Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 285

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(WEST--DAKOTA TERRITORY.) George A. Batchelder. A Sketch of the History and Resources of Dakota Territory. Hand-colored frontispiece map. 56 pages. 8vo, modern boards; minimal wear. Yankton, SD: Press Steam Power Printing Co., 1870

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A history and promotional tract produced by the territory's Secretary. Discusses Indians, the proposed Northern Pacific Railroad line, Black Hills gold, and more. Adams, Rampaging Herd 219 ("very rare"); Allen, Dakota Imprints 73; Graff 205; Howes B231 ("b"); Streeter sale IV:2051. One other traced at auction since a Swann sale, 19 October 1978, lot 19.