Thomason John Stuart (4 results)

xxiv, 512 pages. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A near fine copy. Classic biography of cavalry General Jeb Stuart first published in 1930 (copyright 1929) by World War I veteran and Marine Corps Captain John W. Thomason Jr. with a new Introduction by Gary W. Gallagher, a professor of history at Pennsylvania State University. Thomason's research was distinguished by his interviews of Stuart family members for their personal recollections of their famed relative. ISBN 0803294247.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hinges taped with old fabric tape.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

With illustrations and maps by the author. Pp. xvi+512, frontispiece portrait, title page vignette, text illustrations and maps (mostly full page), index; med. 8vo; orange papered boards, spine lettered in silver and slightly creased; dust wrapper; Konecky & Konecky, New York, n.d.[1995?]. Reprinted. Konecky & Konecky Civil War Library series. *Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1930. 'When Virginia seceded from the Union, Jeb Stuart resigned his US Army commission and became a captain of cavalry in the newly formed Confederate Army. The lightning pace and daring of Stuart's cavalry raids became legendary' [wrapper blurb]. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.…