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Trade Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Thus. Trade Paperback. First Thus, 1st printing. Glued binding, illustrated glossy wrappers; 412 pages, illustrations. Frontier Classics Series, with a New Introduction by John D. McDermott. CONDITION: FINE, binding square and tight, pages crisp and unmarked; faint shelf-wear to edges. CONTENT: Originally published by the author in 1918, the year he turned 84, this fascinating autobiography is reprinted here with a new and thoughtful introduction by John D. McDermott. Anson Mills saw frontier service in Arizona and Kansas, where he fought against the Apache and Cheyenne. As a battalion commander with the army, he played an important role in Reynolds's Powder River campaign of early 1876, and in the Great Sioux War later that year. His good fortune continued after his service, when he became a millionaire after inventing and improving military items. …

Softcover. First Edition. Octavo, 412 pages; VG-; Black leather spine, no lettering; Covers have light wear to edges and along hinges of spine, and very light fading to gilt lettering on front cover; Textblock has very light wear to gilt edges, and occasional light age-toning to pages interiorly; Presentation page indicates that this copy was presented to Colonel Louis LaGarde, whose name is written in ink (possibly in Mills' hand); NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. 1348921. FP New Rockville Stock. …