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First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Green cloth titled in gilt; [x],[144]pp; color frontispiece, and black and white halftone portraits throughout. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Slight rubbing to extremities, else Near Fine. Originally organized to protect travelers on the Oregon Trail, the Third Cavalry had seen action in the Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-Americna War, Philippine-American War, and WWI by the time of publication. This copy with the ownership inscription of a member of the regiment: Robert G. Bowers, 3rd Cavalry, Machine Gun Troop, Fort Meyer, VA.

First Edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; x,[1]-143pp; color frontispiece; photographic text illustrations (halftone portraits). Trace of wear to cloth board edges and base of spine; occasional faint thumb-soil to text; still a straight, tight, Very Good or better copy. A rare and sought-after regimental history, privately published, presumably for private distribution to members of the regiment. The 3rd Cavalry is closely associated with Anglo-American expansion and settling of the Western frontier, a period covered in considerable detail here, as are the regiment's actions in the Spanish-American War and the First World War. The second, biographical portion of the book is extensively illustrated with photographic portraits and views. Rarely seen in commerce, especially in nice condition.