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Sat, Apr 27, 2019 12:00PM EDT
Lot 161

Boots and Saddles 1st Edition Elizabeth Custer

Estimate: $250 - $500

Bid Increments

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
For your consideration is this first edition of "Boots and Saddles or Life in Dakota with General Custer" written by Elizabeth B. Custer and published in 1885 by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square. The book was written in dedication to her late husband, General George Armstrong Custer, and chronicles their life together in the Dakotas until his untimely death at the hands of Indians at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. The appendix of the book includes numerous extracts of letters from General Custer, including many from just prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn. The book has a sticker on the inside cover indicating it had been in a public library in Oceola, Iowa, however it has no other extra markings in it, library or otherwise. It is in very good condition; it measures 5.25" x 7.5".

Condition

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