James H Kyner (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. a few b/w illustrations (illustrator). 1st printing. Hardcover, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4", 277 pages, cloth binding, ex library with the usual makings. spine end slightly worn, cover edges scuffed. Text block Very Good 50 b/w photos throughout. "Perhaps my "short and simple annals" may serve to record a portion of that sturdy past without which no such land as ours could ever have developed". two small inked spots on spine, interior has withdrawn stamps and inside front cover has small library label.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Cash. Third printing, 1967. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Spine is creased. Pages appear unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG, unmarked PB.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed 277pp, frontis, signed, photos, dj nice 6-Guns #1261 Much on railroad building in Nebraska, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado. Recounts the story of the capture of Ike Oliveand members of the notorious Olive Gang. Good reading, scarce.

Tall 8vo. 277, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), w/ d.j. (minor creasing, edgewear, slight chipping head of spine, scuffing), still VG/VG copy, signed by Hawthorne Daniel, and mounted signature of James H. Kyner on ffep. First edition, signed, of this memoir awarded the Gold Medal of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association in 1936, recounting the life of the main contractor for the Oregon Short Line Railroad through Idaho, and other Western railroads during the Gilded Age. He details the railroad camps with photos through Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Idaho, fighting off stagecoach bandits, and coping with the Herculean projects to complete the lines. Kyner (1846-1936) enlisted in the Civil War with the 45th Ohio Regiment at the age of 15, fought under General Tecumseh Sherman, lost his right leg below the knee at the Battle of Shiloh, and would later homestead in Nebraska near Norfolk, and later served as legislator in Omaha, before beginning his railroad building career. Very rare to have both signatures.