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Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers LTD, 1953. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 436 pages, frontis, illustrations, map end-papers, fold-out map. General Jocelyn spent 44 years in the military. Modoc War, Nez Perce War, Bannock Indian War. Also covers the Fetterman Massacre, Washita, Custer and the Little Big Horn, and much more..

Caldwell, Idaho:: Caxton Printers, 1953.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Appendices, index. Map endpapers. Description: Includes a few maps, many black and white plates with historic photographs, and a fold-out panoramic photograph of Stites, Idaho. General Stephen Perry Jocelyn served forty-four years in the Army, more than thirty of those years were spent in assignments on the western frontier. He was an officer at Fort Warner when the Modoc War broke out; he was brevetted for conspicuous gallantry in action in the Nez Percé War, and he was a participant in the Bannack Indian War. This is written by General Jocelyn's son, Stephen Perry Jocelyn II, and is derived largely from General Jocelyn's letters and journals.

Caldwell, Idaho:: Caxton Printers, 1953.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Appendices, index. map endpapers. Description: Includes a few maps, many b&w plates with historic photographs, and a fold-out panoramic photograph of Stites, Idaho. General Stephen Perry Jocelyn served forty-four years in the Army, more than thirty of those years were spent in assignments on the western frontier. He was an officer at Fort Warner when the Modoc War broke out; he was brevetted for conspicuous gallantry in action in the Nez Percé War, and he was a participant in the Bannack Indian War. This is written by General Jocelyn's son, Stephen Perry Jocelyn II, and is derived largely from General Jocelyn's letters and journals.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1953. First edition, 8vo, xvi-[xviii], 436pp., map endpapers, folding panorama, plates throughout, fine copy in the jacket. Derived largely from his own letters and diaries, and edited by his son of the same name; Jocelyn served 44 years in the US Army, more than 30 of which were ""spent in grueling assignments at isolated forts on the western frontier"" (jacket blurb).