M i mccreight (5 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Wear consistent with age and use. Former owner's nameplate pasted onto front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and page block edges. Dust jacket wrapped in protective plastic sleeve. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the First Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Zustand: NEW.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. issued without. First edition thus. 8vo, iii, 85 pages, brown cloth This is a revised and enlarged edition from his 1939 text of the same name. As a youth, McCreight lived among the Dakota Sioux. He became a trader in bison bones (which were sold for fertilizer and which, for a while, were readily available). He was befriended by Buffalo Bill Cody. He became an ardent friend to Native Americans, but particularly to the Sioux nation. He was made an honorary chief of the tribe as Chief Tchanta Tanka (or Cante Tanke ) Later, as a banker in Pennsylvania, he did much to promote the causes of the Native Americans, and helped his friend, Theodore Roosevelt, to create the park system. This work is an account both of his reading about the American buffalo, and his experiences with it.…