Beschreibung:

Title: Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border; Comprising Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains, Explorations of New Territories; A Trip Across the Rocky Mountains in the Winter; Descriptions of the Habits of Different Animals Found in the West, and the Methods of Hunting Them; With Incidents in the Life of Different Frontier Men, &c., &c. Author: Marcy, R[andolph] B. Place: New York Publisher: Harper & Brothers Date: 1866 Description: 442 pp. Illustrated with wood-engraved plates (included in pagination). 8½x5½, original green cloth with gilt flag stamped on front cover, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. A picture of the opening of the western frontier drawn by one who participated in it, with sketches of the frontiersmen who made it possible, descriptions of hunting and trapping game, encounters with Indians, etc. Flake 5723; Graff 2679; Howes M280; Rader 2348; Smith 6511. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to spine ends, bookplate; a few leaves at rear roughly opened; very good. Sold as is. Item number: 202134