Tenth Cavalry U S a (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 8vo tan illus cloth, page edges dyed red, red titles to cover, silver gilt titles to spine now rubbed and dimmed, slight wear at heel of spine; inner front hinge separated, rear hinge separating; ow VG/ndj: 361pp, bw frontis colored grad of west point, Illustrated with over 100 photographic portraits, maps and engravings. "A Purely Military History of the Negro." This is the classic work on "Buffalo soldiers," the black troops of the 9th and 10th Cavalries, as well as the 24th and 25th Infantries. Based on eyewitness accounts, it is the history of their distinguished service. Covers action in Cuba during the Spanish-American War (including the charge up San Juan Hill); encounters with Geronimo, renegade Apaches, other Plains Indians; skirmishes with Pancho Villa, Mexican bandits; etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. Second Edition. xv, 361pp. Previous owner's private library label on each pastedown, couple of small tears to hinges, boards slightly darkened with some minor loss the cloth at the foot of the front joint, else a very good example in publisher's illustrated cloth. Focuses on the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the and 10th Cavalry but includes a comprehensive history of black troops from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish-American War with chapters of the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments, Afro Americana 2112; Blockson 4261; Work pages 401 and 402.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 361 pages. Lots of illustrations. All edges gilt; title on front cover and spine have gilt lettering. Spine has been professionally repaired. Top foreedge corners on front and back covers are darkened, possibly from a fire. (See photos). Very good in an ornate red leather binding. A beautiful book. (A-1).