About this title: John C. Cremony's first encounter with the Indians of the Southwest occurred in the early 1850s, when he accompanied John R. Bartlett's boundary commission surveying the United States-Mexican border. Some ten years later, as an officer of the California Volunteers, he renewed his acquaintance, particularly with the Apaches, whom he came to know as few white Americans before him had. Cremony's account of his experiences, published in 1868, quickly became, and remains today, a basic source on Apache beliefs, tribal life, and fighting tactics. Although its original purpose was to induce more ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 5th ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indian Head, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780880296526ISBN:0880296526
Description: Book: Very Good. DJ: Very Good. 8vo. 322 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. Blue boards with qtr brown cloth, stamped in gold on spine. Glossy green dj. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780880296526ISBN:0880296526
Description: Very Good. Text pages clean & tight with no markings or highlighting. Some scratches on DJ & interior right corner page has been clipped. Very readable copy! read more
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Binding: Quarter-cloth
Publisher: Indian Head Books, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780880296526ISBN:0880296526
Description: Fine in About Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Facsimile Reprint, Fourth Printing. Hard cover 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall in brown Quarter-cloth. Fine book in About Fine DJ. 322pp. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Cloth Backed Boards
Publisher: Indian Head Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780880296526ISBN:0880296526
Description: Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; book & dj very lightly rubbed else clean bright & tight-in mylar cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indian Head Books; Dorset Press, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780880296526ISBN:0880296526
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. Facsimile Reprint. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 322 pp.; 22 cm. First published, 1868. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. Another copy available. read more
Edition: Facsimile Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Time-life Books, New York
Date Published: 1981
Description: Near Fine Hardback. No Dustjacket. 5.5 x 8" A solid copy; brown full leather with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges gilt, ribbon marker; decorated endpages, Classics of the Old west pamphlet laid in and Old-West bookplate also laid in; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR----- read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Time-Life Books, New York
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780809440276ISBN:080944027X
Description: VG. No Jacket as Issued. The book is the brown leather Time-Life Edition. The top corners of the book have rubs with no other defects to note. Reprinted from the 1868 edition. read more
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Binding: Quarter-cloth
Publisher: Indian Head Books, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780880296526ISBN:0880296526
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Facsimile Reprint, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall in brown Quarter-cloth. Fine book in like DJ. 322pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indian Head Books; Dorset Press, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780880296526ISBN:0880296526
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Facsimile Reprint. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 322 pp.; 22 cm. First published, 1868. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ. read more
Edition: Facismlie of 1868
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Time Life Books
Date Published: 1981
Description: Very Good+ No Jacket Issued. Tooled Brown Leather with Gold Gilt Lettering and Gilt Edges lightly scratched. Silk bookmark-spine slant. All in all, a nice copy of this fancinating historical document. Author was " Interpriter to the U.S. Boundary Commission, under the Hon. John B. Bartlett, in 1849, '50 and '51, Operating in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Western Arkansas" USPS Delevery Confimaton on all books shipped. read more
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