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GODFREY, CAPTAIN E.S. An Account of Custer's Last Campaign and The battle of the Little Big Horn.Palo Alto, Lewis Osborne, 1968. 4-to, pp. 88. Gilt-decorated hard cover, gilt-lettered spine blind dust-jacket in mylar. Sumptuous publication, limited to 2100 copies, this is Number 1975. Printed on Curtis Utopian paper and bound with Bancroft Natural Finish buckram. In June 1876 Custer and some 250 officers and soldiers of the U.S. Cavalry perished in the most famous battle of the Indian frontier with the Sioux. This work is a reprint of Captain Godfrey's article in the January, 1892 issue of the "Century Magazine". Godfrey fought with Custer already in 1867. At Big Horn he commanded Troop K in benteen's Batallion and in 1890 he led his troop at the Battle of Wounded Knee. His short account of the Little Big Horn campaign and battle remains the most accurate, and above all, least biased, report. with an introduction by Robert M. Utley. Richly illustrated with portraits (a.o. of Godfrey as 1st Lieutenant, 7th Cavalry) and engravings. Title-page with emblem in gold. Both endpapers with maps. Ex Bibliotheca Büch met zijn aankoopnotitie "Billings NY 19 IIX 1999 85 dollar". Name on flyleaf, otherwise book and dust-jacket very fine. 550 gram.
Offered for EUR 22.00 = appr. US$ 31.50 by: Zaal Books - Book number: 14585