Rachael Plummer's Narrative of Twenty-One Months Servitude as a Prisoner Among the Commanchee Indians Comanche by Plummer, Rachael Parker; William Reese; Archibald Hanna - 1977

Austin: Jenkins, 1977. Hardcover. First edition. Very Good+ quarter-clothbound hardcover with light signs of shelving to the covers, a previous owner's name to the front paste down, and foxing to the last page and the text block edges. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A photographic reproduction of the only known copy of Rachael Plummer's 1838 account of her capture and imprisonment by Comanches. It was the first Indian captivity narrative printed in the Republic of Texas and its publication was a sensation throughout the United States. Introduction by William Reese; preface by Archibald Hanna. From an edition limited to 400 copies, this being #7, unsigned. Unpaginated [31 pages]; 20 b&w reproductions; 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Additionally, LAID-IN are two folded sheets from the print run with the first 8 pages of the narrative.