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Dell Publishing, 1961. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Dell Pub. Co., 1961. 320pp. Photos on request. . #F167, Nov. First Printing. Paperback. Fine-. Mass Market.

New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1961. First Dell Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 320 Pages. November 1961 Edition. Dell #F167. Owner's penciled name on front cover and there is a store stamp on the inside of the back cover. Square book with no other marks or stamps. A few of the poages are beginning to loosen from the glued binding. Pages white and clean. The big lusty saga of the American Frontier, the men and their women who blazed the way west The events traced in these pages occurred in 1866; the characters were living then; the Orders, the dispatches, some of the speeches, and most of the letters are reproduced from the originals in the National Archives and the Indian Bureau of the Department of Interior. The dispatches of Colonel H. B. Carrington are the primary source of the story These narratives form the outline of the story which follows. Nonetheless, it is written to be read as fiction rather than as history. For the author has not halted at the boundary of recorded events… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. Text block has a spot on the bottom edge and foxing on the side. Does not effect interior. Jacket is chipped in the top of the spine, and has some darkening/foxing..

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

A very good copy with light edge wear , previous owners neat name stamp, a tight clean copy. See Photos bx 72

Knopf, 1960. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 2nd printing. edge wear to jacket. Couple names in ink to rear panel of jacket..

Knopf, 1960. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Light edge wear to jacket..

Unknown Binding. Fine. Near fine unread book/ no jacket. 1st printing

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Spine lean. Pages clean. Corners very lightly rubbed. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Small tears on edges of dustwrapper slightly shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front endpage. Slightly dampstained. (american fiction, wyoming, western fiction)

Knopf - A Borzoi Book, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 376 pp. Boards are tan with brilliant green and red text/design. Boards have slight edge wear that is difficult to see in the scans. Author's signature is on ffep and is tidy and clear. Pages are ivory and free from marks. Dust jacket is colorful with edge wear including abrasions and small tears with an unclipped price of 4.50. Eighty-one men under the command of LT COl WJ FEtterman were ambushed by the Sioux in Northern Wyoming on Dec 21, 1866

New York: Knopf, 1960. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Previous owner has written on the front endpage. Jacket is chipped at the corners. Spine is sun faded.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Mylared.

NY: Knopf, 1960. The First Edition of the author's 3rd book; Book and dustwrapper shows slight darkening to edges. Overall, a tight, clean copy of this book on the Fetterman Massacre of 1866 by the Sioux.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight edgewear to upper edge, in mylar cover..

New York: Alfred Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition stated of this novel of the American West. Bookplate to inside front board else a beautiful fine clothbound copy in fine unclipped and unfaded dustwrapper. Nice!

Washington: Potomac Corral of the Westerners, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. Quarto. Vol. IV, No. 4, of Corral Dust. Printed wrappers, 8 pp. Biography of Col. Henry Carrington and his attempt to guard the Bozeman Trail in spite of the objections of the Sioux. Carrington was tasked with building the most important Army outpost guarding the Bozeman Trail, Fort Phil Kearny. Carrington erected an imposing symbol of American military power with a tall wooden palisade surrounded a compound the size of three football fields, housing nearly 30 buildings. However, what Carrington did not take into account was the fact that the nearest stands of timber lay several miles away. To obtain the wood essential for heating and further construction, a detachment had to leave the confines of the fort every day. The Sioux Indians naturally began to prey on these "wood trains." Also includes an article written by Philip Rasch entitled, "The Chronicle of Jim McDaniels," a member of Jesse… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. George Salter Dj Art. Author's first book A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Mylar DJ cover.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Stated First Edition. Fine/near fine. Stated first edition in clan unclipped original jacket. Illustrated with two maps. Vivid historical novel which reconstructs the human conflicts that led to one of the most dramatic episodes in the opening of the West: the Fetterman Massacre. Very clean beige cloth boards with green lettering, burgundy illustration of sword and book on cover, green title box, burgundy decoration on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 375 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (4.50 on front inside flap), two tiny closed edge tears, hint of spine fading. Typography, binding, and jacket designs by George Salter..

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1960 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1960. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and upper tips; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($4.50); light sunfading to spine; light toning to top edge of DJ an flap fold edges. Beige cloth boards and spine with green and red decorations on the spine with title outlined in green shadowbox; title and red sword on front board. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 374 pp 8vo. This is a historical novel of the life of COL Henry Carrington, the senior officer in the Fetterman massacre in 1866. Although LTC Fetterman was acting in defiance of direct orders, Carrington took the blame and was accused of cowardice and abandoned by friends and his wife. The author captures the smell of battle and his insight into the lives of the men and women… Read More