Root frank a william e connelley (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 630 pages + ad, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map with tears and some edge loss, original pictorial cloth, wear to edges, hinges cracked and binding loose, a good reading or research copy only, a good candidate for repair. Howes 434, Graff 3562, Six-Guns 1897, "The original is very rare and is considered the standard history of the early stage lines. It Has some information on stagecoach robberies, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Slade.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Book is in near-fine condition; pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is in poor condition with chipping and browning.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 630pp. Hardcover. Boards rubbed and worn but gilt title and stamped illustrations on front bright. Spine faded. Binding loose. Some foxing, mostly minor. 9" by 22" folded map bound at rear: "Showing Lines of the Great Overland Stage Route, The Santa Fe Trail, Butterfield Overland Despatch, Mormon Route of 1847, and the Leavenworth & Pike's Peak Express." The 2 right folds of map separated from the left 3 folds. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 630 pp., tissued frontis, index, roll of honor, illustrations, photographs, fold-out map. A tight unmarked very good+ copy with minor shelf wear to its edges, corners and to the top and bottom of its spine. Showing evidence of a professionally removed book plate also with the embossed stamp of the Historical Society of Montana on the title page. This book comes from the personal library of Mrs A.J. Davidson (formerly Sallie Davenport) a Montana pioneer women. It was donated by her to the Historical Society of Montana in Helena. Her husband A.J. Davidson was a very prominent Montana businessman in wagons, saddles, furs and hay. Now in a clear protective Mylar cover. This being the classic and standard history of the early stage lines. An important Montana association copy. Six-Guns #1897, Howes #434, Graff #3562. SCARCE.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 630 pages + ad, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map with tears and some edge loss, original pictorial cloth, interior hinges professionally repaired, minor edge wear. Howes 434, Graff 3562, Six-Guns 1897, "The original is very rare and is considered the standard history of the early stage lines. It Has some information on stagecoach robberies, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Slade.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Original publisher's deluxe binding in half leather and marbled boards and endpapers, with title, authors, and vignette of Indian in gilt on spine, 630 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map, rubbing to cover and edges. Rarely found in the deluxe binding, I believe this is the first copy I've handled. Information on the Overland Mail, Pony Express, Overland Stage Line, Early history of Colorado, Fort Kearny, Indian raids and adventures on the Plains, stage drivers, Butterfield Overland, etc. Howes 434, Graff 3562, Six-Guns 1897, "The original is very rare and is considered the standard history of the early stage lines. It Has some information on stagecoach robberies, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Slade.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. 630 pages + ad, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map, original pictorial cloth, minor edge wear, signed by the author, Sincerely and truly yours Frank A. Root The author Topeka Kansas 1904. A very nice copy! Information on the Overland Mail, Pony Express, Overland Stage Line, Early history of Colorado, Fort Kearny, Indian raids and adventures on the Plains, stage drivers, Butterfield Overland, etc. Howes 434, Graff 3562, Six-Guns 1897, "The original is very rare and is considered the standard history of the early stage lines. It Has some information on stagecoach robberies, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Slade.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Mylar protected. No DJ. Pictorial, decorated brown cloth boards w/ gilt titling on spine and cover that includes graphic. Boards rubbed and worn. Loose binding. Ffep INSCRIBED by AUTHOR. Paste downs cracked along hinges, beps thru fldg map loose at back, feps thru 1/2 Title Pg loose at front, missing portis, Title Pg and Dedication Pg at front, otherwise text block complete and unmarked w/ varying degrees of soiling, tearing throughout. 630 pps, 1/2 Title, b/w photos & illus's, index, roll of honor, fldg map. Quite rare personal narrative regarding the Overland Stage line, primarily the stretch from the Missouri River to Denver, written by an employee and eyewitness to the stories written w/ mtl on stagecoach robberies, Wild Bill Hickok and Joseph Slade. . .Howes R 434aa, Adams Six-Guns 1897, Graff 3562, Dobie p79 p81. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 1st edition. Gilt-stamped, pic cloth. 630pp. Illust. Fldg maps. Privately printed "reminiscences and authentic history of the great overland stage line and pony express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean." Moderate wear to covers; some wear to gilt on spine; hinges professionally repaired. Near vg. 6-guns 1897, Cowan p541, Howes R434, Paher 1689, Graff 3562.…

Pictorial Cloth. Zustand: Good. 1st Ed xvii+630pp, frontis, illus, fld maps, pict. cloth nice 6-Guns #1897 rpt Howes R-434 Graff #3562 The classic book on early stagelines.

1st Edition. First edition. Presentation inscription by Root on a leaf tipped to the front endpaper. Illustrated with frontispiece and folding map. xvii, [1], 630 pp. 8vo. First edition of a valuable narrative of the overland mails. The map, by Roy D. Marsh of Topeka, is titled "Map Showing Lines of the Great Overland Stage Route, the Santa Fe Trail, Butterfield Overland Despatch, Mormon Route of 1847, and the Leavenworth & Pike's Peak Express." This copy with a nice presentation inscription by the author, dated 1920, to Ira Rand, the son of Pony Express rider Theodore Rand: "To Ira Rand, Atchison, Kansas, who is one of my 'passengers' on 'The Overland Stage to California,' and is a son of my friend, the late Theodore Rand, who was one of the fearless 'Pony Express' riders on the Plains in the early sixties. Hoping you may have a pleasant journey over the noted trail on the historic 'concord' stage-coach, is the earnest wish of Sincerely and truly yours, Frank A. Root, the author." Howes R434, "aa"; Adams, Six -Guns 1897; Streeter Sale 3117; Flake 7417; Eberstadt 103:249; Graff 3562; Reese, Best of the West 230 Publisher's cloth, upper cover pictorially blocked in black and lettered in gilt pictorial cloth, light shelf wear Illustrated with frontispiece and folding map. xvii, [1], 630 pp. 8vo First edition. Presentation inscription by Root on a leaf tipped to the front endpaper.…