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Fairfax Downey Indian-Fighting Army 1941 1st ed good NJ
(Item: SOLD 593)
"Fairfax Downey. Indian-Fighting Army". ill. Frederick Remington charles Schreyvogel, R. F. Zogbaum. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. First Edition. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-93/4" tall. Hard Cover. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. Original blue cloth covered boards with faded gold gilt lettering on front cover, with loss. Gilt lettering almost completely gone on spine. Actual size: 6 1/4" X 9 1/2". 329 pages. 43 bw illustrations by Frederic, Remington, Charles Schreyvogel & R. F. Zogbaum, in good condition. Four corners of covers slightly bumped and frayed. Slight bumping and fraying on top and bottom of spine. Back endpapers split but mull still holding. Aging on endpapers. Occasional fingeroiling on text pages, otherwise in clean condition. Inscription "John F. P. Hill, Lt. Col. F. A. U.S.A." on inside front free endpaper in blue pen. Scribner seal and "A" on copyright page. A narrative account of the Indian Wars beginning in 1865, that reads with the ease of a novel in a visceral, casual style. Includes accounts of Chief Joseph, General George Custer, Geronimo, and Crazy Horse. American History, Western American History, Native American History, Americana. 1st Edition, Scarce.
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