Custer: The Life of General George Armstrong Custer by Jay Monaghan - 1986

VERY GOOD condition --- Tight binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, unmarked pages. NOTE: Very minor scratches to textblock gilded page ends, primarily head. Very slight fraying of bookmarker tail. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask.


This title was included by Easton Press in "The Leather-Bound Library of American History" series. Published in 1986, bound in handsome Brown leather, and with photo illustrations, the book is a 1st edition thus.

Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:

* Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather.
* 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.
* Heavy duty binding boards...
* Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .
* Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.
* ...moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.
* Gilded page ends.


Included with the book is an insert of Notes from History published by Easton Press.


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" 'The best book yet written about Custer and the full significance of his career. . . . Deserves a medal of honor for extraordinary service in the great cause of making history live.'--Chicago Tribune.

'There have been numerous books about this picturesque contradiction of a man, but the new biography, by Jay Monaghan, is undoubtedly the best.'--New York Times Book Review.

'The Custer literature is voluminous and most of it is highly controversial. Through the tangle of charges and countercharges Jay Monaghan cuts a clear path in his fresh account of Custer's whole career. Where possible, Monaghan relies on original sources, and he appraises them with the sound judgment of the practiced historian he is. He is sympathetic with Custer but does not hesitate to show the man's foibles and failures. He presents no attorney's brief and yet he disproves a number of ill-founded accusations. . . . 'Not that Monaghan has written an argumentative book. Far from it. He has written a narrative, and what a narrative! With imagination as well as judgment, he tells the story with well-chosen details taken from reliable sources. . . . All together, this is much the best of many Custer books. It brings the reader as close to the real man as any book is likely ever to do.'--New York Herald-Tribune Books."


The above text was taken from Little, Brown & Co. Publishers (via Google Books)
[Monaghan, Jay. Custer: The Life of General George Armstrong Custer. United States: Little, Brown, 1959.]


This handsome copy would be a worthy addendum to your collectible books library.