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The Overland Stage to California. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean by Root, Frank A. and W. E. Connelley

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Title
The Overland Stage to California. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean
Author
Root, Frank A. and W. E. Connelley
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
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Topeka, Kansas: published by the authors, 1901 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Very scarce, and quite rare in this condition! Pp. xvii, [1], 630. Frontis portrait, numerous photographic illustrations and portraits, folding map. Index, list of subscribers. Original pictorial light brown cloth stamped in black and gold on spine and front cover. Very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, but a fine and clean copy. One of the most valuable narratives on the Overland Stage. As the agent of the postal department, Root oversaw the transportation of the mails over the great stage line. Connelley was a veteran writer who whipped Root's manuscript into shape. The narrative is packed with anecdotes and details and is abundantly illustrated. "The original is very rare and is considered the standard history of the early stage lines" (Six-Guns). "Root's Overland Stage is a classic account of this mode of travel under conditions of extreme peril" (Mattes). "A basic work about early Western transportation systems" (Paher). A number of years ago, a direct relative of Frank A. Root informed me that the reason the first edition of this work is so scarce is that there was a major flood of the Kansas River and most copies of the work were destroyed. [Cowan: p.541; Dobie: pp. 79, 81; Flake: 7417; Graff: 3562; Howes I: R-434; Howes II: R-434; Mattes: 1908 and 2027; Paher: 1689; Six-Guns: 1897; Streeter: 3117]..
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Prose and Poetry of the Live Stock Industry of the United States. With Outlines of the Origins and Ancient History of Our Live Stock Animals by Freeman, James W. [Editor].

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Prose and Poetry of the Live Stock Industry of the United States. With Outlines of the Origins and Ancient History of Our Live Stock Animals
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Freeman, James W. [Editor].
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New York: Antiquarian Press, 1959 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the very rare 1905 first edition prepared under the authority of the National Live Stock association. Limited to 550 copies. Includes a new introduction by Ramon F. Adams. Thick quarto. 757pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs, old prints, etc. Half cowhide and gilt-stamped buckram, spine lettered in gilt. A very fine copy with publisher's slipcase. "One of the most important and sought-after books on the cattle industry" (Adams). Adams also notes the original edition as "exceedingly rare." [Adams, Herd: 844; Graff: 1412; Howes I: P-636; Howes II: P-633; Six-Guns: 764; Reese, Six-Score: 41]..

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