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[Ellis, Edward Sylvester]
On The Plains; or, The Race For Life. A Story of Adventure Among the Black Hills.

New York: Sinclair Tousey, Publishers' Agent, [1863]

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first edition, octavo, 62 pp., 2 pages of publisher's ads, text in double columns, original printed pictorial wrappers, some minor creasing and wear to wrappers, corners slightly dog-eared, light damp-stain to upper right corner else very good.

Very scarce western dime novel. Number one in the American Tales series. "I regard this as one of the best of the "westerns" of its time and actually read it through." - Streeter.      Graff 1237; Holliday Sale 341; Sabin 57294; Streeter Sale 3070 (Streeter's copy lacked the pictorial wrappers, $ 200.00, 1968); Wagner-Camp (third edition) 386a