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London: Society for Army Historical Research, 1967. Paging runs 63 - 126, 9 11/16" H. One colour plate, 4 pages sepiatone illustrations, 2 maps/plans. Contents include: The Worcestershire Yeomanry and Richard Dighton; The Duke of Marlborough's Request of His Captain-Generalcy for Life: A Re-examination; An Early Field Day Exercise; Lord Haldane and the Origins of Officers Training Corps; The Arm Badges of The 14th (King's) Hussars, The 14th/20th King's Hussars and The 20th Hussars; British Colours at Saratoga; Sir James Jefferyes in the Army of William III, Queen Anne and George I; Tregantle Fort, Plymouth; Obituary Notices: Mr. T.H. McGuffie - Mr. C.C.P. Lawson / Notes: The "Six Old Corps" and Their "Ancient" Badges; The "Six Old Corps" In Britain and France; etc. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, light browning, issue number written in ink on spine, minor wrinkling on spine, one small corner crease… Read More

London: Society for Army Historical Research, 1963. Paging runs 55 - 110, 9 7/8" H. Two colour plates, 4 pages sepiatone illustrations, 1 b&w map/battle plan. Contents include: Three Military Portraits by an Unknown Artist; Jeremy Lister, 10th Regiment, 1770-1783 (concluded); Cornet Charles Forbes, 17th Lancers, c.1825; A Carving of James the Second's Reign; From the Other Side of the Hill, Blenheim, 1704; A.B. Richards (1820-76): Journalist in Defence of Britain; The West African Regiment, 1898 to 1928; The Diary of Captain Neil Douglas, 79th Foot, 1809 to 1810 / Notes: The "Six Old Corps" in Britain and France; The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry in the 1870's; etc. Interior - small soft wrinkle on first few pages, minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light to moderate edgewear/wrinkling, light browning, issue number written in ink on spine, three tiny edge tears. . Soft Cover. Very Good-.

NY: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1982. Hardcover 2nd edition - minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1980. Reprint.. Hardcover in white/green illus boards, no jacket.. As New.. Detailed illustrated overview of problems typically encountered at equine breeding farsm. Nice bright clean crisp copy. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2, 564 pp, index, references, b/w photos & illus.

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New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976., 1976. Good. [1st edition], 1st printing ; 160 pp., [24] leaves of plates ; illustrated ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0030175860; 9780030175862 LCCN: 76-4727 ; OCLC: 2331498 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.8/09 ; blue cloth with gold lettering, in color pictorial, nicked dustjacket with portrait of Oscar Wilde by Toulouse-Lautrec ; interesting take on the OScar Wilde history which includes later 20th century performances on stage and screen, written by the son of Robert Morley, who portrayed Oscar Wilde in the film "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" ; G/G

Sheridan, Wy.: Star Publishing Company, 1942.. [12],198,[2]pp., including portrait, map, and one in-text illustration, plus one plate. Original printed dark green cloth. Spine extremities slightly worn, minor shelf wear. Ownership signature on front pastedown crossed out with marker, some offsetting to front endpaper. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Very good plus. Ricketts tells the story of his life as a cowboy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was located primarily in Wyoming, but also travelled in the Texas panhandle as well as back and forth to Oregon. Also contains the tale of a man from Hole-in-the-Wall Country who was killed for stealing cattle. Rather scarce on the market. GRAFF 3500. ADAMS HERD 1893. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1851. HOWES R275, "aa."

Sheridan Wyoming: Starr Publishing Company, 1942. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 198 pages, frontis, map, photos, minor cover wear, very light fade to spine, owner name, INSCRIBED by author. Cowboy life, ranching, Indian raids, Fort Fetterman, cattle thieves, Yellowstone National Park, Johnson County War, Wyoming, Texas, Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, etc. Graff 3500, Howes R275, Herd 1893, Six-Guns 1851, "The first complete book written about this noted character.".

Sheridan: Star Publishing Co., 1942., 1942. First edition. First and only edition. 8vo. Original green cloth with title stamped in black on front cover and spine, [14], 198 pp., frontispiece [portrait of the author], preface, illustrated, map. Privately printed for W. P. Ricketts who was blind when the book was published. Dobie says, "A natural book with much interesting information. It contains the best account of trailing cattle from Oregon to Wyoming that I have seen." Recollections of when he became a cowboy, roundups on the Platte, Indian raids, the winter of 1879-1880, booze and cattle won't mix, his trip to Yellowstone National Park, the open range, and much more. Small erasure to top of front free fly leaf, spine a bit darkened, else a near fine bright, tight copy of a book that was originally published for friends and now has become very scarce to rare.

Sheridan: Star Publishing Co., 1942., 1942. First edition. First and only edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf. Original green cloth with title stamped in black on front cover and spine, [14], 198 pp., frontispiece [portrait of the author], preface, illustrated, map. Privately printed for W. P. Ricketts who was blind when the book was published. Dobie says, "A natural book with much interesting information. It contains the best account of trailing cattle from Oregon to Wyoming that I have seen." Recollections of when he became a cowboy, roundups on the Platte, Indian raids, the winter of 1879-1880, booze and cattle won't mix, his trip to Yellowstone National Park, the open range, and much more. Former owner's gift inscription at top of free front fly leaf else a near fine bright, tight copy of a book that was originally published for friends and now has become very scarce to rare.