Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs: Historical, biographical
by Frances Chamberlain Holley
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
By Frances Chamberlain Holley. Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1891, 2nd edition.(Originally published in 1890) Ex-library with bottom spine label, rear pocket, a couple of stamps, light rub to corner tips, some fray to spine ends. Dark blue cloth with pressed gilt letters and designs to spine and front cover. Blind-stamped back cover design repeats in black on front. Decorated endpapers, marbled edges. 9 x 6 inches. 419p. + v (Index). Illustrated with 30 duo-tone photographs and drawings. 1891 inscription on blank front end paper, margins with a few short penciled vertical lines and one short note, front and rear hinge paper cracked. Else clean, bright and tight. Sioux/Dakotah Indians, Minnesota Massacre, Little Big Horn, etc. Scarce. Graff 1932, Luther 69, #70 High Spots Custeriana, Howes 592.
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- Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs: Historical, biographical
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- Frances Chamberlain Holley
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- Hardcover
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- Spine Label
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...