82. CREMONY, John C. Life Among the
Apaches. San Francisco: A. Roman & Company, 1868.
322 pp. Small 8vo, original cloth with margins stamped in
blind; gilt lettering on spine. Slight wear to extremities.
Light foxing to endpapers and preliminary leaves, overall a
very good copy.
First
edition. Eberstadt, Modern Narratives of the Plains
and the Rockies 112. Edwards, Desert Voices, p.
45. Field 387: "The Apache was more closely approached and
studied by him during his twenty years of border life, than
by any other writer." Graff 915: "A cavalry officer’s
adventures in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas told with dash
and a fine sense of humor." Howes C879. Munk (Alliot), p.
58. Raines, p. 57: "Thrilling incidents and interesting
facts." Saunders 716. Pingenot: Cremony’s work is a
dependable authority and remains one of the best on the
Apache and his aboriginal neighbors. Cremony served as
interpreter to Bartlett on the southern border boundary
survey.
($150-300)