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189060870New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1890. First Edition. Small octavo. Publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth; vi1-176pp. Slight external wear including some mild rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Internally tight and sound with some marginalia to Contents page and some ink graffiti to rear blanks and endpapers. Early ownership signature "Helen Madzik" to front pastedown. Easily Very Good. <br /> <br /> Huggins a Medal of Honor winner served more than 40 years in the Army retiring in 1903 as a Brigadier General. The title work is a long narrative poem heavy on Native American symbolic elements with a Great Plains setting. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
19852082702114907448Whale Cavalry Military History Publishing Committee 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 478 pages Size: 22cm Whale Cavalry Military History Publishing Committee paperback
186331425New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. viii 352 pages. Green pebble cloth hardcover with new paper title label on spine. Front and rear hinges repaired. Front joint repaired. A label on the front paste down was removed. Blind embossed stamp of "Robert X. McNeely" located on the copyright page. Old ink inscription from 1913 on the front blank end sheet. This book was first published in London in the same year and included a map and 10 plates. <br /> <br /> Howes E 203 - "This Hungarian imposter claiming to having been a Confederate cavalry colonel was a non-combatant hospital orderly." Nevins I page 86 - "A purported history of the first campaign in the East by a Hungarian soldier of fortune who alledgely joined the Southern forces. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
193110483Hollywood California: A. Mazzanovich 1931. First Printing of the Revised 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 8vo. pp. 25-112 illustrations 115-320 text maroon cloth color frontispiece of Geronimo mirrors the illustration on the dust jacket. Two other frontispiece illustrations; Lieutenant Chas. B. Gatewood & the author. -- Private book plate pasted to the first free endpaper. Minor rubbing to the tips of the spine. Dust jacket has a small piece rubbed of at top of the spine. Book is internally clean and sound. A. Mazzanovich hardcover
45187701-nnew. unknown
196226676<p>New York:: Hastings House Publishers 1962. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a small chip to the bottom edge of the front panel. The cavalry writes about in this book existed from 1865 to 1890 and was informally known as the Plains Cavalry. Formed at the end of the Civil War in 1865 the Plains Cavalry was charged with protecting American settlers railroaders wagon trains businesses gold seekers and others from Indian attacks. The Plains Cavalry was meant to operate primarily on the western frontiers of the expanding nation. At that time almost anything west of the Mississippi River was considered the frontier. Most Americans living east of the Mississippi had no idea of the danger deprivation or hardship encountered by those who lived on the other side of the river. This history is a clear-eyes description of the troopers as they really were.</p> Hastings House Publishers, hardcover
188435196London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1884. Three-quarter leather. Good. Octavo. xvii 371 pages 32 page publisher catalog bound in back. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 31 plates in the back of the text. Recased. Three quarter red leather binding with reddish marbled paper covered boards. Reddish marbled end papers. The original green cloth front cover and spine with gilt title and gilt illustration is bound in the back of the book. The right front flyleaf and the the title page are both clipped at the top edge suggesting a possibly clipped signature of the previous owner. Book plate of Robert C. Euler former anthropologist of the National Parks located on the front paste down. <br /> <br /> Howes B 655; Graff 368 - "The Moquis Indians of Arizona are of course the Hopi. The snake-dance is still performed but is too fascinating to be called "revolting" today. Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington unknown
1926mon0000014194The Cavalry School 1926. Hardcover. Good. Covers show some darkening and fading and spine edges show some rubbing. Corners show some fraying rubbing and scuffing. Pages show some light browning. The Cavalry School hardcover
192232809Fort Riley KS: Cavalry School 1922. First edition. Hardcover leatherette embossed in gold. Very good covers shelf rubbed outer pages lightly worn. 272p many photos line ills. and ads. No jacket as issued. Small bookseller label in back. Doings at Fort Riley in the academic year 1921-22. Many articles and photos about the history of Fort Riley the classes field officers troop officers basic National Guard and Reserve tactics weapons riding with the A.F. in Germany polo building jumps and cross-country obstacles Saumur etc. Also school activities show results humor and cartoons. The texts are by students and various officers including Harry B. Chamberlin's "Observations on Riding and Training" and Major George S. Patton on "The Cavalryman" "you must become a horsemaster a scholar a high minded gentleman a cold blooded hero and a hot blooded savage if you would be a successful Cavalry leader". Dozens of photos of riders and horses mostly named the buildings the faculty and more. Dedicated to Colonel Hamilton S. Hawkins assistant commandant with his photo. Many local and military related ads. The sixth appearance of the Fort Riley yearbook which ceased publication in 1928. This year is very scarce. Heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. Wells 6143.1. [Cavalry School] hardcover
192830367Fort Riley KS: Cavalry School 1928. First edition. Hardcover leatherette embossed in gold. Fair shaken but binding will hold. 272p many photos line ills. and ads. Covers rubbed outer pages foxed. No d.j. as issued. The final appearaance of this Cavalry School yearbook which began publication in 1912. Dedicated to Commandant Brig. Gen. Charles J. Symonds with photo of him on horseback. Full-page photos of the other commanding officers. Doings at Fort Riley in the academic year 1927-28. School activities exercises show results. etc. told chiefly via many photos of men and horses and cartoons. Several pages with photos on flying and also the mechanization of the British cavalry. Two pages on shoeing the polo pony but overall very little on horsemastership. Heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. Scarce. Wells 6143.1. [Cavalry School] hardcover
1805062123Halifax: Holder & Dowson 1805. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. West York Volunteer Cavalry. The Proceedings and Correspondence of the Halifax Troop of West York Volunteer Cavalry Previous to the Late Court of Inquiry Holden at Leeds the Tenth and Eleventh of October 1805 on the Conduct of Capt. Ingram. To which are added Minutes taken in Court by a Member of the Troop 1st ed. Halifax 1805. A printed booklet recently rebound in black half leather with grey paper covered boards internally in good clean condition. A scarce local military item. Holder & Dowson Hardcover
198420-081A facsimile reprint of this Memoir of Virginia's Turner Ashby. appears un-read. No markings. Tight binding. 12 Chapters through page 260 followed by several Sketches and memoirs Thomas Marshall A. W. McDonald Samuel B. Myers Geroge F. Sheetz & William E. Jones. 408 Pages with 11 unnumbered pages of an index & 3 pages of additional works by the publisher. Butternut Press hardcover
B9781019706275Hardback. New. hardcover
B9781021866066Paperback / softback. New. paperback
0331463385.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ria9781019706275_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This unique book documents the history of the Maine cavalry and the Cavalry Society of the Armies of the United States. Through the lens of the Bugle the official publication of the Society readers can explore the experiences of Maine hardcover
B9781020515446Hardback. New. hardcover
188535742Boston and New York/ Richmond: Houghton Mifflin/ J. W. Randolph 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 1 xviii 468 pages 1. Illustrated with steel engraved frontispiece and 7 maps 3 in folding pocket on rear paste down. Gray cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and gilt title on the spine. Gray end papers. Light foxing to the frontispiece title page and foredge. Some light edge wear to the cloth including just inside the covers. Previous owner inscription written on the right front flyleaf - "R. B. Pleasants December 1874" mistaken year written. <br /> <br /> Howes M 41; Nevins II page 73. Houghton Mifflin/ J. W. Randolph hardcover
1330278070.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ria9783752574593_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reprint of the original first published in 1867. hardcover
B9783752574593Hardback. New. hardcover
3752574585.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
3752574593.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1867E15350BEdinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1867. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in violet cloth with spine lettered in gilt and gilt cover decoration of horse and rider. The Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Small 8vo. xii 167 pp. with index. plus 20 pp. publsier's ads at rear. Illustrated with six engravings. A tight example front cover gilt bright spine sunned. 1870s veterinery doctor signature on the half title. <br/><br/> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1019845414.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
