THE CUSTER ALBUM: A Pictorial Biography of General George A. Custer
by Frost, Lawrence A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 192 p. Exhaustively illustrated. Signed by Frost on the title page. From the James S. Copley Library, with the San Diego newspaper publisher and philanthropist's bookplate to the verso of the front flyleaf. Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with red titles. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is price-clipped and a bit edgeworn, with a few small, unobtrusive bits of tape (from an old dust jacket protector) to the flaps; otherwise very good. Signed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59336
- Title
- THE CUSTER ALBUM: A Pictorial Biography of General George A. Custer
- Author
- Frost, Lawrence A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Superior Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Western Americana
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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