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[CUSTER’S LAST STAND AND THE JAMES GANG]. Rare-to-Find Rag Paper Editions of the “St. Louis Globe-Democrat”, New Series. Vol. 2, No. 52. St. Louis, July 10, 11, 1876. Two issues of this daily newspaper (both issues are no. 52). Each issue is 8 folio pages on special limited edition rag paper. Each page approximately 584 x 458 mm. Both issues bound together, but with chipping to left margins, indicating that these had been excised from a book. Minor occasional rubbing, one horizontal and one vertical crease, a small sticker (“Sec. of State”) on the front page of each issue, obscuring a few words. On p. 1 of the July 10 issue is an article about Custer’s Last Stand (“Scalped Soldiers / Indian Warfare, With its Attendant Horrors. / Graphic Description of the Little Horn Battle-Field…”). On p. 3 of this same issue is an article about a train robbery by the James Gang (“High Times / Gad’s Hill and Long Point Eclipsed. / A Train on the Missouri Pacific Taken Possession of. / Freebooters Hold it for Over an Hour…”). On p. 1 of the July 11 issue are articles about the aftermath of Custer’s Last Stand (“Washington / Thousands of Volunteers Anxious to Fight Indians. / Army Officers Object to a Division of the Honors. / The Dead Look Upon the Appropriation Bills…”) and the James Gang train robbery (“The Night Riders / The Movements and the Plans of Their Pursuers. / Bacon Montgomery a Match for the Train Robbers…”).