Scenes and Adventures in the Army: Or, Romance of Military Life
by Cooke, P. St. G. [Philip St. George]
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Second issue (with Cooke's rank of Colonel on the title page), pp xii, 432, in publishers pebbled brown cloth. Titles on spine faded, otherwise a very nice copy -- clean and sound, with minimal wear. Ownership signature of Robert O. Macferron, dated December 25, 1865, on front free endpaper. Wagner-Camp 288:2: "Cooke's career in the west began in 1829, with his tour as a lieutenant in the military escort commanded by Major Bennett Riley to guard the Santa Fe traders from depredations. In 1831, he was stationed at Fort Atkinson on the Missouri. In 1845, he set out from Fort Leavenworth to escort emigrants bound for Oregon and he returned by way of Bent's Fort in the latter part of August, when the book ends....Cooke wrote ably about his own adventures, and stories that he heard from others as well." Howes C-740; Graff 871; Field 359.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23155
- Title
- Scenes and Adventures in the Army: Or, Romance of Military Life
- Author
- Cooke, P. St. G. [Philip St. George]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lindsay & Blakiston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1859
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Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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