Custer General George Edited Milo (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket as Issued. First Edition. In Very Good+ condition. When General Custer led his troops to annihilation in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, he was possibly the most notorious Indian fighter the army had known. In his own time, he achieved much of his fame as a daring soldier through his own published accounts of his adventures. Indeed, in My Life on the Plains, originally published serially in the Galaxy magazine starting in May 1872, Custer displays the flamboyance and glamour generally attributed to him by others.Covering the years 1867?69, the period of most extensive military activity against the Plains Indians, Custer?s book tells of the newly reorganized Seventh Cavalry?s operations on the frontier. When published, it aroused fresh controversy over the Battle of the Washita during the Winter Campaign of 1868.

Octavo, burgundy cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decoration to upper cover, top edge gilt, xlix, 626 pp. Fine. From Publishers' Preface: For this year's volume of the Lakeside Classics the publishers are presenting their readers with the personal narrative of General George A. Custer. It is a story of the part played by the United States Cavalry, under the command of this brilliant and colorful leader, in the clashes between the settlers and the Plains Indians resulting in the final subjugation of the latter. The publishers believe no history of the West would be complete without it and that its readers will enjoy it more fully if they orient themselves by reading Dr. Quaife's Historical Introduction. The map facing the first chapter, drawn by Mrs. Robert K. Wyant from data supplied by him, will help serve this purpose. American Biography, Western Americana, American West, American History, United States History, U. S. History, Americana, U.S.-iana. yalic.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. VG++/no dust jacket as issued. Light rubbing. Very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Thus. Book is clean and binding is tight. Top edge of work is gilt. Gold lettering on the spine and a gold border and emblem on the front cover. The gold emblem on the front cover is sharp and bright. The gold border around the front cover has a touch of wear in just two spots. On the spine the lettering is clean and distinct for the title and author with wear showing at the bottom where the publishers name and bottom border is located. Volume has a touch of wear at the head and tail of the spine. Book is protected in an archival quality protective cover. Interior of book is clean and binding is tight. 626 pages, including an index. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. Interior of the work would be graded higher than the exterior. This work is conservatively graded with all significant limitations noted. A respectable edition for one working on a set of Lakeside classics.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. Card from the Lakeside Press is included with the statement thereon "With the Compliments of the Season" John C. Kingery, Assistant Vice President. First issue originally published serially in six volumes in Galaxy magazine, 1872-1874. This edition has been edited by the renowned historian Milo Milton Quaife, University of Chicago Ph.D. and consists of 626 pages with a publishers preface and Dr. Quaife's historical introduction to put in context Custer's account of his experiences fighting Indians on the Southern Plains. Top of the pages are gilt which is in fine condition. The work has red decorated cloth with gilt stamping on the front cover and spine which is also in fine condition. A exceptionally nice copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box.