Nelson a miles foreword (4 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Reprint. This is the fifth printing of the reissue of this title, first published in 1926. It is clearly a much more recent printing than 1977. If you are looking for a guaranteed fresh copy, this is it. Fast shipping, careful packing. ; 5.5 X 0.75 X 8 inches; 300 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Near very good, nick on spine/foxing/prev owner gift inscript (Xmas, 1931) in good+ dust jacket with some edgewear, small tears, soil, still cute & serviceable. Frontispiece by Charles L Bull. 1930 printing. Binding is black cloth, size 5x8 with 191 pages. Charles Livingston Bull Frontis (illustratore). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None as Issued. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF showing light edge rubs. Fold-out map (also BRAND NEW). First published 1926, Yale Univ. Autobiography/memoir of pioneer, hunter and trapper Luther S. "Yellowstone" Kelly (1849 - 1928). "Yellowstone" earned his nickname while scouting for the Army on the Yellowstone River; from 1876 to 1878 he was Chief of Scouts for Lieutenant-General Nelson Miles who penned the Foreword. Kelly later guided two expeditions into Alaska, served as the Captain of Volunteers in the Philippines and then took on a post as agent of the San Carlos Indian Reservation. It is said he was as as likely to quote Shakespeare as skin a beaver. His stoies of hunting, scouting and frontier warefare are certainly well narrated. Yellowstone Kelly finally retired in California where he died on Dec. 17, 1928. At his request he was buried at the summit of Kelly Mountain in Billings Montana overlooking the land he scouted and loved.…

Cloth Over Boards. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. tight binding; inscription from previous owner; discolored due to age; small water stains top fore-edge; cover has some discoloring/fading around top edges and spine Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Christensen, Cristina (illustratore).