Seventy Years On the Frontier

N.Y.: Rand McNally, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, minor edge wear, inscribed by the author in 1894, signed by Majors in a shaky hand. Burke was a well known publicists, promoter and author. One of his books was, Buffalo Bill, From Prairie to Palace Buffalo Bill wrote the preface for Majors book.… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Rand McNally, 1893. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt, minor cover wear, bookplate, newspaper clipping about Majors attached to fly-leaf. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Ross & Haines. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops spotted, rear hinge cracked, . jacket toned and price-clipped.. Reprint. Hardcover. 1 of 2000 copies of this reprint edition. Yellow cloth. Black and white frontispiece portrait, black and white illustrations and photos, and index. Reprint of an early 1890s Western memoir. Preface by Buffalo Bill… Read more about this item

Columbus, Oh: Long's College Book Co, 1950. 325p + ads, decorated cloth, illustrated, vg+ in dust jacket. A facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1893. Edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. (USIANA AA-232.).

N.Y.: Rand McNally, 1893. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. N.D. (1893) Original pictorial wraps, 271 pages, illustration, minor cosmetic repairs, housed in a slipcase. Howes notes this reprint but mistakenly states there were no illustrations, however there is one. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the… Read more about this item

Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Co. 1950, 1950. Octavo. 325pp. (2) pp ads. A facsimile of the original 1893 edition. The author writes about a silver expedition, Doniphans' expedition, our war with Mexico, the Mormons, Kit Carson, gold and much more. A fine copy bound in blue pictorial gilt cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a very good tan pictorial… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Rand McNally, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers, looks like it has been re-cased, except for the end-papers it would be very difficult to see. Very nice association copy, inscribed, Presented to my dear friend Maj. John M. Burke as a token of love and good will… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Rand McNally, 1893. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill who was still a boy when Majors hired… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Rand McNally, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt, front hinge just starting, bookplate, inscription and signature of Majors dated 1898. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit… Read more about this item

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Columbus 1950. Reprint of Howes M-232, Graff 2664. 325 p, plates. Very good condition, in dust wrapper. .

1985. 1985 Majors, Alexander SEVENTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER; ALEXANDER MAJORS' MEMOIRS OF A LIFETIME ON THE BORDER With a preface by "Buffalo Bill" Edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham Alexander Majors Historical Trust, c1985 A facsimile of the 1893 first edition 325pp, black and white illustrations 8vo Previous owner's name upper edge of first page, else fine bright looks… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Ross and Haines, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Preface by Buffalo Bill General W. F. Cody. Edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. Minor waterstain to front of dust jacket. One of 2000 copies.

MINNEAPOLIS, ROSS & HAINES, 1965, 1965. VERY GOOD. DUST JACKET. ONE OF 2000.. Hardcover.

Merriam, Kansas: Allied Publishing Group, 1985. Facsimile Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 325pp.; HB blue w/gilt; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. Autobio. of man who help found the Pony Express and helped established Kansas City. some illus.

Merriam, Kan. :: Allied Publishing Group,. VG/NONE. 1985. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint (first published 1893) in gilt-decorated blue cloth that shows light edge bumping. Long gift inscription on front pastedown; mild foxing of textblock edges. SIGNED by Terry W. Chapman, trustee of the Alexander Majors Historical Trust, in a foreword. Preface by Buffalo Bill and edited by… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1965. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Jacket is price clipped with very slight wear at top of spine. Marked "Limited to 2,000 copies.". Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

1893. MAJORS, Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier: Alexander Majors' Memoirs of a Lifetime on the Border. With a Preface by "Buffalo Bill" (General W.F. Cody). Edited by Prentiss Ingraham. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. 1st ed. 325pp. Portrait frontis., plates. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Very good. Rader 2334. HOWES M-232. In his early years, Majors traveled the Santa… Read more about this item

Rand, McNally & Company. Collectible - Acceptable. Chicago and NY: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. 1st edition. Sm 8vo Hardcover. 325pp. B/W plates. Ex-Library copy. Hinges cracked. Front endpage nearly detached. Writing inside. (US history, american west) Inquire if you need further information.

University of Nebraska Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Merriam, KS: Alexander Majors Historical Trust, 1985. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 325 pages, b&w photos. Reprinted from the 1893 edition published by Rand McNally. Blue cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Minor wear to covers. Clean, tight copy. Record # 856315