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Auction 187, Lot 253

"[Untitled - Great Sioux War Map] [in] Custer’s Immortality. A Poem, with Biographical Sketches of the Chief Actors in the Late Tragedy of the Wilderness"

Subject: Montana

Period: 1880 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.3 x 9 inches
23.6 x 22.9 cm
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This small map serves as the frontispiece to Laura Webb's small work and presents topography, camps, and numerous lines of march. Locates the site of Custer's Massacre, Crook's Camp, and the battle of the Rosebud. The 72 pages of text include autobiographical sketches by Sitting Bull and a tribute to the journalist who died at the massacre. Features an engraved portrait of Custer and several small illustrations within the text. Hardbound in green cloth (5.0 x 7.0") with gilt title and decorations on the front cover.

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Condition: B+

Folding map is clean and bright with a binding trim at top right and an associated short binding tear. Text is lightly toned. The front hinge is starting and the covers have light wear.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 4/27/2022

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