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Fifty Years’ Observation of Men and Events, Civil and Military. Indian Wars & California.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1884. First Edition. 7.75" tall. 515pp + 4pp ads. Original dark grey cloth with gilt titles. Brown endpapers.

Condition: Good. Cloth faded; worn along edges; spine tips frayed. Previous owner’s bookplate and small ownership label of Colonel George Ruhlen (U.S. Army) to the front pastedown. Small pencil note to top of front endpaper. Partially erased pencil note at rear. Contents clean. Binding square and secure.

⁂ A valuable primary account for both California frontier history and Indian War scholarship.


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