LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2007 October Rare Books & Manuscripts #675  / 

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A Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
A Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota
<B>William Ludlow: Featuring Three Folding Maps:<I>Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota,</B></I></B></I><B> made in the Summer of 1874. By William Ludlow, Captain of Engineers, BVT. Lieut. Colonel U.S. Army, Chief Engineer Department of Dakota. Engineer Department, U.S. Army .</B></I> (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875). First edition. Quarto (11.5” x 9”). Illustrated with an engraved plate of fossils, two folding maps and a folding geological map. 121 pp. Publisher's original cloth, bordered in blind on the boards and lettered in gilt on the spine. Binding a bit worn at the edges, and with the cloth on a portion of the front board discolored and rippled, short tear at the bottom of the front joint. Tears to a couple of the maps. Ex-library copy, with an ink stamp on the title page and a paper label on the backstrip. Hinges cracking but still sound. Altogether, a good copy of this report on the Black Hills of Dakota.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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