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

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Colonel Richard Irving Dodge Our Wild Indians

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:360.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
Colonel Richard Irving Dodge Our Wild Indians
<B>Colonel Richard Irving Dodge & General William Tecumseh Sherman: A First Edition Copy of <I>Our Wild Indians: Thirty-Three Years' Personal Experience among the Red Men of the Great West.</B></I></B></I> A Popular Account of Their Social Life, Religion, Habits, Traits, Customs, Exploits, etc. With Thrilling Adventures and Experiences on the Great Plains and in the Mountains of our Wide Frontier. By Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, United States Army, Aid-de-camp to General Sherman. With an Introduction by General Sherman. Illustrated with Steel-Plate Portrait of the Author, and Full-page Engravings on Wood. (Hartford, Conn.: A.D. Worthington and Company, 1882). First edition. Octavo (9” x 5.5”). Illustrated. Xxxix, 29-650 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Binding is shaken and worn, with slight loss around the edges, and at the top and bottom of the spine, split along the front joint, hinges cracked or cracking but sound, occasional soiling and foxing, previous owner's pencil signatures on rear endpaper. Altogether, a good copy of a book rare in the first edition.<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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