Author: HUTTON, PAUL ANDREW (EDITOR)
Title: Soldiers West: Biographies from the Military Frontier
Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 080322334X. A first edition of a collection of biographies of 14 notable US Military figures who played roles in exploring and/or keeping the peace in the American West. Includes such names as Stephen Long, William Clark, Philip Sheridan, George Custer, George Crook and others; also with several maps. Each profile written by eminent historians, and with black & white portrait of the subject. Edited by Paul Andrew Hutton, with an introduction by Robert M. Utley. --- In full tan cloth-covered boards with white spine titling. Jacket features color reproduction of Frederic Remington's "The Quest" to front panel. --- An about Very Good+ copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright, though about 1/3 of spine titling has flaked off, prior owner's signature to front endpaper and dampness-caused minor rippling to a few leaves. Dust jacket with small tears and creases to edges, else intact and wrapped in removable mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiii, 276 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 080322334x >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Military and Military Leaders >>History of Colorado & the Old West
Title: Soldiers West: Biographies from the Military Frontier
Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 080322334X. A first edition of a collection of biographies of 14 notable US Military figures who played roles in exploring and/or keeping the peace in the American West. Includes such names as Stephen Long, William Clark, Philip Sheridan, George Custer, George Crook and others; also with several maps. Each profile written by eminent historians, and with black & white portrait of the subject. Edited by Paul Andrew Hutton, with an introduction by Robert M. Utley. --- In full tan cloth-covered boards with white spine titling. Jacket features color reproduction of Frederic Remington's "The Quest" to front panel. --- An about Very Good+ copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright, though about 1/3 of spine titling has flaked off, prior owner's signature to front endpaper and dampness-caused minor rippling to a few leaves. Dust jacket with small tears and creases to edges, else intact and wrapped in removable mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiii, 276 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 080322334x >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Military and Military Leaders >>History of Colorado & the Old West
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 84822
- Book number: 84822