WETMORE, Helen Cody “The Last of the Great Scouts” [1900] Buffalo Bill

WETMORE, Helen Cody. The Last of the Great Scouts (Buffalo Bill): The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody.

New York: International Book and Publishing Company, 1900. 7.5" x 5.25", xiv + 296pp. Original red cloth, lettered and ruled in black on covers and spine, oval photographic portrait inset to upper cover. Frontispiece portrait of Buffalo Bill on horseback with tissue guard. Illustrated throughout. Binding lightly rubbed at extremities with minor fraying at spine ends; cloth bright and clean; portrait inset well-preserved; text clean with moderate, even age toning. Stamp from private library on FFEP. Rear hinge starting. Very Good-.

A turn-of-the-century biography of William F. Cody, told by his sister, blending personal reminiscence with the mythos of the American frontier. The publisher’s pictorial red cloth with inset portrait makes for an especially attractive example of early Buffalo Bill Americana.