Boots and Saddles, Following the Guidon

This is a collection of two books by ELIZABETH B. CUSTER (wife of General George Custer), as follows:

"FOLLOWING THE GUIDON" - 1890 1st edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. The book features numerous full-page illustrations, as well as musical scores. There are two pages of publisher's advertisements at the back. From a review: "(The book) is a warmly human, first-hand account of the hardships, disappointments, fun and flattery, joys, and heartaches of General Custer's devoted wife, who accompanied her military husband to the (then) desolate plains of Kansas & Nebraska during 1868-1870, to combat the Plains Indian uprisings following the end of the American Civil War."

"BOOTS AND SADDLES or, Life in Dakota with General Custer" - 1885 presumed 2nd state (this edition does not contain the map preceding chapter one); Harper & Brothers; New York. The book features a frontispiece portrait of General Custer. From a review: "Boots and Saddles offers a gentle, loving portrait of George Armstrong Custer, husband and man, by the person who knew him best. Elizabeth Custer's absolute devotion to him is revealed in every line of her story, which ends, appropriately enough, with the day on which she received the news of the disaster at Little Bighorn."

Condition:
Both books are ex-library with the typical treatments. FOLLOWING THE GUIDON - Clean covers. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The title page has a thin 3" vertical smudge line at the top edge. The text pages are in nice condition - lightly age-toned with an occasional light smudge to a small number of random pages. Overall in Good+ condition. BOOTS AND SADDLES - Cloth tears at the cover corners. The top and bottom edges of the spine are worn. There is a crack at the front hinge between the frontispiece and title page resulting in the front cover being shaky. The pages are in nice condition - lightly age-toned with a few random pages with a light smudge or light foxing. Pages 20 & 21 have tiny tears at the outer edge. Old name/date written in ink on front end paper. Overall in Good- condition.