Journal of Army Life

511 pages. First edition. Good copy in original red cloth covers with gilt decorations and lettering on front and spine, still bright. Edges and corners worn with fraying. Ex-libris from the Pacific-Union Club, San Francisco, with their paper label on inside front pastedown but no other library markings. Presentation to the Club from prior owner July, 1924, on front free endpaper; signature of another owner on rear pastedown. Hinges cracked but binding remains tight. Meterological table at rear lacks half the sheet.The author served as a surgeon from 1850-1858 and saw service in Oklahoma, California, Washington and Oregon. Much on the Oregon Indian wars. Illustrations in black-and-white. Graff 1575, Howes G-209, Cowan, p. 239.