Edited by E a Brininstool (9 results)

1975, later printing. North America, Native Americans. University of Nebraska Press. very good paperback. Oscar Howe painting on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FACSIMILE EDITION (original 1928), in maroon cloth with gilt titling on spine, frontis. of the author, photos, 215pp. Luther #20. O'Keefe #2260. Very Good with normal shelf wear at extremities. An outstanding book by a soldier who served In Custer's Winter Campaign of 1868-69. Using Spott's diary, the book covers the Washita battle and the slaughter of Major Joel Elliott and his men. Also includes material on Custer's rescue of two white women, Mrs. Anna Belle Morgan and 18-year-old Miss Sarah White, held captive by Cheyenne Indians in Indian Territory in March 1869. A Luther High Spot.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 425pp; Index. Brown cloth with gold lettering. Contents clean, tight, textually unmarked. Former library volume with customary stamps and labels. Illustrated with b/w photographs. On Title Page: 1945. On Copyright Page: Third Printing, January, 1946. Personal account of "cowboy days in Wyoming" in 1880s and 1890s. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original rust cloth with black title and illustration. 366 pp indexed and illustrated. No ownership or other markings. Tight binding, hinges sound. Ships within 24 hours.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 277 pages, illustrated with numerous photos and sketches, some in color including a color photograph of Geronimo as the frontis, with tissue guard. Very good plus condition, the spine slightly faded but exceptionally clean and unworn, no owner names.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good (in mylar). Limited First Edition. Copy #958/1000; Author's ink signature on limitation page; Immaculate and tight textblock and binding, with many uncut pages; Binding lightly edge-rubbed; Price-clipped dust jacket with minor shelf wear. 366p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs/Maps (illustrator). Signed by Author. Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used hc, 366 pps. Red colored cloth over boards with guilt text on spine; tips lightly bumped and frayed; slight edge wear; fraying to head and tail of spine. Two small soiled spots at base of spine and one spot at head of lower. Interior pages are mostly clean and unmarked though there are a few with red pencil notations and marks. Binding is tight. Number 440 of 1000 copies printed and signed by the author below the limitation number on the copyright page. No dust jacket. Photographs, Maps (illustrator). By Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Binding is a bit loose on front cover. Previous owner's name and address written inside. Signed by author. Stamped/written as Book No. 300.

First Edition. 8vo. Red leatherette, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, 87 pp. introduction, photo-illustrated plates from the collection of the author, including frontispiece portrait of Gen. Jesse M. Lee. The Inside Stories by Actual Observers, Of a Most Treacherous Deed Against a Great Indian Leader. "Mr. Brininstool has made a genuine contribution to the history of the Nebraska frontier in the foregoing account of the surrender and death of the Sioux Chief Crazy Horse, at Fort Robinson in 1877. The story of the killings was often told around the campfires of those days by both Indians and white frontiersmen.It is probably true that Crazy Horse was one of the most remarkable men of his remarkable race, and that, as a warrior, it is questionable whether it ever produced a greater." The "inside story" of the dastardly murder at old Fort Robinson, Nebraska, September 5, 1877, of Crazy Horse, the great Fighting chief of the Sioux nation, is given here in full detail by military men who were present on that tragic occasion. A fine, bright copy in dust jacket with some very slight edge wear and a very small closed-tear to fore-edge of spine. Small stamp of bookseller in upper fore-corner of front free-endpaper. Inscribed, "Sincerely Yours, E. A. Brininstool" on front free-endpaper, too. Also, two different prospectuses laid-in.…