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TAYLOR, Joseph H. Sketches of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri and Great Plains. Pottstown, PA: by the author, 1889.
8vo. Numerous plates including frontispiece, in–text vignettes. Half red roan gilt, marbled sides (front hinge discretely repaired, else fine); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Sold at the Clarence Guy Littell Americana sale at Parke–Bernet Galleries on 5 February 1945, lot 1021; Neva and Guy Littell (booklabel).
FIRST EDITION, one of a small number of copies printed by the author on a hand press. “The author gives an account of an overland trip in 1864–5, soldiering on the border, life in Wyoming, Montana and Missouri” (Parke–Bernet’s catalogue note). Howes T–68.