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We are pleased to offer the following:

GEORGE HYDE’S COPY OF RED CLOUD’S FOLK

Hyde, George E.  RED CLOUD'S FOLK; A HISTORY OF THE OGLALA SIOUX  
INDIANS. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First edition.   
Octavo, gray paper wrappers. xii, 332pp. with index and a colophon.  
Illustrated. Frontispiece.  Original pencil signed etching, a portrait  
of Red Cloud by Lyman Byxbe, western artist and etcher. Two maps. Very  
good.  No. 2 of two authors' copies. Signed and numbered by Hyde on the  
series half title and on the colophon. Present with this copy are the  
following; Eleven colored "scraps" of paper with typed detailed  
interesting notes refering to subjects in the book; An 8 1/2" x 11"  
manuscript map in pencil and ink, highly detailed of the indian  
encampments at Pine Ridge, 1880-85. This map is very different from the  
two maps that appear in the book; an autograph note "With best wishes  
of the author George E. Hyde July 1951" ;  a typed letter, signed from  
Hyde to  William Kelleher, dated 1952 mentioning a rejected novel by  
Macmillan and some other small talk, concluding, "Be good and don't  
spend money on editors, taking them to night clubs is a waste of money.  
The devils make up their own minds about a novel and no amount of night  
clubs will shake their decisions."  Howes H-860. Luther High Spot #96.   
  l$850.00

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