WETMORE, Helen Cody [William F. Cody].
The Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill".
London: The Partington Advertising Company , 1903.
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"Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed": First Edition of The Last of the Great Scouts; Inscribed by W. F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
First British edition of this biography of "Buffalo Bill" written by his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore. Octavo, original leather covered boards, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody in fountain pen on the half-title page, "With the compliments of the subject, W.F. Cody 'Buffalo Bill' Billings, To Mrs. Lilian White, Cardiff, July 6th, 1903." The recipient was a performer with the Barnum & Bailey Circus. In good condition with rubbing, sunning to the spine, and a loss to the crown of the spine. Accompanied by a folding map of "The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Tour of the United Kingdom 1897-98" bound in red hardcover boards. In very good condition. Rare signed and inscribed.
One of the most famed figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, a circus-like attraction that toured throughout the United States annually, and, beginning in 1887 in Great Britain and Europe. Buffalo Bill's Wild West included a variety of characters from horse-culture groups from the world over with feats of skill, staged races and sideshows.
The Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill".
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