American frontiersman and entertainer (1846–1917). By the age of 15 Cody had already been a horse wrangler, Pony Express rider, and unsuccessful prospector. He became a scout for the Union army and after the war took a job for a company that supplied meat for railroad construction crews, killing 4,280 buffalo during 1867–68. Dubbed “Buffalo Bill” by writer Ned Buntline, Cody organized his famous Wild West Show in 1883 and met with great success during national and worldwide tours in the following decades. Illustrated promotional booklet from Buffalo Bill’s TE Ranch in Ishawooa, Wyoming, 4.5 x 9, 16 pages, signed in fountain pen on the title page “W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, 1916.” The pictorial covers are detached and heavily worn; the booklet itself, including the signed page, is tight and generally fine, with a touch of mild handling wear and soiling. R&R COA.
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