Wild Life in the Far West: Personal Adventures of a Border Mountain Man (Classics of the Old West series).

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1983.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; Very Good+ condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: Originally published in 1872, this reprint is a volume from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series. Each volume in the series has been photographically reproduced from the original edition. ''Illustrated with numerous engravings''; the frontis is colorized. The subtitle continues: ''Comprising Hunting and Trapping Adventures with Kit Carson and others; Captivity and Life among the Comanches; Services under Doniphan in the War with Mexico, and in the Mexican War against the French; Desperate Combats with Apaches, Grizzly Bears, etc. etc.'' Hobbs did not keep a journal or notes; these reminiscences were written long after the fact and he may have exaggerated his own importance in some of the events. Six-Guns, Number .997. Includes the publisher's insert.