The Teepee Book. Official Publication of The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Custer Battle. National Custer Memorial Association. Sheridan, WY: The Mills Company, 1926.
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The Teepee Book. Official Publication of The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Custer Battle. National Custer Memorial Association. Sheridan, WY: The Mills Company, 1926.
8vo. Photographic illustrations. Original wrappers printed in red and black (old adhesive residue to back wrapper); original 1926 illustrated mailing envelope from the national Custer Memorial Association (chips and tears to edges, toned, previously opened). Provenance: J. H Sharp (stamp to interior cover); Forrest Fenn (includes a tipped in note by Fenn).
A reprint of The Teepee Book, volume II number VI, originally published in June 1916. This edition is the "official publication" of the semi-centennial of the Battle of Little Big Horn. A note by Fenn records that the JHS Cabin "was the headquarters for the 50th Reunion of the Custer Fight." RARE: only two copies have sold at auction in the last 25 years.
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