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Soldiering in Sioux Country: 1865
by LT Charles M. Springer; Benjamin Cooling III, Editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0878960031
- ISBN 13
- 9780878960033
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$34.17NZ$23.92
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About This Item
San Diego, CA: Frontier Heritage Press, 1971 Frontier Heritage Press, San Diego, CA. 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; tiny bleach spot on the front board. DJ: Near Fine: NOT Price Clipped ($7.50); slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light rubbing to panels. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 82 pp 8vo. With the end of the Civil War, the US Military began to turn its sights on the Indian problems in the West which is where German immigrant Charles Springer was sent. Beautifully illustrated by Western artist John W.Hamption, this is a transcription of Springer's diary from July to December of 1865 regarding his interactions with the Sioux Indians in the Western US. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014251
- Title
- Soldiering in Sioux Country: 1865
- Author
- LT Charles M. Springer; Benjamin Cooling III, Editor
- Illustrator
- John W. Hampton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0878960031
- ISBN 13
- 9780878960033
- Publisher
- Frontier Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Sioux Indians, Indian Raids, LT. John Springer, US Army in the West, Indian Wars, Powder Creek, Custer, Western Departments of the U.S. Army, Wyoming Indian Fights, Plains Indians,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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