Second William Penn by Ryus, William H - C. 1913

Kansas City: Frank T. Riley, 1913. Stiff dec. paper, 176 pp., frontis., illus. Rittenhouse SFT#500-title from a statement that Ryus "got along with Indians as well as William Penn did." Firsthand account of staging on SFT. He was also sutler at Ft. Union; knew Carson, Wootton, & Maxwell. . 1st.. Pict.wrs.. Near Fine/None.

Kansas City, MO: Frank T. Riley Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1913). Hardcover. Mild rubbing and bumping to pictorial cloth. Solid binding and clean text. Slight soiling page edges. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 176 pages .

Kansas City: (1913): Frank T. Riley Publishing Co. First Edition. Octavo. 176 pp. with a preface by Col. Milton Moore, frontispiece of the author. Bound in color pictorial stiff paper wraps, Upper corner lightly creased. A near fine bright copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

Kansas, MO, Frank T. Riley Publishing Co. [1913]., 1913. First edition. 8vo. Preface by Col. Milton Moore. Frontispiece portrait photo; 8 b/w illustrations. Original stiff tan pictorial printed upper and lower wrappers. Very good-fine. 176 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Notable for the numerous references to Kit Carson (and with Carson's portrait on lower wrapper). Howes R882; Littell 902; Rader 2865; Soliday IV, 568; Graff 3628; Rampaging Herd #1984.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Kansas City, MO: Frank T. Riley Publishing, 1913. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/portrait of Kit Carson, "Who Always Traded with Indians Instead of Fighting Them", to rear. Sub title: A True Account of Incidents that Happened Along the Old Santa Fe Trail in the Sixities. Frontispiece: Photo portrait of William H. Ryus. Ryus began travelling the Santa Fe Trail in 1861 as a mail driver, carrying passengers as well. Because of his intimate knowledge of Native American Indians, and his very genuine, friendly relations he enjoyed with them he earned the title "Second William Penn" from passengers and settlers, and Indians called him "Little Billy of the Stage Coach". This volume, rich with annecdotes, was written in the author's seventy-fourth year. Fine copy

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.