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Lot 379
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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CUSTER, George Armstrong. (1839-1876). My Life on the Plains. Or, Personal Experiences with Indians. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1874.
8vo. Illustrated plates. Original cloth decorated in gilt and black (spine faded, some light rubbing).
FIRST EDITION of Custer's "classic account of military operations against various tribes of Plains Indians in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas" (Encyclopedia of American War Literature, p.84). Graff 961; Howes C-981.