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Published by Independently published, 2016
ISBN 10: 1519045395ISBN 13: 9781519045393
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 233 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.59 inches. In Stock.
Published by Anson Mills and the Press of Byron S. Adams, Washingto, D. C., 1921
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. Second Edition. 431 Pages. Cover is separating from spine from the front. Sewn binding. Staining on top and bottom corners. Chips along bottom edges and shelf ware. Chip off of middle back cover edge. Bottom back corner folded. Evidence of previous taping along interior front cover. Interior pages are clean with no marks other than before mentioned stains There are 19 additional pages to this 1921 Second Edition of the 1918 Copyright. The US Army's fierce clashes with the Native Americans and the turbulent era of frontier history is brought vividly to life in this authentic first hand account. Anson Mills saw frontier service in Arizona and Kansas, where he fought against the Apache and the Cheyenne. As a battalion commander with the army, he played an important role in Reynolds's Powder River campaign of early 1876, and in the Great Sioux War later that year. His good fortune continued after his service, when he became a millionaire after inventing and improving military items. Contents in 33 Chapters: My Ancestors, Privations of the Early Pioneers, Charlottesville Academy, West Point Military Academy, Early Days in Texas, El Paso Experiences, In Washington, My Brothers in Texas, Four Years of Civil War, After the War, Marriage, Travels West and East, Nannie's Impressions of the West, Western Experiences, Detail to Paris Exposition, Out West Again, Brevet Commissions in the Army, In Washington Again, Consolidation of the El Paso and Juarez Street Railways, The Reformatin of El Paso, Mexico, Equitable Distributio of the Waters of the Rio Grade, Boundary Commission, Woman's Suffrage, Prohibition, Trip to Europe with General Miles, My Cartridge Belt Equipment, The League to Enforce Peace, Trial by Combat, Personal Trial by Combat, National Trial by Combat, Honolulu, and Conclusions. Plus Five Appendices: The Organization and Administration of the United States Army, Address Before the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Address Before the Order of Indian Wars on the Battle of the Rosebud, Address before the Order of Indian Wars by General Charles King, and Report of Gen. Mills on the Battle of Slim Buttes. Illustrated with 89 Plates ranging from Anson and Nannie Day Before Marriage, to Brigadier General John M. Wilson a Classmate.
Published by Privately published, Washington, D. C., 1918
Seller: North Slope Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. First Edition. LUTHER HIGH SPOT FIRST EDITION in limp black leather with gilt titling, gilt page edges, edited by C. H. Claudy, no dust jacket (issued without) two frontispieces with protraits of Mills and his wife, 96 illus. and photos(listed), port., 3 maps (listed), index, 412pp. Luther #39. Dustin @202. Dowd #2688. Jenneweing #64. O'Keefe #1639. Very Good. Mills, served under Gen. George Crook in the Great Sioux War of 1876-77, which included the Rosebud fight and the Slim Buttes battle. Contains Mills's address on the Battle of the Rosebud, and provides a good context for the Battle of the LBH. Mills became wealthy with his invention of the woven-web cartridge belt, which replaced the belts made of leather, which caused copper shell casings to corrode. An important Custeriana item.
Published by Self Published
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is a 1918 edition. The autobiography of the man who drew the original map for El Paso and named the city. Covers betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Erstwhile owner's bookplate on front pastedown, errata slip on front endpaper; interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.8.
Published by Published by the Author (Printed at the Press of Byron S. Adams), Washington DC, 1918
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Leather bound. 1st. INSCRIBED by MIlls' son-in-law, Major Winfield Scott Overton, (pictured on p.239). Octavo; 412pp, First Edition. 8vo. 412 pp. Copiously illustrated from photographs, drawings, portraits, maps; appendix. Near Fine copy (erasure to ffep) in flexible leather-covered wrappers stamped in gold to upper wrapper,which reproduces the 'New Zealand International Exposition 1882' medal awarded to Mills inventing a woven military cartridge belt; With black endpapers, rounded corners, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. ''Mills fought the hostiles on the Plains, and later made his home at El Paso. His book is our clearest account (from the white man's side) of the Battle of the Rosebud.'' (Stanley Vestal's 'Book Lover's Southwest' p.37).
First edition. First edition. 8vo. Limp, gilt-stamped cloth, black front and rear endpapers, a.e.g., 412 pp. Numerous illustrations, 3 maps. Preface by General Nelson Miles. Valuable and vivid recollections by Mills of his service in Texas in the 1850's, the Civil War, service in Arizona, Crook's 1876 campaign, and his service in El Paso as Commissioner of the Boundary Commission between the United States and Mexico. His recollections of El Paso and west Texas are particularly noteworthy. Mills recounts his campaigns in the west from 1865 through the Custer campaign of 1876. He was a champion of Custer and accuses Terry of being unfamiliar with Indian warfare. His personal experiences on the Powder River Expedition, at the Battle of the Rosebud, and at the Battle of Slim Buttes are particularly noteworthy. Mills escorted General Dodge on the overland expedition to Oregon in 1867 and performed the same task with Lord Dunraven in 1873. He was also involved in the Black Hills Gold Rush. Errata slip has been affixed to front free-endpaper. An exceptionally fine, bright copy.