Seventy Years on the Frontier Alexander Majors' Memoirs of A Lifetime on the Border

Author: Majors, Alexander; Ingraham, Colonel Prentis (edited by)
Title: Seventy Years on the Frontier Alexander Majors' Memoirs of A Lifetime on the Border
Publication: Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893

Description: Signed by the author. With A Preface buy "Buffalo Bill" (General W. F. Cody) Hardcover. Octavo. [1], 325 pages, [3] pages advertisements, [1]. Frontispiece, illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt illustration and title on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Some repairs made to this copy. Front and rear hinges discreetly repaired. Pages 71, 72 patched on the edge. Covers are shelf and edge worn. Appears the previous owner inscription erased on the right front flyleaf. Author signed the recto of the frontispiece. Light scattered brown spotting to the contents. Majors was one of the founders of the Pony Express. He also helped with the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Howes M 232; Rader 2334; Wagner-Camp 359; Graff 2664. Good.

Seller ID: 27780

Subject: Western Americana



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