Carroll John Compiler Editor (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 288 pages; Minor soiling and wear to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Not dated except note that Milo Custer compiled in 1944 this is a new edition and in like new shape in brown cloth covers.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Lorence Bjorklund (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. 287pp. Illustrations are by Lorence Bjorklund and on the DJ are graphic depictions of the survivors of the Little Big Horn battle returning to the steamboat Far West. There is much information from the annual meetings of the Order of Indian Wars including Gatewood on the surrender of Geronimo, Gen. Kerr on the Modoc War of 1877, Gen. King on the 1876 Sioux Wars, Gen Mills on the Battle of the Rosebud and much on such famous encounters as Adobe Walls, the Fetterman Massacre, the Grattan Massacre, the Wagon Box Fight and others. Appendix A is the annual meeting of April 11, 1942 and Appendix B the membership role. This is an important addition to any library on the history of the American Indian Wars in the last half of the 19th Century. An very fine copy in a very fine, not clipped dust jacket.

287 pp. Excellent.

Spiral Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Privately Printed. 1978 (June). First Edition. 115pp. From 1867 to 1875 Custer wrote a series of articles for the magazine "Turf, Field and Farm" regarding his adventures on the plains under the pseudonym "Nomad." In 1978, John Carroll collected these articles for the first time and published them in an edition of only 50 spiral bound copies. Signed by John M. Carroll, who edited the manuscript. Spiral bound. Reprinted in 1980 by the University of Texas, this is the true first edition. Scarce. A very small tear along the top edge and corners lightly bumped else a fine copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lorence Bjoklund (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. xxii, 287, [1] pages Illustrations. Review copy bookplate affixed to fep. DJ has some soiling, wear and tears. Acknowledgments. Introduction by John M. Carroll. Preface by Col. George S. Pappas (Ret.). Constitution. By-Laws. Chapters cover Mills, The Battle of the Rosebud; Lemly, The Fight on the Rosebud; Camp, Survey of Indian Wars; King, The Sioux War of 1876; Traub, The Sioux Campaign 1890-1891; Bisbee, Items of Indian Service; Lieutenant Fountain's Fight with the Apache Indians, 1885; Mauck, Disarming a band of Cheyennes in 1878; Parker, The Geronimo Campaign; Gatewood, The Surrender of Geronimo; Clay, Some Unwritten Incidents of the Geronimo Campaign; Vestal, A Plea for cooperation; Kauffman, The Armistead-Kauffman Unit; Fountain, Remarks; Brown, Remarks; Kerr, The Modoc War; Melver, Washingtion in the French and Indian War; Lull, Collection of Historical Material Relating to Indian Wars of the United States; Robinson, The Battle of Snake Mountain; Fiebeger, General Crook's Campaign in Old Mexico in 1883; True Exact Copy of Letter read by General Rhodes, 1937; Copy of Original Documents loand by Companion Henry H. Steelhammer, Swedish Army; Rhodes, Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces Campaign of 1877; Address of Mr. Samuel J. Flickinger, Assistant Chief Council, [sic] Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Morgan, The Fight at the Big Dry Wash; and Morgan, Army Life on an Indian Reservation in the 80's. Also contains Appendix A, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, 1942; Appendix B, Membership Rolls; and Index. The Order of Indian Wars of the United States, Chartered June 10, 1896. Until 1917 no papers delivered before the annual meeting of the Order of Indian Wars had been published; indeed, no meeting had been published until 1911. All of the Proceedings from 1911 through 1916 contained nothing more than the minutes of the previous meetings, discussion on the contents of their Constitution and By-Laws and the membership list as of that particular meeting. Sometimes the dinner guests were mentioned, the subjects of whatever talks to be heard were announced, frequently the menu, often the financial status and that was about all. John M. Carroll was one of America's leading military historians, specializing in western military history. Perhaps is most important book will in all probability be The Papers of the Order of Indian Wars. His work in compiling and editing this collections is an outstanding service to western historians everywhere. The Order of the Indian Wars of the United States (OIWUS) is a military society founded in 1896 by officers of the United States Army who served in campaigns against Native Americans from the American Revolution to the late 19th Century. The OIWUS was founded by Colonel B.J.D. Irwin at Fort Sheridan near Chicago. It was patterned after other American military societies such as the Society of the Cincinnati, the Aztec Club of 1847 and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Its primary purpose is to provide fellowship to is members and preserve the history of the Indian Wars. The correct name of the OIWUS is the "Order of Indian Wars," not "Order of THE Indian Wars." According to its constitution the objects of the OIWUS are to . perpetuate the memories of the services rendered by the military forces of the United States in their conflicts and wars against hostile Indians within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, and to collect and secure for publication historical data relating to the instances of heroic service and personal devotion by which Indian warfare has been illustrated. Membership originally consisted of veteran officers (termed Original Companions) and their male descendants (termed Hereditary Companions). Over the first fifty years of the Order's existence its membership included 300 Original Companions, 275 Hereditary Companions and 75 Junior Companions. In time, the Original Companions died out and the only members were heredit.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 288 pages; Copy #3 of 30 bound in 3/4 leather and marbled boards. This edition was for the LBHA meeting in San Antonio in 1981. It is signed by Carroll, Jose Cisneros, and Lawrence Frost.