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Custer, Elizabeth B. TENTING ON THE PLAINS OR GENERAL CUSTER IN KANSAS AND TEXAS. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887. 8vo, printed brown cloth, beveled boards, gilt spine lettering and highlights, printed endpapers, 702pp. Some shelfwear and minor toning. After his death, Custer's wife, Libby, became his staunchest supporter and protector of his historical reputation. This is the second of three books published by Libby, and focused on the period between the Civil War and the Indian Wars that finally ended his life.
Reid, Captain (Thomas) Mayne (1818-1883). The White Chief. A Legend of North Mexico. With Original Designs, Engraved by N. Orr. New York: De Witt & Davenport, n.d. (ca 1855). 12mo, brown embossed cloth, 401pp, plus 6pp ads. Scattered foxing, minor.
Reid, Samuel C., Jr. The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico - 1846; Including Skirmishes with the Mexicans, and an accurate Detail of the Storming of Monterey; Also, the Daring Scouts at Buena Vista. Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Co., 1890. 12mo, printed cloth with gilt highlights, 251pp. Moderate shelfwear.
Eastman, Edwin. Seven and Nine Years among the Camanches and Apaches. An Autobiography. Jersey City, NJ: Clark Johnson, MD, 1873. 12mo, printed gold embossed cloth, 309pp. At the end is an ad for Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup, a patent medicine which was touted as "...the most remarkable purified of the blood..." Text block slightly cocked; moderate shelf wear.
Heroes and Hunters of the West: Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnston, &c. Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1854. 12mo, embossed green cloth, 300pp. Spine sunned, shelf wear.
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