andrew j splawn (7 risultati)

Condizione: New. pp. 447.

Condizione: New. pp. 447.

Condizione: New. pp. 447.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Third Printing. Tall 8vo. Pp. xv; 508. Frontis. photo portrait of Splawn. Illustrated with reproductions of b&w photos. Index. With a biography and eulogy of Splawn. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering stamped on cover and spine. In the color-illustrated dust jacket that shows light wear at head of spine. Business card of lawyer Homer Splawn laid in. The dust jacket, particularly bright, is now housed in a removable, archival sleeve.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Tall 8vo. Pp. (viii), 436 + [6pp.] biography and eulogy. Frontis. photo portrait of Splawn. Illustrated. Bound in red cloth ruled and lettered in gilt. Fading to spine, owner name stamp to endpapers, pastedowns and a few other pages. Splawn presents the Indian side of the War of 1855-8. TWENEY 89: 71 ("includes reminiscences of McClellan's expedition through the Yakima country in 1853").

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., 436+6 pp., frontis., cloth, vg+. 6-Guns #2082 scarce Herd #2136 Oregon Indian Wars, gold rush, cowboys, cattle, bad men, etc, An interesting and flavorable book, scarce in this edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First edition. 8vo, 438, [vi] pages, red cloth, cup mark on top cover. Tipped to the front pastedown is a Autograph Note Signed, in 1929, to Mrs. Barnett from Margaret C. Splawn, responding to Barnett's request for a copy of this book. "It is to present the Indian side of the War of 1855-8 that the writer has undertaken this work. He has spent many years in gathering stories and statements as to why they fought and how they fought, descriptions of their battles, and names of the killed and tounded. The task was difficult since superstition keeps the red man from talking to the white man on such subjects. . that I have always treated them right, gained me their confidence --Preface." Splawn was involved with every aspect of the frontier. Some chapters tell of the cattle and cowboys, gold mining, British Columbia, and much more. With Plates. Splawn was President of the Washington Live Stock Association and the Cascade International Live Stock Association, and ran unsuccessfully to be Governor of Washington State. [ Howes S838; HERD 2136 ].