On the Frontier : Reminiscences of Wild Sports, Personal Adventure, and Strange Scenes. by CAMPION, J. S - 1878

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Chapman & Hall, 1878. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Boards are worn and marked.Foxing.Tightly bound.Complete eight illustrations.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Chapman & Hall. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Chapman and Hall, 1878. 2nd edition. 8vo hardcover. xiv+372pp. Fair book. Ex-Library copy with usual markings. This copy was rebound without the 8 plates. (Pioneer Life, Hunting, American West) Inquire if you need further information.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1878 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. An exceptionally bright copy of the second edition of this illustrated account of life on the American frontiers in the nineteenth century. The second edition of this work. While the title page gives the 1878 date of the first edition, the thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear is dated July, 1882.J. S. Campion described the 'personal adventures' and 'strange scenes' he encountered during time spent on the frontiers of Kansas and Colorado, and among the Mohave and Apache Native Americans found in the region.With discussion of trips to Mexico, Arizona, the Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Verdes. Illustrated with eight mounted Woodburytypes. Collated, complete.Retaining the original half title.With illustrated bookplates to the front and rear pastedowns, and with the bookplate of Swedish civil servant Thorsten Wijnbladh to the front free endpaper.A wonderful account of life on the frontier. In the publisher's… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1878. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 372pp plus publisher's catalogue dated November, 1877. Gray cloth, gilt spine title, boards printed in black. Endpapers partially pasted down, first two pages partially detached, and others reinforced with what appears to be archival tape. A purple War Srvices stamp on the title page, and a longer one on the front free endpaper. Light wear to the spine tips, edges and corners. Still gives a good appearance. Illustrated with eight full page Woodburytype plates. .

London: Chapman and Hall, 1878 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. An attractively bound example of the first edition of this illustrated account of life on the American frontiers in the nineteenth century. The first edition of this work by J. S. Campion, in which he described the 'personal adventures' and 'strange scenes' he has encountered during time spent on the frontiers of Kansas and Colorado, and among the Mohave and Apache Native Americans found in the region.With discussion of trips to Mexico, Arizona, the Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Verdes. Illustrated with eight mounted Woodburytypes. Collated, complete.With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated November, 1877.Retaining the original half title, with endpapers renewed.A wonderful account of life on the frontier. Rebound in quarter morocco, with cloth covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd instance of spotting.… Read More