Letters from the Field: Wallace at the Little Big Horn
by Westfall, Douglas Paul. Edited by James Willert
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Orange, CA: Paragon Agency, 1997. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 12mo. Special Lecture Series Issue. Square 12mo, p. i-xii, 1-64, xiii-xxxiv, printed on recto only. Letters from Lt. George Daniel Wallace of the 7th Cavalry to army surgeon Dr. Charles F. Knoblauch of Shreveport, LA; a diary and correspondence log by Knoblauch, and related documents. Front cover and first two leaves creased at tip of lower corners; corners otherwise only very lightly bumped, page edges just a bit dusty. Signed on title page by Westfall under non-personal inscription, and by Willert under what reads like a more personal inscription but with no recipient named.
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- Bookseller
- Crane's Bill Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012423
- Title
- Letters from the Field: Wallace at the Little Big Horn
- Author
- Westfall, Douglas Paul. Edited by James Willert
- Format/Binding
- Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Paragon Agency
- Place of Publication
- Orange, CA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; Western Americana;
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- Recto
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- 12mo
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