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INMAN, HENRY, COLONEL.

The Old Santa Fé Trail: The Story of a Great Highway.

Place and Imprint: New York [&] London: The Macmillan Co., 1897.
Edition: First edition.
Bibliographical References: Howes I-57.
Condition: Cloth slightly worn at the edges; some light foxing; fine copy.
Book ID: 29128

Physical Description

Thick 8vo, original pictorial brown cloth, gilt lettering, t.e.g. Frontis portrait, eight plates after illustrations by Frederick Remington, numerous vignette initial letters and tail pieces by Thompson Willing, and folding map. Three pages of publisher's terminal advertisements.

Comments

A nostalgic portrait of the original Santa Fe Trail as it developed from eastern Kansas to New Mexico, with an introduction by W. F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," and wistful illustrations by Frederick Remington and Thompson Willing. Henry Inman (1837-1899) was a famous soldier, frontiersman and later journalist who served with Custer and was a friend of Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson and others. See Wikipedia.

Price: $275.00