The West of Philip St. George Cooke 1809-1895 de Young,Otis E - 1955

Glendale, CA.: Arthur H. Clark., 1955. 1st Edition.. Red cloth, gilt spine title, top edge stained red.. Very good, a little fading to lower spine, no dust jacket.. 24x16 cm.. weight: 2.6 lb. Several illustrations and a folding map.

A.H. Clark Co, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. No Edition Stated. 393 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W frontispiece. Clean pages. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Minor sunning to spine.

The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1955-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 1249 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners and edges of boards show some light rubbing. A tiny tear on the bottom edge of the front panel (see photo). Unopened copy; top edge stained, other edges untrimmed. Text and images unmarked. Foldout map intact. 8vo. 393pp.

Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 393 pages; Covers with some light rubbing and wear. .

Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 393 pages; A few pages still uncut. , minor wearing to the edges. Otherwise in fine condition. .

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1955., 1955. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Maroon cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine, 393 pp., frontispiece, preface, illustrated, portraits, map, bibliography, index. Cooke's military career ranges over 46 years, through his service under Bennet Riley in the 1829 Santa Fe caravan escort through and inclusive of the Utah Expedition during the latter 1850s. Cooke's 40 years or more on the frontier show clearly what the military problems of the middle half of the 19th Century really were. Very light bump to upper fore-corner of rear panel, else a near fine, bright copy.

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1955. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. 393pp. Octavo in original red cloth, red top edge, others uncut. Plates (including frontispiece) and folding map. fine A biography of Philip St. George Cooke, who served in the American Civil War and was an early pioneer of the US Army Cavalry. 1955

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/None. This is the first scholarly biography of this impressive army officer who career spanned 46 years, starting before the Civil War. Red covers, gold lettering on the spine. Bottom and side edges uncut; deckle edges. Western Frontiersmen Series V. No dust jacket but book is now housed in an archival quality cover. A very nice copy.