Rynning Captain Thomas (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xvii + 332 pp., dj, vg. 6-Guns # 1924 scarce Herd # 1983. The author's service with the Az. Rangers recalled, much on outlaws.

First edition thus. Reprint of an edition originally printed in 1931. 8vo. Cloth, xiii [1], 332 pp., foreword, illustrated, Six Guns 1924 says, "This book deals with many of the Arizona outlaws Rynning pursued while serving as an Arizona Ranger." Rynning was one of the most colorful and exciting characters of the American West. He was a cowboy, and Indian fighter, an officer in the Roosevelt Rough Riders, and penitentiary warden, as well as an Arizona Ranger. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. CLEAN good+ 1932 hardcover, no jacket. INSRIBED by Joe Chisholm to: Eugene W. Biscailuz.He organized the California Highway Patrol, and later became the 27th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, serving in that capacity for 26 years, from 1932 to 1958. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 332 pp. A near fine, tight, unmarked rare soft cover copy. With the dust jacket issued on the hardcover binding and including the front and rear flaps. This is a soft cover advance review copy before the hardcover was issued. It is stamped on the title page with PUB'N DATE SEP 17 1931. Housed in a beautiful custom made clam shell slip case as photographed. Additionally, with this advance copy comes an original United States Marshal document from San Diego, CA. signed by Thomas H. Rynning. The subject of this book Thomas Rynning (1866-1941) was one of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Captain of the Arizona Rangers, Warden of the Arizona penitentiary at Yuma, Constructor of the Florence, Arizona prison and always a frontier lawman. An excellent read about a real western lawman, his life and times and the outlaws he captured and pursued. Six-Guns #1924, Herd #1983. We consider this advance copy in the custom clam shell case to be scarce. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book has some modest toning to endpapers, an inch area of light staining to lower right of front, some modest foxing in some part of spine gutters. otherwise quite a nice copy, clean and bright, with bright yellow cloth and a tight binding. Dust jacket has chipping and wear to corners, a few closed tears at edges, light toning and modest rubbing. still presentable and now protected in a clear cover. Photos on request.…

Condition: Good. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, xvii [3], 332 pp., foreword. Foreword by Rupert Hughes. Six Guns 1924 says, "Scarce." "This book deals with many of the Arizona outlaws Rynning pursued while serving as an Arizona Ranger." Rynning was one of the most colorful and exciting characters of the American West. He was a cowboy, and Indian fighter, an officer in the Roosevelt Rough Riders, and penitentiary warden, as well as an Arizona Ranger. Former owner's bookplate removed from front fly leaf, else a near-fine copy in the elusive dust jacket which has light wear to the head of spine and extremities, with the rare wrap-a-round promotional band with a promotional blurb by Rupert Hughes. Much "Rough Rider" content and the nicest copy we've seen of this book in years. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gun Notches: The Life Story of a Cowboy-Soldier by Captain Thomas H. Rynning as Told to Al Cohen and Joe Chisholm with a foreword by Rupert Hughes, published in 1931. Third printing. Signed by Cohen and Chisholm on the front endsheet. Hardcover with only the very lightest shelfwear. Signed by Author(s).…