Description
Signed first edition of Gun Notches: The Life Story of a Cowboy-Soldier by Thomas H. Rynning.
Octavo, xvii, 332 pp. Yellow cloth, title in blue on spine and front panel. In publishers near fine dust cover (one 2 cm tear on back), $3.00 price on front flap, bright illustrations and vibrant colors. Some light toning of leaf ends but otherwise exemplary. Forward by Rupert Hughes.
Signed by author to “W. B. Miller a friend indeed/ Thos. H. Rynning” at front end paper. (Six-Guns, Adams, 1924) An excellent example of this scarce signed work.
Thomas H. Rynning (1866-1941) served as a member of the Arizona Rangers, where he played a key role in combating lawlessness in the Arizona Territory. Rynning also served with the Rough Riders, a volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. After his time with the Rangers, he became the warden of the Yuma Territorial Prison, where he implemented several reforms.
