On the Border With Crook. Illustrated
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's maroon cloth, titles and ornaments stamped in silver to spine and front cover; xvi,491pp; frontispiece and 6 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones); 4pp publisher's catalog at rear. A straight, square copy, tightly bound and free of markings. Faint old staining to endpapers and into extreme outer margins of illustrations, not approaching image; slightly over-opened at copyright page, but holding strong; overall a Very Good to Near Fine copy of a book usually found well-used.
Memoir of Bourke's career as a staff officer for General George Crook during the Indian Wars of the 1870s and 1880s. Bourke's account is widely regarded as one of the best of the period, a perceptive view not just of Army life but of life and culture on the Southwestern frontier in the years following the Civil War. DOBIE (Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest): "A great book, on both Apaches and Arizona frontier." GRAFF 367. Luther, CUSTER HIGH SPOTS 36.
Memoir of Bourke's career as a staff officer for General George Crook during the Indian Wars of the 1870s and 1880s. Bourke's account is widely regarded as one of the best of the period, a perceptive view not just of Army life but of life and culture on the Southwestern frontier in the years following the Civil War. DOBIE (Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest): "A great book, on both Apaches and Arizona frontier." GRAFF 367. Luther, CUSTER HIGH SPOTS 36.