CUSTER, Elizabeth B.
Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company , 1887.
+$450
"ADDING GREATLY TO THE CUSTER LEGEND": FIRST EDITION OF TENTING ON THE PLAINS OR GENERAL CUSTER IN KANSAS AND TEXAS in the rare publisher's full morocco
First edition of Elizabeth Custer's famous defense of Custer in the publisher's deluxe full morocco binding. Octavo, original publisher's full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, elaborate blindstamping to the panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, steel-engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and 28 illustrations, including 22 full-page and two maps. In very good condition, interior hinges reinforced. The rarest and most expensive of the 5 bindings offered to subscribers upon the work's publication.
Perhaps General Custer's most fervent defender, Elizabeth Custer wrote this book as part of a trilogy of autobiographical works focusing heavily on her husband. In Tenting on the Plains, which has been credited with "adding greatly to the Custer legend," Elizabeth Custer described "their marriage and experiences in the Civil War and subsequent Indian campaigns" (ANB).
Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas.
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