3647 TEN SCARCE INDIAN WAR & CUSTER RELATED BOOKS &

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 250.00 USD
Estimated at 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
PAMPHLETS. 1) ANNUAL REPORT of BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE CROOK, MILITARY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT of the PLATTE; printed Fort Omaha NE 1879, 7pages, fair to good. 2) OUTLINE DESCRIPTIONS, MILITARY DIVISION of the MISSOURI, JUNE 1, 1872; 129 pages, plus addenda, wraps, foldout map. Good overall, missing back wrap. 3) REGISTER of the ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES for JANUARY 1877; 262 pages plus foldout plates. Fair overall, appears complete other than back cover and foldout plates in back are loose and torn. 4) HANDBOOK OF WYOMING and guide to the BLACK HILLS and BIG HORN REGIONS, by Robert Strahorn, Cheyenne, WY 1877; 272 pages, gilt lettered purple cloth binding, very good, faded spine, stained cover, HOWES S1055, "aa". 5) CHRONOLOGICAL LIST of ACTIONS, ETC, WITH INDIANS JANUARY 1, 1866 to JANUARY 1891, Adjutants General office; 65 pages, wraps, good overall. 6) Rare 1885 auction catalog of "Celebrated Indian Collection of John H. McIlvain"; 40 page catalog is annotated throughout with lot prices and names of buyers. This was the auctioneer's copy- John W. Haseltine. Good overall. 7) BIG HORN EXPEDITION AUGUST 15 to SEPTEMBER 30, 1874, Capt. Anson Mills; 15pages, wraps, large foldout map, good overall. 8) "LIFE ON THE PLAINS" G. A. Custer, 13 page article in August 1873 "The Galaxy"; good overall, wraps soiled, spine chipped, contents very good. 9) CUSTER'S LAST BATTLE, by Capt. E. S. GODFREY; 29 page illustrated article from January 1892 Century Magazine bound separately in boards, good overall. 10) WILD BILL-JAMES BUTLER HICKOK, by William Connelley, 27pages reprinted from Kansas Historical Society 1926-1928; wraps good overall. PROVENANCE: Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21972/JS). $500-1,000.