History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner.

GARDNER-SHARPE, Miss Abbie (died 1921).

Des Moines, IA: Iowa Printing Co., 1885 [1891]. [Americana] THIRD EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] iv; 316 [2]. With six black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown leather-effect cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper. All edges speckled red, with patterned endpapers. Neat ownership to first blank, textblock toned with the odd mark, some marginal tears and loss to a few leaves towards the end. Textblock a little shaken with a couple of gathers standing proud. Binding a little rubbed and worn. Very good. Dated 1885 on the title page but with an appendix note stating the book is in it's third edition six years after it's original publication. Item #62026

Price: £65.00