ISBN: 9780930798031 - The Terry Letters: The Letters of General Alfred Howe Terry to His Sisters During the Indian War of 1876 (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. :: First Printing, numbered 243 of 500 copies. :: Autographed by James Willert upon the half-title page. :: Concerning the Indian War of 1876, the campaign made famous through the spectacular defeat of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at Little Big Horn, the unpublished personal letters of Brig. Gen. Alfred Howe Terry, Commander of the Dakota Column, written in pencil from the field and wilderness to his five belovéd sisters. :: Photographs, maps, illustrations. :: Bound in publisher's lapis-blue paper-covered boards, front board bears the title and author (editor) in silver beneath an illustration of a crossed pistol and broken arrow resting upon a canteen. Title, author, and ISBN lettered down spine in silver. Quarto (11 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 284 x 218 millimeters). 60 pages. Condition: Very Good. Light shelf-wear, small specks, small stains. Warren A. Van Ess (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Limited First Edition, No. 100 of 500 copies, First Edition stated; INSCRIBED by editor on half-title page; 4to, silver-stamped blue boards, no dj. Good+ (spine ends bumped; cracked at half-title and title page; hinges had split but have been repaired). 60pp. Warren A. Van Ess (illustrator). Inscribed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blind stamp on upper right corner of ffep, else near fine, pages are clean; poor front hinge was professionally repaired; edited and signed by James Willert, stated 188/500 printed, 60pp. Signed by Author(s).