northern Division'. Very light edge wear, light wrinkling at bottom of spines, minor soiling on bottom of text blocks, 'Scotland' has light browning to top/bottom of text block - other vols. have toning to edges ot text blocks, 'Northern' has small faint soiling mark on top of text block.
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50.00 USD
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Lutz, Cora E. THE OLDEST LIBRARY MOTTO AND OTHER LIBRARY ESSAYS.
Archon, Hamden, Connecticut, 1979, Ist edition.
176 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illus from manuscripts/early books, reproductions of contemporary drawings/paintings. "As cataloger of pre-1600 manuscripts at the Beineke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, Miss Lutz has long delighted in...excrusion(s) into the world of libraries, where the quest for a single bit of information is often accompanied by detours into interesting byways. The new and unexpected treasures found in these detours are the subjects of the sixteen essays collected here." Minor wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, light browning/soiling. VG+/VG
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30.00 USD
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