G[eorge] Armstrong Custer. Life on the Plains. Or, Personal Experiences with Indians. New York: Sheldon and Comp...
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G[eorge] Armstrong Custer. Life on the Plains. Or, Personal Experiences with Indians. New York: Sheldon and Company, [1874]. Later edition, with no date on the title page. Publisher's decorated blue cloth. A remarkably bright, near fine copy.More Information:
Octavo. 256 pages. Illustrated with eight plates including a Custer portrait under tissue guard used as frontispiece. Publisher's decorated blue cloth with buffalo head vignette and titles stamped in gilt on front board and additional decoration stamped in blind and black. Gilt spine titles. Mildly rubbed extremities with a hint of edge darkening. Top edge a bit dusty and soiled. Pages are mildly toned. Small ownership stamp on title page and front free endpaper. Abrasion to front pastedown, probably due to bookplate removal. A remarkably bright, near fine copy.
An important work and the core of any Custer collection, this self-promoting memoir recounts the author's early campaigns against the Cheyenne and culminates with his dealings with the Sioux (before they dealt with him).
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