Specializing in Western Americana
Following the Civil War, emigration to the west increased significantly over the Oregon-California trail. Troubles from the Northern Plains Indians on the wagon trains caused considerable concern for the emigrants putting their lives on the line to move west. The U.S. Army in the west had been reduced to a shell as a result of the Civil War and protection for the new settlers was lacking. Not all of the Indians in the Northern Plains were warlike but the tribes of Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa continued to raid and harass the emigrants.
In early 1866 there were only six regular cavalry regiments, 19 regular infantry regiments and five regular artillery regiments. The need for additional cavalry and infantry regiments was obvious if the army was to provide any protection for the emigrants. In July 1866 President Andrew Johnson signed the “Act to Increase and Fix the Military Peace Establishment of the United States.” The act increased the cavalry regiments from six to ten and the infantry regiments from 19 to 45. The total authorized strength of the army was about 54,000 – a significant increase over the 18,000 prewar army.
A cavalry regiment consisted of 12 companies and an infantry regiment had 10 companies. The cavalry regiments were commanded by a colonel and were authorized a lieutenant colonel, three majors, and a captain, 1st lieutenant and 2nd lieutenant for each company. The infantry regiment had basically the same command structure except was authorized only one major. The size of each company of cavalry or infantry could vary from 50 to 100, the size to be determined by the War Department.
Of the four new cavalry regiments, two were to be all white (the 7th and 8th) and two (the 9th and 10th) were to be black except for white officers. Almost all of the officers selected to staff the regiments were Civil War veterans of which there was an abundant supply. It was necessary to filter out those officers who had only performed marginally during the past conflict. Reductions in rank were commonplace – officers who had commanded volunteer units reverted back to their regular ranks. In was not unusual for generals and colonels to revert back to the rank of major, captain and even lieutenant.
The west was divided into two military geographical commands – the Division of the Missouri and the Division of the Pacific – basically separated by the continental divide. Each division was then divided into military departments. The Division of the Missouri consisted of the Department of the Missouri which included Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico; the Department of the Platte which included Nebraska, Utah, Iowa and parts of Dakota and Montana Territories; and the Department of Dakota which included Minnesota and the remaining parts of Dakota and Montana Territories. The Division of the Pacific was broken down into two departments – the Department of California which included California, Arizona and Nevada, and the Department of the Columbia that contained Oregon, Idaho and Washington.
Following the Indian Treaty of 1868 with which the government assumed most of the Indian troubles were over, the appropriations for the army were cut that resulted in a significant reduction in personnel. By 1874 the army had been reduced from an authorized high of 54,000 to just 27,000. There were no cuts in the number of cavalry regiments but infantry regiments were cut from 45 to 25.
Officer’s salaries were less than those by men in comparable civilian positions. Annual pay ranged from about $3,500 for a colonel to about $1,500 for a 2nd lieutenant in the cavalry. Promotions for both the cavalry and infantry officers were few and far between – each rank level was only authorized a fixed number of officers. Promotion came only with the removal of a more senior officer by death, promotion, dismissal or retirement. Enlistment pay was equally poor: $13 per month for a private to $22 per month for a line sergeant. Desertion among the enlisted personnel reached staggering proportions – for the period between 1867 and 1890 about one-third deserted.
Training of new recruits was almost non-existent. There were three recruit depots, one at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, for cavalry and the other two for infantry at David’s Island, New York and Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Lack of manpower and money prevented any type of realistic training. Many of the recruits could not speak English and there were always a number of men who enlisted under assumed names, either to escape from the law or a bad marriage. A percentage of those assigned to the cavalry had little riding skills and limited marksmanship with cavalry weapons. The lack of ammunition prevented those men assigned to the infantry to acquire any type of shooting skills. These were the men who were sent west to populate the cavalry and infantry regiments stationed on the Northern Plains.
For the regiments stationed on the western plains there were two basic tasks required of the army – protect the emigrant trains and settlers as they moved westward and provide protection for the railroad surveyors and track builders.
The frontier army soldier usually found himself at an isolated army post living in an overcrowded, poorly built barracks and having to share his straw-filled mattress with another soldier. Strict discipline would be brutally enforced and punishment hard and often cruel. Every day was much the same boring routine – drill and perform tasks that took little skill. Whiskey and gambling were among the few pleasures enjoyed by the soldiers, both leading to destructive conclusions for many soldiers. Desertion from the western posts was rampant with some regiments losing as many as 40% of their enlisted personnel in a single year.
Combat with the various Indian tribes on the Northern Plains was rare – the Indians would use hit-and-run tactics to steal horses or kill isolated settlers. Attacks by large numbers of Indians were rare and only occurred when the warriors were assured of overwhelming odds. Attacks by the army on Indian villages were also rare as the Indians moved frequently and were difficult to find in fixed locations. Only during the winter months were the location of the Indian villages fixed for any length of time. If the army did attack an Indian village, the Indian warriors would hold off the army until the non-combatants were safely out of harm’s way, then the warriors would scatter. Army pursuit was usually quickly abandoned as the Indians could move much more quickly on their grass-feed ponies than the army could on their grain-feed, heavier horses.
The majority of serious conflicts between the army and the Northern Plains Indians took place between 1873 and 1877. Custer fought a pitched battle with the Indians during the 1873 Yellowstone expedition. In 1876 a number of battles occurred in what became known at the Great Sioux War and included skirmishes at Powder River, Rosebud Creek, Little Big Horn, War Bonnet Creek, Cabin Creek, Slim Buttes and Redwater. The following year saw conflicts, among others, at Canyon Creek, Wolf Mountain, Bear Paw Mountain and Big Hole. The final significant engagement between the army and the Sioux occurred at Wounded Knee in 1890.
Alberts, Don E., Brandy Station to Manila Bay: A Biography of General Wesley Merritt (Austin, TX: Presidial Press, 1981). Graduating from West Point in June 1860, Merritt served 45 years in the military. His service was marked by a high standard of competence and professionalism. He crowned that service as commander of the Philippine Expedition in the Spanish-American War and as the first Governor-General of the Philippines. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First printing. (Item No. 2214) ....................$75.00
Alter, J. Cecil (editor), Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. XIII, 1945 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1945). Details on the Utah War as covered in the journal of Albert Tracy, 1858-1860. Hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 2745 ) .............$75.00
Bates, Charles Francis, & Roe, Charles Francis, Custer Engages The Hostiles (Fort Collins, CO: Old Army Press, ND). Contains two lengthy articles, one by Roe, Custer's Last Battle and one by Bates, Custer's Indian Battles. Both of these men were retired Army officers. There are also a number of other articles including "March of the Montana Column," by Edward J. McClernand. Softcover in fine condition. (Item No. 3831) .....................$40.00
Bonney, Orrin H. and Lorraine, Battle Drums and Geysers (Chicago, IL: The Swallow Press Inc., 1970). The life and journals of Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane, soldier and explorer of the Yellowstone and Snake River regions, 1870, 1876-77) Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2972) ...........$45.00
Bourke, Captain John G., Mackenzie's Last Fight with the Cheyennes (Bellevue, NE: The Old Army Press, 1970). A precise, concise account of an important engagement fought in the aftermath of Custer's defeat. This is a valuable contribution to Custeriana, as well as to Western History. Facsimile Edition, with new material, from Bourke's personal 1890 copy. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 3972) ...................$55.00
Brimlow, George F., Cavalryman Out of the West (Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1944). The life of General William Carey Brown -- he served a long and interesting career, from a plebe at West Point, to the campaign against the Bannocks and Paiutes, as part of the last campaign against the Sioux, to Cuba and the Philippines, and as part of the force to capture Pancho Villa. Hardcover in fine to very fine condition, no dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3410) .........$65.00
Bronaugh, W.C., Youngers' Fight for Freedom (Columbia, MO: G.W. Stephens Publishing Co., 1906). The Younger plead their case to be released from jail. Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 3303) .............. $175.00
Burton, Jeff, Portraits in Gunsmoke (London, England: The English Westerners' Society, 1971). A series of articles (four) including "The James Gang in West Virginia: The Huntington Bank Robberty, 1875," by R.J. Wybrow. Sofcover in good condition. (Item No. 3247) ...........$15.00
Carroll, John M. (editor), Civil War Campaign Medal (Marrituck, NY: Mad Printers, 1987). Provides a compilation of the men who received the Civil War Campaign Medal. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No.2292) ...............$36.00
Carroll, John M. (editor), Colonel Tommy Tompkins: A Military Heritage and Tradition (Marrituck, NY: J.M. Carroll and Co., 1984). Tompkins served with the 7th Cavalry from 1886 until 1914 and participated in numerous Indian fights including the Wounded Knee campaign of 1890. Hardcover (with brass corners!) in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. Also included is a tribute to Col. Tompkins, signed by his daughter and son-in-law (limited to 100 copies). (Item No. 1871) ................$85.00
Carroll, John M. (editor), Eggenhofer: The Pulp Years (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1975). Art was an integral part of the concept of the pulps. The excitement of the West depicted graphically gained the reader's attention. Few of us have seen the art that graced those pages. It is now captured for all of us in this book. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust. First edition. (Item No. 2648) ...............$75.00: Another copy, hardcover in like new condition in a like new slip case. Limited edition of 250, signed by Carroll. (Item No. 2649) ................$165.00
Carter, Capt. Robert G., The Old Sergeant's Story: Fighting Indians and Bad Men in Texas from 1870 to 1876 (Mattituck, NY: J.M. Carroll & Co., 1982). This is the story of Sergeant John B. Charlton, former Sergeant and "Guidon" of the Light Battery "K," First U.S. Artillery, and Sergeant "F" Troop, Fourth U.S. Cavalry from April 1865 to April 1876. Hardcover in fine to very fine condition with a good dust jacket. Hardcover in fine to very fine condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 3346) ..................$55.00
Coffman, Edward M., The Old Army: A Portrait of the American Army in Peacetime, 1784-1898 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1986). Military historians are, quite rightly, concerned with war, but the Army does not simply cease to exist between the treaty ending one conflict and the opening guns of the next. The people who made up the "garrison world" during the peacetime intervals between the War for Independence and the Spanish-American War are the subject of this book. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Book has stamp "Salvaged from Library Acct. L1-241" -- probably from the Barr Memorial Library at Fort Knox, Kentucky. (Item No. 4055) ......$45.00
Cox, Rev. John E., Five Years in the United States Army (New York, NY: Sol Lewis, 1973). Books by enlisted men of the Regular Army who served during the period of the Indian wars are rare. This is one of the most readable and gives an unexcelled view of army life at the time -- and the soldier was certainly one of the prime movers in the Westward Movement. Wraps in good condition, chipped covers. Proofing copy, #1 of 4. (Item No. 1673) .........$35.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket, signed by John Carroll. (Item No. 2738) ......$55.00
Croghan, Colonel George (edited by Francis Paul Prucha), Army Life on the Western Frontier (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958). Selections from the official reports made between 1826 and 1845 by Colonel George Croghan. Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket, 1st edition. (Item No. 3222) ......$22.00
Darling, Roger, (editor), Custer's Seventh Cavalry Comes to Dakota (El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 1989). New discoveries reveal Custer's tribulations enroute to the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition. Many photographs and maps. Ten companies of the 7th Cavalry had to be recalled from Reconstruction duty to participate in the 1873 campaign. Hardcover in very fine condition, with plain white dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 4001) ....................$110.00: Another copy, hardcover in very fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. First edition. (Item No. 3933) ...............$100.00
Downey, Fairfax, Fyfe, Drum & Bugle (Fort Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1971). The author has set down a few tales of those times that will delight anyone whose heart has ever lifted at the sound of a lonesome bugle, the thunder of an authoritative drum or the lilt of a military march -- from the Revolution to Vietnam. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 2693) .................$50.00
Eckert, Edward K. and Amato, Nicholas J. (editors), Ten Years in the Saddle (San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1978). The memoir of William Woods Averell, 1851-1862. Averell vividly describes the frontier: the beautiful but desolate desert, the battles with hostile Indians, the strange customs of the people, the throngs of hopeful emigrants moving west. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. (Item No. 0564) ...... $30.00; Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 0863) ............ $33.00
Forrest, Earle R., Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground (Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1950). The struggle for range rights eventually degenerated into vicious hatred that meant gunfire and death between the Grahams and Tewksburrys -- the truth of the Tonto Basin struggle. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 0813) .........$50.00
Fougera, Katherine Gibson, With Custer's Cavalry (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1986). From the memoirs of the late Katherine Gibson, widow of Captain Francis M. Gibson of the 7th Cavalry (Retired), illustrated with photographs. Hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. First Bison printing. (Item No. 0722) ................$30.00
Frost, Lawrence A., Custer's 7th Cav and the Campaign of 1873 (El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, 1986). Colonel David S. Stanley had been ordered to provide an escort for the survey crew of the Northern Pacific Railroad while it surveyed a transcontinental route along the Yellowstone River. Custer and the 7th Cavalry provided greater strength and mobility to the expedition in the event of hostile Indian attacks. Hardcover in fine condition, with fine dust jacket. Binding is leather and number 16 of 100 of the limited edition, signed by Frost. (Item No. 1771) ..............$250.00
Frost, Lawrence A. (editor), With Custer’s Cavalry in ’74: James Calhoun’s Diary of the Black Hills Expedition (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1979). An officer of the 7th Cavalry and Custer’s brother-in-law, Calhoun served as Acting Assistant Adjutant General during the Black Hills Expedition in 1874 in the heart of Sioux Indian territory. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine jacket (some smoke darkening). (Item No. 3719) …………….$155.00
Galvin, John, Western America in 1846-1847 (San Francisco, CA: John Howell, Books, 1966). The original travel diary of Lieutenant J.W. Abert, who mapped New Mexico for the U.S. army, with illustrations in color from his sketchbook. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. Oversize. (Item No. 3388) ..........$100.00
Gibbon, Maj. Gen. John, (Gaff, Alan & Maureen, editors), Adventures on the Western Frontier (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994). A colorful chronicle of the American West, this book brings to life General John Gibbon's experiences on the western frontier -- as he first encountered it in 1860, and as he campaigned and scouted through the West during the 1870s. Hardcover in very fine condition with a like very fine jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3971) .........................$30.00
Grafe, Ernest, & Horsted, Paul, Exploring with Custer: The 1874 Black Hills Expedition (Custer, SD: Golden Valley Press, 2002). This book blends the Illingworth photos and their present-day counterparts with selections from all known accounts to paint a unique portrait of everyday life along the trail during the Black Hills Expedition of 1874. Softcover in like new condition. Second edition. (Item No. 3597) ..................$35.00
Hamilton, Henry W. and Jean Tyree, The Sioux of the Rosebud: A History in Pictures (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971). Photographs by John A. Anderson. In 1889 General George Crook asked Anderson to serve as official photographer to the Crook Treaty Commission on its visit to the Brule Sioux Indians on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 1919) ...................$90.00
Hammer, Kenneth, The Springfield Carbine on the Western Frontier (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, ND). Provides a description of the 1873 Springfield carbine and its use during the Indian War period in the west -- 1874-1890s. Booklet in fine condition. (Item No. 4025) ............$15.00
Hanson, Joseph Mills, The Conquest of the Missouri (Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg & Co. 1910). The story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. He was an actor in events of great historic moment, covering almost the entire period of the conquest of the upper Missouri River Valley, the subjugation of the Sioux Indians and the opening to civilization of the vast territory which they had occupied. He was the captain of the steamboat Far West which made the historical run from the Big Horn River to Fort Lincoln with the wounded from the Little Big Horn battle. Hardcover in good to very good condition, no dust jacket. One inch tear in spine and spine faded. Second edition. (Item No. 2456) ............$75.00: Another copy (1916), hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. Third edition. (Item No. 3873) ............$75.00: Another copy (New York, NY: Murray Hills Books, Inc., 1946). Hardcover in very good condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 2213) .............$55.00
Hardorff, Richard G., Washita Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006). The author presents a broad range of views of the Washita battle. Eyewitnesses to the destruction of the Southern Cheyenne village included soldiers, officers, tribal members, Indian and white scouts, and government officials. Many of these witnesses recorded their memories of the event. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3980) ........$35.00
Hassrick, Peter (text), Frederic Remington (New York, NY: Wings Books, 1973). Paintings, drawings, and sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections. Contains splendid large -scale illustrations of Remington's drawing. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Oversize. (Item No. 3387) .....$125.00
Herr, John K, & Wallace, Edward S., The Story of the U.S. Cavalry (Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1953). Graphically presented in text and pictures, here is the colorful history of the U.S. Cavalry -- from its modest beginnings in the Revolutionary War, through its abolition, so far as the horse was concerned, in 1942, to its mechanized operations in the Korean War. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. Third printing. (Item No. 2343) ......................$25.00
Heyman, Jr., Max L., Prudent Soldier: A Biography of Major General E.R.S. Canby, 1817-1873 (Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1959). A biography of General Canby and his military service in the Indian campaigns, in the Mexican War, in California, New Mexico, Utah, and Oregon, in the Civil War in the trans-Mississippi West, and as military governor in the post-war South. Hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 1353) .................$135.00
Hoig, Stan, The Battle of the Washita (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1976). This book is the first major in-depth study of this important battle and the events of the campaign leading up to it. History has tended to take Custer's word for the massacre, but the facts behind the massacre may speak differently. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2339) ..................$35.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3999) .......$40.00
Howell, Edgar M., & Kloster, Donald E., United States Army Headgear to 1854 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969). Catalog of United States Army uniforms in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, I. Hardcover in like new condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 2916) ....$40.00
Hutton, Paul Andrew, Phil Sheridan & His Army (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999). Although headquartered in Chicago, Sheridan played a crucial role in the opening of the West. His command stretched from the Missouri to the Rockies and from Mexico to Canada, and all the Indian Wars of the Great Plains fell under his direction. Softcover in like new condition. (Item No. 4015) ...................$22.00
Hutton, Paul Andrew (editor), Soldiers West: Biographies from the Military Frontier (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1987). The biographies in this collection emphasize the wide diversity of style, temperament, activity, and occupation that marked the careers of frontier soldiers. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. Signed by both Hutton and Bob Utley. (Item No. 647) ……………..$30.00
Jackson, Donald, Custer's Gold: The U.S. Cavalry Expedition of 1874 New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1967). The story of the expedition and its effect on relations with the Sioux is told from government documents, including much new material from the National Archives, and from Newspaper correspondents' reports and previously unpublished journals. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 0299) .....................$35.00
Jacobsen, Jr., Jacques Noel, Regulations and Notes for the Uniform of the Army of the United States, 1872 (Staten Island, NY: Manor Publishing, 1972). Provides the regulations for the uniform for 1872-1877 and General Orders for the years 1872 to 1877 which modified the regulations. Booklet in fine condition, signed. (Item No. 1628E) .................$25.00
Jocelyn, Stephen Perry, Mostly Alkali (Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1953). A biography of General Stephen Perry Jocelyn's 44 years or service in the U.S. Army including 30 years spent in grueling assignments at isolated forts on the western frontier. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2773) ......$55.00
Johnson, Swafford, History of the U.S. Cavalry (London, UK: Bison Books Ltd., 1985). From the beginning, the cavalry was an elite, and it played a vital part in American history. Over 250 historic and colorful illustrations help make this book a valuable acquisition for both the horse love and the student of U.S. and military history. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket except for a 1/2 inch chip at the top of the spine. Oversize. (Item No. 3330) .................$25.00
Johnson, Virginia W., The Unregimented General: A Biography of Nelson A. Miles (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1962). Although he is chiefly known as the most successful of the generals in the Indian Wars, Miles was already a seasoned officer when he was given his first frontier command after the Civil War. Hardcover in good to very good condition with a good dust jacket. (Item No. 2486) ...................$40.00
Keenan, Jerry, The Seventeenth of June (Bismarck, ND: State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1959). Article in North Dakota History, Volume 26, No. 1, Winter 1959). Early article by Keenan on the Battle of the Rosebud, June 17, 1876. Booklet in fine condition (entire booklet -- one other article). (Item No. 2829E) ...............$25.00
Kelly III, Thomas E. (editor), The US Army and the Spanish-American War Era, 1895-1910 (Carlisle Barracks, PA: US Army Military History Research Collection, 1974). Special Bibliographic Series, Number 9, Part II. Wraps in very good condition. (Item No. 3040) .......$20.00
Kime, Wayne R. (editor), The Sherman Tour Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002). Here we have the chance to glimpse the human side of Sherman through the private journals of Colonel Dodge, his former aide-de-camp. With an eye for details, Dodge recounts daily life with the famous general in the summer of 1883. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition (Item No. 3181) .....................$35.00
King, Captain Charles, Indian Campaigns (Fort Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1984). Sketches of cavalry service in Arizona and on the Northern plains by King, includes "The Apache Scouts," "The Sioux on the Warpath," "Slim Buttes," "The Nez Perce Campaign," "Marching with Crook," and a number of other chapters. Hardcover in very fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. Limited to 250 copies, signed by the editor, Harry H. Anderson. (Item No. 3797) ....................$135.00
Knight, Oliver, Following the Indian Wars: The Story of the Newspaper Correspondents Among the Indian Campaigners (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960). The newspaper correspondents who took to the field with troops have their say about the Indian wars which lasted from 1866 to 1891. Their stories shed new and important light on 25 years of conflict extending over half a continent. Hardcover in very good to fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 0744) ....................... $50.00
Knight, Oliver, Mark Kellogg Telegraphed for Custer's Rescue (Bismarck, ND: State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1961). Article in North Dakota History, Volume27, Number 2, Spring 1960. Kellogg telegraphed for rescue when General and Mrs. Custer were stranded on a train imbedded in a massive snow drift in the spring of 1876. Booklet in very fine condition (entire booklet -- three other articles -- see Anderson). (Item No. 1760E) ..................$25.00: Another copy, booklet in very fine condition (entire booklet -- three other articles -- see Anderson). (Item No. 2830E) .......................$25.00
Lamar, Howard R. (editor), The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West (New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977). With more than 2,400 entries this encyclopedia offers a broad view of western history and a detailed examination of the people, places, institutions, and ideas that collectively define the American frontier experience. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 1833) ..................$45.00; Another copy (New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1977). Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 1562) .................$45.00
Langellier, John P., and Loane, C. Paul, U.S. Army Headgear, 1812-1872 (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2002). The authors overview takes the reader on a journey through more than a half century of change, illustrating the variety of factors that contributed to the evolution of U.S. military headgear during this dynamic period. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. Oversize book. (Item No. 3380) ....................$65.00
Langellier, John P., The Illustrated History of the American Soldier, His Uniform and His Equipment (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1998-2000). Three books from this series: American Indians in the U.S. Armed Forces, 1866-1945 (hardcover in fine condition, illustrated cover) (Item No. 2923) ............$20.00; Sound the Charge: The U.S. Cavalry in the American West, 1866-1916 (wraps in fine condition, illustrated cover) (Item No. 2922) ........$15.00; Redlegs: The U.S. Artillery from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War, 1861-1898 (wraps in fine condition, illustrated cover) (Item No. 2921) .............$15.00
Lass, William E., A History of Steamboating on the Upper Missouri (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1962). During the 19th century the government was heavily dependent upon river transport. During the Indian wars large quantities of troops and supplies were moved by water. The author has introduced the men who owned and operated the steamboats and has included vivid accounts of what life on the river was like and personality sketches of prominent figures. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2632) .........................$55.00
Lewis, Oscar (notes and introduction), California in 1846 (San Francisco, CA: The Grabhorn Press, 1934). California in 1846 is described in letters from Thomas O. Larkin, "The Farthest West," E.M. Kern, and "Justice." Hardcover in very good condition, plain gray dust jacket (could be original). Oversize, limited to 550 copies. (Item No. 3333) ........$65.00
Loescher, Burt Garfield, Washington's Eyes: The Continental Light Dragoons (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1977). General Washington's regular cavalry, the four Continental Light Dragoon regiments authorized by the Continental Congress were the eyes of his army. The story of the impact in our struggle for freedom has never been told -- until now -- here is the story of each of the four regiments. Softcover in like new condition. (Item No. 2704) ...........................$65.00
Lubetkin, M. John, Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, The Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006). The author links Jay Cooke with George Custer -- the world of robber baron finance with the world of Indian fighting. In particular, it cover the account of the Stanley-Custer Yellowstone expedition of 1873 showing the personalities on both sides. Hardcover in new condition, with a new dust jacket. (Item No. 4015) ..........$30.00
McChristian, Douglas C. (editor), An Army of Marksmen (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1981). Documents the Army's efforts to develop individual marksmanship by its soldiers. Covers the regulations, special awards, weapons, and the officers who promoted the ideal of marksmanship. Covers the period from the Civil War to the turn of the century. Booklet in fine condition, signed. (Item No. 3881E) ...............$35.00
Merrill, James M., Spurs to Glory: The Story of the United States Cavalry (NP: Rand McNally & Co., 1967). The horse cavalry lived for just 110 years. It fought our battles; then progress, in the form of the tank, airplane, and new weapons, passed it by. This is the story of those years. The pride of the Army. The pride of the nation. Hardcover in good to very good condition with a fair dust jacket. Second printing. (Item No. 0402) ................$25.00
Meyer, Henry C., Civil War Experiences (New York, NY: Privately printed, The Knickerbocker Press, 1911). Civil War memoirs of Henry C. Meyer, captain of the 24th New York Cavalry & brevet-major, New York Volunteers, who served under Generals Custer, Bayard & others from 1862-64. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. Signed and inscribed. First edition. (Item No. 2743) ............$320.00
Milner, Joe E., California Joe: Noted Scout and Indian Fighter (Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1935). A biography of Moses E. Milner, famous from the Missouri to the Pacific as "California Joe." He was a noted Indian fighter, army scout and frontiersman and ranked with such men as Kit Carson, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Charley Reynolds and others. Hardcover (illustrated) in fine condition, no dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2440) .................$135.00
Moyne, Ernest J., Fred Snow's Account of the Custer Expedition of 1874 (Bismarck, ND: State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1961). Article in North Dakota History, Volume 27, Nos. 3 and 4, Summer and Fall, 1960. Account of the Custer Expedition of 1874 into the Black Hills. Booklet in very fine condition (entire booklet -- two other articles). (Item No. 1767E) .................$20.00: Another copy, booklet in very fine condition (entire booklet -- two other articles). (Item No. 2831E) .....................$25.00
Mumey, Nolie, March of the Dragoons, 1835 (Denver, CO: The Eames Brothers Press, 1957). March of the First Dragoons to the Rocky Mountains in 1835. The diaries and maps of Lemuel Ford, with a biography of Ford, and a history of the Dragoons, the expedition, and a map of the route. Hardcover in very good condition (some wear on the corners), no dust jacket, picture cover. Oversize. (Item No. 3389) ..................$120.00
Murray, Robert A., The Army on the Powder River (Bellevue, NE: Old Army Press, 1969). Contains five articles previously published in small circulation journals including, "Commentaries on the Col. Henry B. Carrington Image," "The U.S. Army in the Aftermath of the Johnson County Invasion," "The Long Walk of Sergeants Grant and Graham," "The Wagon Box Fight: A Centennial Appraisal," and "John Portugee Phillips Legends." Hardcover in like new condition, no dust jacket. No. 200 of a limited edition of 200 - signed by Murray and Mike Koury. (Item No. 2668) ................$145.00
O'Dell, Roy, Captain Tom Bell and his Legion of Ruffians (London, UK: English Westerners' Society, 200). After the death of the infamous bandit, Joaquin Murrieta, it was Tom Bell's turn to hit the gold fields of California. Bell's gang pillaged California from the Oregon border to the southern lakes. Wraps in fine condition. Limited edition, 115/300. (Item No. 3248) .....................$15.00
Ostrander, A.B., After 60 Years: Sequel to A Story of the Plains (Seattle, WA: Press of Gateway Printing Co., 1925). As a young man Ostrander served in the army and was stationed in the West. In the 1920s he revisits locations in the West such as Fort Reno, Fort Phil Kearny, the Wagon Box Fight, the Fetterman Fight, etc. Booklet in very good condition. (Item No. 2629E) ............$50.00
Pohanka, Brian C. (editor), A Summer on the Plains with Custer's Cavalry: The 1870 Diary of Annie Gibson Roberts (Lynchburg, VA: Schroeder Publications, 2004). Annie Roberts left St. Louis to spend a summer on the plains at Fort Hays, Kansas, accepting the proffered hospitality of her uncle, Major George Gibson, 5th Infantry, the Post commander. There she would meet for the first time George Custer and the officers of the 7th Cavalry -- one of whom was destined to become her husband -- George Yates. Hardcover with picture covers in very fine condition, no dust jacket. Signed by the editor. (Item No. 3949) ..............$50.00
Pohanka, Brian C., Nelson A. Miles: A Documentary Biography of His Military Career, 1861-1903 (Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1985). Of all the military officers who served bravely in the last half of the 19th century, none was more successful than Nelson Miles both in the field and in attaining rank. Major General and Corps Commander at age 26 during the Civil War, he attained the top position in the U.S. Army prior to retirement -- the last General-In-Chief. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 0567) ..........................$70.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 4020) ...............$65.00
Quaife, M.M. (editor), "Yellowstone Kelly" the Memoirs of Luther S. Kelly (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1926). In the foreword Nelson A. Miles noted, "At that time [around 1876] he was young and strong, a fine horseman, as supple as a panther, with an eye like the eagle. His knowledge of that unmapped region was most valuable, and as a guide and leader of the scouts and advance guard he was exceedingly useful. His knowledge of the Indians, their habits, and hunting grounds was always reliable. Hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket, ex-library with minimum markings. (Item No. 3970) ......$65.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket, not ex-library. (Item No. 4006) ..........$135.00
Reeder, Colonel Red, Heroes and Leaders of West Point (New York, NY: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1970). West Point's important part in the life of this nation is vividly portrayed in the exciting stories of some of its illustrious heroes and leaders including Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, James Van Fleet and others. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket (some fading from sun on spine). (Item No. 1515) ..........$20.00
Reedstrom, Ernest Lisle, Bugles, Banners & War Bonnets (Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1977). From Fort Riley to the Little Big Horn -- a study of Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry, the soldiers, their weapons and equipment. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 1380) ............... $60.00: Another copy (New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1986), hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. Signed. (Item No. 3845) .......$35.00
Reese, W.S. (compiler), The Melvin J. Nichols Collection of Custeriana, Army in the West & Indians (Bryan, TX: The Frontiers America Corp., 1975). Catalog 23 -- the sale of the Melvin J. Nichols collection by Fred White, Jr. -- one of the finest in this field to be offered for public sale. A valuable reference source of scarce and rare book titles and information on the American West. Hardcover in like new condition in like new slip case, limited to 100 copies -- this is Copy No. 5 and is signed by Reese, John M. Carroll (who wrote the introduction), Michael Koury (who designed the catalog), and Fred White. (Item No. 2752) .....$135.00
Remsburg, John E., and George J., Charley Reynolds: Soldier, Hunter, Scout and Guide (Kansas City, MO: H.M. Sender, 1931). Certainly one of the most efficient Indian fighter, guide, hunter and trapper in the development of the American frontier. This is the "true story of an unknown hero." Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. Difficult to find in this condition. Limited to a total of 175 copies. (Item No. 4091) .......................$425.00
Riggs, David F., East of Gettysburg (Bellevue, NE: The Old Army Press, 1970). Three miles from Gettysburg is the site of a little-known but critical phase of one of the most famous battles of the Civil War. Now called East Cavalry Battlefield, it marks the location of an engagement between Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and the combined Federal Cavalry which included newly appointed Brigadier General George A. Custer. Softcover in like new condition. (Item No. 2669) ...............$30.00
Rister, Carl Coke, Border Command: General Phil Sheridan in the West (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944). The years 1868 to 1876 were a brilliant and colorful period in Sheridan's career, when as commander in the West, he was to solve the "Indian Problem" by forcing the recalcitrant among the Plains Indian tribes to their knees. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket (sunned spine but readable). Also some smoke darkening along right side of front cover. Inscribed by the author. First edition. (Item No. 3028) .....................$60.00
Roe, Frances M.A., Army Letters from an Officer's Wife 1871-1888 (New York, NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1909). Truthful accounts of experiences that came into the author's life with the Army in the far West, whether they be about Indians, desperadoes, or hunting -- they are of a life that has passed -- as has passed the buffalo and the antelope -- and the log and adobe quarters for the Army. Hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2748) ..............$225.00
Russell, Don, [Hedren, Paul L. (editor)], Campaigning With King (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1991). Biography of Captain Charles King who served 70 years in America's military forces and was decorated for fighting in five wars. This is the first study of King's military and literary careers, written after his death by Don Russell. Before Russell's death, Paul Hedren received his endorsement to edit the manuscript. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 0660) .....................$25.00: Another copy, hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. (Item No. 1427) ...............$30.00
Schmitt, Martin F. (editor), General George Crook: His Autobiography (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960). Crook fought the greatest of the Indian chieftains, and served at frontier posts from the Columbia River to the Rio Grande. Crook understood and sympathized with the Indian and he spoke plainly and often against injustices in the treatment of Indians. Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 0148) ...................$32.00
Schreibeis, Charles D., The Wagon Box Fight (Banner, WY: Old Travois Trails, 1942). Article in Old Travois Trails, Volume III, No. 1, May-June 1942. Story of the Wagon Box Fight near Fort Phil Kearny on August 2, 1867. Booklet in very good condition (booklet also contains several other articles). (Item No. 2819E) ...................$25.00
Shockley, Col. Philip M., The Trap-Door Springfield in the Service (Aledo, IL: World-Wide Gun Report, Inc., 1958). The majority of the accounts contained in this article are based upon unpublished manuscript material found in records pertaining to long abandoned frontier posts. Booklet in fine condition. (Item No. 3551E) ..................$20.00
Silver, James W., Edmund Pendleton Gaines: Frontier General (Baton rouge, Louisiana State University :Press, 1949). Gines was one of the most controversial figures in American history. His enemies claimed that he started the First Seminole War and interfered disastrously with Scott's campaign in the Second, almost brought on war with Mexico in 1836, created an Indian scare in 1838, and seriously upset the plans of the War Department during the Mexican War. Hardcover in fine condition with a good to very good dust jacket. (Item No. 3457) ............$65.00
Skelton, William B., An American Profession of Arms: The Army Officer Corps, 1784-1861 (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1992). Historians, while recognizing the emergence of a pre-Civil War professional army, have generally placed the solid foundation of military professionalism in the post-Civil War era. However the early national and antebellum eras were crucial to the rise of the American profession of arms. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3113) ..........$30.00
Smith, Sherry L., Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989). This is an account of military life during the Indian Wars in the late 19th century West. Private William Earl Smith describes daily camp life, battle scenes, and the behavior of famous men -- Ranald Mackenzie and George Crook -- in public and private poses. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3433) .....$25.00
Smith, Sherry L., The View from Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians (Tuscon, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1990). Author reveals American army officers' views about the Indian against whom they fought in the last half of the 19th century. They did not share a monolithic, negative view of their enemies, but instead often developed a great respect for Indians their cultures. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3885) ..............$30.00
Smith, Thomas T. (editor), A Dose of Soldiering: The Memoirs of Corporal E.A. Bode (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1994). Bode was a German immigrant who, down on his luck, enlisted in the Army in 1877 and served five years -- a rare first-person account of an enlisted man who served in the infantry during the period 1877-1882. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 3443) .......$25.00
Stallard, Patricia, Glittering Misery: Dependents of the Indian Fighting Army (Fort Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1978). Here, with more than 60 photographs, are the stories of the women and children who "went west" with the Army. Their experiences were not always pleasant, or comfortable, but the dependents improvised a living in the face of adversity. Softcover in very good condition.. (Item No. 2675) .......$20.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2066) ................$35.00
Steffen, Randy, The Horse Soldier 1776-1943 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977-1979). Four Volumes: Volume I, The Revolution, the War of 1812, the Early Frontier 1776-1850; Volume II, The Frontier, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Indian Wars 1851-1880; Volume III, The Last of the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Brink of the Great War 1881-1916; Volume IV, World War I, the Peacetime Army, World War II 1917-1943. All volumes are hardcover and are in fine to very fine condition with fine dust jackets. All are first editions. Oversize. Sold as a set only. (Item No. 3350) .....................$275.00
Steffen, Randy, United States Military Saddles, 1812-1943 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973). A large part of American history was written from the seat of a military saddle. While the army used horse-mounted fighting men from the very beginning, it was in the 19th century -- from the decade before the Mexican War through the Indian wars -- that the dashing cavalry units captured the American imagination. Softcover in very fine condition. (Item No.2956) .....................$20.00
Steinbach, Robert H., A Long March: The Lives of Frank and Alice Baldwin (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1989). During a distinguished military career, in which he rose to the rank of brigadier general and twice was awarded the Medal of Honor, Frank Baldwin saw service in the Civil War, the Indian wars on the Great Plains, and the Spanish-American War. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3038) ..............$33.00
Stevens, Phillip H., Search Out the Land: A History of American Military Scouts (Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co., 1969). The story of some military scouts who have added luster to the history of the U.S. The story begins before the U.S. existed and includes the feats of men who, at the time of their most spectacular achievements, were in rebellion against the U.S. It will describe the progress of scouts from buckskin-clad, flintlock-shooting woodsmen to the modern soldier-scout who rides a helicopter instead of a horse. Hardcover in fine condition with a good dust jacket. First printing. (Item No. 0894) ...............$30.00
Stewart, Edgar I. (editor), Penny-an-Acre Empire in the West (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968). A hotly debated subject throughout the nation in the 1870s was the worth -- or the worthlessness -- of the western lands, especially those proposed to be traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Explorers, surveyors, army generals, and even financiers from Berlin and Vienna became embroiled in the controversy. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2499) ..............$35.00: Another copy, hardcover in very good to fine condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 0824) .............$32.00
Stewart, Miller J., Moving the Wounded: Litters, Cacolets & Ambulance Wagons, U.S. Army, 1776-1876 (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1979). An assembly of the known data on the methods and equipment used in the evacuation of wounded soldiers from the battlefield in the military history of this country. Softcover in fine to very fine condition. (Item No. 2676) ................$45.00
Strobridge, William F., Regulars in the Redwoods: The U.S. Army in Northern California 1852-1861 (Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1994). The clash between settlers and Indians during California's early statehood has been marred by myth and stereotype. This book, based on original research, explores how animosities became a battle for land and sustenance as competition for prosperity heightened. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 3126) .......................$35.00: Another copy, hardcover in like new condition, no dust jacket. Limited edition in leather, this is No. 24 of 50, signed. (Item No. 3125) ..................$165.00
Sully, Langdon, No Tears for the General: The Life of Alfred Sully, 1821-1879 (Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Co., 1974). The letters of Alfred Sully offer a vivid word picture of California during its gold rush period, of the Minnesota frontier in the 1850s, of the peninsula campaign of the Civil War, and of the Sioux uprising of the 1860s. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3888) ..........$35.00
Tassin, Ray, Stanley Vestal: Champion of the Old West (Glendale, CA: the Arthur H. Clark Co., 1973). Biography of Walter Stanley Campbell, best known as Stanley Vestal, who was a novelist, biographer, historian, a plainsman in love with the Indian way of life, artillery captain, and an exhaustive researcher. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 2154) .................$55.00
Thorp, Judge Joseph, Early Days In The West (Liberty, MO: Irving Gilmore, Publisher, 1924). A series of letters written by Thorp about his experiences along the Missouri River in the early part of the 19th century. Wraps in good to very good condition. (Item No. 1969E) ...................$75.00
Topping, E.S., The Chronicles of the Yellowstone (Minneapolis: MN: Ross & Haines, 1968). An accurate, comprehensive history of the country drained by the Yellowstone River, its Indian inhabitants, its first explorers, early fur traders and trappers and all expeditions, military and civil. Hardcover in very good to fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3421) ...............$35.0
Trapp, Dan L., Vengeance! The Saga of Poor Tom Cover (El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons, Publishers, 1989). One of the West's dark mysteries is cleverly resolved in this new work. Vengeance carried out years later and hundreds of miles distant from the Virginia City, Montana, boomtown where vigilante justice inflamed men's hearts is exposed after 100 years. Hardbound in fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket (sunning along front cover edge). 1st Edition. (Item No. 2761) ..........$25.00
Utley, Robert M., & Washburn, Wilcomb E., The American Heritage History of the Indian Wars (New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1977). Conflicts between white man and red erupted almost immediately when Europeans landed in this country, and increased in savagery, swept to every part of the continent the red man roamed and the white man coveted, and lasted for 400 fearful, bloody years. Hardcover in very good condition with a poor to fair dust jacket. Oversize. (Item No. 3336) .................$15.00
Vaughn, J.W., The Reynolds Campaign on Powder River (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961). The story of the expedition of General George Crook into the frozen north and the attack on the Cheyenne village by Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds, March 17, 1876. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3646) ............$95.00
Vestal, Stanley, Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957). This powerful biography of Sitting bull is brought to a new generation of readers in a new and expanded edition, for much new material has been added to the original edition published in 1932. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Second printing. (Item No. 0747) ……………$30.00
Wallace, Robert C., (edited by John M. Carroll), A Few Memories of a Long Life (Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1988). Wallace was a major in the 5th Michigan Cavalry, and served with that regiment throughout the Civil War. This is an excellent early account of Montana history as well as of the Civil War. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Limited edition, this is number 220 of 530. (Item No. 2997) .....................$45.00
War Department, U.S., Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1895 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900). Contains the drill regulations, the instructions for troops in campaign, and the manuals and special regulations concerning the several staff departments or particular branches of the service. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 2772) ..............$35.00
Weibert, Don L., Buckskin, Buffalo Robes & Black Powder: Fifty Years in the Old West (San Jose, CA: John L. Bean, 1997). About a man who came West when it was still young. Jack Bean was in the thick of things that made the West what it was then, and what helped make it a memorable place even today. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition, signed (tipped-in signature). (Item No. 3742) .............$45.00
Wellman, Paul I., Death on Horseback: Seventy Years of War for the American West (Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1947). A forceful history of frontier struggles in the Great Southwest between 1836 and 1886, with an authentic battle-by-battle account of the spectacular futile struggle by the Indians to retain possession of their hunting grounds against the encroaching white man with his repeating rifle, his telegraph, his railroads, and his cities. Hardcover in fine condition with a good to very good dust jacket. (Item No. 3701) .................$25.00
Werner, Fred H., "Faintly Sounds the War-Cry" (Greeley, CO: Werner Publications, 1983). The story of the Battle Butte fight of January 8, 1877, which hastened the exodus of the Cheyenne and Sioux from their ancestral lands to the reservations. Booklet in very fine condition, 1st edition, signed. (Item No. 3532E) ...................$30.00: Another copy, booklet in fine condition, not signed. (Item No. 1820E) ................$25.00
Werner, Fred H., "The Soldiers Are Coming" (Greeley, CO: Werner Publications, 1982). The story of the events preceding the Reynolds Battle, March 17, 1876, the battle itself, and the controversial outcome -- supplemented by modern research findings at the battle site. Booklet in very fine condition, 1st edition, signed. (Item No. 3534E) ....................$30.00: Another copy, booklet in very fine condition, signed. (Item No. 1831E) .........................$30.00
Werner, Herman, On the Western Frontier with the United States Cavalry ... Fifty Years Ago (NP: USA, 1934). A series of four letters from Herman to his son, Herman Edward Werner, discussing his time in the west from 1881 to 1884. Booklet in very good condition. Scarce. (Item No. 2157E) ...........$55.00
Westerners Brand Book, Denver, 1968 (Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Co., 1968). Contains a number of articles on the West including; "The Ku Klux Klan in Denver and Colorado Springs," "The Bozeman Trail in Wyoming," and "The Case for Custer." Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. Copy 464 of limited edition of 625. (Item No. 1945) ..............$65.00
Wetmore, Helen Cody, Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody (Chicago, IL: The Duluth Press Publishing Co., 1994). A reprint of the 1899 edition. The biography of Buffalo Bill Cody as told by his sister. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 3412) ..................$25.00
White, David A. (editor), News of the Plains and Rockies 1803-1865 (Spokane, WA: The Author H. Clark Co., 1996-2001). A series of nine volumes covering the news stories from the Great Plains – contains more than 4,000 pages and 168 original narratives reprinted from Charles L. Camp’s and Henry R. Wagner’s The Plains and the Rockies, a Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800-1865. All nine volumes are hardcover in new condition, no dust jackets as issued. (Item No. 2184) Was $550.00 for the set of nine books -- Special .....................$425.00
Wooster, Robert (editor), Soldier, Surgeon, Scholar: The Memoirs of William Henry Corbusier, 1844-1930 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003). Corbusier recounts his experiences, which include a New York City childhood, adolescence in gold-rush California, and army life from the wilds of Arizona to the jungles of the occupied Philippines. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. 1st printing. (Item No. 3367) .........$30.00
Wormser, Richard, The Yellowlegs: The Story of the United States Cavalry (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1966). Told in terms of its bold and colorful leaders from Light-Horse Harry Lee to Black Jack Pershing. Hardcover in fine condition with a good to very good dust jacket. (Item No. 2506) ……………$33.00
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