[Rarebooks] FS: The capture of O. M. Spencer by the Indians near Cincinnati. NY: (ca 1858)

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(AMERICANA) Spencer, Oliver M.   INDIAN CAPTIVITY: a True Narrative of the 
Capture of Rev. O. M. Spencer, by the Indians, in the Neighbourhood of 
Cincinnati. Written by Himself. New York: Published by Carlton & Porter. No date 
(circa 1858?). Sm. 8vo. 160pp. Illustrated with 4 woodcut plates (some 
foxing). Orig. faded purple cloth stamped in blind & gilt, small (1") chip at 
bottom of front hinge. Housed in a finely crafted clamshell box made by The 
Lakeside Press, Chicago.     $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
Note: The Lakeside Press reissued an edition of this work in 1917, and this 
copy may have been the source for their reprint. Howes S843.

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