gibbon major general john (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with blue smudge on top corner of front flap. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.0-253-32579-X8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Volume itself has blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine. A 256 page work, including an index. The base of the spine shows a touch of wear from sitting on the bookshelf. The author was a seasoned frontier soldier and his writings represent a glimpse of the West while it was still untamed. The book is an interesting and informative contribution to the literature of westward expansion. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. A very nice copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

Hardcover. Condizione: fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. 1st. Edited by Alan and Maureen Gaff.

HC. Condizione: very good. 256 A chronicle of the American West composed from a frontier soldiers writings.

First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, xvi, 256 pp., frontispiece [portrait], editor's foreword, illustrated, portraits, index. General 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. Robert M. Utley says "John Gibbon was a seasoned frontier soldier, not given to the public theatrics of some of his contemporaries. His writings represent a vivid glimpse of the West while it was still untamed --- an interesting and informative contribution to the literature of westward expansion." A section on Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.