Capt Jack, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. 1st Edition. 701 pages, frontis illustrations, bound in original ½ leather binding, raised bands on spine with gilt lettering, marbled page edges and marbled end-papers, rubbing and soiling to cover, light foxing, overall a better than good copy of an extremely difficult title to find in the deluxe binding and especially so in the first printing. This is the second copy I've had in this binding and the only one in the first printing.Rader 2373, Six-Guns 1475, "Has much on Captain Jack, the Modoc outlaw.".

Paperback. 117p., newsprint textblock, paperbound in densely printed 6.5x5 inch russet wraps, textblock is extremely acidic and fragile with a crease and a short split to last leaf, back cover wrap similarly split and creased with a minuscule chip, front cover detached, slightly edgeworn. A good copy, still handleable and rather attractive with its announcements arranged around a central image of a gentleman in bowler hat, printed black on terra-cotta. One illustration only, the bloke on the cover, presumably owner Woodard or Shanklin. Sample ad, for "Josie M., No. 195. Bay mare: 15 hands high; foaled 1889; owned by L.H. Smyth. Note.--this mare has unusual style, finish, speed and but for being blind in one eye would be exceptionally desirable to mate. The eye was knocked out when a two-year-old, but does not affect the other.".

Staplebound Pamphlet. Condition: Good. First Edition. Staplebound pamphlet (9 in. x 6 in.), tan card covers, self-published by author, a noted Western (Americana) and Pacific Northwest historian. Covers show some smudging. Author's written inscription to front panel: ("Mrs. Leone T. Jensen / 1290 W.11trh St. / Eugene / With Regards / of the Author / Fred Lockley").

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 237 pp., frontis, photographs, illustrations, reports, appendixes. A very good, strong hinged, unmarked copy with a small fraternal (?) plate on the front fixed end paper and wear at its corners and spine ends. This volume chronicles the career of Corporal James Tanner and the history of the New York Volunteers covering its battles at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. It also contains excellent information on the Black Hills and Capt. Jack Crawford.

Hardcover. First Edition. 32 pages. Limited to 300 copies. Printed by Wm. M. Cheney, bound by Bela Blau. Capt. Jack worked for a number of the well-known book dealers in Los Angeles, including Dawsons and Jake Zeitlin. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: '20.x.'63, to Jake - Remember when we caught a book thief? (and let him go). Warmest regards, John Friend.' First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy in brown leather covers with gilt ruling on front cover and gilt lettering on red on spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oblong 4to, printed pictorial wrappers in red and black, piece lacking from upper left corner of lower cover, resulting in loss on a couple of words, 24pp. text proper + single inserted leaf at the end, to use to subscribe to Crawford's own ALASKA PROSPECTING AND MINING CORPORATION (this venture, into which he'd invested enormous sums of money - his and others' - wound up being a consummately fradulent scheme, with not a single prospective asset to the name). Illustrated throughout. Captain Jack Crawford served in the Civil War and carved out a future career path for himself during 1875-76 as a journalist and as a promoter for the Black Hills country, where he travelled and scouted. Later, he had a brief fling with Buffalo Bill Cody on the stage, but he eventually wound up excelling on the touring lecture circuit, and that guise is what he is today best remembered for. A good+ copy.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 548 pp, 16 color plates, other illustrations. Full period leather with gilt title in black compartment on spine. The spine leather is worn at the crown and tail, with a loss, effecting the spine title. Tight, contents clean, spine title chipped. Very Good. Howes B934. Six Guns #143.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Souvenir of the St Joseph exposition, the motto of which was "Korn is King.". _____ On the night of September 15, 1889, twelve days after opening, the main building of the extravaganza was destroyed by fire._____. _____ Let's hope Jack's scouting is better than his versifying. _____ The poems here include: "Korn Is King", "Our Nugget / May Cody Crawford", "Hood's Children", "Thar' Was Jim", "Broncho vs. Bicycle / (A Story Told by a New Mexico Cowboy)" and "Some Thirty Years Ago". _____ The New Mexico Broncho is a clever "tortoise and the hare" story, the rest rather maudlin. _____ ._____The front cover features an engraved portrait of the dashing Captain Crawford._____ . _____ There are internal portrait cuts of H.D. Perky, the Exposition President, May Cody Crawford (the author's young daughter) and Confederate General John Bell Hood. _____ The original ribbon tied wrappers have a couple of 1" stains to the front panel. _____.