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Title: Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota, Made in the Summer of 1874 Author: Ludlow, William Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1875 Description: 121 pp. Illustrated with 1 plain lithographed plate of fossil shells, 3 large folding lithographed maps (1 color) and 7 text-figures. (4to) 29.3x22.5 cm (11½x9"), original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Report on the expedition commanded by George Armstrong Custer, two years before Little Big Horn. The maps include: A Geological Map of the Black Hills. 64x44.5 cm (color, with key) Map of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills July and August, 1874, with Troops Under the Command of Lt. Col. G. A. Custer, 7th Cavalry. 64x54 cm Map of the Black Hills from a Reconnaissance by William Ludlow... 95x60 cm Ink stamp of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on title-page; paper label with printed number 783 affixed to front cover. Provenance: Quaritch, 7/85 References: Howes L-558. W-TW 1248, 1249, 1251 for maps. Lot Amendments Condition: Some spotting to covers, spine ends a bit worn; largest map with short stub tears; very good or better, quite clean internally. Item number: 271068