Custer Reconnoiters the Black Hills in 1874
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Author: Ludlow, William
Title: Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota, Made in the Summer of 1874
Place Published: Washington
Publisher:Government Printing Office
Date Published: 1875
Description:
Author: Ludlow, William
Title: Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota, Made in the Summer of 1874
Place Published: Washington
Publisher:Government Printing Office
Date Published: 1875
Description:
121 pp. Illustrated with 1 plain lithographed plate of fossil shells, 3 large folding lithographed maps (1 color) and 7 text-figures. (4to) 29.3x22.5 cm (11½x9"), original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.
Report on the expedition commanded by George Armstrong Custer, two years before Little Big Horn. The maps include:
A Geological Map of the Black Hills. 64x44.5 cm (color, with key)
Map of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills July and August, 1874, with Troops Under the Command of Lt. Col. G. A. Custer, 7th Cavalry. 64x54 cm
Map of the Black Hills from a Reconnaissance by William Ludlow... 95x60 cm
Ink stamp of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on title-page; paper label with printed number 783 affixed to front cover.
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Some spotting to covers, spine ends a bit worn; largest map with short stub tears; very good or better, quite clean internally.
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