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[ELLIS, EDWARD SYLVESTER.] On the Plains; or, The Race for Life. A Story of Adventure Among the Black Hills. 62 pages; lacks the terminal ad leaf.
[ELLIS, EDWARD SYLVESTER.] On the Plains; or, The Race for Life. A Story of Adventure Among the Black Hills. 62 pages; lacks the terminal ad leaf. 8vo, publisher's pictorial wrappers, lacks the rear wrapper, front wrapper torn with significant loss; some foxing and staining, a bit tattered along the fore-edge, chip to terminal text leaf with minor loss. New York, (1863)
- Notes: Scarce western dime novel, number 1 in the American Tales series. We could locate no copy coming to auction since the Streeter Sale. "I regard this as one of the best of the 'westerns' of its time and actually read it through"--Streeter Sale 3070; Graff 1237.
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