Lot 566
[WILD WEST SHOWS]. CODY, William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") (1846-1917).  Signature ("W. F. Cody") on the business card of L. E. Decker, representative of Col. W. F. Cody and Buffalo Bill's Wild West. 
Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Jun 15, 2023 10:00AM ET
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Jun 16, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[WILD WEST SHOWS]. CODY, William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") (1846-1917).  Signature ("W. F. Cody") on the business card of L. E. Decker, representative of Col. W. F. Cody and Buffalo Bill's Wild West. 

[Tipped to the title-page of:] WETMORE, Helen Cody (1850-1911). Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill." London: Methuen & Co., 1901. 8vo. Illustrated plates. Original cloth (rebacked preserving portion of original spine, slightly faded and stained). Provenance: Charles Tollemach Scott (note in his hand, annotations, see below, and Bosworth Park Co. Leicester bookplate). 

FIRST LONDON EDITION.  Charles Tollemach Scott, likely a soldier and hunter who spent time on the plains, annotates the title-page memorializing his receipt of the card inscribed by Buffalo Bill: "This card given me by 'Bill' when I took my daughter to see him at Olympia. the last time he was over, he said 'I must come out & stay with me & see my 'whitefaces' (Hereford Cattle) & I would if he had not died soon after. C. T. S."  Scott annotates 4 pages with his notes about his experiences on the plains.  Buffalo Bill's signature is accomplished on the business card of L. E. Decker, his brother-in-law, who was his representative for the Buffalo Bill Wild West show in Olympia London.  

[With:] KROY, G. Autograph letter signed ("G. Kroy"), to Flora Bosworth?. 12 January 1912. 4 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium. Kroy recounts his experiences hunting on the plains ca 1868 or 1869, recounting experiences with Custer, Comstock, and General Sheridan, and mentioning the Kansas Pacific Rail Road, traveling down the Missouri River, and spending time in Omaha, Topeka, Junction City, and Fort Wallace. 
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