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Lot 12
Sale 5180 - Books and Manuscripts
Jul 25, 2023
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Live / Philadelphia
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$600 -
900
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$1,890
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Lot Description
[Americana] Custer, Gen. G(eorge). A. My Life on the Plains. Or, Personal Experiences with Indians
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1874. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Illustrated with eight engraved plates. Publisher's brown cloth-covered boards, elaborately stamped in blind, black, and in gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, corners lightly worn, spine ends moderately worn; old bookseller's ticket at top of front paste-down, contemporary ownership signature to same; small book-plate at top of front free endpaper; scattered very light spotting to text. Howes C-981; Graff 961
A handsome copy.