Bourke Capt John (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Impression. Tight and clean in Jacket with slight wear at corners. No marks.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Plain white d.j., 59 pp., 2 foldout color maps & 2 large e.p. illus. #1787 of 2000 c. Reprint of March 1891 article in Century Magazine. Several illus. by Frederic Remington.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile reprint. Facsimile reprint, first printing thus with new material. Silver-stamped cloth. 44pp. Illustrated, including an attractive double-page color print in the center of "Crook's Headquarters - 1876 / FORT FETTERMAN." One-page intro by Michael Koury, editor. Initially published in 1890. Fine. No dj as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st ed thus. 128p. Jacket priced. Fine/Near Fine Copy.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ltd ed. #1293 of 2100 copies. 59p. Illustrations by Remington. 2 Folding Maps. Original Jacket is unprinted with title inked lightly on spine. Fine/Near Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Thus. Black cloth, silver title cartouche on upper spine panel, deckled text block edges (a few frayed). 1st thus (originally published 1891). A few slight surface rubs to cover cloth, tanned top text block edge, minor tanning to endpapers. Firm, square binding, intact hinges, unmarked interior. xxii,496 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Lacking dust jacket (apparently none issued). A well-preserved copy with only slight cosmetic faults. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

First edition. Some edge wear and dark markings to cloth binding. Dark scuff mark to rear board and spine. Pencil markings to front endpaper. Small book seller label to front pastedown. Age toning to text block. Hinges are cracked to front of book with slight repairs. Pages are clean. Book comes in protective mylar.

First Edition. 8vo. Original Printed Wrappers. 44 pp., Frontis. [portrait of Brigadier General Ranald S. Mackenzie]. A thorough account of this mid-winter attack on the Cheyenne village of Dull Knife and Little Wolf in November, 1876. On November 23, 1876, a Cheyenne Indian from the Red Cloud Agency informed the soldiers of a large Cheyenne village at the source of Crazy Woman Creek, further upstream from the current US camp, in a Bighorn Mountains canyon. Col. Mackenzie was ordered to take the Indian scouts, and all of the cavalry except one company, in search of the village. He led 1000 men, one third of which were Indians. Eventually on November 25, Mackenzie located the camp of Dull Knife and Little Wolf on the Red Fork of the Powder River. Waiting until dawn, Mackenzie attacked and drove the warriors and their families from the village, many leaving their clothes, blankets and buffalo robes behind to flee into the frozen countryside. The Cheyenne village of 200 lodges and all its contents were entirely destroyed. "Rare. This is the story of Colonel Ranald Mackenzie's November 1876 victory against Dull Knife and his Cheyenne in the aftermath of the Little Big Horn battle.this battle was an important part of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77."--O'Keefe 189. Very small portion of lower fore-corner of front wrapper missing, and small chip to fore-edge of front wrapper. Light dampstain at bottom edge of spine. Very good-near fine copy of this Indian Wars rarity. Laid-in is a signed letter by Mackenzie, in his hurried hand, dealing with land owned jointly by Mackenzie and Mr. Albee, sent from Fort Garland, dated Dec. 28th [1879 or 1880], while in command of the 4th U.S. Cavalry, preparing to lead the Ute Expedition. Protected in a beautiful, Half-Leather, 4-point Slipcase, with title, author, and year of publication in gilt on spine.