Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 361

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
THE PAMPHLET, WITH ITS PROMOTIONAL FLIER (WEST.) [Decker, William R.] Our Great Indian War: The Miraculous Lives of Mustang Bill . . . and Miss Marion Fannin. 7 paginated plates. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, worn; minor dampstaining. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1876]
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The story of a scout under Custer at Little Bighorn; Custer's portrait graces the front wrapper. Also features a closing chapter on "Rain-in-the-Face, the Indian devil." Text is in English, with the plate captions in English and German. Graff 3138; Howes D194 ("aa").
With the promotional flier for the same, titled "Mustang Bill and Our Indian War: The Miraculous Lives of Mustang Bill and Miss Marion Fannin." Illustrated handbill with English text on recto and German on verso, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches; archival tape repair on verso.